Door latch

[sawood12]

OK, the doors are held on by two hinges and have a flat bar roughly between the hinges that is pivoted on the door frame and dissapears into the door as you close it. Normally (i.e. in other cars) this bar is attached to some sort of spring-loaded mechanism that holds the door at whatever position you open it to and generally creates some resistance when opening the door. On my car both doors will not hold themselves in any position and this mechanism doesn't appear to be having any effect so my doors effectively flap around with no resistance, which makes it awkward in car parks because you always have to have one hand on the door to stop it from contacting the car next door.

Is this normal or has my mechanism somehow failed?? I am intending to take off my door cards in the new year to grease up my window regulator so if there is a problem here I could do with sorting it out at that stage.

Cheers.

 

[Diver944]

Definitely not normal Scott []

Mine open about half way, then there is some resistance before fully opening

 

[Fen]

I agree with Paul, but I think whatever holds the door open is probably in the A-pillar rather than the door.

 

[John Sims]

I agree with Paul but think you might be able to get to the stay from within the door (Sorry Fen).

I say this as my stays seem to come loose every now and then and need the couple of bolts tightening the fix to the A pillar.

Beaky's stays aren't the stiffest you ever saw, so it could well be something that deteriorates with age/use. I'll be interested to hear how you get on as it could be another of those jobs to add to the list.

 

[cornishgrose]

The problem is the checkstrap inside your door from wear, if it is cluncking when opening and shutting, then it is the bolts holding it to the A pillar. They are relatively cheap from Porsche.