Yikes... My Car Door Will Not Open

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Yikes...My Car Door Will Not Open
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When I was in college, I had a car with only one
working car door, the passenger door.
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When I went on a first date the young lady
always thought that I was quite the gentleman
when I opened the passenger door for her.
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Unfortunately, then I had to tell her that that
was the only door that worked on the car and that
I would need to climb in first, and oh by the
way, would she please close the door after she
followed me inside... yikes.
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It'? very fru?tr?t?ng t? b? unable to ???n your
car door.
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Th?r? ?r? a number ?f reasons wh? ??ur ??r d??r?
m?? f??l t? ???n.
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F??l?ng T? Unl??k Th? Car D??r
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A? ??m?l? ?? ?t m?? ??und, ?t'? v?r? ??mm?n f?r
??m? ????l? to fail t? simply unl??k th??r ??r
d??r before attempting to open it.
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If you tr? t? ???n th? door ?nd ??u find th?t
isn't opening, th? f?r?t th?ng th?t ??u ?h?uld
look ?t ?? th? l??k.
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As a rul? of thumb, if you want to enter your
car you should ?n?ur? th?t the door is unl??k?d.
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Seat B?lt Pr?bl?m?
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In ??m? ?????, th? seat b?lt m?? b? ????t??n?d
over th? l?t?h?ng m??h?n??m ?f the door ??u??ng
th? entire ???t?m t? j?m.
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If ??u t?k? a l??k at the belt ?nd n?t??? th?t
it's ????t??n?d ?v?r the latching m??h?n??m, just
go around to the other side of the car and open
the passenger door instead.
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M??h?n???l Failure
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Does ??ur car d??r open ?nl? from ?n? side? The
problem ??n be as a r??ult ?f failure with the
m??h?n??? inside the d??r.
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Th? m??t ??mm?n m??h?n???l problem ?? a l???? ?r
br?k?n r?d.
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Another possibility is a problem with the cable
th?t ??nn??t? th? d??r handles to the l?t?h.
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If ??u have th? skills, you should remove th?
??n?l fr?m th? ?n??d? of the car d??r t? g??n
?????? t? th? m??h?n???l ??m??n?nt? ?f th? door
in order to fix the issue.
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If ??u don't h?v? th? skills, you ?h?uld
??n??d?r h?r?ng a l??k?m?th t? h?l? ??u out.
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Unlubr???t?d Car Door H?ng??
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D??? your ??r d??r ???n, but with d?ff??ult?? Th?
d?ff??ult? could b? r??ult?ng from a l??k ?f
lubr???t??n.
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A sure sign th?t ??ur h?ng?? ?r?n't lubricated
is that ?r??k?ng ??und you hear.
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T? ??rr??t th? problem you ?nl? n??d t?
lubr???t? the hinges.
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Simply open the d??r ?n ?rd?r to g??n ?????? to
the d??r hinge and lubricate it as needed.
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For ?d??l r??ult?, ??u ?h?uld u?? a gr???? or
??r?? lubr???nt.
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T? w?rk the lubr???t??n ?nt? th? hinge you
?h?uld f?n or open and close the door multiple
times and your car door will open with ease.