You probably have the black vents in the rear side windows?

In that case yes, the door vents are taped shut, and no blue slider
handle in their grille.
VW didn´t bother changing the door trim panels, so they just blocked off
the vents with that black tape.

Regards
Raimund

Am 03.02.2019 um 18:10 schrieb Dan N:

> *"For 87 and earlier most Vanagons have the exhaust vents in the front
> doors."*
>
> well... on my tintop van I have those exhaust vents in the bottom of the
> front doors... but they are blocked off by factory with black tape... why
> is it?
>
> thanks
>
> dan