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CarGuru > Volkswagen > screwy lock on 98 TDI 25 January 2005 05:29:29

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screwy lock on 98 TDI

Terry Solomonson 25 January 2005 05:29:29
 My wife was impatiently yanking on the passenger side door of my TDI
while I activated the door locks. The door came open she got in, we did
our errands and came home.

The next day I activated the locks, and when I deactivated them later
the knobs all came up and everything looked and sounded OK, but the
passenger side front door wouldn't open. I manually pulled on the knob,
but still it wouldn't open. I tried closing and opening the locks but
nothing seemed to work. All the other doors were fine.

I finally got the door trim off (not easy when the door is locked
shut!), peeled back the vapor barrier and flipped the latch to the lock.
The door opened and I thought "OK, so the latch got flipped while she
was janking on the door... no problem". I opened and closed the door a
couple of times to make sure, and then started to put the trim back on
when I decided to try the lock. Sure enough, the door wouldn't open
again, so I went back in, pushed on the interior latch, and the door
popped open.

Any guesses as to what's wrong? Do I need to replace the actuator? I
haven't pulled it out since I only have enough time to work on the thing
about once a month. I know that just because the knob goes up and down
doesn't mean that it's connecting with the latch.


tia,

terry solomonson
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