2013 Passat Door Locks Wont Lock With Rear Door Buttons

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2013 passat door locks wont lock with rear door buttons.

The driver s side rear door would not open from the outside intermittently. The battery is likely dead and needs to be replaced but the remote s may also need to be reprogrammed to work. Can t open close it from the driver panel or the door. Remove the exterior door handle.

The 2013 volkswagen passat has 3 problems reported for door lock not working. A few months ago i started having intermittent problems with the door lock. In the past few weeks the window stopped working. If this happens the problem is with the remote.

The lock mechanism s have microswitches in them to tell the electronics weather the door is locked or unlocked. The modern conveniences of vehicles are often lost upon drivers today. Why door lock failure occurs in a bmw 26 mar 18. I would have to use the remote or driver s door buttons to unlock the rear door.

Look here for how to access the lock module and repair replace it. Same thing happens at stop signs. When i hit the lock button all four of my doors lock but when i hit unlock nothing happens except a slight noise that sounds like the motors tried but didn t have enough power. Average repair cost is 650 at 81 350 miles.

That would be normal if it happened once a trip. Pull the exterior door handle outward and to the rear to release it from the exterior door handle reinforcement. I was driving with passengers but using the rear seat for storage. I m hoping just replacing the drivers side actuator will fix the problem but i don t want to spend the money if that isn t the problem.

The door lock works in only one direction. Our passat locks the doors as soon it crosses above 10 mph. This issue also indicates a bad lock actuator. Locks work from the switch but not the remote.

A failed switch or cracked solder joint on the lock mechanism s circuit board can cause issues with the locks. Remember it wasn t that long ago that we were stuck manually rolling up windows turning a key to start the car and scanning the radio hoping to find a tolerable song to listen to on the radio while we were stuck in rush hour traffic. To install reverse the removal procedure. Arriving at my destination the rear door would not open from the outside intermittently.

What s strange is it does this every time it goes above 10 mph so in a parking lot the rear door locks are repeatedly clicking each time the car slows and speeds up.