Door Lock Repair Kit - Front (Left or Right) for VW Passat

Finally fixed both drivers and passenger door lock barrels! These are prefect for a B5 VW Passat. The included instructions are not that great, as a matter of fact the instructions skip steps and suggest the most difficult procedure to repair the lock. After removing the bad parts, assemble the pieces without the spring to get an idea of how everything goes together, then:1) Place the bottom cam/base-crown (piece#1 - bottom) over the two notches of the lock cylinder, so that the opened end of the cam/base-crown faces the rounded side (not the flat edge, where the door handle meets) of the lock.2) Insert the spring (piece#2) with the flat angled end on the bottom, it should lay at rest next to the bottom prong. The other end of the spring will have a greater angle (not as flat) which should be on top and used to set the top crown #3 and keep tension and compression in place.3) Place the crown (spring cover piece#3) over the spring with the angled end of the spring on the outside of the notch (in the opening), then press down and twist it to the right until the little grove on the back of the crown sits in place on the cylinder housing. Now, while everything is set in place keep pressure on the top crown, or the spring will fly out or jab you in the eye. The crown should sit flat.4) While still keeping pressure on the crown, install the tailpiece (piece#4) over the spring, there is one way this goes on. You will notice a small notch on each side of the part in front of the two prongs that stick up, these notches should face the same way as the two openings of both the crowns. When pressing down you'll need to place pressure and twist the tailpiece until it sits securely behind the two other prongs from piece#1 and when in place it will not have any movement. You no longer need to keep pressure on the top crown, but continue to keep pressure on the tailpiece.5) Again keep pressure on the tailpiece and install the retainer (piece#5), this piece will slide in between the circular notch around the top of the lock cylinder and will lock all the pieces in place. It should slide between piece#4 and the groove on the door lock assembly.Again, I'd suggest a dry installation without the spring in place just to educate yourself how everything goes together a couple times (perhaps use a little WD-40, so you don't have to force everything apart and break anything)... after that install everything with the spring, but use caution as you'll be adding compression/tension and springs will go flying if not careful. :)***note do not use the method where you install the tailpiece (piece#4) first/second as it's more troublesome and will chew up fingernails. It's much easier to use the spring cover to compress the spring.There are a couple videos out there repairing the locks, I'd make one that's more detailed, but no I'm not:youtube.com/watch?v=jf4uLb2IZiUyoutube.com/watch?v=Y5nVqouH1KU

I loved this product. VW dealer tried telling me it would be $600 dollars to fix. Fixed it with less than $7. Thanks.

This kit worked well in fixing the lock on my VW Passat. It did take me a while to repair the lock, as it was difficult to compress the springs and get the clips in place. When I finally got it together, the lock seemed stiff when turning the key in it, but it does work and hasn't failed in the six months since I installed it. I am just careful not to crank too hard on it with my key when operating the lock.

A fantastic and affordable way to repair an extremely common volkswagen problem. If your key just turns in the door, this is probably the issue. The kit contains everything pictured, spring, retaining clip, actuator rod, etc. I'm not sure who the manufacturer is, but the materials definitely seem better than OEM. The only issue I had was it is tricky to put everything together. When the old pieces are broken, it's hard to tell what way they go back. Maybe at least a diagram of the order of assembly with the kit would be a nice addition.

Just bought this kit and use on my 2000 passat, I have to use old spring and sand down the keeper a little bit to make it fitas an auto mechanic I founf this kit very good but not ferfect for unhandy man.

$17 bucks and then you get your Porsche lock fixed.... try to go to a mechanics and expect at least $400.In my case I only used a part of the thing. I had to look some youtube videos and links reported among the reviewers here in Amazon to understand how to fix my lock, but it does its job and I have saved so many $$$.I definitely recommend this.

Only if it was longer but it would’ve work great if I had the right piece

the sliding piece with the open end was too thick and wouldn't slide in,had to use the original piece removed from the car. The rest of the components work fine.