I posted what I hoped was a pretty useful response to this.
So instead of doing that again,
this time I will ask 'what year Vanagon  ???

there 3 sliding door lock systems I can think of.
which one might ye be talking about ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Klein" <david@ASHTEC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:07 PM
Subject: sliding door lock

> Hi,
>
> My sliding door locks by itself every-time you close the door. It has
> progressively gotten worse for the pass 5 months. Going from only
> locking by itself every third time you close the door to locking
> every time you close the door.
>
> Is the lock mechanism worn out?
>
> Is there an adjustment to fix the problem?
>
> Bentley doesn't say much except for the schematics.
>
> Thanks, David