Where's that switch on the beetle?

[GlowBugTDI]

Simple question. Where's that door switch that that tells the car if the door is open or not? My drivers door on my beetle keeps tricking the car into thinking the doors open even when its closed. The dome lights flick on and off randomly while driving, and the door light only on the drivers side does too. Idk what the switch is called and i can't find it online for whatever reason

 

[GlowBugTDI]

Nvm. Delete thread. I found a video and that its called a micro switch.

 

[03TDICommuter]

Nvm. Delete thread. I found a video and that its called a micro switch.

Yep, and it's in the latch

 

[GlowBugTDI]

Yep, and it's in the latch

Which is awful! Bad design for sure. Its pretty intermittent, and only happend for the first time yesterday so im going to look at it some because if i reclosed the door it would fix itself sometimes.

 

[Rrusse11]

Spray some contact cleaner into the switch. If it only just started in the cold, you might get lucky.

 

[BobnOH]

Yes, I don't like to remove door panels, takes a couple times before you get good at it. I put up with the broke switch on my first TDI (99.5J) for years. Was very careful to not leave keys in it as it would sometimes lock me out. Always needed to click unlock before locking the car. Your results may vary.

 

[GlowBugTDI]

Cleaned like Rrusse said and still being funky so I'll have to fix that at some point i suppose. For now I just switched all the dome lights off

 

[03TDICommuter]

It wasn't too bad. Buy the switch from Mouser first before you do the job, and be sure to get the correct one (the right is different from the left due to the nubs)