EA82 door lock question

[subaru_styles]

ok this is a little bit different:

 

on the 89 gl coupe. anytime i get out and lock from the inside i have to hold the handle up when i shut the door.

 

now on my 88 gl wagon i never had to do that. just lock the drivers door from inside and close the door.

 

someone explain to me why this is..

 

were the coupes different in that way?

[Flowmastered87GL]

Remember pimpin over to autozone in the 87?? I have to hold mine up. All the cars in my signature except my 98 Impreza I had to do that on too.

 

 

your 88 is just wierd

[nkx]

i have to do that in my wagon. my buddy is real big on nissan Z cars, hes owned 3, and all of them you have to hold the handle too.

[subaru_styles]

well i guess that my wagon was just weird than...i was soo used to it i thought they were all that way.

[ausubaru92]

As far as i know,.. most front doors are designed like that so the driver cannot lock his (or hers) keys in the car,. cos he could easily leave the keys in,... push in the lock knob,... and if the door closes accidently,... his keys are locked in.

[Spiffy]

weird... I've always had to use the key to lock my subarus with power locks... if I lock it and then close it then all the other doors would unlock... and it didn't matter if I held the handle or not... seemed like a good design... vw does the same thing, gotta use the key on the driver's door... *shrug*

 

 

 

ok this is a little bit different:

 

on the 89 gl coupe. anytime i get out and lock from the inside i have to hold the handle up when i shut the door.

 

now on my 88 gl wagon i never had to do that. just lock the drivers door from inside and close the door.

 

someone explain to me why this is..

 

were the coupes different in that way?

[mudrat79]

The Mechanicals inside the door on your 88 are broke for that function....All it is is a Small tab......

 

The 3 door is Propper......Nels', GL-10 has the same issue.....Just have to remember.......

 

Later, John

[All_talk]

On my '87 GL wagon with power locks, hit the botton on the drivers door, all doors lock, shut the door and all stay locked.

 

On my '87 RX with manual locks I have to hold the handle up or it unlocks, Its akward to do that so I just use the key.

 

Gary

 

P.S. On my '74 Datsun Z I have to hold the handle up, I use the key on that one too.

[WJM]

On all the subies ive had with an EA82 in it...all 3 RX's would pop the lock back to unlock if you dont hold the handle. Only one of the 3 had working power door locks...and the other two are supposed to work. My wagon has PDR, and you have to hold the handle....or it will close and unlock all doors. The passenger side is the same way on all of them. Only the rear doors remained locked. The 89 DL had no PDR...and did the same....except the PDR stuff.

[samo]

My '92 required that you hold the handle, as does my '93, although the mechanism is a big gummy on the '93.