I had this problem a while ago and it turned out to be nothing more than a
broken connection on the yellow lead in the driver's side door, and snap to
fix!

>Mine does this too, but I just pulled the fuse and lock the locks in the
>old fashioned way.
>
>On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Tony Schiebel wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:30:59 -0500
>> From: Tony Schiebel <Tony.Schiebel@edm.montage.ca>
>> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
>> Subject: Re: power lock problem
>>
>> > Hi all:   Has anyone had a problem with power locks as follows? If I
>> > unlock the drivers door with a key, the lock opens then quickly relocks.
>> > If I get the door open while unlocked the lock will just go up and down
>> > until I close the door then it locks and stays. If I pull both front
>> > door locks up at the same time, they will stay unlocked (and unlock the
>> > rear doors as well) until one of them gets pushed down then they all
>> > lock and it acts as I first described. The locks worked well until all
>> > at once they started acting this way. I havn't a clue. Thought I'd ask
>> > the list before I started pulling my hair out trying to figure out what
>> > It's doing. Thanks
>>
>> Hi Todd,
>>
>> This exact scenerio happened to my father-in-laws van.  It turned out to
>>be a
>> buggered power lock motor on the driver door.  He needed a new one.  One
>> question, does this same behavior happen when you open the passenger door
>> first???  If it doesn't, then it is the motor for sure.  This is the
>>third time
>> I have heard of this happening so I wonder if there was a bad run on
>>motors!!!
>>
>> Good Luck
>> Tony
>>
>> > --
>> > Todd Francis
>> > '86 Westy Syncro
>> > '91 Tristar
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>> Tony Schiebel - Senior Systems Analyst
>> >>>>> Tony.Schiebel@edm.montage.ca <<<<<
>> MONTAGE IT Inc.
>> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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