How To Do Emergency Door Locking on a VW Golf MK5 - Locking the DOORS MANUALLY 

Wow, great video, no blathering, no nonsense, just straight to the point.

I’ve had mk5 golfs for years and never knew you could do this! Replaced a door lock module today on mine, but it didn’t fix the issue, so I’ve got a broken wire or communication issue. Leaving my car in a multi story next week which is a few miles from where I’ll be staying, so this comes in really handy. Thank you.

My doorlock just failed this morning so happy I can lock it over night now bless you good sir 🙏🏻

Well my God, fair play to you... went to 3 garages today and nobody had time and need sorted for tomorrow... 1 minute video and problem solved. Thanks so much

Great video. This is exactly the info I needed, really clear, super helpful. :-)

Many thanks for your video. I am leaving my car at the airport for a week very soon. I thought I had better check the locks and found that neither of the rear doors would lock. Adding the cost of repairing the locks to the expense of the holiday did not appeal. luckily I found your video which saved the day. Now I can wait to get them repaired when my wallet has recovered. Thanks again.

Amazing thank you! 2008 VW Jetta and constantly have a problem with the rear driver side door not locking. Followed your instructions exactly and was able to lock the door! Life saving hack! 👍😊

Thank goodness for your video. I was so worried leaving my car unlocked overnight. Thank you very much for your video upload

This vid helped me so much. My car wouldn’t lock at night on a public street in LA. My alarm was activated but the back door wouldn’t lock and I wouldn’t have a car in the morning if this video didn’t help me lock my door. The instructions worked! 🚨

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!!

Most helpful. Thank you for sharing!!

Just discovered mine was unlocked while about to leave the car in a car park for 4 hours! Invaluable video 👍 Thank You!!

Excellent! Worked perfectly.

Thank you so much. Saved me a lot of stress!

Shuuuu, Thank you for this I've been struggling. Really helpful

It worked ma Man, after sending the message.I went to my car & i applied a little preasure while pushing that red plastic item.Thumbs up to this video

Excellent video. Very helpful. Thanks

Thank you so much! GREAT VIDEO!!! 🎯

Truly helpful.....thanks buddy 100%

Thanks for the tip. In fact it even fixed the central locking, I guess it wasn't electrical but something got stuck because I don't use that door often.

Had this happen to me today! Glad there is a solution even if it's just until the actual problem can be fixed

Great job, I needed that

Great Video 👍

nice n' short, helped me a lot thank you!

Thank you sm I was so worried in the middle of the night !

Ur a legend ur worked for me thank you

Thanks for this!!

Thanks, the passenger door on my Rabbit wasn't locking, and this trick at least gives me a way to secure the car.

Thanks mate really appreciate it got my car locked and safe

Thanks very much for a cheap fix!!

It works ! Thank you .

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I just went from one heart attack (passenger door is permanently unlocked) to a second one (fixing it on my 2007 Rabbit would be about $500). Given that I need my passenger door maybe 3 times a year, I guess a permanent lock/manual lock when required it is from now on. One word of warning - that rubber grommit is quite sensitive, I managed to push it right into the door - au revoir and auf Wiedersehen! And yet another comment - I was able to unlock the door aferwards with the FOB, just had to hit it twice. However, It wouldn't lock again via the FOB. Long story short - always double check your passenger door while in this state and be prepared to manually lock. Inconvenient, but definitely beats leaving the car unlocked, so again THANK YOU!

Big thanks my friend!

Nice one, cheers.

Life saver!!

just found your video,thank you very much

Very useful!

Thank you, this really helped. Today I had to leave the shopping mall because car door won't lock. And to leave the car open and to go shop is like leaving your new born unattended......

Marvelous - thankyou

Thank you from Portugal 😎👍🏼

thanks bro really appreciate it

You absolute legend

Very helpful thanks

This guy saved my life

Thank you i didn't knew it!!👍

Nice..Might come in handy one day.

Brilliant. Thank you. Only thing is, I passed the rubber grommet in the door! Also worth noting that various VW forum users don’t even know about this (or at least mention it when you ask for help).

one of my locks are broken, thanks for the vid!

Thanks man you saved me 😂

Thank you for help.

i pushed the rubber cap into the door by accident do i need the rubber bit on there? i spent hours trying to lock my car i was getting so stressed then found this video so thankyou sooo much

thank you for the info. every year i have to do this in the -20 or colder weather lol

Life saver, works the same on Audi A3 8P

Thank you ive just done it.

Thank you sir so much

Thank you!

Thank you so muchhhh

Thanks, is there one for vauxhall astra h?

Omg thank you!

Legend.

Thank you very much.

Good man

Thanks! ❤

How do you manually lock a mk5 golf 3-door? Same sequence as shown here but procedure done on driver’s side door?

Thanks a lot

Now I can sleep with both eyes closed

I have the same problem whit a Skoda Octavia 2.I will try this process-Thanks

Thank you for the info, but what about the hatch? There's no manual lock i can see. i have a 2011 Jetta Wagon

Quick question, do you know if this will solve a alarm issue, my mk5 r32 keeps triggering the alarm because it detects the rear door isn’t locked (according to forums) while nothing has happened to trip the alarm otherwise. Thanks so much for the help with this vid, I accidentally pushed the grommet in when trying haha.

Thank you

Thanks!

Thanks for the video,it saved me but do you know what is the problem,what I have to change do work normally?Mine it does open by remote or keys but doesn’t want to close

Thanks 🙏

Crazy my new Taos is having this issue. I was told by the Dealer that they could not permanently lock it until they received the replacement part so I haven’t been able to use my car for 3 weeks now.

Thanks

Does this work on the front passenger side too?

What about the boot lid please???

Could i do the same thing with the left door no passenger?

Hi, My polo battery is dead so my remote will not work in that case and apart from that when i use the key to enter only the driver seat door is locked and unlocked the rest of the doors are unlocked they dont get locked.

Does this work on a 2013 passat?

Hello i did this and it wont open from inside. basically it is dead door now. any suggestions about how can resolve this problem?

Is there something to worry about, if doing this too often? Lile problems with the alarm or something like this?

Thank you very much, just saved my car from going again to a mechanicer

God Bless you! 🎉😂

Does anyone know what part number are these rubber plugs? Lost mine and I want to replace

How about locking the boot-lid?

Grazie

How i can do this in Alfa Romeo 159 ?

My son did this and now he can't open the door. Is there a way to open the door now?

Golf4/Passat B5 had a way more convenient way of manually locking each door. They had lock notches, which allowed each passenger to lock their doors individually. I hate that VW decided to remove it

I have a problem with my drivers door.The handle outside is showing that the car is not locked.I have tried this trick & it didn't work.Even now my car door is not locked.Pleae help

How do you undo the emergency locking because you can't get at the plastic grommet part when the door is closed?

very helpful, no shit , just the hack.

You forgot to put the Volkswagen Das auto at the end.

I looked for a red thing then an orange thing then a red thing 🤘🏼🤣

Do driver door now genius

And now my door does not open at all, not from inside and not from outside😢

Thank you