vw vacuum door lock actuators inoperative
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- in this short clip i take you with me on a repair i had in the shop. the customers complaint was the right side door lock actuators were inoperative and the vacuum pump would continue to run for a long period of time. sorry for the shaky parts in the video. i wasn't planing on doing a video on this repair so it was last minute
Thank you so much for this video!! I have replaced the pump 3x, and now this. Not having endless money to pay for things like this to be fixed, this is awesome to see it's something I can do and not mess up. I'll still be leaving the engine and brake repairs to the pros though.
I had no idea that these things had pump. Mine barely makes a noise so I never knew. Thanks a lot 👍🏼
Thanks Will, I ended up doing exactly all that you did, even going to the junkyard. Problem solved. Thanks for your efforts
You should do way more of these videos. You're a natural. Coolest auto man video I've seen. Thanks.
Thanks Will I had the same problem on my 99 Jetta. The way i found my problem was I could a hissing noise coming from the door as the pump was running. Its was faint but, distinguishable. Saved some time pulling off all the door kicks and panels.
Thank you so much I've been searching how to fix this problem
That's totally cool, Will. I like to learn something new every day, and you gave me my morning fix, ha ha. My son has a VW and I often wondered if the door locks are vacuum actuated. If you ever have to replace a length of tubing, you could thread a wire down the old tube, pull out the old tube, and thread the new tube over the wire -- it might be easier than blind threading the new tube. But I guess the more common point of failure would be at a connector. Thanks for posting!
Ace! Found my issue to be a little white box operating the fuel filler cap to be leaking. Someone fixed it with tape at some point but tape came off. I found it by blowing through the main tube and hearing air coming out so just followed the sound to the leak 👍🏼
Thank you very much for the very informative video. I followed your instruction and solved the same issue with the passenger door. Grat video!
Thanks for the video. I have a 1999 Mk3 Golf estate where I had a similar problem. However, located the source of the leak by blowing tobacco smoke into the vacuum tube where the pump is located and waited to see where the smoke emerged in the car. My fault was the pneumatic actuator for the fuel flap. The silicone seal fad failed so I have ordered a new one on ebay for £20. Just a thought to use smoke to speed up finding the leak. Thanks again =)
Thank you so much for making this video. None of my Jetta locks would lock so after watching your video I knew it must have been a central line. I found a broken t-joint at the driver rear seat.
thanks man. I have a 95 Jetta and when I lock the doors, vaccume pump runs and I hear a "hissssssss" coming from driver door jam.....pretty safe to say where the leak is!!! at least now I know what to expect when I get in there. thanks!
This is great. I have a 98 Golf and the lock motor seems to run until it times out just like you showed us. Also sometime without know when the motor is running i can't tell if the locks are locking or unlocking depending on which way I turned the key and come back to my car and half the doors are unlocked. Thanks again can't wait to start fixing mine. Cheers
Great video! I think this might be my issue in a '99 Cabrio. Now to investigate! Thanks!!
This helped me fix my issue. MK3 Golf GTI VR6 with annoying problem of having to go lock & unlock both driver & passenger doors. THANKS!
Helped me figure out what was wrong with my car. Thank you very much. cost me 48p to fix instead of £50 for a new box.
@PaulEWu thanks for bringing that up. i thought i heard a leak in the trunk but then again that pump was pretty noisy, i tried to listen near the doors i could hear a faint noise but wasn't sure if it was the actuator trying... then i second guessed myself and traced the line to be certain. your right though. in hindsight i should of went with my gut and pulled the panel from the start...
Thank you a million times. This is the most detailed and inspirational how to video i have watched and i hope it will help me sought out similar problem i am having with VW passat 1997. Cheers and keep it up
Got it figured out. My hose connector broke at the junction of the B pillar and rear door. Thanks for vid.
first off thanks for this video. I now have a better understanding of that sound in my trunk an why the lock won't work. I can try this myself
I know this video is old but this is perfect! Thank you!
wow bro thank u , I have a 95 VW cabrio and just started having that exact problem but now by ur video give the right explanation , thank you very much bro
you are a genius just bought a polo with the same problem going to have a look at it tomorrow
I'm driving a 98 golf so the setup is probably pretty similar. thanks a ton, i know this is an out of the way problem but this will help me a lot. thank you so much.
My 98 Jetta had the exact same problem develop in the driver side rear door.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for the video. I got all my answers thanks to you! :)
Thanks heaps. my sisters 1998 Polo had the exact same problem. all seems to be working well now. Cheers!
Thankyou! Btw if looking for replacement hose, you local hardware store usually will have it. Same stuff used for drip irrigation 👍 look in the gardening section or plumbing section.
@jschirr good point, i thought about doing that. but couldn't get the line off the pump, well im sure i could have but was Leary, i actually got 2 of them peaces from the yard thinking i would mess one up removing the hose then found heating the line worked well. so now i know for next time... in addition to that i thought i could hear a leak in the trunk come to find out i was hearing things lol so that didn't help... thanks again
Thank you I'll check my 97 VW Jetta GLS it has that issue, where the door don't lock or unlock
My mk3 Jetta has the same issue but with all the doors. I'm about to rip out the gnarly carpet and purple power and power wash so I'll check all hoses, thanks again.
Thanks from the UK. U r a legend
☆☆☆☆☆ 5 stars
Thank you, Sylver Channel said it best A MILLION TIMES, and you made the best tutorial detail, for real,
Of all the vids on this topic only yours and one other show the pump, where it is. I bet that broken connector is probably pretty common. What isn't common is your willingness to fix a problem! and make this tutorial.
Thanks for the video. Just for your information if you unlock with the key two times right after another that unlocks all the doors. It has a micro switch and you double tap it.
Great thanks for the good instruction and tips about disassembly. Ill fix my tomorrow
Thank you for doing this video, I have the same problem and thought it was the pump, Now I know different Cheers .
I believe this is the same pump system used in a lot of vw made cars. One alternate way to find the problem would be to use a smoke machine, i find it saves some time removing panels.
nice job working through that maze. one thing i probably would have done first (you might have done this) would be to hook a hand held vacuum pump to the line at the pump to see if the lines would hold vacuum (and if the locks would have gone down). In your case, i presume you would have seen that you couldnt pull a good vacuum. Im thinking that would have eliminated the pump being too weak as the cause.
I had the same problem on our Polo. It was a leaking actuator on the gas cab.
Thank you for making this video!
Good troubleshooting, thanks for the VW stuff.
I have a question:
On my car, sometimes the vacuum pump keeps running for quite some time (20+ seconds), though all the doors do lock
I don't want to mess things up since there doesn't seem to be a real problem yet.
My problem is however, that I am afraid one day the vacuum pump wont stop running, and it will drain my battery overnight.
Is there a timeout built in somehow or is my concern justified?
Kind regards!
Sir, thank you so much for showing how to expose those cables. I'm going to try to solve my problem this week. Happy New Year! :-)! BTW, I have a Golf 3 1.6 :-)
Thank you very much man, you saved my day.
MikiBrkan your welcome, that's great. glad to help, this Jetta was just in the shop for no start if you wanna check out my latest video
Thanks for this, it will help me with ym MK3.5 Cabrio.
Thank you for sharing!
@mazzmari thanks for the compliment, your welcome
you have no idea how u have saved me
thank you m8 i thought my pump was just dead lol because of that noise :) thank you i will check every door i guess :D
I guess the other way to find it would have been to use a smoke machine and look for the leak. That window crank handle is an example of why some parts for these cars cost so much - instead of a $0.02 clip to hold the handle they engineered a release right into it. It's a great idea but how often do you remove the handle? Or.....maybe they knew you would be in there a lot!
Thank you, just saved me alot of trouble. :)
@JohnzCarz that would of worked great wish I would of thought of that. I have a smoke machine that I fabricated. works well. that would have been a good demonstration. I agree the door handle is a perfect example of over engineering
Hi, this was an enlightening video! I just had a quick question. I have a 2001 Audi s4 and all my locks and my trunk lock stopped working at the same time, do you think I need to replace the pump?
-Jon
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Thanks for the look
My 98 Jetta GLS has no power nor air pump on my door modules, in fact I have no horn, no power lock, trunk key doesn’t rotate to open it, and the lock switch doesn’t work on my dashboard. Can you help me figure it out?
where can you find new tubing? i have to fix this asap!
Thanks so much for making this video
just bought a 97 jetta and it does this but times out after about 30 seconds and the door locks work fine, is there a way to just unplug the vacuum pump and disable it?
So i have a 2000 vw cabrio and im having an issue that started when i went to unlock my doors with the key but when i did it the keydid a full turn and the windows rolled all the way down and now they dont work, the locks dont work and the trunk wont pop, any ideas?
Great tutorial. We have a 2001 VW Cabrio. If everything is working, such as alarm, door lights, etc, but the door locks on either side aren't locking or unlocking, what do you think might be the problem?
Thanks for making the video!!
If you give the driver side door lock a double twist when unlocking it, it will unlock the rest of the doors.
Thank you for your video!!! Now my issue is I have no power locks, unable to lock driver door with the key, the fob doesn’t work, no pump sound, and the interior lock switch doesn’t work!!! Could you help me?
Very helpful. Thank you.
Good job,tankyou
Thanks for this, saved me a lot of time:)
Thank you!!!
My doesn’t have power and I can’t lock my doors. I have a 1996 Volkswagen cabrio convertible. Need help????
I have similar problem ,but the it is a vacuum pump malfunction probably !
Mine unlocks all doors, but doesn't lock, is there something I'm doing wrong?
I have a 2001 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro. The doors will sometimes lock but they refuse to lock. They worked fine when I bought the car but then the next day after I bought it, it stopped working. Help please?
Thanks for making this video! I've the same problem, but can't get the rear inside door panel off. All screws, cover plates and clips have been removed/released, but the panel still is attached to the door in the center, near the door handle. Do you have any suggestions to release the rear inside door panel?
Hi Will, today I was removing my rear lights and I noticed a connector which was hanging there but it had nothing to do with the lights. Then I figured it had to be something to do with this pump which was out of the foam casing , lying on its side. I moved the pump , not knowing what this thing was and then I hear beep beep followed by the alarm which I cant turn off. Maybe the previous owner had some issues with this which Im not aware of. Anyhow The key in the door is not having any effect on the alarm so I cant operate the car. I have disconnected the battery from positive and negative terminals with the hope that all will be well in 24 hours or so. Do you have any thoughts on the best approach without making things worse or just advice on what might be going on.
Thanks
Thank you so much.
Great video, thanks!
I have a 99 A4 and this is probably whats wrong with my car but the pump. none of my doors work . gotta check it out
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Thank you!
good stuff, thank you...
thanks really helpful one!!!
awesome thanks
i have mercedes w123 with vacuum problem i wonder if i can use those part from my another golf to the w123 any1 hase tryd it ?
Just legend
nice
thanks helped a lot
Hay bro my c locking doesn't work i opened the front driver side door saw one wire hanging with a clip wire but i don't know where it goes can u help plz my car is polo match 2000 m
Anyone know the part number for this piece?
Yea, them Germans typically make some good shit
Vw idiots make pneumatic door lock mechanism is suck. Why they didnt Electric my 2000 polo front door cable loom hose broken and I pay another loom but it still has air leakege I wont buy any vw car again.
Thank you!