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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / April 2008Golf Mk IV driver's door switch?
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) 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 > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > 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 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. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > 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) 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 > On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said >>> I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 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. > On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said >>> I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > 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. >> On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said >>>> I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > 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 18:30:51, James said >> 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 > On 21-Apr-08 18:30:51, James said >>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > 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. On 21-Apr-08 09:27:56, slider said >> On 16-Apr-08 12:54:10, Dave said >>>> I've had an annoying electrical problem on my Golf Mk IV TDI's driver [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> 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, Angus Manwaring. 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