On my '87 camper, you can lock and close the passenger
and sliding door without the key.

The second timesI locked myself out, I had the keys in
my hand and reached inside with the same hand to lock
and close the sliding door with interior handle. One
of the keys got stuck between the door panel and the
door and when I pulled my hand out of the opening, the
keys stayed in the van (my other hand was full and it
was raining).

Neither lockout was much of an issue, both times were
in the morning and I wasn't going anywhere but in my
office and AAA showed up when I asked them to. I have
used the AAA lockout service for the van twice as much
as I have used the towing service, I wish I could say
the same for my 1997 Jetta.

Now I make sure my keys are in my pocket before I
close the sliding door.

Tim

--- Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET> wrote:
> How do you lock your keys in the van?  I can't on my
> '81, even using the sliding door.  The
> only way I know to do it is to lock the hatch while
> it is open, throw the keys inside, and then
> shut the hatch.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Timothy Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
> >
> > I use the side door so much that I have actually
> > locked my keys in the van twice this year. Thank
> > goodness for AAA, but it took him less than 3
> seconds
> > to get it unlocked with a SlimJim. Anyone know how
> to
> > fix that problem?

=====
Tim Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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