It started as intermittent now constant, drivers door not recognised on door open symbol on dash, no electric window, folding mirrors, and central lock have to use key, seems to have affected rear O/S door as well, my local garage think its the control module attached to the electric window motor, on ebay they seem to sell separate from2013 0n but he definitley said its all one unit on mine. He said they have to come from Czechoslovakia and have to be programmed with codes for VW part £270 + VAT + coding + fitting, Ive seen one on fleebay, but I assume if fitted to different model my not work everything on L&K, any advice please.

10 hours ago, Petescim said:

drivers door not recognised on door open symbol on dash

If you mean the icon for driver's door open does not appear when the drivers door is open, then this is the first sign of the microswitch in the lock is failing.

In my own case it only happens when the driver's door is facing the sun in hot weather and works again when you drive or it cools down

An auto electrician confirmed the diagnostics and said he has changed the locks on many variants, especially Audi A3.

It is expensive in labour to replace the lock as everything in the door must be taken out to gain access to remove the lock, and then put back again.

About 4 hours or more - plus the cost of a new lock.

A small warning. Because the door being opened is not recognised, the door will self lock again after a few minutes so always have the ignition key in your pocket. Leaving the key in the ignition without starting the car can lock your key in the car.

However, there is another cause which you should investigate first. Check the wiring in the rubber tube between the body and the driver's door. Broken wires are common, including the wire from the door lock's microswitch. Also, remote control problems and those of locking/unlocking of other doors are often caused by broken wires in this elephant's trunk.

Thanks garage said cannot find any damaged wiring, can this microswitch stop all the other things working as well as I have no Window, folding mirrors, working on this door, on the odd occasion the icon appears I get them back but then everything goes again, have stopped trying window in case gets stuck down

Funny things happen to the electronics in the door. As a first step, remove the battery connections for about 30 mins then reinstate. Do the missing functions start to work again? Note that the trip indicator will be reset.