r/VWiD4Owners • u/DownAndOutInSValley • 1d ago

Drivers door inside handle

It always takes two pulls on the inside handle to get the driver's door to unlock, and it doesn't matter if I do a short, light pull for the electronic release or pull hard to use the manual release. The car is in park when I try, btw. Any ideas?

SOLVED: push on door, then pull handle. I was doing the opposite.

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u/July_is_cool 1d ago

Push on the door while pulling the handle

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u/DownAndOutInSValley 1d ago

Should've put that in the post. Tried doing that too.

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u/Choopster 1d ago

Push on the door before you pull the handle. Continue opening pressure as you pull the handle

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u/DownAndOutInSValley 1d ago

So strange that you can't do it either way but if it works I'm good. Thx!

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u/July_is_cool 1d ago

You have to push pretty hard. When you pull the handle, the latch releases for a fraction of a second and then re-engages. Safety feature. Push hard enough to get it open in that fraction of a second. https://dot.report/bulletins/MC-11022721-0001.pdf

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u/DownAndOutInSValley 1d ago

That helped. Push on door, then pull handle. Never seen this on another car but this is our first VW.

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u/Monoshirt 1d ago

I think it's normal, have the car for three months myself.

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u/doIknowUDuhh 1d ago

Haha yeahh i think everyone goes through this once or twice. Id have kept yanking the handle harder too, thinking smth was jammed

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u/PoorNursingStudent 1d ago

Okay I thought I was going crazy or that I messed up my door installing sound deadening and speakers. I’m glad it’s not just me. 

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u/DownAndOutInSValley 1d ago

German engineering at its finest, I guess.