On 03/02/2017 at 15:49, wingnut1000 said:

Thanks matthewg. Just had a look and sure enough 3 wires broken (green, yellow/blue, white/purple) and a thick red wire badly frayed. See pic. can't see other ends. Short of cutting the rubber shroud off entirely, i dont see how i can fix it. Could I buy a new loom and install it?

Hello dear friend.
I wanted to ask how you managed to get the rubber cover out of the wires ?

Just read this thread before looking at the central locking and window not working on o/s rear door.

10 minute read was time very well spent. 2 wires broken purple/blue & green.

Cut the gaiter and removed door card to give me sufficient slack.

2 solder sleeves heated with a fag lighter did the job. All sorted.

Thanks to all who contributed to this topic. It’s a fault common to VAG.

@Edwa That's only a very temporary fix! You clearly have the same issue with many (most?) of the other wires, which will also break soon. You may not like it, but you have to replace the entire loom.

Edited 24 March24 Mar by andrehj

I don’t see why it is guaranteed to fail as I’ve been able to reduce the stress on the cables. It is clearly a manufacturing fault evident in the numerous cuts in the cable.

£50 for a loom extension? Not for this old bodger!