Post by: Motor Mad on March 15, 2017, 01:16:36 pm
I have a five door GTi and my passenger door has become pretty temperamental when unlocking the car. It's got to the point where if I need to let someone in, I lean over and open the door from the inside. I know this is quite a common problem on these cars. Where's the best place to get replacement door modules?
Cheers
Post by: Shoduchi on March 15, 2017, 01:33:15 pm
Post by: Motor Mad on March 15, 2017, 03:33:59 pm
For what I've seen you don't need to replace the door lock. Just get it to someone who knows a bit of electronics. The electric connections to the small motors that control the locks aren't great. Most likely they're only making a good connection from time to time. A bit of solder on those connections should be enough to fix it. :smiley:
Thanks for this info that's useful to know. I'll take the door skin off and have a look. It seems to be on the go slow as if I use the lock/unlock buttons on the door, it seems to be a bit delayed opening the passenger door.
Cheers
Post by: lukemk5gti on March 15, 2017, 04:16:31 pm
I purchased one off eBay with a guarantee of a year I think. Obviously it since started to fail (2 years on).
Post by: 4ndy on March 15, 2017, 05:04:27 pm
Did see the soldering fix but the £20 price won me over :signLOL:
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on March 15, 2017, 08:17:40 pm
Ill see if i can find the video.
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on March 15, 2017, 08:21:47 pm
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Post by: Motor Mad on March 15, 2017, 09:28:47 pm
Thanks for the link. A little bit of WD40 in the hole followed by caking the outside!
Cheers
Post by: IOMAL on March 18, 2017, 06:24:22 pm
Great vid ,just tried it on my gttdi and the door card is completely different ,no easy fix here&feature=youtu.be
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Post by: Tfsi_Mike on March 19, 2017, 01:22:15 am
Great vid ,just tried it on my gttdi and the door card is completely different ,no easy fix here&feature=youtu.be
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But on the golf the whole pure door skin comes off, no?
Post by: IOMAL on March 19, 2017, 05:29:07 am
I believe so but on the vid ,that is showing access from the inside ,I took my doorcard off and it's looking like no access at all to the door module ,so it's door skin off to reach it ,looks easy enough ,just have to try again when I have a bit more time on my handsGreat vid ,just tried it on my gttdi and the door card is completely different ,no easy fix here&feature=youtu.be
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But on the golf the whole pure door skin comes off, no?
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Post by: lukemk5gti on May 21, 2018, 03:48:08 pm
Post by: doylebros on May 21, 2018, 07:57:02 pm
Did anyone ever actually succeed with drilling and greasing their door lock module?
I tried it using GT85 and it's worked for over twelve months to date on MKIV golf, but failed totally on the MKV I tried it on.
Post by: Chesto18 on May 22, 2018, 09:28:14 pm
I took the little rubber gasket off and sprayed copious amounts of wd40 at it, whilst unlocking and locking the car and working the red paddle for the mechanism at the same time.
Eventually it started working again. No idea if this was just luck or whether what I did actually had an impact, but it’s been fine since (touch wood).