You need to be able to lock them so you can say to your passenger " lock that door". I'm ready to strip it down and figure it out if no one knows why. -craig On May 9, 2012, at 10:22 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Come to think of it both my 87 vans need the doors to be closed for the > doors to lock. The Camper does not have power locks. I'll have to check the > '88 Fox. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > craig cowan > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 4:53 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Door locks only work when doors are closed? > > On my '87 syncro, which does not have power locks, I can only seem to lock > the doors when they are closed. A key will only lock the door if it's > closed, and the locking "button" can only be depressed with the door closed. > This is proving to be extremely annoying and is not the case on my other two > busses. > This isn't normal right? > How do I fix it? > > The doors lock and unlock fine and with little effort while closed though... > > -Craig > '87 SUNROOF SYNCRO WESTY ZETEC > '90 GL "NEW BUS" > '85 Residence > |
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