Passenger door won't open from the outside?

**Zeb** · 27-10-2011,11:02 PM

As above,

Getting very annoyed with the door not opening from the outside. I have slammed the door hard loads of times but did not work.

Any suggestions?

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**Crasher** · 28-10-2011,09:24 AM

Lock unit failure, a very common problem on the 3C Passat, we do a lot of them.

**martin1810** · 28-10-2011,10:37 AM

Quite often the cable has come off. Do a search on here, there is a fix that costs next to nothing. Just a few minutes with a drill and cable tie.

**andrewturner** · 28-10-2011,07:01 PM

My passenger door wouldn't open from the outside and there was little/no resistance when pulling on the door handle.

Prompted by this thread, I did a bit of googl'ing which led me to opening the window so I could work the indoor and outdoor handles at the same time. After a few minutes of opening/closing and pulling handles I heard a clunk and the outside handle now works, brilliant!

**Zeb** · 28-10-2011,08:12 PM

Thanks guys for the quick response. Crasher, that has made me panic. I will search the thread Martin1810, and Andrew I will have another go tomorrow.

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**andrewturner** · 28-10-2011,11:27 PM

Zeb, I just wanted to add that I was about to give up when I got that 'clunk' and it started working (very satisfying when it happened!

). I didn't spend very long working the handles together and opening/shutting the door, perhaps 2-3mins. The reason I was about to give up was because I didn't think that anything I was doing was making any difference and I couldn't think of anything 'extra' to do - it seemed futile I guess! Stick at it!

**Zeb** · 28-10-2011,11:36 PM

I will give it a go, and hopefully the door will come back to it's senses.
Once I open the door from the inside, it goes back to normal.
When I lock/unlock the second time, the door opens from the outside??? Very confusing.

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**Crasher** · 28-10-2011,11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Zeb

that has made me panic

Why? It is no big deal, it is not as if you oil pump drive has failed is it!

**paul1964** · 29-10-2011,07:40 AM

we have had the same thing for 10 years or so its when someone tries opening the door when it locked the central locking gets all confused, I tend to leave the car unlocked its a lot easier. With time the lock mech gets all worn. Some people have a bad habit of trying the door once they have locked the car. it all gets a bit fatal
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