Re: Locking Probs?

[Jack Terzian <hyejack@home.com>]

Try to WD 40 the door pins and locks. then work it in. It many just be
dirt or a loose connection.

JACK


Mark A Williams wrote:
> 
> Heya,
>     I just bought my '95 J3 GLX about a month ago, but I've been having
> wierd problems.  Luckily it's still under warranty.  I just want to go
> to the dealer well-informed, in the hopes that it will forestall making
> a second, third and fourth trip.
> 
> Here's as detailed a description as I can make:
> 1) Sometimes the power locks don't work.  Turn the key, drivers side
> opens, and nothing else.  Turn it again and again and nothing happens.
> 2) Even when they're working, they don't seem to work _right_.  Turn the
> key once and everything locks or unlocks.  From what I've read in the
> manual, that's not right, but everything is so wierd I can't really tell.
> 3) Sometimes when I lock the door(s?) the alarm goes off...quite
> frequently, actually.
> 3.5) Even when the alarm doesn't go off, it arms without making the
> little *beep* that my friend's 94 Passat makes.
> 4) Sometimes when I open the door, the internal lights don't come on.
> 5) Once (and this could be me goofing up and bumping the button) I came
> out one morning to find the passenger front window had opened up.
> 6) The locks freeze _constantly_, but I'm told that this comes with the
> territory for a VW.
> 
> Mechanically, the car is an animal...I love it, but these problems are
> really starting to bug me.  I can't even decide if this is one problem,
> or several acting together.  They're all intermittent, and that makes
> them even harder to figure out.
> 
> Any ideas would be great,
> --Mark Williams
> '95 J3 GLX--rare "stock" edition :)

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