Hi guys

I have just purchased a R reg (Dec97) Passat 1.8 turbo estate which has a few faults.

I notice the central locking/door locks in general seems to be a problem area and have read on how to strip the door down etc.

The fault on mine is that the central locking works fine via the switch on the drivers door but not with the key, this isn't a major problem at the moment as I am locking all of the other doors with the switch and the drivers door with the key.

My question is the drivers door handle sticks out by about 1/2 an inch on the left hand side so at times to get the door to open I have to push the handle in and then pull it out to get the door to open.

Is there any way I can adjust the handle externally to fix this problem and to put the handle back in its original place with out having to pull the door trim etc off.

Hope some one can help.

Cheers Jim