Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:25:46 -0800
Reply-To:     Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear hatch will no longer lock, sliding door iffy
Comments: To: David M <covrambles@yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:33 AM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It seems my rear hatch will no longet lock.
>
> Ita a 1987 Wolfsburg with power locks (you lock the front passenger door and the rest of the locks click as well).
> I've also noticed that sometimes I have to unlock/lock the front passenger door a couple of times to get the sliding door to click locked.

I had a similar issue that was solved this way - first I cleaned up
all the old sticky grease and applied better grease on the metal track
on which the mechanism slides. This helped a lot but it would get
stuck in the locked position - I had to use a metal file to smooth out
the metal track as it had developed a "pit" where the slider would get
stuck.

Disassembly isn't that tricky either, thankfully!

Luke