Door lock issue

[MarcGreenaway]

Hi All,

I have the common door lock issue. Passenger side front door doesn’t lock with the central locking so can be opened from the outside.

I have done the hole drill repair which worked for a short while but its playing up again.

Has anybody any experience with aftermarket units such as this :-

8 PIN FRONT LEFT DOOR LOCK MECHANISM FOR SEAT LEON,ALTEA,ALTEA XL,TOLEDO, VW EOS | eBay

Seat Altea 5P1 [2004-2020] MPV. Seat Altea XL 5P5, 5P8 [2006-2020] MPV. Seat Toledo MK III [2004-2009] MPV. Seat Leon 1P1 [2005-2012] Hatchback. VW EOS 1F7, 1F8 [2006-2015] Convertible. 1 x 8 Pin Front Left Lock.

www.ebay.co.uk

Am i best to avoid aftermarket and just bite the bullet for a genuine one? Don’t really fancy buying a used unit as could easily just happen again.

Thanks

 

[steve7786]

I've only done the repair on the front passenger door, it's been fine for years, always worth trying again and making sure you cover the hole with some tape. I replaced my rear drivers with genuine as i didn't know about the drill and spray method at the time. Any after market will have a guarantee, just depends on your budget and if you are happy, genuine can fail quickly too.

 

[stephen]

door locks not opening - fix?

im sure im not the first to have this problem or the first to post about it but i have had this problrm for a while now on 2010 uk leon started of with the rear drivers side, then onto the front passenger. so the fix at that time was replace the module in both doors. that was grand for a...

www.seatcupra.net

both locks still working good its been 2 years

 

[cupralite]

Mine seized up again earlier this year - just gave it another squirt of WD40 and it works again.

 

[Benmk2cupra]

My drivers one packed up a few weeks ago but locked when door was open and had to cable tie it closed had a genuine one supplied and fitted by an ex master Seat technician friend of my cousins who now works on his own cost £215 genuine supplied and fiited and recently noticed the passenger one had been playing up so had the passenger side replaced today lol.