On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:16:53 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The driver’s door on my 350SDL has been having a hard time latching - that > is, I have to slam it to get it to close completely. > > This just started a few days ago, and there’s nothing that’s happened to > suggest something is broken. In all honesty, I’ve never had an issue with a > door latch on a Mercedes, so this is completely new to me. > > I looked at the strike and it doesn’t appear to be worn in any way that i can > tell. When you slam the door is certainly latches and stays closed, so the > mechanism is certainly working. The strike is not loose. > > I’m wondering if the strike is simply worn out? > > I want to address this before it gets ugly and the door won’t latch at all. > I’m going to do some googling and see what I can find out…. > > Thanks, > > Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' If it's like the latch on my '83 300D and 240D, it could either be a small piece of rubber that sticks out, intercepts the door latch, and breaks off (look closely for where a piece of rubber has broken off); or the stricker could have gotten loose and was pushed back. Striker must be replaced for broken off rubber, or readjusted and tightened for one that's pushed back. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
