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door keeps opening.
Hi guys. My 911 drivers door keeps popping out open on the road even when i lock it. It's bugging the crap out of me and was wondering how I can fix it. Everytime I drive it it pops out in the middle of the road. Has anyone had this problem and how do I fix it? Thanks.
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11-07-2008, 08:25 AM
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you have not mentioned what year it is. But it sounds like the door latch is broken anyway.
You can do a quick test of the latch by leaving the door open, twisting the latch to the lock position and with a set of pliers wiggle it up/down and see if it releases. If it does move while trying to wiggle then it is broken ! If it releases its broken you can post on the parts area a wanted ad and i am sure many here have what you may need caveat: we have seen severe rusted chassis cases where the car twists going over bumps or in turns and the door pops open- even with a good latch! Hopefully that is not the case with your car
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11-07-2008, 08:41 AM
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Thanks! will give it a try tonight.
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11-07-2008, 09:38 AM
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When was the last time you hard your door card off to lube all the internals? Maybe something is sticking, could be as simple as that.....hopefully. I know I had a similar problem with water getting in and freezing. The door would just not latch close at all. It would just release, something was frozen open. Lube and a hair dryer took care of it all.
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11-07-2008, 05:23 PM
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Having trouble w/this myself. Took the door panel off and found second latch tooth was rounded, so I hit it with a dremal to sharpen the point of latch. This worked great for month or so.
Later, when I shut the door it wouldn't latch everytime, and would bounce open. So, I sprayed some teflon spray all over the latch. Now I get the same popping open again when I hit bumps. It's a 73 Targa, so body twist is a thought but I replaced rockers and dogleg 2 years ago, and don't see any other signs that things are moving? My next try will be to replace the spring that holds the latch latched. Suprised I can't find more threads about this. 73 911T wide hipped RS look alike. 78 928 w/GT spoiler |
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