Hey guys.
Well, my GP was hit a couple times when the previous owner had it. So the door and fender were replaced. They were both replaced with equal parts as stock. I'm not sure of the original color of the fender, but the door was a dark blue. I can't tell what year it says or what the VIN is on it to be able to see what year it is. Regardless, the door is nothing but problems. The passenger side door is perfect. The glass is solid, the door opens and closes thuroughly, and the lock works great. Meanwhile, the drivers side, I have to open from the inside. The door doesn't close completely unless you slam the hell out of it, and sometimes the little metal flap inside the door closes and makes a terrible bang noise when you try to close the door because the door doesn't close. The window is a bit shakey too. It's just a terrible thing.
Now, to fix the not being able to open it from outside problem, I remove the door panel and eventually shoved my hand to where the action was supposed to be to open the door. Turns out that the thin little metal post came out of the bracket that goes down and opens the door. So instead of the post pressing down and opening the door, it presses down and goes nowhere. But it opens from the inside because that littlke post isn't needed. So eventually, I fit that post back into the bracket and it worked! For a minute. The next time I opened it from the inside, the post popped back out. So I fixed it again, and it did it again. WTF? Is there a new piece or pieces that I need to buy to fix this? Or do I have to solder this postto the bracket to hold it in place? lol.
And about the closing issue. Is the striker or something messed up? How do I go about fixing that? I have a shop manaul but it doesn't say much about the striker...
Thanks guys!!
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Well, my GP was hit a couple times when the previous owner had it. So the door and fender were replaced. They were both replaced with equal parts as stock. I'm not sure of the original color of the fender, but the door was a dark blue. I can't tell what year it says or what the VIN is on it to be able to see what year it is. Regardless, the door is nothing but problems. The passenger side door is perfect. The glass is solid, the door opens and closes thuroughly, and the lock works great. Meanwhile, the drivers side, I have to open from the inside. The door doesn't close completely unless you slam the hell out of it, and sometimes the little metal flap inside the door closes and makes a terrible bang noise when you try to close the door because the door doesn't close. The window is a bit shakey too. It's just a terrible thing.
Now, to fix the not being able to open it from outside problem, I remove the door panel and eventually shoved my hand to where the action was supposed to be to open the door. Turns out that the thin little metal post came out of the bracket that goes down and opens the door. So instead of the post pressing down and opening the door, it presses down and goes nowhere. But it opens from the inside because that littlke post isn't needed. So eventually, I fit that post back into the bracket and it worked! For a minute. The next time I opened it from the inside, the post popped back out. So I fixed it again, and it did it again. WTF? Is there a new piece or pieces that I need to buy to fix this? Or do I have to solder this postto the bracket to hold it in place? lol.
And about the closing issue. Is the striker or something messed up? How do I go about fixing that? I have a shop manaul but it doesn't say much about the striker...
Thanks guys!!
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