[Vwdiesel] caddy questions

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/4/2012 5:26:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
t_dv at yahoo.com writes:

1. the  driver's side door can be locked with a key from the outside, but 
can't be  unlocked from the outside with a key?
(the door handle mechanism is 1.5  years old)

is the issue with the door lock or the door  handle?


2.  I can turn on my truck lights, and the tail lights  will come on.
If I put in the clutch, the tail lights will go  out?




Sounds like something is on wrong, bent or dirty.  It'll be in  the handle 
so 
stick something pointy in the top or bottom, rearward corner of the chrome 
trim piece, in the handle and gently pry it out, rear first, then the  
narrower, 
front.  Remove the screw under the narrow end and the screw that's  
acessable 
from the jamb of the door.  I forget if the handle will come right out  
with a little 
wiggling, rear first, or if you'll have to pop a rod out of the lock rod  
plastic retainer.
 
  Once in your hand, put the key in and observe it until you figure  out 
what it's 
doing.  If all is well there, then the latch  probably needs  removed, 
cleaned and 
lubed.  Not a bad idea anyway.  The only tricky part there is the  latch 
release 
rod, at the bottom of the  latch.  You have to hold the lever  out, while 
you lift the 
hook of the  rod off.  Installation is a little more  frustrating.  Needle 
nose Vise 
Grips help.
 
  Look up at your pedal assy and see if someone has possibly put a  cruise 
control on at some time, and has a switch on the clutch  pedal,  that's 
wired 
in series through your brake switch.  That's the first thing I can  think 
of for 
why the brake lights would go out when depressing the clutch.
   Loren