Rear door locked shut. How do I open ?

[martin1810]

Have you tried pulling the rubber door seal out of the way.

[mal_t]

Found it !!

Thanks guys ....

Malcolm

[limecc]

Repeatedly unlocking the central locking didn't work for me.

Stripped the door down to the inner panel and wondered about my next move. One morning arriving at work a couple of days later I noticed it unlocked. Unconnecting the wiring harness from the window winding mechanism prevents operation of the central locking, so this is what I did and left the one door unlocked until I could do the fix.

When I stripped the unit down I could find no evidence of bad solder joints so it must have been a faulty microswitch. £104 + £5 for VW's overnight shipping got me the new lock I needed.