Its pretty straight forward basically you will be removing the outer door skin to get access to the lock.
Mark 5 golf door lock.
For the front door 57 01.
The central locking button inside the car doesn t work either.
Mk5 golf door unlocking trick when it won t unlock from either inside or outside.
The central locking on my vw golf mark 5 has stopped working.
Home cars 2005 volkswagen golf mk 5 driver s door lock replacement.
Due to a lock fail or harness fail.
The first indication that the rear driver s door lock module was starting to fail was when the door did not unlock along with all the other doors.
I can lock the drivers door with my key but the other doors cannot be locked.
137 000 miles 19th june 2012.
You have to watch.
The grab handle can be replaced no need to change the whole door panel remove door card and remove plastic glue holding the part in place then fit new part and glue the fingers into place.
I did find one post on the mk5 golf gti forum that looked hopeful though even though ours is a match not a gti and decided it was worth a try.
Almost a year ago my rear left door lock started playing tricks on me it was not always.
You try and open the door at the same time as it tries to unlock.
Not sure on part number for lhd but i changed my rhd drivers side grab handle today part number 1k2867180c there is a colour code after this too check with dealer.
I have 2008 mk 5 r32.
One operates the central lock switch on the drivers door while the other tries to open the passenger door.
Golf mk 5 rear door lock not working solved the hard way 05 03 2013 03 37 pm 1.
Daunting as this seems i found this much easier than taking the inner door skin off.
It appeared to be coming from the driver s door.
Note it will only work on a 5 door car on only on the front doors i did the passanger and assume the driver will be the same.
After all you know has failed to work this is 100 sure.
There is life in the battery in the key fob.
Open the rear door so you can access the front door.
This was the second door lock module i ve needed to replace on my golf mk 5.
Here you can find door lock actuator latch for vw golf mk5 jetta to.
Driver s door lock replacement.
I replaced the module in the driver s door almost exactly 4 years ago.
You do need two people.
This is my first post here although i read thing here for the past 4 5 years.
Remove the black plastic trim from the front door that covers the bolts see outer door skin removel photos i used and allen key to slide in behind the trim and.
The filler cap release button in the cockpit doesn t work either.