Hi everyone,

I'm looking to buy an Octavia vrs estate and read the excellent guide on briskoda which came in very handy when I went to view a vrs mk1 today in London. Due to traffic (!) I couldn't get much above 50 but drove well and bodywork was good. I'd really appreciate some help from those in the know though - the faults I spotted were drivers door central locking wouldn't work along with driver's electric mirror not working. Does anyone have a ballpark figure/experience of getting these fixed? Also there was an advisory on last mot that front brakes slightly imbalanced and need adjustment. Anyone had a similar problem?

Otherwise cambelt done 2 years ago and drove nicely on test drive. Many thanks for any help to a newbie!

Welcome to Briskoda.

There's a large connector in the drivers door that is prone corrosion, also the drivers door wiring which comes through the A plller into the door can break. Both can cause the symptoms you describe.

Edited 9 July, 201312 yr by pauldazzle

DIY fix can be cheap if you are lucky, but a dealer/garage/auto electrician will probably charge you top dollar :-(

 

As Paul says, either water ingress or a few broken wires.

Thanks for the help guys. I'm not great at car diy myself but guy I take all my cars to for servicing could probably do it a lot cheaper than dealer etc. I guess it depends how much it annoys me as I could just lock and unlock with the key - old school