

| Subject: | Re: Sliding door popping open |
| From: | Doug Fitz-Randolph |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:02:52 -0400 |
I looked in the Bentley this fall and didn't pick up on that. There are pages and pages talking about wedges and spacers and after skimming through it I decided if I messed with it I would likely do more harm than good. I will re-review it when I am in the same place as my Bentley, though. Thanks, Doug On 2/7/2007, "Alistair Bell" <albell@uvic.ca> wrote: >take off door panel and adjust bowdoin cable, the cable that connects >front latch with rear latch. > >(its in the bentley) > > >Alistair >On 7-Feb-07, at 9:05 AM, Doug Fitz-Randolph wrote: > >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 > >-------------------- >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 > > > >
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