A3 - 95' Jetta III GL 2.0L

Hello I have a question for you. Okay so my car is the one that has
the power locks but not the windows except for the sunroof. The other
day my driver side door lock stopped working. Meaning I can put the
key in I can turn it left and right and nothing is happening. Before
it would unlock and lock the door and arm the stock alarm. Now
nothing. So I have to unlock the door thru the passenger side. When I
push down on the lock inside I can hear the little motor in the back
for the doors humming but nothing else happens now keep in mind the
auto locks haven't worked for sometime but I was always able to at
least still lock the driver door. So I have heard a few different
things. VW says they would have to take the door panel off and check
the actuator and the lock handle itself and make sure both aren't
busted but that will cost me about $300. OUCH!! Another person told me
that the lock motor is behind the driver side passenger door panel and
i probably need to reconnect the suction tube to the motor. Is this
true?? Anyone else run into this issue. Should I have VW work on it or
is it as easy as reconnecting that tube? Thank you all for your
answers

Thank you guys I will take off the door handle next week at school and
see what I find I'll let you know what I find and if I have to buy any
parts how much it will be. Thanks as always you guys are awesome

On Jan 17, 7:31 pm, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1nos....TakeThisOut@pleasehotmail.com>
wrote:
> Take off the driver's side outer door handle. I think 1 torx bolt/screw holds it in.
> See if pieces of it are broken off. If so take it to the dealer for the parts you need. The parts person may even install those parts on the door handle. Parts might cost $30 or so, but might even be under $20. Let us know what you are charged for them.
> Reinstall door handle.
> It is just a little tricky reinstalling the door handle and you might need to turn the key one way or the other way IIRC.
>
> Yes you probably do have a vacuum hose off somewhere causing certain locks to remain in their present position.
> Listen for hissing.
> Look for the locks not working.
> Don't forget about the gas cap lid too!
>
> later,
> dave
> (One out of many daves)
>
> "Mike Stafford" <lordbuggin_2....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:d870d3d0-c87c-43fb-9654-86e6bd67fc8f@l32g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hello I have a question for you. Okay so my car is the one that has
> the power locks but not the windows except for the sunroof. The other
> day my driver side door lock stopped working. Meaning I can put the
> key in I can turn it left and right and nothing is happening. Before
> it would unlock and lock the door and arm the stock alarm. Now
> nothing. So I have to unlock the door thru the passenger side. When I
> push down on the lock inside I can hear the little motor in the back
> for the doors humming but nothing else happens now keep in mind the
> auto locks haven't worked for sometime but I was always able to at
> least still lock the driver door. So I have heard a few different
> things. VW says they would have to take the door panel off and check
> the actuator and the lock handle itself and make sure both aren't
> busted but that will cost me about $300. OUCH!! Another person told me
> that the lock motor is behind the driver side passenger door panel and
> i probably need to reconnect the suction tube to the motor. Is this
> true?? Anyone else run into this issue. Should I have VW work on it or
> is it as easy as reconnecting that tube? Thank you all for your
> answers