overcome the deadlock on the rear doors

[mlewington]

Follow this, it's brilliant and WILL work. 2003 Passat Door won't unlock or open.pdf

[vwpassat]

right i got it working again. I got a screwdriver and placed it directly onto the lock and then got a hammer and hammered it moderately hard a few times whilst somebody was pressing the unlock button on the drivers door with the engine started to give it most voltage. after about a minute of doing it, managed to unlock.

After it worked i sprayed the lock with wd40. Now it opens and closes 90% of time and the deadlock seems to have been messed up on that lock which is brilliant because if it fails to unlock then you can open door from inside handle.

The window is a complete pain to remove (don't bother) otherwise i would have removed the whole lock and greased it.

Thanks for all the help.

[micheal balbrig]

It may still be best to replace lock unit in case the next time it locks permanently.

Oops I only managed to open previous post now,hope all works out well.