03 vw golf lock cylinder housing disassembly and assembly tutorial. 

Thanks for the video, helped me to strip my lock down and realize that part of it was broken which was causing it to not unlock or lock my car. Great video and very informative

Thanks a lot Alex!! In my case the spring holder was broken so couldnt fix it, but wouldnt have done that without your Tutorial! thanks!

Appreciate the tutorial! The spring was definitely a challenge to get back in properly. I actually found the initial disassembly portion more useful than the reassembly portion when it came to putting everything back together. Thumbs up!

You saved my life, thank you so much. A bad day just turned into a valuable lesson.

Thank you so much for making this video. Managed to get my stuck key out of the barrel with this....finally. You are a dude.

Thank you so very much. I needed 3 videos to become able to repair my key. That spring drove me crazy.

This worked for my VW Polo. Same mechanism in it. All the other vids on here dont show how easy it actually is to rotate the spring and compress it using the outer collar piece. Sorted..Many thanks.

I have a late 90's Passat and used your video to rebuild my drivers door lock. Great vid, thanks.

Your video helped me take apart my broken lock (1999 VW Passat) and replace the busted part, and to put it together again. Thank you so much!

Worked for me. Thanks very much. The 'ring' part at time 1:33 is different on my 2004 Jetta (doesn't twist, comes straight out, and has a little detent that prevents the twist motion). --I Nearly lost my mind trying to get the spring back in!!! Had to use the longer screwdrivery looking piece to compress the spring while twisting the ring part with a wrench, thereby twisting the spring+ring until the ring detent sat properly. It took me an hour to finally get this last bit all-together... good luck to others! Nice to have a lock again!

Great video. Same lock fitted to Polo. I found my lock was clogged with what I would guess wound be detergent containing wax, and the wax had solidified within the barrel. Had to use a mallet to remove the barrel out of the sleeve. Some pins wouldn’t remove but didn’t prove to be a problem when reassembled. Took numerous attempts to replace the main spring.

Hey Alex this tutorial was raelly helpful. Just want to add that the spring needs to be tensioned when reassembling the cylinder so that the key springs bak to the upright position after locking/unlocking. There is another video demonstrating this quite well, but your dissassembly tut is superior.

your video is very helpful! I've a 2002 Golf and works fine, thanks!

Good video mate, my lock had solidified lithium grease and I ended up taking mine all apart on my polo lock and put everything in a ultrasonic cleaner with degreasing solution, it cleaned up everything. I then re greased everything and put back together. Looks and works like new again.

You are a lifesaver. Thank you! For future videos go a little slower on reassembly. Great job.

Thanks for the video, have to try and rebarrel a friends door lock so this might make it a little easier!

Thank you for the video. Fixed my lock.

why didn't you continue to make similar vids? this is by far the most helpful I've seen yet!

Wow, this was so helpful! Thank you so much

Thanks for the video, very helpful.

Fantastic cilp simple direct explanation how to fix. Thank you so much

Thx for the video. Fixed my 97 passat lock. Just make sure you put the pieces under and above the spring in correct position. You can assemble it wrong way and then the key won´t turn well and the spring works wrong way (returns the key when turning lock, not unlock). In my case the first part, C-shaped socket, had to be facing in the other way than in this video.

Thank you Alex ! Your video helped me a lot!

thanks man, i manage to repair my broken cylinder, and replace pins, on audi a6 door thanks to your video.

This was very helpful thank you!

Very helpful, I am trying to fix my 05 Passat lock.

A very big thanks to you. My car lock is fixed...

hi dude just watched your video .it was very good and I think you done a good job explaining what had to be done I have jut done the looks on my mk3 . which with the help of videos like yours I had the comfidince t try . keep it up yours gus from Edinburgh

Your help is very much appreciated, thank you !

Thanks for the tutorial. Good info here!

it might be redundant to mention this, but really great video, helped me a lot a little piece broke off so I'll have to replace that, but I cleaned and lubed it and it's working for now better than before anyways^^

Very useful Alex. Thank you.

thank you for the illustration. the focus is sometimes a problem, but I got the hang of it. tnx

Thank you. Your video was useful. I bought a repair kit that was out of specifications and i nedded to sand some parts and use new and old parts to get that thing worrk. Now it is working but without the spring effect but the spring is important to keep the assembly. The car has 20 years. Not perfect but working.

Thanks for the video. It was very helpful and informative to say the least. It will help me to repair my boot lock hopefully. As the internal assembly is seized and I cannot insert my ignition key into it.

Thanks guys ! Good tuto ! Uppppppp 😍

Thanks helped me on my 04 Rav4!

hi man, thx for the video, its really gonna help me fix mine tomorrow :D keep up the good work

Well... i'm struggling to put it back together... that damn spring... any more info on how it should be?

THanks this helped me a lot.

Thanks for the video, the VW Lupo locks are exactly the same. It would be nice to see how the different parts line up when you are putting them back together, I found that a bit tricky.

Thanks for the video dude! It worked a treat!

Super labombastic fantastic školastic!!!

Great video pal, Iv just bought a 2001 polo and it's exactly the same, not fixed it yet but just bought the parts from eBay !

It's the only video I seen on RU-vid I can follow . I would suggest more lighting and slowing it down a Lipitor more for the viewer . Other than that. Nice video .

Thank you very much, very helpful.

Many thanks, i save my lock door ! Regards.

Thanks brother, is very Good you video I.m mexican, congratulation.

Thanks mate! Good Job!

Thx very clear even for a little frenchy like me ^^

nice work my friend

Your video was terrific. Save me some cash. Thank You!

cheers dude. very helpful.

Saludos desde España. Muy bien hecho el tema. Solo te falto lo mas complicado de este, que es tensionar el otro extremo del muelle. Por eso solo te volvia a su posición O al cerrar, pero no al abrir. Por lo demás muy bien. Animo a seguir así.

Good Job! Explicit video. The only difficulty was the spring in position. Patient must be your device!

Thanks, very useful!

i really struggled with the spring as the old one broke to bits and i could not figure how it went back in, any advice on the spring issue that would help alot thanks?

Great video

Very usefull, same for passat B5

Hi, I did this yesterday with an new beetle lock. Your video helped me a lot! Disassembling and cleaning was very easy with your clip. Unfortunately I had some issues reassembling it, because I didn't look at the spring before I removed it (eventhough you said to do so) and you don't show the reassembling part in detail. Anyway, thanks for sharing! :)

Amazing! Thanks. :)

Just done mine the spring is a pain so put the barrel in a small vice & easy peasy!! I had to put the barrel on a socket (key end) so it doesn't move downwards with the spring pressure to get the retaining 'C' clip on!!

Thanks you :) very good video

Great video... Until you speed up the assembly part (especially the spring assembly). Why did you speed the hardest bit up?

I also got all new springs for the pin plates as the others were a mess.

Super video thank you

OK!Briliant.

Thank you I actually was able to take it apart..unfortunately There is a broken ring below the spring :(..I'll see if the junk yard has it and I'll be god to go...Thank you for your video :)

Good video!! I need to find the key code for a key cut. Can you find it on the key cylinder housing? Please help.

thanks for the tutorial. and if my key spins empty and doesn't close and open ?

when I purchased my MK4 Golf it came with 2 keys. Is their anyway to order tumblers for the original key so I only have to carry 1 key around?

thanks. is it good for Multivan 2007?

My key doesn't go all the way in, it gets stuck. Is there a way to get the barrel and the part with the pins out to clean it up? Its also the trunk lock, slightly different then the door lock, but similar.

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great video the only thing is that at the of the video. you don´t see the inside of the lock well. and the spring also. other then that great video thank you it helped

This video was extremely helpful (thank you!) but would have a appreciated a slower reassembly guide. If anyone else is stuck on THAT BLOODY SPRING like I was, take a gander at the diagram at 0:08 of ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y5nVqouH1KU.html I recommend some needle nosed pliers, it's a right pig to get into place. Also, I found my pins stuck out a bit which meant I had to wiggle the parts on and off. Since I'd already mapped them out I figured I'd play around and see if they fit better in a different configuration. Switched a few around and got them completely flush without having to file anything down, I guess a previous owner must have taken it apart or it was never right to begin with?

how easy is the plastic cover to remove from the cylinder? i want to replace my black handles to match the colour of my car. thanks!

just my problem..... thanks

Nice tutorial ,my question is how do disassemble it if you lose a key

use graphite not oil to lubricate your lock cylinder. Great info outside of that

Is it possible to pull out the lock cylinder without the original key? I found a good one to replace mk4 wagon key on hatch but the original keyhole is seized up. Key can only go in about 1/8 not enough to turn it. And the replacement part doesn't have the key.

The fast forward portion went a bit too long so hard to catch some of the re-assembly details. Also, once the parts were heavily lubed, it was hard to see. Still, a very useful video which helped me with my lock. Thx

Good video thanks

So why does my cylinder turn round and round? What specific problem would I have? Do you have a video showing how to re-key a new cylinder (?) which is what I'm going to have to do with my used replacement part.

I have a 2001 Gold 2.0L 4 door hatchback

Hello, how do I tighten the bolt securing the cylinder on the door?, I have been trying but once I turn the bolt all the way is like it's not doing anything at all, I can just go and take the cylinder out by hand.

thanks..very helpful video..that was i looking for.How do you think about audi a6 from 2006-7 door lock.could there be many differents?

Will this help when you can't get the key in? With my car I have problem getting the key in but not to start the car.

I tried this and everything was fine until I had to align to spring during reassembly...Anyone has an idea where I could find a diagram of the exact position of the parts? My lock is working, but the spring action is not. And I know, I should have noted how the spring was seated before removing it, my bad ;) Thanks!

e stato di aiuto. grazie

i have to try this spent hours taking apart then putting it back only to find it did not turning!

today i wash skoda laura including engine but aftr that it shows problem ,its get start easily like b4 but its engine stops after some time,what should i do?

Thakn you from Rassia

Mine is not going back when I lock the car. I think I did the spring wrong. Otherwise works. Any guesses? I don’t understand how the spring needs to go exactly

I know this is an old video, but the part of my lock that's jammed up is that little flap covering the keyhole. How do I fix that?

I have the ignshen swich in my 2004 vw phosat and the kie swich will not cum out of the cilender what do I do I have my kie and it turns

I like this video but u fast forwarded it in the part which is assembling them back which is more important than disassembling them but it was useful though thumbs up

Good day, do You have a video about lock Cylinder housing of the car trunk dissensamble? Of Jetta😊

Today my VW rabbit door key unable to lock it spins 360 . I can turn to the left to unlock. Would I need a new cylinder?

Latter stages still had it on fast forward so couldn't hear it see rebuild stage correctly useful deconstruction though