[s-cars] Door Latch Repair or Replace?

[chris chambers]

Gentz,

I had this same issue, I followed another lister's advice and removed the latch assembly
and soaked it in ATF fluid.

The factory grease gets all dried and gummed up, slows & eventually stops the latch from working.
After this grease has been removed by soaking in the ATF fluid, re-grease and reinstall.

I do not recall what grease/lubricant I used.

The latch should be as good as new

HTH
Chris


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On Mon, 12/9/13, weski at verizon.net <weski at verizon.net> wrote:

 Subject: [s-cars] Door Latch Repair or Replace?
 To: S-Car-List at audifans.com
 Date: Monday, December 9, 2013, 8:52 PM
 
 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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