Most likely a broken wire in the door hinge area or a bad powerlock actuator in one of the doors. Requires troubleshooting to confirm. Both  problems are common. The bellows seal on the actuators tend to dissintegrate and allow water into the switch contacts within the actuator. I'd put my money on this as being the problem.

Gary

The Meghan Davis <meghdavis@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Need some advice about the locks in my 89 VW Syncro GL. When I lock them
>either manually or with the key, they lock and then unlock. Anyone know why
>they are doing this and how I can fix it? Thanks in advance! Megh
>
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Gary McEachern
Reading, Ma
'90 Westy Subavanagon
'86 Wolfy Subavanagon
'87 Syncro (Son's van)

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