Rear Door Lock Actuator Replacement | VW Golf MK5

This video was performed on a MK5 2008 Volkswagen Golf 1K1 1.6L (BGU, BSE, BSF) engine.

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[gabbulk]

Wow, awesome video. I watched a few before I found yours and someone was removing all the interior trim.

One hint for others trying this, when removing the skin, open the front door so you don't scratch it when removing/installing.

Also, you can access the hidden bolt at 2:16 by closing the rear door and getting to it from the front door side.

[ndy]

Thank you Sorted both my rear actuators with N/S rear 7L0 839 015D O/S 016D Opens every time now

[cw]

Just changed mine thanks to your vid. Really helpful many thanks

[mazmorbid]

Do you have trouble openning your door now ? Because at 4:54 the spring that locks the assembly for the intial openning is missing, you should have taken it off the old one and put it on the new one then locked it in place.

[MilošNikolić-rc]

Thank you bro. Great video, very detail.

[rezaali]

Excellent video and camera work…gives me the confidence to replace all 4 actuators…will let you know how my attempt work out.
Thank & much appreciated 👍

[hans-joachimtannenberger]

At 4:40 you also need to migrate the spring from the old unit to the new one to but tension on the door handle

[subsmeplease]

Really helpful video! Thank you for this, I am going to give this a go over the weekend.

[ClaudiuB]

9:33 this! Super hard to slide to right side and take that handle out… I struggled almost one hour and forgot about the t20 screw under the handle and while taking door skin out the whole metalic part holding the latch broke! Now I need new door ffs😢😩

[Miriam-qjeb]

Great video I successfully changed the actuator which the shop told me would fix my remote issue, still the doors won’t lock or unlock with the remote. I also replaced the central control module. Which did fix the back door that wouldn’t unlock. Do you know if I need to get the module recoded? It was an exact part number match. Or maybe the used module I bought is bad.

[jaywalker]

i couldnt get the door handle screw in, it wouldnt line up after i put the door skin back on.. what do i do?!?! i tried moving it around... only got slightly closer.

[molder.x]

Rear Right door wont lock, the rest do mk5 golf 06, What could be the problem

[seanwallace]

Is this process the same for the mk6 golf