hey man. i have a 2009 jetta with a bad actuator; i've had the new actuator sitting in the trunk for almost 3 years now because I've been procrastinating to take it to a mechanic. After recently changing my ignition coils and spark plugs; I came across your video and it instilled within me great confidence to finally tackle the project on my own. 3 years later and I am in utter disbelief that I had the ability and the power to do this all on my own in under an hour. Thank you for giving me the confidence and the knowledge to succeed my friend. You rule.
I did mine last night, just use light pressure on the door handle and with your other hand use your pointer finger to pull out and press in the cable. And I'm saying pull out as much slack as you can. Great video, follow it and you won't have any problems.
You say “remove the M8 bolts”. However googling for it just give me metric screws. This head is called “spline”. In my car however it was “spline M6”, not “spline M8”. It is a used car, so maybe someone put wrong bolts there, IDK. The other thing is the mechanism that is held by the violet rubber band. It's a pity, that you didn't show it better. When I was replacing the lock, it got apart and the spring went flying. Took us some time to figure out, how to put it back. Besides that - great video. Saved me a lot of time.
STOP step Number 2 will save you lots of time 😪😪😪😪 trust me ! Undo it 10mm approximately . This screwb is rotating a barrel which holds the mechanism open stopping you from cracking off various little plastic guides and tabs 🙄😪🙄 When resembling the door and hooking the handle and then cable back together you may think something is wrong, that's because the mechanism is being held open . Once the step 2 screw is wound clockwise to a gentle close the whole mechanism clicks into position and if you did break all the guide bars , pivot clip, surround and reassemble the door 3 times in the freezing cold 😭😭 the tension will pull it all nicely together ! T.F.F.T ! Step 2 is the game changer good luck!
STOP step Number 2 will save you lots of time 😪😪😪😪 trust me ! Undo it 10mm approximately . This screwb is rotating a barrel which holds the mechanism open stopping you from cracking off various little plastic guides and tabs 🙄😪🙄 When resembling the door and hooking the handle and then cable back together you may think something is wrong, that's because the mechanism is being held open . Once the step 2 screw is wound clockwise to a gentle close the whole mechanism clicks into position and if you did break all the guide bars , pivot clip, surround and reassemble the door 3 times in the freezing cold 😭😭 the tension will pull it all nicely together ! T.F.F.T ! Step 2 is the game changer good luck!
hey man. i have a 2009 jetta with a bad actuator; i've had the new actuator sitting in the trunk for almost 3 years now because I've been procrastinating to take it to a mechanic. After recently changing my ignition coils and spark plugs; I came across your video and it instilled within me great confidence to finally tackle the project on my own. 3 years later and I am in utter disbelief that I had the ability and the power to do this all on my own in under an hour. Thank you for giving me the confidence and the knowledge to succeed my friend. You rule.
Thank you too for your feedback! 👍
Please keep posting more videos for the MK5 Golf/Jetta/GTI/R32 community as these helped us a ton! Love the step by step instructions! Thanks!
Thank you too for your feedback!
Thanks for your sharing. I followed your steps and saved my MK5 successfully.
Glad to help!
Huge help, thank you for this! Garage wanted a few hundred to change the lock and with labour.. £40 for the lock from autodoc and it works! Job done!
Glad it helped
Man you saved me. Thanks for the video
Mike Quayle Thank you for watching!
Thanks You! This is a best video in the World! Very helpful!
Thank you for the feedback!
Thanks. Very helpful. most other videos only show drivers door handle removal with lock barrel, not other doors.
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Great tutorial and thanks for link to this video.
Thank you for watching!
Cheers for the vid, just done mine
Thank you for the feedback!
Step 9 is what I needed to know. That bolt hidden behind the rubber wiring cover, I used vice grips to turn the T30 bit.
Excellent
Thank you for your feedback!
очень подробно, большое спасибо.
Флойд Йохансенн You welcome!
Hi was the T30 that you used to remove the actuator a T30 spline or just standard T30?
First comment. Would like to say thank you for the tutorial!👍🏻 It was very helpful.
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what do you do if you can not get the door open , from out or in
What's the difference between the module and mechanism?
Hello.A Question.Is it hard to plug back the handle opener cord(bowden)?
I did mine last night, just use light pressure on the door handle and with your other hand use your pointer finger to pull out and press in the cable.
And I'm saying pull out as much slack as you can.
Great video, follow it and you won't have any problems.
Hi, is this the same process for a golf plus? Thank you
Hi! I don’t know, I did not replace it on Golf Plus. Sorry!
What should i do if the door lock cylinder is stuck and doesn't come out?
Maybe this video will help you: ua-cam.com/video/6Rx7L4uAc-Q/v-deo.html
@@Servicetutorials i cant have. Access to the backing plate if the cylinder of the lock doesn't come out
@@user-wz5ie1yg5r I gave you this video to understand the mechanism and to know what to do. This is what I can do.
This is ok for front door,back doors have the front edge welded together so remove window mechanism in order to change lock module
This video is for back doors.
You say “remove the M8 bolts”. However googling for it just give me metric screws. This head is called “spline”. In my car however it was “spline M6”, not “spline M8”. It is a used car, so maybe someone put wrong bolts there, IDK.
The other thing is the mechanism that is held by the violet rubber band. It's a pity, that you didn't show it better. When I was replacing the lock, it got apart and the spring went flying. Took us some time to figure out, how to put it back.
Besides that - great video. Saved me a lot of time.
The bolt is called XZN in europe. Or triple square in the us.
Sometimes it's not worth the stress.. Just pay a mechanic...
STOP step Number 2 will save you lots of time 😪😪😪😪 trust me !
Undo it 10mm approximately .
This screwb is rotating a barrel which holds the mechanism open stopping you from cracking off various little plastic guides and tabs 🙄😪🙄
When resembling the door and hooking the handle and then cable back together you may think something is wrong, that's because the mechanism is being held open .
Once the step 2 screw is wound clockwise to a gentle close the whole mechanism clicks into position and if you did break all the guide bars , pivot clip, surround and reassemble the door 3 times in the freezing cold 😭😭 the tension will pull it all nicely together ! T.F.F.T !
Step 2 is the game changer good luck!
STOP step Number 2 will save you lots of time 😪😪😪😪 trust me !
Undo it 10mm approximately .
This screwb is rotating a barrel which holds the mechanism open stopping you from cracking off various little plastic guides and tabs 🙄😪🙄
When resembling the door and hooking the handle and then cable back together you may think something is wrong, that's because the mechanism is being held open .
Once the step 2 screw is wound clockwise to a gentle close the whole mechanism clicks into position and if you did break all the guide bars , pivot clip, surround and reassemble the door 3 times in the freezing cold 😭😭 the tension will pull it all nicely together ! T.F.F.T !
Step 2 is the game changer good luck!