If you are talking about locking the door from the inside while the door
is open your car works as intended. It's in the manual. If you have to
pull out the door handle to be able to lock the door even when the door
is closed, then there is a problem.

David wrote:
>
> I have a 95 Civic DX hatchback and there is a funny problem with the
> drivers side door lock. From the inside I have to have the door
> handle pulled out to be able to lock or unlock the door, from the
> outside with the key it works fine, just the funny problem from the
> inside. Is this common, is it fixable, it's kind of annoying, never
> had a car that did that before so it doesn't seem right.
>
> David