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Car Forum / Citroen Cars / December 2007

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Saxo Door Problem

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macca - 18 Dec 2007 06:53 GMT
I am having problems with the driver side door of my Citroen Saxo. It
intermittently takes excessive force to close seeming to just bounce
off the striker catch. The latch in the door seems to be in the
correct position and the door lines up and seems not to have dropped.
I have lubricated the lock and the mechanism and applied some grease
to the striker. The really strange thing is the colder the weather the
worse it is when the car is frosty it is impossible to close the door
from the inside. My mate is a mechanic and asked him to check it out
Sods law it worked fine closing 20 times plus with no problem.

Any ideas ?
Adrian - 18 Dec 2007 08:00 GMT
macca (macca <macca101@googlemail.com>) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> I am having problems with the driver side door of my Citroen Saxo. It
> intermittently takes excessive force to close seeming to just bounce off
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> inside. My mate is a mechanic and asked him to check it out Sods law it
> worked fine closing 20 times plus with no problem.

There's possibly some water in the latch mechanism. When it's cold, it
ices up a bit and jams.

Give it all a bloody good spray with water displacer (WD40 or similar)
then some silicone lubricant or light oil to lubricate it.
Whiskers - 18 Dec 2007 10:55 GMT
> macca (macca <macca101@googlemail.com>) gurgled happily, sounding much
> like they were saying:
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> Give it all a bloody good spray with water displacer (WD40 or similar)
> then some silicone lubricant or light oil to lubricate it.

I must try that on my ZX which has the same symptoms.  Once the car has
warmed up a little the problem goes away, so there could be something in
the ice theory.

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