marcs1337

94 del sol

so i get out and start my car this morning and i go to close the door and it wont close! the latch appears to be fine, it is lined up exactly the same and the passenger door and the pass door closes but the driver door just wont latch itself to the body...i tired to mess around with the latch with a screwdriver, but eventually ran out of time and had to drive another vehicle to work...

any ideas?

NVturbo

spray some WD-40 or silicone spray into the mechanism. If that doesn't work, you may have a bad latch.

joshsayswhatt

First get a good amount of wd40 in there. Try getting inside shutting the door. And keep it pulled shut, and while your pulling it mess with your door handle and flick it open and hold it open and pull the door shut hard while holding it open. Just mess with it. Your latch is probably either dirty and stuck or if itwas cold it even couldve been frozen. Happened to me but after work at like 12 in the morning I sprayed it with graphite spray and then slammed it while having my handle open and then slammed it shut and it shut fine. Never hapened again. But I had to bump the door open once or twice.

marcs1337

thanks josh...

there was a small ice storm last night, maybe that is contributing...ill try your method once i get home

nix94delsol

i get the same problem from time to time, its the damn weather
when it happens try to get your car somewhere warm, that will melt the ice, then load the WD-40 to it as previously posted.
after that just spray it in from time to time
id say once every other week (thats what i do and havnt had that problem since)