I had the same problem with my rear hatch lock sticking two years ago on my 91 vanagon. The problem was that I was carrying too many bicycles and gear, and that was putting some pressure on the lock. So at the time I pulled the rear seat back rest down and had to take all the bikes out through the sliding door. Then I realised that the door could open normally. So from then on, if there is some pressure on the rear hatch, I ask someone to push a little bit on the rear hatch at the lock, and I go to the driver's door and unlock with my keys et voilà. The door unlocks! I suspect that there is some kind of pressure on your door lock. Maybe your rear hatch is bent, or you have to reajust the locking hook on the van. If nothing of that works then I guess you have to buy a new locking device. Pedro dos Santos Montréal pedrokrusher@yahoo.com
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