In all my years of driving VWs (since 1963) I have never had a lock wear out. In fact the power locks on my 10 year old Carat, with 168k miles, still work perfectly and have never given me problems. That's 15 VWs over 37 years.
Steve & Jo Ann Wacker San Marcos, Ca. 90 Carat 86 Syncro x2 86 Audi 5k Quattro
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 17:49:38 +1200 andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Andrew Grebneff) writes: > (it was not a VW which > >requires a key to lock the drivers door). I asked her why she > didn't use > >her key to lock her car..."it takes too much time". > > > > Using the key to lock the car wears the lock twice as fast as if you > didn't. The VWs can be locked without the key, but you have to pull > the > outer release while pushing the lock-knob down. Or at least the > pre1980 VWs > did...now that I think of it, my Vanagon won't do this, but I'd > thought it > was a faulty mechanism. > > So I ask others: should you be able to lock a Vanagon driver's door > without > the key? > > > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Molluscophile > 69 VW Kombi-Corvair > 75 VW Kombi (ex Toyota 3.5 V8) > 84 VW T3 Caravelle GL/SVX > 85 Mitsubishi Sigma Super Saloon 2.0 > 86 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8 diesel (410000km plus 30000+ rewound, going > strong) > 89 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (508000 km plus > 30000+rewound,going > strong) > > |
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