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Old 21st January 2017, 06:23 PM
JulianHicks JulianHicks is offline
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Originally Posted by paulrstaylor View Post
Perhaps just unplug the handle!?
If only it was that easy Getting the door panel off is non-trivial on these cars.

"Or unplug loom connector on from the door at the B post junction" ex Lee: hadn't thought about attacking the loom but I'm not sure what's involved there ...

HOWEVER; following an earlier suggestion by Lee by, I flooded the door button with AF Spray - an aerosol lubricant my Dad left me years ago - and I seemed to have stopped the button being 'live'. VCDS now reports '0' in the measuring block for the button rather than '1' that's been constant for recent weeks.

So I'm keeping my eye on the battery level for the next few days in the hope it's temporarily solved. I can then attack the problem with the knowledge that the button IS the cause.

Julian
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