Your really trying to hard on this one..    Pass side:
push bottom down and close door.  Driver side:
if your in th USA is not possible unless you modify
the lock as I have done.   PITA but can be done.

                                               ERic

aircooled chris wrote:

> Ok, maybe this isnt an issue on most vanagon, or maybe it is, but how do
> you close your door as a passenger and lock it? Holding in the handle
> while closing doesnt work on either driver or passenger side from what I
> can tell. Is there some kind of secret to making this work?
>
> I know my baywindows always had that option, and im assuming they didnt
> remove it. So do I have faulty handles, or is there a trick im missing?
>
> thanks!
>
> airkooledchris
>
>