D3 Drivers door & rear tailgate

[harryd3]

Hi Guys, long time lurker, first question. We have an early D3, this week drivers door has stopped locking. I have read previous posts about the actuator & seems likely. This afternoon however the rear tailgate has locked & will not open. I have tried the emergency release by simultaneously pressing the master lock/unlock buttons on the dash. It sounds like the mechanism is moving/unlocking but it still wont open. Is it likely the two problems are related? Any ideas to open the tailgate?

[~Rich~]

Nope, don't think so.
The tailgate is suffering from the broken cable end:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/101292-manual-tailgate-release-d3.html
Not so sure on the drivers door lock sorry.

[harryd3]

Thanks Rich