Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Jetta. Manual - part 678

 

- Guide Assembly tool T10034 into door 
through opening in inner door plate. 

- Light inner part of door using a flashlight 
for better view. 

- Hook assembly tool into spring - 1 - - 
arrow A - . 

- Engage spring into door lock by pulling 
installation tool - arrow B - . 

- Install door handle into door. 

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- Insert clip - 1 - into metal cut out and engage into door 
handle - 2 - . 

- Insert lock cylinder housing at right angle into door handle 
mounting bracket. 

- Now screw in bolt into mounting bracket using torque 
wrench. 

 

Door handle engages again into lock cylinder housing with 
a very audible click.

Note: 

During installation, door handle - 2 - must be pressed onto 
door plate.  
 

- Then, perform in reverse order of removal.  

Then a function test must be performed, since door cannot 
be opened if adjustment and clips of Bowden cable are not 
correct.  
 

Door lock, removing and installing 

 

Window regulator, door lock and loudspeaker are secured 
to carrier assembly.

 

Door lock can only be removed in conjunction with carrier 
assembly.

 

Carrier assembly can only be removed when door window 
is removed from window regulator. For this purpose, door 
window must be driven down to height of installation hole in 
carrier assembly and spreader pins must be removed.

 

If it is not possible to drive down door window by electrical 
window regulator, first exact cause of malfunction must be 
determined.

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To do so, using Scan Tool (ST) V.A.G1551 , check DTC 
Memory of comfort system (address word 46) 

 
 

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Repair Manual, Body On Board Diagnostic (OBD), 

Repair Group 01, Comfort system; check DTC Memory

 

 

If there is an electrical fault via window regulator motor, this 
can be removed from carrier assembly.

Removing

 

- Removing rear door trim 

 
 

. 

 

Repair Manual, Body Interior, Repair Group 70, Door 

trim, removing and installing

 

- Remove housing. 

- Removing and installing lock cylinder housing 

 

57-1, 

Lock cylinder housing, removing and installing

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- Pry off cap - 1 - . 

- Lower door window until spreader pin - 2 - and spreader 
plug - 3 - are accessible in window cut-out. 

Note: 

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If work step is not possible due to a malfunction via 
electrical window regulator, window regulator motor can be 
removed to be able to slide window down.   
 

- Screw in a 5 mm bolt (approx. 70 mm long) into spreader 
pin - 2 - and pull out from spreader plug - 3 - . 

- Now screw in a 8 mm bolt (approx. 80 mm long) into 
spreader plug - 3 - . 

Note: 

When screwing bolt into spreader plug, do not use 
excessive force on anchor otherwise it may fall backward 
into door.  
 

- Pull out spreader plug from window regulator guide and 
thereby from door window. 

- During this, cable - 2 - must be pressed to side from 
window using a screwdriver. 

- Pull off seal - 1 - from center bar up to window recess seal 
- 2 - . 

- Pry off cap - 3 - . 

- Remove then-visible bolt. 

- Using a screwdriver - 1 - , lift catch - 2 - and remove filler 
piece - 3 - upward out of window frame - 4 - . 

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