Though I don't have thses on my Vanagon, I have had other vehicles with
similar problems. Most of the time it was cured by lots of WD40 and
cleaning and re-seating ground connections. Might be a place to start.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Tom Forhan wrote:

>My driver's side door locks automatically as soon as
>it is closed, from inside or out. It will not open
>unless I turn the key and hold the key so the interior
>lock knob is up while operating the door handle. From
>inside,you have to pull the lock knob up -it fights
>you- and operate the door handle to get it to open.
>
>Similar problems have been mentioned on the vanagon
>list in the past, but the suggested approaches are
>vague: check continuity in the door wires, etc.
>
>I'd have a lot better luck diagnosing this if I could
>understand the principle of what is going on, which I
>don't..
>
>Thanks
>
>Tom F.
>
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