Tom,
I got a good rundown of the lock situation when mine were cycling up and
down.

Tom Salicos wrote:
"Each of the front doors has two connectors near the top, rear of the door
panel.  You can get to them by popping the panel loose and don't need to
remove the other door hardware.  The connector with RED is the power that
allows the door lock motor to ORIGINATE the signal to CLOSE or OPEN.  The
other connector has two wires.  One says CLOSE and the other says OPEN."

The connectors are tie-wrapped to a re-inforcing channel on the door.  I
think the area is about six inches in from the rear and the same distance
down from the top of the door panel.

You can try cleaning these connectors as they can get wet and corroded. I've
had GREAT luck with Contact Re-Nu and Lube from miller-stephenson

http://www.miller-stephenson.com/release_004.htm

This stuff would probably restore Tired AFM wiper tracks too though I've not
had the opportunity to try it for that application.

John Meeks
Top of Lower Michigan
91 Westfalia MultiVan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Tom Forhan
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:42 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Power Door Lock Problem
>
>
> 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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