Passat Passenger Door Wont Lock With Key

A bad door lock actuator door lock solenoid.

Passat passenger door wont lock with key.

The first step in fixing any door lock or handle problems is to remove the door panel see pelican technical article. What s happening with your door locks. While there are many different things that can cause your power door locks to fail the most common causes are. Ok if the doors will not open it may be possible the battery has gone low if you look at the drivers side door handle where a usual lock cylinder is remove the cap from the bottom of the handle you will need to crouch down a bit and see where there is a notch where you use the valet key that comes out of your normal key to put that valet key into the lock cylinder after the cap has been removed this will provide you access to open the vehicle and if the vehicles battery is low.

Reinstall the cap. Im unable to open the rear passenger and drivers door with the remote key fob have tried re synching but the drivers door will not read more. If you re lucky it will unlock with repeated use. A bad key fob remote if it s not one of these items it could be an issue with the linking rod connector.

If they unlock then the remote fob is not working. Have someone in the vehicle and turn the key to the on position. I m afraid this is a common fault on your car with the latch mechanism in the door. Most vehicles will default to unlock the driver door or all doors in the event the ignition is on and there is a power loss.

A bad door lock switch. While standing immediately next to the vehicle press the unlock button on the remote control vehicle key. If it does get the latch replaced asap and if possible don t. Remove the cap from the door handle on the driver door.

Remove the battery ground cable and see if the door locks unlock. I recently bought a 2nd hand 2006 passat estate 2ltr model.