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Grey Ghost
12-16-2004, 09:22 AM
a couple of months ago, the driver's side rear door was making a lot of noise as it was opened. my mechanic greased it up as well as he could and worked fine after that. yesterday I tried to open the door and could only get it open half way without meeting significant resistance (so significant that I thought I'd break or bend something if I forced it open fully). I suppose a bunch of bearings failed...what else could it be? it's not intersecting the trailing edge of the driver's door at all.

Tom Hanson
12-16-2004, 06:21 PM
Bad check strap.

Sokoloff
12-16-2004, 08:23 PM
Probably under $20 for the part. I'd suggest you not open it again until you're ready to fix it with the part in hand. Not a hard DIY repair.

Len

Grey Ghost
12-17-2004, 06:05 PM
off to the dealer to buy a strap on Saturday...if they don't have it in stock, I'll shoot Tom Hanson an e-mail