MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: gsgti on April 24, 2012, 11:04:07 pm

Title: Sticking door handle
Post by: gsgti on April 24, 2012, 11:04:07 pm

I'm having a problem with the passenger front door handle on my golf. When you release the handle having opened the door, the handle remains in a 'pulled out' positon - as if you are still pulling it. The only way to get the handle to return to a normal position is then to slam the door shut / hit the handle - not ideal

Anyway the local garage (not VW) say they will need to take off the outer door skin to get access and sort problem!!   :surprised: They have already tried huge quantities of oiling to no avail.

Anybody any thoughts / encountered a similar prob and do they really need to remove the outer door skin to sort it?? maybe I should bite the bullet and visit my local VW garage

Any help gratefully received

Ta Graeme

Title: Re: Sticking door handle
Post by: s3dubbin on April 25, 2012, 09:40:55 am

Visit vw mate i'm sure its a recall. Heard somebody moaning about it on their tiguan. Cheers, Stevie.

Title: Re: Sticking door handle
Post by: gsgti on April 25, 2012, 08:22:59 pm

Cheers Stevie

Phoned VW - no recall i'm afraid but they reckoned they could fix it whilst I waited - no door skin off and about £35!!

Title: Re: Sticking door handle
Post by: B1NCC 1.8T on April 25, 2012, 08:54:11 pm

There is a recall on the tiguan for the same problem, but they have a different handle setup compared to the golf.

I've seen us remove the bung from the handle/door and shave a tiny bit off the bung to stop it sticking (just where it touches the plastic handle)
(that's all the recall is on the Tiguan anyway lol)

Title: Re: Sticking door handle
Post by: s3dubbin on April 25, 2012, 08:59:38 pm

Thought i had heard it somewhere. Good news mate. Cheers.  :happy2:

Title: Re: Sticking door handle
Post by: alackofspeed on April 25, 2012, 11:21:34 pm

If you want to save yourself a few quid, a search of this forum will find a thread detailing the process to remove the lock mechanism. The first few steps of the process are removing the door handle, which is a 5 minute task. The only tool required is a T20 screwdriver style torx tool. I suspect it would be very easy to determine the cause of the stiction.