A follow up to the above. It was the driver's side door jamb where I repaired the canbus twisted wire pair. And I fixed the right side door lock. It wasn't the solder joints on the circuit board inside the door latch mechanism like I suspected. I had previously repaired that. It was a small "cushion" part (that's what it looks like, anyway) on the end that gets moved by the electrical part. I cannibalized another one I had hanging around and fixed it. It's all good now, and my wife is certainly delighted.
I'd like to say I'll visit a junk yard to get that deficiency remedied, but there's only a couple around here, only 1 pretends to have any VWs, and if he has them, he would rather sell a complete door so he won't let me disassemble for parts. Sigh...
Cheers,
PH