Date:         Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:04:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Lancaster <don@TINAJA.COM>
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From:         Don Lancaster <don@TINAJA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear Door lock stuck
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> Date:    Sun, 12 Jul 1998 11:54:01 EDT
> From:    Scott Kerber <SCKERBER@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Rear door latch stuck
>
> HELP! The back door dropped shut after a maintence session and I haven't been
> able to open it since. I've tried it with the key in, turned right, turned
> left; key out; pushed pulled, huffed and puffed. I'm pretty sure that there
> weren't any tools or hardware left on the sill to jam, but this is getting
> exasperating.
>
> Scott Kerber
> '87 Wolfsburg, Stella
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 If you mean the rear hatch, the problem is that the main screws have worked loose.
From the inside, pop the plastic popper thingys that hold the inside lower decorative
hatch covering
.
Remove the cover. Reach in and release the latch by pushing on it.
Finger pressure works just fine.
No need to mess with the electric lock or its link.

Once open, tighten the main latch screws with a big Phillips screwdriver.
Might want to add some thread locker.

After you destroy the plastic thingys, if you have any new ones left over please send the
new ones to me. They seem larger than anything in Checker Auto.

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