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  1. My car is a 2003 Octavia 1.9tdi that has done >170K About 5 weeks ago one of the cables in the driver's door window regulator snapped. I obtained a new one and watched while my usual trusted mechanic fitted it very carefully. When it was all put back together again the electric window worked fine, but the remote would not lock/unlock the drivers door, the driver's door mirror could not be adjusted remotely and the red LED. to show the alarm was activated didn't work!! Due to shortage of time we decided to investigate these problems on another day since I could always lock the car using the key nd adjust the mirror manually. After a week had passed I noticed that provided the car had been left locked for at least 3 hours then it was possible to unlock the driver's door using the remote - you couldn't lock it again and if it was locked with the key it wouldn't open again - strange. A week later I became aware that when the driver's door had been opened remotely then sometimes (for about 30 seconds) it was possible to operate the door mirror remotely. It was still impossible to lock the driver's door remotely and there was no sign of life from the red LED After a further week it became possible to lock the driver's door remotely about one time in every ten attempts. A week ago I approached the card to open it at the end of a day's work and noticed that the red LED was flashing. Door opened remotely, mirror works just as it should, and door locked remotely. Since then everything has worked perfectly as if it had never gone wrong. Do Skodas heal themsleves? All very strange.
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