Body - Hard To Close Left/Right Front Doors
NUMBER: 23-008-13GROUP: Body
DATE: February 22, 2013
SUBJECT:
Left And/Or Right Door High Closing Effort
OVERVIEW:
This bulletin involves inspecting front door body mounted seal placement and if necessary, adjusting seals and/or left and/or right front door striker to eliminate high closing effort.
MODELS:
2010-2011 (KA) Nitro
2010-2012 (KK) Liberty
SYMPTOM/CONDITION:
The customer may experience high closing efforts on the left and/or right front doors when closing.
DIAGNOSIS:
If the customer describes the symptom, perform the Repair Procedure.
SPECIAL TOOLS/EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
REPAIR PROCEDURE:
1. Open the door and check the body mounted seal for proper installation and correct as necessary (Fig. 1).
NOTE:
Seal should be fully seated all around the door perimeter.
2. Open and close the suspect door(s) several times. Does the door(s) still exhibit high closing effort?
a. Yes >>> Proceed to Step # 3.
b. No >>> Return the vehicle to the customer, the issue has been resolved.
3. Fully close the suspect door(s) and carefully check front to rear door flushness using a straight edge/rule (1) across the front door (2) and rear door (3) surfaces near the latch level (Fig. 2).
4. Is the suspect front door(s) under or overflush to the rear door(s)?
a. Underflush -> Proceed to Step # 7.
b. Overflush -> Proceed to Step # 5.
5. Using a feeler gage or equivalent, carefully determine the amount of front door overflush (Fig. 3).
NOTE:
Maximum overflush should not exceed 1 to 1.5mm (.039"-.059").
6. Is the front door overflush to the maximum specification of 1 to 1.5mm(.039"-.059")?
a. Yes >>> This bulletin does not apply, continue further diagnosis.
b. No >>> Proceed to Step # 7.
7. Open the suspect front door and place a piece of tape (1) at the bottom of the striker plate (2) to mark its vertical position to the body before removing the two fasteners (3) securing it (Fig. 4).
8. Using a rotary file or equivalent, remove a maximum of 3mm(1/8") of the outboard side of the striker locating holes (1) to allow the striker to be adjusted properly and achieve a more outboard location (Fig. 5).
NOTE:
Apply 3M 8682 Single Step Primer or equivalent corrosion protection using a brush.
9. Reinstall the striker plate and fasteners aligning the bottom of the striker with the tape indicating the striker's previous vertical position to the body. Carefully recheck front to rear door flushness and adjust the striker so that the front door is 1mm(.039") overflush to the rear door to eliminate high door closing effort.
10. Open and close the suspect door(s) several times. Does the door(s) still exhibit high closing effort?
a. Yes >>> This bulletin does not apply, continue further diagnosis.
b. No >>> Return the vehicle to the customer.
POLICY:
Reimbursable within the provisions of the warranty.
TIME ALLOWANCE:
FAILURE CODE:
Disclaimer:
This bulletin is supplied as technical information only and is not an authorization for repair.