Re: Saxo Door Problem

macca (macca <macca101@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> I am having problems with the driver side door of my Citroen Saxo. It
> intermittently takes excessive force to close seeming to just bounce off
> the striker catch. The latch in the door seems to be in the correct
> position and the door lines up and seems not to have dropped. I have
> lubricated the lock and the mechanism and applied some grease to the
> striker. The really strange thing is the colder the weather the worse it
> is when the car is frosty it is impossible to close the door from the
> inside. My mate is a mechanic and asked him to check it out Sods law it
> worked fine closing 20 times plus with no problem.

There's possibly some water in the latch mechanism. When it's cold, it 
ices up a bit and jams.

Give it all a bloody good spray with water displacer (WD40 or similar) 
then some silicone lubricant or light oil to lubricate it.