Re: Saxo Door Problem

On 2007-12-18, Adrian <toomany2cvs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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.

I must try that on my ZX which has the same symptoms.  Once the car has 
warmed up a little the problem goes away, so there could be something in 
the ice theory.

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