Though I don't have thses on my Vanagon, I have had other vehicles with similar problems. Most of the time it was cured by lots of WD40 and cleaning and re-seating ground connections. Might be a place to start. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Tom Forhan wrote: >My driver's side door locks automatically as soon as >it is closed, from inside or out. It will not open >unless I turn the key and hold the key so the interior >lock knob is up while operating the door handle. From >inside,you have to pull the lock knob up -it fights >you- and operate the door handle to get it to open. > >Similar problems have been mentioned on the vanagon >list in the past, but the suggested approaches are >vague: check continuity in the door wires, etc. > >I'd have a lot better luck diagnosing this if I could >understand the principle of what is going on, which I >don't.. > >Thanks > >Tom F. > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > |
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