Date:         Thu, 01 Jun 95 08:10:32 CDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: Lost my Vanagon Headlights!!

On Thu, 1 Jun 95 05:58:55 CDT Rich Smith said:
>A few months ago when I left work I noticed rather quickly that my
>headlights did not come on when I hit the switch. The parking lights worked
>fine. When I got home I checked the fuses, pulled the switch out, wiggled
>the little relay things and when I put it back together, MAGIC! It worked!!
>Well when I came home the yesterday, same story only no more MAGIC! Any
>ideas? Is this a common problem?

well, it's never happened to me ... with that relay, that is. the headlight
switch went bad on one bus, though. $$$. :(

>PS: Does anyone else have this special Vanagon feature? I cannot lock the
>driver's door by just pushing down the little knob and closing the door. I
>have to use the key to lock it from the outside. It works if I am inside the
>Van. I guess this way I won't lock my keys in the Van.;-)

:) this is something that the Germans seem to do on all the cars i've ever
had anything to do with ... Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, and VW. you MUST lock the
driver's door with the key from the outside. it's to prevent you from locking
your keys in the car.

only trouble with the bus is, if you go out the sliding door, you can lock
the keys inside with nooooo trouble at all. :)

joel