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Old 12-31-2008, 06:03 PM
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Was working on the car today in the garage and door was open for abit while I was working on the passenger side.
When I went to close it it doesn't shut. Its like there's something blocking it from latching. it just rebounds instead of latching shut?
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Old 12-31-2008, 06:10 PM
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take the seat belt out of the doorjam haha jk

look at the latch and see if its closed, if it is put a screwdriver in there push the latch open while pullin up on the handle
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that fixed it. Thanks alot man
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Originally Posted by lowerthanyou00
take the seat belt out of the doorjam haha jk

look at the latch and see if its closed, if it is put a screwdriver in there push the latch open while pullin up on the handle

First time I ever did that, I was playing around with my dads truck door when I was a little kid, I was like ****, I thought I really broke the door, I was shitting bricks.
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Originally Posted by lowerthanyou00
take the seat belt out of the doorjam haha jk
lol, awesome.



Good it was a quick fix.
Old 01-02-2009, 09:52 PM
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I did that, had the door open for a while but with the key in the ignition (working on window alignment so I needed accessories turned on) and the warning tone was annoying me so I closed the latch with a screwdriver. Forgot about it later, went to close the door and it did just what you described and bounced off. Felt like an idiot


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