driver door won't latch

TS07ZX3 · Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:31 am

so I washed my car... Dried by hand really well. Leaving the wash door latched. Got home door latched. Now the door won't latch. Any suggestions?

PBZX3 · Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:11 am

Try spraying the latch with liquid wrench or try heating it with a hair dryer or perferably a heat gun.

Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:35 pm

x2 on the hair dryer, you got water inside the door handle or latch area.

TS07ZX3 · Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:44 pm

I soaked it with tri flow last night went out to defrost it this morning and it latched. Didn3 evenhave to sit inthe cold. Thank god.

kjsoccerdude · Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:23 am

I've had my door do that before. In the summer and in the winter. I usually just need to move the latch around for a second. It sticks a little. Tried using some WD40 and that seemed to help.

Patalrob · Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:05 pm

Spray it down with some penatrating oil. "Not the stuff that Pappy and o2 use though...."

Redlineracer12 · Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:09 am

Patalrob wrote:Spray it down with some penatrating oil. "Not the stuff that Pappy and o2 use though...."

My Ford probe used to have this problem real bad, every time I washed it during the winter I wouldn't be able to get the damn thing to close.