# 95 vw jetta door lock

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-vw-jetta-door-lock/57618>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** jetta, volkswagen\
**Created:** [November 16, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-vw-jetta-door-lock/57618 "2010-11-16T00:33:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mrgrudz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@mrgrudz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mrgrudz)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-vw-jetta-door-lock/57618/1 "2010-11-16T00:33:06Z")

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Just the other day the driver side door latch stopped working and will not engage when I close the door. I took the lock out but I can’t see anything wrong with it. VW quit making those locks so I can’t buy a new one or find a used one. I now use a strap through two open windows to keep the door closed. I just hope it doesn’t rain. HELP!!!

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**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-vw-jetta-door-lock/57618/2 "2010-11-16T02:35:18Z")

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If you can’t see anything wrong, you are not looking hard enough.

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**Author:** ![mleich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mleich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mleich)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-vw-jetta-door-lock/57618/3 "2010-11-16T15:12:16Z")

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Sounds like you should take it to a professional. If it rains, can you roll up the driver window and enter through the passenger door?

For a used part, have you tried a junkyard? Auto parts stores do not carry things like this.