Hello again, whenever someone pulls on the handle to open any passenger door, they have to physically pull the door instead of the door popping off the hinge, is there any fix for this? Same thing when someone gets out, they have to pull the handle then physically push the door. Are the doors made like this? Or do our doors usually pop off with ease?

 

I have exact same problem with rear doors, right side more than left side... There must be a way to correct it somehow!

 

exactly the same here, on my right rear door. I did not look at it yet, but i will try to grease the door seal abit ( its a bit dry now ) and i will clean the locking mechanism. Hopefully that will work?

Sometimes i have woman in the back, they think the child lock is on haha

Push harder! xD

 

This is not normal. The doors should open and close easily. Assuming no distortion from accident damage, there's three possibilities:

1. worn hinges - allowing the door to drop
2. door Strikers - out of adjustment
3. door Latch - not releasing

Check for (1) by trying to lift the open door from the lock end. There should be little or no movement. If there is, look to see if there's is play on either upper or lower hinge pin.

To check (2) - with the door ajar, hold the outside lock handle in the open position and slowly close the door. I shouldn't foul the striker (item 3) on the door pillar. in other words, you shouldn't have to pull upwards on the door to get it to engage with the striker.



Latch problems (3) need the door card removed to be able to see the levers are operating properly. If they are moving correctly with the handles, it points to issues with the latch electrics preventing automatic release.

Graham

 

Yeah but I can stress this enough, try the easier things first! Whenever I do an oil change on a Jag, I lubricate the hinges and latches with silicon spray, so my customers never have this problem. When a new customer comes with the problem:

1st I spray rust off down the latch and close and open the door repeatedly and see if I can get it loose. Then I spray silicon spray to lubricate and prevent the problem from happening again. If that doesn't work...

2nd I put a little bit of white grease on the catch, close and open the door to see if everything is lined up properly, if its not, loosen the screws (usually torx) and see if you can move it enough to line it up properly.

After that I would go into something more complicated as taking apart the the door etc (if the customer is willing to pay the time)

Good luck!