[fedup1964]

My 98 Beetle will occasionally flash the lights and attempt to lock the doors for no reason. Some times when it does this the window will roll down too. Any ideas will be much appreciated.

 

[janitz]

Driver door lock is bad.

If you insert your key and turn it in the door to the left to unlock and hold it will roll down the windows. Turning it to the right to lock will lock the car and holding it will roll down the windows.

Sounds like your car believes someone is holding a key in the lock.

 

[fedup1964]

Thank you very much. The drivers lock doesn't work at all so that has to be the culprit.

 

[red99]

The door latch is a very common problem. See this info I put together on how to fix it:

http://newbeetle.org/forums/questio...ms-new-beetle/59654-door-latch-resources.html