[s-cars] Door Latch Repair or Replace?

[Peter Schulz]

Paul...before you go too far, liberally spray the latching mechanism with wd40 or equivalent from the striker side... If the function improves, then the grease inside is either contaminated with gunk, or hardened...remove the door panel, carefully disconnect the linkages, pull out the latch assy, carrefully dissamble, clean with brake cleaner or the like, grease and re assemble...

Hth

-Peter Schulz via iPad

On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:52 PM, "weski at verizon.net" <weski at verizon.net> wrote:

> Patient is my 95 S6 with 244k miles on the clock.  The drivers door has decided it doesn't want to close any more.  There are 2 door closed latch positions - I'll call them full close and safety latch.  As of last Friday night, the door will not fully close on it's own - I have to give it a light hip-check from the outside to fully close the door.  Today, as I was driving down the interstate, the door popped partly open - to the safety latch.
> 
> What are my options?  I've check out the latch as much as you can without disassembling the door and all looks OK.  It functions well with a screw driver to trigger the latch to full close when the door is open but will not do so as you normally try to close the door.  If you sty to force or slam it closed it just bounces open.  I've been told by a mechanic that it is not fixable and the latch must be replaced.  Has anyone else seen this before?  If it must be replaced is the bone yard a viable option?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Paul Dooley
> 
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