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xxx_mojo_xxx:
My rear door is refusing to opening.  I can hear the door lock clicking (twice) but I can't open it from the inside or outside.

Any ideas what it may be and how I can get the door to open please?

RedRobin:
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This happened recently to a friend of mine who drives an Octavia taxi - Door wouldn't open. His dealer replaced the whole door lock mechanism but it still didn't solve it. Following my advice he went online and found out that a plug connection had come loose. IIRC the connector is in the rubber flexi thing at the hinge end of the front door on the same side of the car as the problem door.

HTH for now but I don't know any more. I could ask him for more detail when I next see him but that might be a few days.

xxx_mojo_xxx:
Thanks Robin I will have a look.  Presumably the plug connection cannot be accessed unless you can open the door?  BTW, I can hear the lock mechanism clicking as if it is trying to open?

RedRobin:
^^^^
Apparently the plug part is in that concertina rubber on the front door.

Snoopy:
I read this on here the other day. Don't know if its any use to you.

If you have vagcom/VCDS go into central locking and perform an output crash test this will pop the doors regardless of a fault.

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