I broke my car door latches!
June 29, 2011 3:54 PM Subscribe
I broke my car door latches! I can't figure out for the life of me how to fix them.
First, I am a girl, and while that doesn't explain, it may excuse. :)
I have a 1998 Plymouth Breeze.
I was having a problem with the lock on the driver's side door. The door dinger kept going off, and then the lock got sticky. When I got home today, I took a good look and realized there was only one bolt holding it in.
I removed the remaining bolt, and tried to find a match in the toolbox. Then I realized it would be easier to remove a bolt from one of the other doors and use that.
In the mean time, I fiddled with the locking mechanism where it connects to the car, and somehow pushed the toggling mechanism so that it won't move. Now, and please don't laugh, in trying to figure out how to rectify this, I've screwed up all the doors the same way. It's like I pushed the latch/toggle forward.
Make sense?
HELP ME! I need my car tonight, and NONE of the doors will close! Just to be clear, it's not the locking mechanism, but the part that lets the door latch.
First, I am a girl, and while that doesn't explain, it may excuse. :)
I have a 1998 Plymouth Breeze.
I was having a problem with the lock on the driver's side door. The door dinger kept going off, and then the lock got sticky. When I got home today, I took a good look and realized there was only one bolt holding it in.
I removed the remaining bolt, and tried to find a match in the toolbox. Then I realized it would be easier to remove a bolt from one of the other doors and use that.
In the mean time, I fiddled with the locking mechanism where it connects to the car, and somehow pushed the toggling mechanism so that it won't move. Now, and please don't laugh, in trying to figure out how to rectify this, I've screwed up all the doors the same way. It's like I pushed the latch/toggle forward.
Make sense?
HELP ME! I need my car tonight, and NONE of the doors will close! Just to be clear, it's not the locking mechanism, but the part that lets the door latch.
Response by poster: Okay...we tried that and all but one are working!!\
But how to I get that one to work too? It's not budging.
posted by littleflowers at 4:08 PM on June 29, 2011
But how to I get that one to work too? It's not budging.
posted by littleflowers at 4:08 PM on June 29, 2011
Best answer: Pull the handle as if you were opening the door then use a tool to lever the catch out. It might require significant effort.
posted by Sternmeyer at 4:09 PM on June 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Sternmeyer at 4:09 PM on June 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: AWESOME!! IT WORKED! I love you to pieces!!
posted by littleflowers at 4:11 PM on June 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by littleflowers at 4:11 PM on June 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
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