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Subject:Re: Sliding door popping open
From:Doug Fitz-Randolph
Date:Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:05:07 -0400

Hi,

I've had this trouble for some time now. Not cold-weather specific
necessarily. The back of the slider will pop open every so often when I
hit a bump. I tried adjusting the striker and thought I had it licked,
but it came back again after a few weeks.

Last week the door actually slid all the way open! It had popped open
slightly, as it has many times, on the way home on the interstate. After
stopping at the end of my exit ramp, I sort of peeled out and -whoosh-
the door opened completely! This has never happened before, but I was
also never able to develop any significant acceleration before I got a
2.5l Subaru engine 6 months ago.

Is my problem the latch? I've seen these at Bus Depot and they aren't
too expensive.

Doug Fitz-Randolph
Freeport, ME

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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:14:20 -0500
From: Joe Beckham <jrbeckh@COX.NET>
Subject: Sliding door popping open

Hello All,

Does anyone else have problems with the sliding door popping open on very
cold days? Or does anyone know the fix? Thanks in advance!! all the best,
Joe