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lamato · 05-29-2016, 02:10 PM

All of a sudden, when locking up, the lights on the mirrors don't flash three times. Everything locks up ok, but the lights don't flash. Any ideas? Thanks.
Vince and Laura

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lamato · 05-29-2016, 02:50 PM

Never mind. We figured it out.

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73shark · 05-29-2016, 03:24 PM

Something wasn't completely shut?

lamato · 05-29-2016, 08:22 PM

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Something wasn't completely shut?

Yes! The front driver's door. Very embarrassing. I'll try and make our next question (and I'm sure there will be one) a little harder.

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Lily&Me · 05-30-2016, 04:47 AM

Sometimes we panic a bit.

Maggie

Boxster1971 · 05-30-2016, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by lamato

Yes! The front driver's door. Very embarrassing. I'll try and make our next question (and I'm sure there will be one) a little harder.

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Don't feel too bad - I've done the same thing several times. On a recent trip we stopped at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast. I started to get out of the driver's door but then changed my mind and exited out the slider. I locked the door as usual, but didn't look back. After breakfast on returning to van I saw that the driver's door was wide open. First I thought we were robbed, but nothing was missing. Later it that trip I did the same thing again, but never went far from the van. I concluded that if I opened the driver door latch and we are parked on a slight slope the door will swing open on its own weight. I'm more careful now.

- - Mike
2013 Lounge EXT on 2012 Sprinter

InterBlog · 05-30-2016, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Boxster1971

... I started to get out of the driver's door but then changed my mind and exited out the slider. I locked the door as usual, but didn't look back. After breakfast on returning to van I saw that the driver's door was wide open. ...

Apparently my subconscious mind wants to make a mockery of me, and so this exact behavioral pattern has become my favorite stunt even though my conscious mind knows how dangerous it could be.

It's not only a security / theft risk as described by Boxster. As I've mentioned on at least one other thread, our T1N Sprinter does not alert when a door is open and the vehicle is in gear. One can be driving down the road at 70 mph with a cab door flapping in the breeze and no warning signal issues from the Sprinter.

I did it again last weekend. Started to get out the driver's door, changed my mind, exited the sliding door, re-entered the sliding door, and drove away with the cab door only partially latched because I had started to get out and changed my mind.

Fortunately I'm now paranoid about the possibility (ears have become super-attuned to abnormal wind noise) so I caught it quickly.