Why Your VW Door Won't Open

You are an absolute star. Thank you, kind sir! For info (2001 Audi A6), mine was blocked as I pulled the handle why unlocking the doors (bad idea), so it stayed in the position you demonstrated, and I couldn't open the door from outside nor inside. The screwdriver through the handle didn't help, but a sharp hit with the hand over the top right of the handle and CLICK, unlocked!

Good video. The spring you removed is one of the fixings that is designed to keep the mechanical and electrical part of the door lock module together. Better to file 1/16" of the bottom leg of the spring and put it back.

recomiendo ver este video antes de desmontar nada ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLkzuVPapRk

you cannot open the back door w/ the last option (sliding something between the glass to push down) since there is a stationary window above the latch

tnx

You, sir, are a genius. Thank you.

Good vidoe as far as it goes. Better would be you show this move with the screw driver down the window slot. Still, a good and useful video.

FIXED !! Thank you so much 🍻

What do I do if my cable broke?

That’s the pretensioner spring. You need that. Don’t follow this bad advice

Finally! Someone who figured out my problem! Thank you!

That "useless" spring is set inside that little nook it sits next to and controls the depth at which the outside handle releases the mechanism when pulled.

wow! how a fabulous great video and an incredible 2 minutes tip of a one-video Youtube channel helped out so many ppl and reach out +1 million views ! Thank you so much Jon !

the spring serves a purpose it gives u the correct tension for the cable to the door handle that's why it's there not because vw just wanted to waste a piece of metal lol

Wow! ty for that :)

Most helpful. Thanks Jon! Of course you need to get the door open before you can take off the panel. If you open the rear door you can see the black bolts in the drivers door that secure the mechanism. I took a 1/2" rod (or you can use a 3/8" extension), placed one end against the bolt and gave the other end a quick tap,tap with a hammer. That reset the mechanism so I could open the door. I think I may squirt some silicone spray onto the subject arm by sticking a spray straw through the outside door handle. Then exercise the mechanism a bit. See if that does it before taking the door apart...which is a royal pain!

I have this issue, if I use my thumb and FIRST push the handle the " wrong way" for a few millimeters, then it triggers and opens as normal, if I don't do that the door will not open.

Thanks this helped me out. After fitting new after market actuator door kept sticking closed and couldn't open with outer or inner handle. I removed the pin and it's now fixed.

You legend! You saved my ass today!

Thanks for the informative video
Worked a treat