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Originally Posted by alexc0814
Those weren't the symptoms from my door latch going bad (mine just wouldn't dip down at all). But I tried the vw latch first and it didn't work. I got a URO lock after that and worked perfectly. Make sure to put the wiring harness back in the right place because a year after that the windows going up and down against my improperly placed harness sheared some wires and the same symptoms came back.
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If it doesn't drop at all, that's the handle micro switches. The handles tell it to lower the window, and when the door is closed, the latch micro switch tells it to raise the window back up.
OP - your issue is the door latch. More than likely, there is a surface the switch rides on that has a coating/plastic surface that wears. Both my driver and passenger doors failed in this regard. I replaced the driver with a junkyard part, works great now. Passenger yard part was defective unfortunately, so am waiting on the replacement.
One note - if you have the 535 alarm option, the parts are ludicrously expensive, and the cheap VW part will not do. $1100 or so for the pair of door latches. Hence, me using yard parts.
I've just had the doors apart multiple times for this in the last. week so feel free to ask any questions.