In the later model Vanagons (my 91 Westy)  with central locking the
rear hatch is included. However it also can be permanently left
locked (unaffected by the central lock.) That's done by turning the
key in the hatch.

On Aug 29, 2006, at 5:00 PM, Florian Speier wrote:

> hi everyone,
>
>
> we have a n 87 westy with central locking. Now, I always assumed
> that the
> central locking would not extend to the rear hatch,  until I read a
> post on
> the syncro list of it not working in manual mode......
> well, what elde could it work in?
> Is the rear hatch part of the central locking? or was that only an
> option? I
> also dont have a rear wiper, so maybe I have a simpler hatch? And,
> if it
> should, what would typically be broken if it doesn't?
>
> thanks
> flo