cakey

I just want to say thank you to Bowders1 for his excellent posting. I had this problem on a 2003 Octavia and wouldn't have attempted it without his advice that you don't need to take out the window and regulator. (which you don't) My observations: The amount that the window is unwound is fairly critical. Too far up and everything is too tight to move. Too far down and the window and window holder get in the way and you won't be able to get the lock mechanism out. With the window open about 1cm it worked well. The micro switch on my car was slightly different to the ones I saw in the photos here. I opened it up and in mine the rod pushes against a spring. I reconnected the cable into the lock mechanism, reconnected the battery and turned the ignition on and could check the switch itself was working perfectly. That ruled out the electrics part of the micro switch. The little black rod (which pushes against the cam of the lock) on the micro switch was well worn, but looking at the cam of the lock, it seemed even more worn with a deep groove in it so I decided to replace the whole thing with a scrap dealers lock assembly for £20. My point is it may not be the micro switch. I know very little about car maintenance but can follow good instructions easily so if anyone is thinking about this and would be interested in spending £20 rather that £200 for a new one including fitting, then I would say go for it.