Hi Rouy, and  List:

I had that experience myself recently. '87 Syncro.  haven't solved it.
It was a very rainy wet day, the van had been outside overnight, and there
is a contact issue with the sliding door, sometimes it locks, sometimes
not.
My experience involved the locks locking themselves immediately after
unlocking/opening the driver's door. everytime I pulled up the peg on the
windowsill, it would lock itself. I tried pulling all the fuses to
deactivate the locks, all the while the locks were cycling lock/unlock
30-40 times in a row, with the door  open. Seems the locks are direct
wired, non of the fuses removed stopped the runaway locks. I gave up, but
just before I closed the doors, something went pop, and ever since the
locks have been working correctly.  I guess they just needed to go through
a self clean cycle.

I'm sure that properly cleaned contacts, intact insulation, and lubricated
in the appropriate places the locks  would work properly. It's just no fun
digging around under the door panels.

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On 12/27/99 at 5:27 AM Rouy Rogers wrote:

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>Subject:      '87 Power Locks locking and unlocking by themselves, stove
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>Hi List,
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>The other day while washing my '87 Syncro Westy, the power door locks
started
>locking and unlocking by themselves. Has this ever happened to anyone
before?
>Also does anyone have a source for a replacement stove grate? Mine was
>missing when I bought it. Thanks for any help in advance.
>
>Happy Trails
>
>Rouy
>'87 Syncro Westy "Trigger"