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95 astro van sliding door won't latch. Have been ...

Sent to Car Experts December 12, 2005 9:18 a.m.

95 astro van sliding door won't latch. Have been told that something in the door bends over time and has to be reinforced to cure the problem. What have you heard? Happened once before and was temporarily fixed by putting a slide hammer in back side of the door and pulling something back with two hard hits. Took it back to the same shop and the people that fixed it aren't there any more and the current people didn't know about the fix. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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1995 Chevrolet astro van 4.3

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body shop used slide hammer to pull something back in the door to allow it to latch.

Customer (name blocked for privacy)

Status: Closed Value: $5

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Sent December 14, 2005 6:42 a.m. (1 day and 21 hours later)

Relist: No answer yet.

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Sent December 14, 2005 6:45 a.m. (2 minutes and 5 seconds later)

unabled to view the answer. Clicked on the question again and can't find the answer so relisted.

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Sent December 15, 2005 6:42 a.m. (23 hours and 56 minutes later)

Still waitng on a response. Further review at a shop indicates the door will need to be cut outat the latch area and reinforced before the latch is reinstalled. Know of any easier and less expensive way?

Customer (name blocked for privacy)

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December 15, 2005 11:55 a.m. (5 hours and 13 minutes later)

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Check and see if you have a recalled vehicle.

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Growing up, I helped my dad at work, he is a mechanic

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