burstaneurysm

It seems that nobody can close my door lately... it does that half close, you know?

I finally checked it out today and the front passenger door feels twice as heavy as the driver's side door... any thoughts as to what might be going on here?

jct

did you lube up the latch? clean it up and re-grease

is there play in the hinges (can you lift/wiggle the door up and down)? if so the hinges needs to be replaced

thats all i have for right now...

matt

The striker needs to be realigned. Take a look at where it is hitting, loosen the striker and align it properly until the door closes normally.

burstaneurysm

The body panels are lining up fine. There's never been any sort of weirdness... I'm chalking it up to being mad cold out... We'll see.

jct

lubing it won't hurt it anyways

MadMike550

the door actually feels heavy?

interesting...let us know if and when you do find out wtf?
I'd lube the hinges..

burstaneurysm

Yea. It feels heavy. I probably need to lube the hinge.

bB2NER

It does get stiffer in the cold weather. Plus it doesn't get used as much as drivers side. My rear doors get real hard to work in the cold.

burstaneurysm

I looked today... there's some surface rust on the bottom hinge. I'll probably hit it with some PB Blaster or WD40 to clean some of the rust up.

Improbcat

White lithium grease is your best bet. If you get the spray can of it it is easy to spray in/on the hinge then it solidifies enough not to just drip out of the hinge over time like WD40 does.

bB2NER

Yeah, WD evaporates over time. White lithium stays put and does the job.

Davestoaster

I noticed a little rust on the lower hinge too. Unless I spray it with WD-40 about every 6 months, it starts to squeak.

Not to high jack, but, she always complained about the door closing back on her leg when we are parked on a hill, so I called the stealer to see how much the door hold open parts are........................

$110 per side for those little plastic things !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I just do the guy thing and come around and hold the door for her. It's a pain, but she loves it and I saved some $$$$.

burstaneurysm

I'm gonna pick up some white lithium. Thanks guys!

RedneckwithanxB

Is your door full of ice?

Thats what she said

burstaneurysm

I actually thought that, but I don't see how that much moisture would get in the door...

jct

be careful and try not to get it on the rubber door seals it'll never come off O_O

kewlbox

mine was like that from not being used. i little grease did the trick for me

ZOMGXB

it's funny, the exact same thing happens to mine every december...like clockwork, my boyfriend starts half-closing his door and then raging at it

WD-40 makes it go away for another 12 months. i really need to get on this, he's starting to get ____ed :p

oddly enough in 4 years the DRIVER'S door has never had a problem...HMMMmmmm

bB2NER

They should have used driver side hinges on ALL the doors.

BOXICAN

Atleast you didn't back up with your door open and pull one of these moves.