"Angus Manwaring" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver door
for a while.

The door light doesn't illuminate when the door is opened, the alarm to
tell you that you've left your lights on (when the door opens) doesn't
sound, and the little graphic showing a door is open, does not display
for the driver's door.

In short, the car doesn't know when the door is open.

I assumed there was a switch of some type on the door that governed this,
and following a suggestion, we looked for this switch inside the door, by
the latch today. After some fun removing the outer and inner door panels,
all we found was a 8 pin connector which connects to the lock, just inside
the door from the door handle. My stepson thought it looked fine and
didn't think the problem was there.

We scratched our heads, and stared at the various cables but coudn't see
what the problem was.

I couldn't really follow the diagrams in the Haynes manual, but could it
be a fuse?

Or supposing I take it to the local VW people and ask them to fix the door
light, but to let me know if its going to more than 30 quid?

Appreciate any advice.

Cheers.



All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)

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Doorlock contains several (5?) microswitches, all effectively
non-serviceable items. From memory doorlock costs considerably more than
£30, then there is fitting. To give you some idea, it cost me £70 to have a
diode changed on my door light circuit, with the dealer paying half of the
labour costs.