PROBLEM!!! Driver door not closing properly
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Intermediate
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From: San Luis Obispo C
PROBLEM!!! Driver door not closing properly
Frequently, when my '07 C6 is in cold or hot weather, the door on the driver side will not close properly when I shut it. It will remain slightly ajar. Its like the door is twisted or sagging just enough to prevent the self-indexing windows from "seating" and closing all the way up. I have to open it and shut it once or twice to get it to close. The Chevy dealer is still stumped.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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If the dealer is stumped, to me, this means you need another dealer, don't you agree? This is their car, they fix it. If they can't, then they don't know their car.
I'll modify that to say that this dealer could call in GM and Chev engineers rather than leaving you hanging with a non-fitting door. It's up to them, and you to ask for more "troops."
I'll modify that to say that this dealer could call in GM and Chev engineers rather than leaving you hanging with a non-fitting door. It's up to them, and you to ask for more "troops."
Cruising
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From: Zebulon NC
Door Ajar
May be the start of the problem I had this past weekend on my 05. I was at Myrtle Beach for the Cruise in and at the end of the show started to leave and the passenger door would not latch and the window would only go to within 2 inches of seating. Of course this was Saturday afternoon and the dealers in Myrtle Beach were of no help. Only saleman on the dealership lot and they wanted to trade. I bungled the door, drove 190 miles home and my dealer looked at it Wed. and had a new latch in this morning and replaced it this afternoon.
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From: Vancouver
Frequently, when my '07 C6 is in cold or hot weather, the door on the driver side will not close properly when I shut it. It will remain slightly ajar. Its like the door is twisted or sagging just enough to prevent the self-indexing windows from "seating" and closing all the way up. I have to open it and shut it once or twice to get it to close. The Chevy dealer is still stumped.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
No other suggestions were made other than "keep an eye on it."
This was 2 months ago...and have not seen it since...weird.
Red Cell.
Last edited by Red Cell; Jun 13, 2008 at 10:05 PM.
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If the dealer is stumped, to me, this means you need another dealer, don't you agree? This is their car, they fix it. If they can't, then they don't know their car.
I'll modify that to say that this dealer could call in GM and Chev engineers rather than leaving you hanging with a non-fitting door. It's up to them, and you to ask for more "troops."
I'll modify that to say that this dealer could call in GM and Chev engineers rather than leaving you hanging with a non-fitting door. It's up to them, and you to ask for more "troops."
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From: Temecula California
Frequently, when my '07 C6 is in cold or hot weather, the door on the driver side will not close properly when I shut it. It will remain slightly ajar. Its like the door is twisted or sagging just enough to prevent the self-indexing windows from "seating" and closing all the way up. I have to open it and shut it once or twice to get it to close. The Chevy dealer is still stumped.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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From: Currently somewhere in IL,IN,KY,TN,MO,AR,MS,AL, or FL
Let's see, you have a significant safety problem with the car (if you drive with the door ajar it might open on the Interstate) and the dealer says they can't fix it. If that is the true situation then you have 4 options.
- Ignore it.
- Keep asking here until you get enough information to fix it yourself.
- Find a dealer who knows his a&& from a hole in the ground.
- Start documenting the trips and in a month or so file a lemon law action and get a new car.
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Frequently, when my '07 C6 is in cold or hot weather, the door on the driver side will not close properly when I shut it. It will remain slightly ajar. Its like the door is twisted or sagging just enough to prevent the self-indexing windows from "seating" and closing all the way up. I have to open it and shut it once or twice to get it to close. The Chevy dealer is still stumped.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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From: Mililani HI
I recently had the same problem I thought the door was misaligned as the door was not shutting all the way. My first thought was that the door was sagging, checked the hinges which did not show any misalignment. I then noticed that the window was outside of the roof weatherstripping.
Checked if the window was indexing and it wasn't.
Fix, re-indexed the windows. Problem fixed.
Window indexing, lower window then raise window when it is completely up hold the window switch for 3 seconds, do both windows. Simple
Hope this helps and that this was your problem.
Checked if the window was indexing and it wasn't.
Fix, re-indexed the windows. Problem fixed.
Window indexing, lower window then raise window when it is completely up hold the window switch for 3 seconds, do both windows. Simple
Hope this helps and that this was your problem.
