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99 vw passat doors will not open with remote & only 1 door will unlock sometime. rear door locks don't work most of the time.

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I had the same problem on my 1998 passat and the first thing i done is take off the drivers side controls for electric windows etc(first step to door card removal) and upon disconnecting the multisocket and putting it back on just to try before going ahead, everything worked again.My problem was N/S rear and O/S/F doors wont open/unlock and drivers front works with key but does not work central locking or window etc.Just a wipe with WD40 on a artist paintbrush to lube it and it was fine but i could see fine damp in the door(i live in Birmingham, U.K and it was snowing for a one month period) which i suspect was from the un-usual cold weather we had.I had lived in East Sussex prior so from warm to freezing was most likely the cause as the door lock froze and one door even flew open as the catch froze and the locked door appeared closed but just stuck closed, wd40 solved that also.Hope this helps.

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    My doors when pearshaped again and this time its a smaller problem.In the passenger footwell the wiring loom lies in a pool of water and at the factory vw connected 6 wires by crimpwelding them and using cloth insulation(very upmarket) and the water corrodes the joins which supprise supprise contains 2 joined red wires(12v posotive feed) and from the seat side of the loom the 4 door red wires joined but as they rot off so does the door assosiated with the broken wire until like me i got complete loss of 4 doors and petrol flap one morning.Just clean and solder the wires and check the loom as there are 6 connections like this.The water comes from the pollen filter which leaks as the seal perishes with age.Once repaired and the loom sealed with insulation tape your problems will bve over.Use a piece of electrical plug wire to extend any short joins to prevent a break again.

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Check all plugs and contacts it is likely you have a corsion isue or a reley isue

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