TNT#19 Volkswagen Sticky Door Lock Repair Bodgit And Leggit Garage

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This is a very common problem on a lot of Volkswagen vehicles the door handle sticks and he's hard to open the door it's a very simple fix with no parts needed or money spent we all like free fixes

[@warrenlissenden8743]

Lifesaver. Watched so many videos trying to find this solution, thank you mate. Nice & simple and works. Took 5 minutes

[@adham1554]

Hi bro agreat job I have VW passat 2018 B8 i can’t open the door from inside and outside!!! What should I do bro ??!! Thxxx

[@ColinQuinnuniverse]

Brilliant explanation. Thank you. Does the garage door close? That might help block out the back lighting. Thanks again for the info.

[@geoffmartin2329]

just followed it, worked a treat on my 2001 bug...subbed...

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Glad it helps mate

[@jeffreysegal2065]

I knew there had to be a way to fix this without removing the door panel! I've watched a zillion videos of this repair from inside and it's just a nightmare. Thanks for this easy fix.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it be easier fix the better in my opinion

[@sthembisomthembu395]

But mine is shut and doesn't open so i can be able to perform this repair

[@stuzman52]

What a great tip Leon and that will help a lot of folks out there. I'm sure like you said that a lot of folks will start replacing parts. Have a good one!

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@mentaldan666]

Lost count of the amount of times I've had to do this! Great video as ever, Leon. Loving your channel. Greetings from Scotland 👍🏼

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@spudgm1532]

Love the name man, cracked me up.. Thanks heaps mate, this problem has been giving me the shits for months, clear, easy solution... you're a bloody legend. Stay safe brother.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

boom sorted glad to help you mate

[@jmgiron4]

Very good narrative and video, I will tackle my drivers door and hopefully be fixed! Thanks for sharing it!!

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@lesleyelalami2562]

Just what I needed to learn. Gotta get out and do it now. Thanks so much. x

[@brendanbradyfan3589]

Good quick fix , how you know all this stuff does amaze me you are a smart bloke you know what you are doing. I honestly think that those vw group German cars aren't as well made as people often think.They feel "chunky" to drive and quality but they seem to have things break more than other cars especially looking at the used market they don't age seem to age well .

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Brendan Brady fan I suppose that's just German engineering for you lol

[@brendanbradyfan3589]

bodgit and leggit garage lol

[@waj1975]

Excellent video. Will have a go of this tomorrow. Any tips for a similar issue the other side on the internal handle?

[@OneAuto]

Love the no parts fixes! Don't tug it, you'll go blind!!

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

One Auto, 😁😂🤣😂😁😁🤣

[@richardharries5825]

Wouldn’t you care to elaborate on that ? “ Don't tug it, you'll go blind!! “

[@ColinQuinnuniverse]

Bwah ha ha ha !! Brilliant mate !

[@Bluegrassriver8]

So, Mr. Mechanic, the hardest part for you is the lighting! A camera and lighting man think, wow, that bloke is having trouble with the easiest part (lighting) and making the hardest part look easy! Makes you cuss engineering for calling for a steel cable that stretches too easily over time. Does this happen on passenger side more often? You have given us a wonderful tip, thanks from Kentucky.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

It's very difficult to record especially in my shed with very bad natural lighting and a very big front door that lets a lot of light especially where the car is facing it washes out the background and the focus and especially in a open garage it's very difficult to film like do absolutely everything yourself so yes sometimes I do struggle

[@lovelyleeannebecker1927]

Great vids mate.....you`ve saved me many times....keep em coming .

[@chrisbell5032]

Thanks for the vid 3:33 screw driver is prising adjuster and you say "it can slide back" , does that mean the cable can become detached and then a nightmare ensues ? Lol, that'll be me if so.Thanks.

[@talebsaad190]

Hey sir. I have VW Touran 2006 door handle is pretty much loose it opens and shuts down but the handle keeps sticking out and the T20 screw does not want to be tighten up any solution pls ?! It drives me crazy!!!

[@johnfisher8666]

I've been struggling with my door lock for a year, As soon as it stops raining I'm going to try this!

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

all the best with it mate

[@Robin-hj7kj]

Great video Leon, unfortunately there are a lot of problems with these locks As there is a microswitch and the bad soldering, pfffff I've bin there, as what you always say, what a nightmare... Lol

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Robin De Wit yeah German engineering right!!

[@timallen6025]

Thank you . Clever is as clever does 👍👍Neat know how there ! Subscribed

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Thanks for the sub!

[@aidsy60]

Great tip Leon, what about getting the door open in the first place if it won't open at all.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

have fun with that 1 mate

[@sergiodiaz7273]

JUST LIKE YOU SAID VERY SIMPLE FIX THANK YOU FOR THE INFO

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@williamargout2886]

2007 Passat 2.0T. A similar problem is when the door won't unlock, manually or with the remote, when it gets somewhat below freezing, except from the inside. I'm wondering if this solution will apply to that problem, or if I will have to get into the nitty-gritty. I'm hoping that it was just moisture which is now gone. I will find out this winter.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Hi mate unfortunately it's impossible for me to say as it can be a number of problems but from the sounds of things from what you are telling me it sounds you have a lock issue rather than the issue we had on this car

[@ianmclellan2792]

Good video Leo, I only found it after removing the door trim. I have loosened the T 20, but the lock will not come out of the door. I have put plenty of wd40 on it, but it is solid. Any ideas please.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Hi mate you maybe haven't got the little bolt all the way out once you do the lock will just fall out

[@antoniosanchez-tembleque3305]

Thanks! It fixed my Passat B3G passenger door

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

any time mate glad it help you

[@bernardbinondo1967]

Great video it helps a lot i got the same problem on my vw mk4 thanks a lot

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Glad it helped

[@8ile]

What do you think of the diesel engines in these Golf's? They're in Seat Ibiza's etc of the same age. Some have gone to over 200,000 miles, others are dead at 120,000 miles. Probably down to maintenance tbh. Also, do you do undersealing to cars?

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

8ile that is a hard one to answer it all depends on how it's driven how it's looked after and where the car is as regards undersealing you have to be careful as if you leave it too long and it cracks water can get in and it can cause more damage than good in some cases

[@suciohernandez936]

Hey Leon I'm having the same problem with my golf mk3 I have to tug on it quite a bit for it to open how can I go about fixing this please help

[@kev008ify]

I’ve got Vw caddy 10 plate, side door not opening from inside or out side 😫

[@todayintheshopbanksy5904]

Did this to my SEAT Toledo last year. I noticed afterwards load of VAG group cars with the lock not fitted back properly. I kept thinking I should leave my number if they wanted it sorted.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

lol

[@simonrawle7885]

nice vid mate . think you just saved a few people some money

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

hope so mate thanks

[@adrianrainbow1995]

Cheers dude, made my day. Good idea not tugging it, Jesus is watching!

[@SteveRobReviews]

Now that's a slick fix. 👍👍

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

STEVE ROB lol thanks mate

[@davidtaylorart8914]

Any tips on how to do this on a 08 Passat? I got the lock out using the t20 but the locking mechanism looks different i.e no black cap/ clip or metal cable visible. Cheers.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Hi mate as far as my memory goes that mechanism on the Passat is completely and utterly different it works off a big subframe with springs on it what you might need to do is slightly adjust the lock in the door or you can even adjust the lock latch on the pillar of the car

[@davidtaylorart8914]

Thanks for the reply, I’ll look into it, cheers.

[@odg09]

Thank you for making this video! Thumbs up mate.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@jameskirby5386]

Oh, I have a Golf Mk5. Door won't open. But seen people stripping and replacing the whole door lock mechanism

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

all depends on the problem if the door lock is broken obviously replace it this wasn't broken

[@ericcorse]

Good fix, quick and easy

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@johntaylor2003]

Great info 👍 👍

[@ElhananYakubov]

Thank you a lot! I fixed my door on seat toledo 2001.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

sorted

[@vdubs6068]

Great vid Leon. Cheers Jamie

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Vdubs 60 thanks mate

[@Sammi_Slayyer]

Very good commentary

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@colinjones7080]

I thought tugging it is bad for your eyes not speech haha. Good video

[@FragGile]

this isn't always why it does this, it can the mechanical arm for the out handle doesn't reset itself all the way especially after unlocking the car

[@Dubslag]

Paul Wilkinson totally! Sometimes it’s to tight and won’t let the lock go through it’s full motion

[@Badgertronix]

when do you ever use the doors? I thought you were a Dukes of Hazard dive through the window kind of fella

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Badgertronix you should do a video on that especially after about six pints I'm sure that would go viral lol

[@paulmayou370]

Great little fix great video as always

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@EXOVCDS]

Paul... did you get my stickers?

[@paulmayou370]

Thomas EXOVCDS hi Thomas yes I did many thanks for them really cool

[@EXOVCDS]

Thank you for the reply! I was worried that I bodged the address.

[@paulmayou370]

Thomas EXOVCDS no aĺl good forgot to message you thank you been busy and slipped my mind many thanks again mate

[@randommadness1021]

I have the opposite problem, opens from outside but not inside. Any ideas? Thanks.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Hi mate there is a metal cable with a hook on it which goes to the inside of the door handle and then goes to the lock you could have a problem with the inside door handle or most likely the cable has broken between the two

[@randommadness1021]

@@bodgitandleggitgarage it's just been in for a service and they managed to fix it for me (no charge) but told me to be gentle with it. Said would be £100 to fix next time. Could it maybe just be lube? Thinking that if they managed to fix it, then it couldn't be broken???

[@speedingcount8672]

What do you do if the door is shut when it happens and it won’t open from either inside or outside?

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Hi mate if I'm understanding what you are saying how to open the door when you can't use the handle unfortunately you have to to take off the door card in most cases you have to damage it to get to the lock mechanism to release it

[@mohammedzahboune824]

Amazing! It's tricky.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

proffes simo thanks mate

[@EXOVCDS]

Thank you for the tip!

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Thomas EXOVCDS thanks mate I'm sure you've come across this problem before

[@EXOVCDS]

Once or twice! =)

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Thomas EXOVCDS or 100 lol

[@bernardbinondo1967]

What i wanna know is to remove and replace the windscreen washer hoses from front to the back

[@125sm3]

Nice little tip .

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

125 SM thanks mate

[@Robo-o3r]

It is great man...great video and explanation...complete :-)

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

thanks mate

[@ayergeundogdou2626]

Thanks mate

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Happy to help

[@sthembisomthembu395]

Mine is completely shut and i can't seem to be to get in there to repair it.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

Just make sure you've got the screw out enough mate

[@strat4ordgirl]

Great info but my door will not open to get to the bit you are explaining. It’s driving me nuts😡.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

As long as you can open the handle you can get a small pic in and move that little wire up up it's awkward but you can do it that might work for you all the best mate

[@abadabbas9531]

Kind of blowk who gets angary he almost lost it on him self when he couldn't speak (say a word) 😂

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

?

[@abadabbas9531]

bodgit and leggit garage lol only kidding pal, good mechanic

[@PJGajewski]

These locks are really badly designed. Microswitches, soldering etc. Nightmare. I was repairing them all in Golf IV estate. Vag group is big no, no for me...

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

PJ Gajewski so what you're saying is German engineering at its finest lol

[@PJGajewski]

Well, maybe it`s not that bad. It`s just highly overrated. Thanks for videos!

[@priteshchampaneri7841]

Don't tug it too much, you'll go blind mate.

[@bodgitandleggitgarage]

hahahahah