I.followed your video instructions removed , cleaned and oiled the mechanism on oth doors. The driver side worked fine for about a year and is now not working at all. Parasitic drain has returned and the power feature does not work at all. The weird thing is that when the power door switch is off it and when i close it the door tries to suck in but then releases. Im going to remove the mechanism again and try to clean and re-oil it, basicly the same repair, i guess i have to check the other actuators and rubber peices... any other advice welcome?.

Btw you should go faster

Hans wats up it’s me grant from hemlock week three

What hid kit did you use

Thank you for this video. I cleaned out the OEM motor and it worked for a little bit but failed again. I gave up so I ordered a new motor assembly as well as door latch actuator and my door is good as new now. Thanks so much!! This video saved me hundreds of dollars in repair costs and also has prolonged the life of my 18 year old minivan which is very hard for me to part with. Only 169K miles and still running strong!

My situation was coupled with the symptom of a ticking/clicking noise only audible when near the fuse box. It was a pretty fast tick and didn't seem like it was gonna stop anytime soon even with the key out! I could literally feel the tick coming from the 7.5a fuse before i knew it was the one, pulling stopped the ticking! That's what lead me here lol The ticking has stopped and the door has no trouble closing anymore! I did not take the door apart as you did, I used WD to clean that wire/cord and the grooves and loaded them up with a buttload of Lucas Marine grease (i chose this grease for weather protection and its high melting point, apparently the kind doesn't matter as much) I also slapped on a silly amount of the marine grease into both latches at the front and back of both power doors. I did the trunk for good measure, wasn't having a problem there but hopefully I won't either. This worked good enough for me, literally no disassembly, i only wish I used a can of brake cleaner/contact cleaner with the long red tip to blow out the latches, there was dirt actually packed into that latch. I cringe looking back not doing it but I did it at break time at work lol (that's when i found my car died)

Is there ANYONE in the NYC/Long Island area who has successfully done this and I can maybe pay reasonable fee to do it for me? I am in Long Island near Queens border... not far from JFK. Monte 5I6-983-O257

We just bought a 2000 Honda odyssey EX for $800. The car does not start normally, and we were told the power sliding doors do not work. I assume the doors are causing parasitic battery drainage. The car has to be jump started every time you need to use it with a jump start kit. When using the doors manually, it seems like the power sliding doors do not latch properly, and I am starting to feel like this video may be our fix, but I don’t know how comfortable I feel preforming this myself.

Thank you. This video saved me a lot of trouble

A window crank removal tool would make short work of getting that handle off at the beginning of the process. 6 bucks it so at any auto parts store.

If I decide to the door manually, can I just unplug the latch and end the parasitic draw?

Are these euro or US spec housings?

Is there a way to unplug it and so the power door would not work but the power draw would stop ?

Great job! thank you!

my question is is the door open light on from this issue? he says ot thinks the door is open but mon dont show that on my dash unless i pop it open by hand

Can anyone explain how he unplugs the black cable at 7:30? I’ve been trying but it won’t come off.

Omg! My door was doing that but I couldn’t find any answers, thank you! Trying this soon!

Great instructions. Followed this yesterday to fix my van's intermittent door alarm and parasitic battery drain issues. Thank you!

I just bought some retrofit projectors myself. I’m working on my 2002 Escalade. For the high beams on the projector is it necessary to hook them up? What if I just want to use the original high beams and not the projector one?

What about when u turn lights on only high or low beam?

Thanks for the vid, just got a vr6 mk4 and wanna do this

Is there anyway to bypass the switches so they always think the door is closed so they wont drain? I dont want automatic doors anymore. What about zip tieing the switch shut or twisting the wites together or cutting the wire or what??

Thank you so much! Thanks to your clear and thoroughly detailed explanation, we were able to repair the door and parasitic drain! So much money was saved. You are amazing!

U install those but they leds facing horizontal or vertical

A great and every helpful video, Hans, thank you very much. My neighbour had the identical problem, and after a failed attempt by a real mechanic, I managed to fix it for him for a good price and help us both out. Your filming and lighting is excellent, and your thorough explanation without wasting time or words is great.

Thanks,i have changed them!

Have a parts list with numbers?

I agree 100%. Thank you for making this video. It’s not too long. It’s perfect. It was thorough. Saved me a lot of money.

Looks like people are looking at this video recently as well, so here it is. Prior to putting the latch back, put water proof butyl tape along the TOP seam of the latch to close off the latch from moisture coming down through the door. Door panel is not water proof and there is drain hole at the bottom of the door to let water out. However, the water gets into the latch (later version of the latch had couple of foam tapes which helps but not totally water proof) and eats away at the lubrication and also this is worse in the winter because the lubrication gets hard AND the moisture inside the latch will freeze making things worse. In my experience, doing what he does will get you through couple of seasons but the issue will come back and so far, I had to swap out both of my latches with new OEM one (about $250 each) but since I had to swap out batteries 3 times because of the drain, you will save $$ from not having to swap out the battery. In a pinch, I found spray and pray method works for a month or 2. Just undo the 3 bolts from the back of the latch one at a time and spray with plenty of brake cleaner/degreaser using long straw followed by lithium grease (suitable for low temp) followed by manual opening and closing of the door 10-15 times will usually get the door gears unstuck.

About to do my own retrofit in the next few weeks! I made some SW Galactic Empire logo etched lenses and demon eyes. Would love to see more Jetta content! Great video!

I live in Long Island New York (near Queens) but I really don't think I'm capable of doing the job that he describes. Is there anyone who can do this job for me following his amazing instructions for a reasonable price?

Thank you for this! Best video I've seen on this repair, by far. It's not too long at all. Showing every step is key IMO, and watching it gives us a mental run-through of how it's going to go. Going to attempt this soon. Very well done, thanks again!

You’re saving me $800. Can’t wait to fix it this weekend.

BRILLIANT, great pace. Thank you..

Size of projector lamp?

Great video! I'm planning to do something similar with my Bora; the stock headlights are lousy. Did you consider those H4 bulbs with projectors? I think that maybe it's a simpler solution. (I'm afraid of damaging my headlights because here in Argentina they are ridiculously expensive.)

You are just amazing!!!! No other fitting words find to explain your genius teaching

After watching this, I knew this was my problem from the intro, when the door closes then bumps a little bit open. It's getting towed to the shop tomorrow, then I will see what they say. Thank you for the info!

Great video. I’m gonna attack mine tomorrow.

Thx so much for this. I got the latch working. All fixed!

First part is to remove clip which holds door handle on. Totally glosses over the ACTUAL removal, from which point you cannot continue. “So we were gonna go out onto the open ocean for the weekend. Next thing you know, the ship’s captain is lashed to the flanks of a white whale the size of Nantucket’s biggest church! The rest of the crew is dead, only I survived. The ship went unscathed as well as my own hide, as it would appear the great behemoth was either allergic to me or just was scared of left handed people. Also, I found a few tonnes of gold bullion on a raft that the whale was towing, until he got scared of me and cast away any impediments to escape. Never knew being a south paw could be so rewarding. Tell all the families that the rest of the crew died peacefully. After I ate them. Alive. But boy, scurvy makes the flesh quite salty. Red wine helps to wash it down better than fetid bilge water. And they left me all of their love letters to their womenfolk back home. Wow, you girls are WILD! The pastor, the bank manager, the school marm, and the snake oil salesman? In the same week? Wow……

Thank you for the thorough and clear video. My son & I took this on for our 2007 Odyssey with exactly this issue. The sliding mechanism was definitely gummy. It took us approx 3 hours. Unfortunately after the fix our siding door doesn't auto-open but the battery drain seems fixed. I started the van the next day and it turned over fine. We think that when the problem started with the parasitic drain it burned something out because the circuit was open so long.. maybe a fuse? switch? gotta find another youTube video. But a least our battery is saved and we can drive it.

I'd check the back up radio fuse first. Radio may be locked or burned up.

Thank you very very very much!

Very informative video! I have a 2004 odyssey and my side doors on both sides are messed up. Drivers side is really the culprit, so I will try my hand at this. Right now the drivers side back door won't even open so I have that to address too. Good video!

If you take off the screw-drive you can exercise the final closing mechanism... this lets you test the switch for it without having to remove the switch. Just remember where the cam pawl was when you put it back. Bonus: you get to figure out what's going on when the final closing of the door happens... this is the magic that the funny 3-wire switch performs. That damn window track! Big thing there... it's plastic, and bends out of the way... you have to get the mechanism *inside* the window track to replace it, not easy! See the hole with the slot? Put one bolt (not the washer one!) in there to hang it on when you finally get it in place.

First I have to watch another video to figger out how to get the seats out!

love it! very informative video 👏

It worked for me but I get a side door light a lot and my passenger slider stops to work until I pull fuse 7 each time

My parasitic drain ended up being the navigation top screen on my 2006