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Date:         Fri, 15 Aug 1997 02:33:16 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         ronclay@ldd.net (Ron Clayton)
Subject:      Re: power lock problem

I had this problem a while ago and it turned out to be nothing more than a broken connection on the yellow lead in the driver's side door, and snap to fix!

>Mine does this too, but I just pulled the fuse and lock the locks in the >old fashioned way. > >On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Tony Schiebel wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:30:59 -0500 >> From: Tony Schiebel <Tony.Schiebel@edm.montage.ca> >> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> >> Subject: Re: power lock problem >> >> > Hi all: Has anyone had a problem with power locks as follows? If I >> > unlock the drivers door with a key, the lock opens then quickly relocks. >> > If I get the door open while unlocked the lock will just go up and down >> > until I close the door then it locks and stays. If I pull both front >> > door locks up at the same time, they will stay unlocked (and unlock the >> > rear doors as well) until one of them gets pushed down then they all >> > lock and it acts as I first described. The locks worked well until all >> > at once they started acting this way. I havn't a clue. Thought I'd ask >> > the list before I started pulling my hair out trying to figure out what >> > It's doing. Thanks >> >> Hi Todd, >> >> This exact scenerio happened to my father-in-laws van. It turned out to >>be a >> buggered power lock motor on the driver door. He needed a new one. One >> question, does this same behavior happen when you open the passenger door >> first??? If it doesn't, then it is the motor for sure. This is the >>third time >> I have heard of this happening so I wonder if there was a bad run on >>motors!!! >> >> Good Luck >> Tony >> >> > -- >> > Todd Francis >> > '86 Westy Syncro >> > '91 Tristar >> > >> > --------------200334E471D-- >> > >> > >> >> Tony Schiebel - Senior Systems Analyst >> >>>>> Tony.Schiebel@edm.montage.ca <<<<< >> MONTAGE IT Inc. >> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada >> Voice (403) 423-4553 Fax (403) 423-7088 >> http://www.montage.ca >> >> >>


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