I could not get the rear drivers side door open.
How remove 2015 vw passat outside door handle.
Start date sep 10 2013.
As this has happened on 50 of my doors i m hoping this is a common problem that someone may have.
You can get enough out to pull the door panel out and reach into the door pull the rod from the door handle and open it.
We tried it from the inside and outside.
Rear driver side outside door handle removal.
Sep 10 2013 1 i had a weird thing happen this weekend.
To remove the handle you will need to pull off the black trim on the door edge then there is a sticker covering a hole it is either clear or looks like duct tape and there is a torx screw in there with a wide flat head you will need to loosen this but dont remove it and this will loosen the trim piece of the handle and you should be able to remove it you can then disconnect the cable and swing the handle out to remove a small torx you should then be able to remove the door panel.
Remove the side view mirror trim panel cover on the front of the door by prying it loose with a screwdriver.
Removing a vw door handle is one job i have seen done wrong a lot.
Remove the plastic cover which will give you access to the t20 release screw for the exterior door handle.
Hold the exterior door handle open the entire time that you are working on it.
I have even struggled to do this properly.
This is how to remove the door handle and start to remove the lock from a 2001 passat v6.
Over the weekend the front passenger door handle also stopped working.
That is until i learned the trick to never mess.
With the door handle held open use the t20 driver and put it into the release screw and turn it exactly twelve turns.
Genuine volkswagen part 1k8837206fgru.
Both feel like there is a reduced amount of friction compared to the working doors so i assume this is some sort of linkage problem.
I had a problem last month where one of the rear exterior door handles stopped working.
We did make sure it was unlocked.