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,
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"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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Game reviews by Amiga players http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html

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.

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.

The switch is within the lock mechanism and they're known for going wrong.
The front passenger door one went on our Bora. a replacement lock was £60
but some people have had good results just cleaning the switch.

On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said
I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver door
for a while.


The switch is within the lock mechanism and they're known for going wrong.
The front passenger door one went on our Bora. a replacement lock was £60
but some people have had good results just cleaning the switch.

Cheers Dave,

I've decided to bite the bullet (visit the Building Society) and pay the
dealer to fix it.


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

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"Angus Manwaring" wrote in message
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On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said
I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver
door
for a while.


The switch is within the lock mechanism and they're known for going wrong.
The front passenger door one went on our Bora. a replacement lock was £60
but some people have had good results just cleaning the switch.

Cheers Dave,

I've decided to bite the bullet (visit the Building Society) and pay the
dealer to fix it.




Sod the (D)stealers how about a good VW specialist ? ... be a bit cheaper
and just as good.

"Angus Manwaring" wrote in message
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On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said
I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver
door
for a while.


The switch is within the lock mechanism and they're known for going wrong.
The front passenger door one went on our Bora. a replacement lock was £60
but some people have had good results just cleaning the switch.

Cheers Dave,

I've decided to bite the bullet (visit the Building Society) and pay the
dealer to fix it.


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

I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga
Game reviews by Amiga players http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html


While they are in the door, get them to replace the window regulator clips
as well. These are another common failure on the mk4 golf range.

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"Angus Manwaring" wrote in message
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On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said
I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver
door
for a while.


The switch is within the lock mechanism and they're known for going
wrong.
The front passenger door one went on our Bora. a replacement lock was £60
but some people have had good results just cleaning the switch.

Cheers Dave,

I've decided to bite the bullet (visit the Building Society) and pay the
dealer to fix it.


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

I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga
Game reviews by Amiga players
http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html


While they are in the door, get them to replace the window regulator clips
as well. These are another common failure on the mk4 golf range.


I can vouch for that my sodding window dropped during christmas in the
lovely cold weather. So a strip down of the door in the freezing and fixing
the crappy plastic clips with the new metal ones in about 2 hours was not
fun.... happy memories!

Last month whilst the weather was tolerable I did all the doors in an
afternoons work just incase it decided to let me down at the worst possible
time.

On 21-Apr-08 09:27:56, slider said
"Angus Manwaring" wrote in message
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On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said
I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver
door
for a while.


The switch is within the lock mechanism and they're known for going wrong.
The front passenger door one went on our Bora. a replacement lock was £60
but some people have had good results just cleaning the switch.

Cheers Dave,

I've decided to bite the bullet (visit the Building Society) and pay the
dealer to fix it.


While they are in the door, get them to replace the window regulator clips
as well. These are another common failure on the mk4 golf range.


Thanks for that, its an excellent point, but this problem occured back in
the cold weather and has now been done.




All the best,
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On 21-Apr-08 18:30:51, James said
"slider" wrote in message ...

While they are in the door, get them to replace the window regulator clips
as well. These are another common failure on the mk4 golf range.


I can vouch for that my sodding window dropped during christmas in the
lovely cold weather. So a strip down of the door in the freezing and fixing
the crappy plastic clips with the new metal ones in about 2 hours was not
fun.... happy memories!

Last month whilst the weather was tolerable I did all the doors in an
afternoons work just incase it decided to let me down at the worst possible
time.

My front ones are sorted, hadn't thought about the back ones. The parts
are around 80 quid, aren't they?

If so I think I'll just ban people from using the back windows.


All the best,
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"Angus Manwaring" wrote in message
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On 21-Apr-08 18:30:51, James said
"slider" wrote in message ...

While they are in the door, get them to replace the window regulator
clips
as well. These are another common failure on the mk4 golf range.


I can vouch for that my sodding window dropped during christmas in the
lovely cold weather. So a strip down of the door in the freezing and
fixing
the crappy plastic clips with the new metal ones in about 2 hours was not
fun.... happy memories!

Last month whilst the weather was tolerable I did all the doors in an
afternoons work just incase it decided to let me down at the worst
possible
time.

My front ones are sorted, hadn't thought about the back ones. The parts
are around 80 quid, aren't they?

If so I think I'll just ban people from using the back windows.


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

I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga
Game reviews by Amiga players http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html


Hello,

The cost of the rears I believe are £34.30 per door so £68.60 for the rears.

Seems quite expensive when thinking its just a couple of metal clips and a
cable that you don;t actually need but VW so kindly said we are not going to
just sell the clips alone so heres the cable\spool and bump up the cost!
Lovely!

When I did mine as it was all off I changed the cable too for good measure,
although there was nothing wrong with the one in there but age.

Not sure what to advise for the rears could be worth doing at some point
before they drop and leave you in the lurch. I like your idea more though
and ban people using it hehe just press the child window lock feature on the
drivers door panel next to the window buttons which disables them anyones
asks why there not working tell a white lie and say there broke

Good luck my friend.