VEHICLE HOOD OR DOOR LOCK

A motor veicle compartment closure lock with a locking wedge (2) attached on the closure, and lock elements attached on an opening frame for the closure. The locking wedge (2) can be retracted, in a powered way, from an extended, open position into a pushed-in, locked position and, for this purpose, is coupled by a lever mechanism (3) to a power transmission element (5) with a powered drive. The powered drive can be built especially small and light because the drive is made as a drive that operates only in one direction (locking direction) and returns automatically in the opposite direction. Power transmission element (5) is slaved or can be slaved to the locking wedge (2) in the locking direction and moves freely in the opposite direction. A shifting lever (6) is provided that is carried by the power transmission element (5) in the locking direction and is spring-loaded in the opposite direction. The shifting lever has an engaging part (7) that moves in a shifting link (8), and the engaging part (7) can be brought by a movement in the locking direction, from an open rest stop (9), to lie against a locking stop (10) and can be brought, by renewed movement in the locking direction, from the locking stop (10) back again to the open rest stop (9).