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Re: **HOW TO**: Door lock module replacement **Photos Fixed**
« Reply #90 on: April 15, 2020, 09:17:29 pm »
Great guide! Does anyone know the part number for the purple rubber band that holds the door lock in place?

You can prob use anything to hold it in place e.g. rubber band doubled up a few times - it just holds it there I think until you get the screw in under the handle to hold it so prob can leave it off anyway?

Mine is all done apart from getting the blank back in. I keep managing somehow to knock the C collar off the mechanism which means door skin off again! Gave up tonight so will try again in the morning. If you are unlucky you can knock it off pushing the blank back in if its in the wrong position. The tabs on the C collar arent big enough to hold it in place and at certain points in its rotation I think it can come away from the mech - aaaarggghhhhh!   
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Re: **HOW TO**: Door lock module replacement **Photos Fixed**
« Reply #91 on: April 16, 2020, 11:02:20 am »
Great guide! Does anyone know the part number for the purple rubber band that holds the door lock in place?

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Re: **HOW TO**: Door lock module replacement **Photos Fixed**
« Reply #92 on: April 16, 2020, 11:32:01 am »
Fresh start today and nailed getting the blank back in. You need to make sure the two black plastic tags are sticking out through the skin (circled in orange in pic) - I think last night I didnt do that so the mech wasnt right up against the skin and the blank didnt sit far enough in to get locked in place.

Also test fit the blank in the mech so you can line up/rotate the C collar so its in the right place when it all goes back in - this way you know the blank should drop in and and then be tightened up. The issue with the C collar is that if you screw in too far it can drop away from the mechanism as the tabs go past where they are retained ans then its skin off again. I didnt tighten it all the way in but it holds fine. And yes you need to pull the handle out all the time the C collar is being tightened or it can foul on the collar and push it out...  :driver:

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« Last Edit: April 16, 2020, 11:35:06 am by kevster996 »
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Re: **HOW TO**: Door lock module replacement **Photos Fixed**
« Reply #93 on: June 01, 2020, 09:57:54 pm »


Noticed during this thread that a few people had problems with the handle c collar falling apart, on the vid he only loosens the tx20 12 turns, maybe the guys that have had problems moved it too far?

I've got a passenger side lock to fit do, so been doing a bit of research.
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Re: **HOW TO**: Door lock module replacement **Photos Fixed**
« Reply #94 on: January 11, 2021, 07:03:20 pm »
I found this thread while wrestling with my new(used) 2007 MKV.
When I picked it up 2/4 doors locked with 1/4 dead locking, this years been financially destructive so I aimed to get all my locks working for £0 or as close as possible, this thread in particular was of interest to me because I immediately found one of the barrel lock blanks was stuck...
I’d like to share my experience, thoughts and solutions to the stuck barrel and servicing of the locking mechanisms.
My car, like most it’s age has been fiddled with before, when doing the doors the most obvious sign is the plasters covering the handle mechanism torx screw either missing or part unstuck.

See YouTube for some excellent tutorials on door skin removal, 12 turn technique should always work.
If you are not familiar with doing this pay extra attention to feeling/part pulling the handle, as the ring turns it catches and holds the handle spring under part tension and helps when refitting the handle in the door, you can do damage by binding the barrel release ring up if you don’t pay attention here, if you see/feel the handle bind up, wind the torx screw in a bit and try again.

If the 12 turn technique (make sure you keep the handle part open) hasn’t worked check that there is a tab visible at 6 o’clock of the torx screw head! On mine it had been bent over and the screw head simply wound past it, in this case use a magnetic screwdriver and completely remove the screw to allow more access, it’s doing nothing anyway, now you can fashion a loop out of fine wire and catch and pull the mangled tab on the barrel retaining ring, hey presto!
The cause of this was incorrect previous assembly(screw tightened onto the release tab instead of installed between the release and back tab, I was able to straighten out the ring tabs and pre assemble the handle retaining mechanism once the door skin was off.
There are plenty of pics of these parts online, checkout the ring mechanism, it’s well designed to prevent failure/stuck issues so if yours is stuck it’s probably been put together wrong, add a little penetrating lubricant to make it even easier.

Servicing the locking modules; there are two fairly distinct parts, the mechanical/hardware side I will not cover, I don’t believe there are many failures happening there.

When you tear down the electrical side you’ll find a PCB, 2 small DC motors, 3-5 micro switches and 1-2 resistors.
Check the PCB, micro switches and resistors with a multimeter, on mine 1 door had a bad circuit in the pcb, all micro switches and resistors were fine (there are replacement micro switches and resistors all over the net for pennies incase you need something)
I fixed my pcb with some extra solder. This door worked sometimes in warm conditions and sometimes if you hit it.

Looking at the motors two things struck me, they do very few revolutions between locked and unlocked/deadlocked (one locks/unlocks, one is deadlock on/off), they are orientated in such a way that any detritus that is generated within them will collect around the brushes.

On inspection my motors all felt a bit sticky and the magnetic poles almost non existent.
Frustratingly replacement motors are hard to identify with certainty, the big corporates that produced them don’t publish specs and they don’t appear for resale anywhere I could find.

Back out with the generic ‘fixes everything’ penetrating lube... I started by soaking the motors and spinning them back and forth by hand to loosen things up then tipped the motors down to allow the muck to drain out followed up by another soak, then I ran each one on a 5v circuit back and forwards.
Just repeat until each motor operates reliably. Pay particular attention to stop/starting repeatedly to be sure there’s no sticking points.
The failure point is when you apply voltage but the motor doesn’t turn, cause being dirty/worn brushes. This is prone to happening more frequently in these locks because the motor always stops/starts from the same two points.

If this happens in the deadlock motor in the locked position you will get the ‘door stuck shut’ problem.
If the other motor fails you’ll get ‘doesn’t lock/unlock’ but will still be able double pull from the inside to open, assuming child locks are off!!
ECU codes thrown will likely be; 0155x 0009x 009xx ,x dependant on what door is playing up. 01038 central locking thermal protection may also be in the DTC.
If you want to open up the motors and be even more thorough go ahead, there’s a vid somewhere on YouTube for that. I didn’t because I wanted to first try this solution.

This is day 1 of all my locks working (and coming home lights! YAY!)
Will post here again when I have to take a door skin off again incase anyone is interested.
Total cost, swearing only, lucky I had all required tools, warning, you’ll need tx9 which is unusual ish.

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Re: **HOW TO**: Door lock module replacement **Photos Fixed**
« Reply #95 on: February 20, 2021, 07:39:32 am »
I have a 3 door Mk5 Golf GTi - do you know if there are different parts for a 5 door and a 3 door, or is it one universal unit? My passenger door has stopped locking and I'm trying to source the replacement part.

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Re: **HOW TO**: Door lock module replacement **Photos Fixed**
« Reply #96 on: June 18, 2021, 11:14:26 am »
Thread bump...

I need to get a regulator for the drivers door but had to look at the window regulator yesterday and stupidly refitted the door skin but forgot to put the small screw in behind the handle before re-fitting the handle & lock ....
Got the lock back out but can't get the handle off as you can see the carrier moving slightly, right PITA.
Any tips on how I can get myself out of the kaka?
Cheers.