Try lubing the moving parts of the latch at the rear of the door with a little axle grease- move stuff around to work it in. I had the same problem and this fixed it. On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 08:29 PM, Clay Perry wrote: > My other bother is the sliding door. Occasionally it just opens while > I am > cruising down the road, usually the back edge pops open a little bit > to warn > me. Once it has slid completely open. I have checked the latch and the > mechanism and things look OK but I am not sure what bad looks like. > > Any suggestions? > |
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