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Old Jun 29, 2017 | 08:32 AM
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So last night I was working on the vette and I opened the door to grab something and when I went to close it, the door just bounced right back off. I haven't had any issues with the door before this. I spent about 15 min playing with it but I cant seem to figure out exactly what it is. The door is unlocked, the latch is moving. Has anyone experienced something like this??
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Old Jun 29, 2017 | 08:50 AM
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Do you have the car jacked up? If so lower it back onto the wheels. Frame twist may be causing door misalignment.
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Old Jun 29, 2017 | 08:57 AM
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Can you move the lock between locked and unlocked. This happened to me in January and I believe it was frozen (it worked later that week)
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Old Jun 29, 2017 | 09:11 AM
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https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...uck-latch.html

Look at #2 post. His door was stuck close but I had same problem as you and this fixed it.
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Old Jun 29, 2017 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by gdm78vette
Do you have the car jacked up? If so lower it back onto the wheels. Frame twist may be causing door misalignment.


YES it is raised.. ill lower it later. hope that works. im sure it will. Thanks so much!
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