I find the same thing. . .it a timing thing to hard it bounces back
to soft and it doesn't latch. For me I find the door needs to be more
then 50% open before it's closed then it slides shut fine.

JFF

>I find that with some experimentation, you can usually get the door to
>shut properly using exactly the right momentum, just hard enough to engage
>the latch, but too soft to cause the door to bounce back before it
>latches.  And if you're taking friends places -- make sure you're the one
>closing the door. :)
>
>ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net