From the factory, our cars came with a feature that holds the door open for us when getting out of the car. This was particularly useful when the car was on an incline. Anyways, about 3 years ago, I noticed that my door would close onto my leg if i let go of the door. This was very annoying. Upon investigation, i noticed that the "door checker" was worn out. I didn't replace it right away because Canadian honda wanted $65 for the part (i was also too lazy to fix it right away). Fast forward to 2010 and I finally go so fed up with it that i finally ordered a new one from American Honda ($12usd+shipping).

Anyways, if your door won't stay open by itself, replace the door checker! I've seen lots of Hondas with this part not working properly (it's a plastic part). It's item 15 and 18 in the picture below. To replace the door checker, you have to remove the 3 bolts on the part (door sill area). You then have to remove the plastic door panel to pull the door checker out from inside the door.

 

interesting...

 

Hi, where do you buy the checker?
Thank you

 

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...y5=DOOR+PANELS



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