Suppliers for Door Locks?

[Arch3r]

Hi,

I need to replace my door lock actuators - at least two of them, might as well do them all, right?

Does anyone know a good, reliable Australian vendor of aftermarket actuators? I'm getting the runaround on ebay from sellers who claim to be in Australia but don't know where Darwin is (!), sellers who charge $999 for express postage, and a lot of listings saying "LHD only".

I wanna get the right rear first, since that door does not lock. I would assume there is no LHD/RHD difference there? (On that note, is the driver's door a master actuator? Unlocking the driver's door is not triggering central unlocking which makes me think it is the cause of the problem. Wiring seems OK since the locks all seem to attempt to work. 'Unlock' button inside driver's door works fine).

Does anyone know the correct part numbers for an Aussie 2.0 FSI? My variant does not come up on many parts lists, but I am guessing its locks are the same as others. I will check the actual parts installed, but don't have the requisite tools yet.

Thanks in advance.

[sebas_thefish]

Front left: 3D2837015K
Front right:3D2837016S
Rear left: 3D4839015A
Rear right: 3D4839016A

If you put each part number into eBay you'll get plenty of options. I bought one of the $40 ones from China to replace my driver's door. Arrived in just over a week and works fine.

[Arch3r]

Front left: 3D2837015K
Front right:3D2837016S
Rear left: 3D4839015A
Rear right: 3D4839016A

Thank you.

Was that the Golf? I should have specified.

Driver's door is 9-pin right, and the others 7?

[sebas_thefish]

Yeah they're for a Mk5 Golf. Part numbers are from ETKA for a RHD.

Yes driver's door is 9 pin, the rest are 7.

[Umai Naa!!]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/d2pautoparts

D2pautoparts10 on eBay carry them. I've been buying from them for years, and the parts are decent. Postage is quick too.

[Gilg]

Hey Guys,

new owner of a MkV Golf 2005 for my daughter, the door locks seem totally random as to whether they will work or not, sometimes with the key fob, sometimes with the drivers side lock, sometimes front doors will not lock but the rear doors will, some times the opposite.

What do you guys suggest, buy some new actuators, lubricate the actuators, could it be an electronic problem? I am at a bit of a loss to be honest.

[Umai Naa!!]

Check the wiring harness where it passed through the A pillar into the drivers door.

If that's ok, replace the affected actuators. Don't bother fixing them, they'll just fail again.

[Arch3r]

Yeah they're for a Mk5 Golf. Part numbers are from ETKA for a RHD.

Yes driver's door is 9 pin, the rest are 7.

Thanks.

OK, one down (and working!), several to go. I'm hoping once the driver's door is done the others will slave to it properly. And the tailgate is on order too because it has stopped opening intermittently. Whose brilliant idea was it for everything to be electromechanically actuated?!?! What's wrong with a freakin lever?

[JustCruisn]

Yeah they're for a Mk5 Golf. Part numbers are from ETKA for a RHD.

Yes driver's door is 9 pin, the rest are 7.

Hmm just took delivery of a new lock for Passenger Front, it has 9pins.
Every listing I can find states 9pins also.
Will find out for sure when it remove the door skin on the weekend.

[JustCruisn]

Front left passenger door has 9 pins on the lock itself, but the wiring to it only has 6.
Photos are of the original lock

[JustCruisn]

Another one of mine failed today, rear right.
Funny thing is I changed oil today and when I did a scan the fault showed, no issues with the lock had been observed. Sure enough it is stuffed, will not unlock. It is like the scan caused the issue.

[JustCruisn]

Has anyone got any tips on how to open the rear door once the lock has given up ?
I assume I'll spend more time trying to get the door open than it will take to do the repair.

Thinking of getting a helper to press the unlock button repeatability while I pull like crazy on the handle and probably belt the door near the lock to try to budge it.

[Umai Naa!!]

Keep trying, or be prepared to drill a hole in the door.

Not as crazy as it sounds, as it's on the inside.

[saabman]

I had my front door refuse to budge - thankfully I had been working on it and only had 2 srews in each edge and none in the bottom.

removed the rear door and hinges to get the door skin undone and pulled it back far enough to access the mechanism (my issue was self inflicted )
whats does VCDS report for the door ?

Ive not experienced the microswitch issue some you tube vidoes depict but have had the main lock motor in both front doors fail due to bad contacts internally (probably because the with motor only rotates something like twice in a movement and always stops and starts from the same point)

[MEL744]

Another one of mine failed today, rear right.
Funny thing is I changed oil today and when I did a scan the fault showed, no issues with the lock had been observed. Sure enough it is stuffed, will not unlock. It is like the scan caused the issue.

Interesting you say this, just had my car at the mechanic to get the air conditioning sorted. I'm guessing they did a diagnostic scan, now my rear right will not lock!