Looks like I have the same odd behavior with my charger lock.
From what I've found is that if the charging unit goes to sleep you have to wake the charger (push either of the buttons) and then unlock it. If I don't wake the charging unit I have to open one of the doors to unlock the charging...
Would love to see a pic of the mounting points also! This looks to fit much better than the version I ordered (and returned)!
From what I can see of the shape it would be a different location, but want to confirm.
Does anyone have a pic of the hidden hitch on the eGolf?
I installed and removed the Curt hitch seeing I didn't like fitment. The mounting points are way to close to the charging lines and sits 3" below the rear valence...
CURT 11355 Class 1 Trailer Hitch: