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Merchy



Member Since: 14 Feb 2021
Location: North Wales
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United Kingdom 2006 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Zermatt Silver
Noise when opening / closing door

Most of you will probably guess straight away -
Previously, to date I had no problems at all with my drivers door whatsoever. Late this afternoon / evening I changed the drivers side wing mirror, this obviously entailed removing the door card and some trim. When I had finished I shut the drivers door only to hear a horrible 'clack', the noise was same on opening.

I immediately removed the bloody door card again, to look for the problem, nothing found, re-fitted said items and still got the noise

Then looked at the hinges, all OK, ONLY THEN did I look at the mechanism that holds the door open against the wind etc at two positions. The single mounting bolt on the body frame for this mechanism was loose, causing the horrible noise. Tighten bolt, now perfect.

This was a Censored co-incidence, I have never had a problem with door hinges or this mechanism with any other car in damn near 40 years of motoring. Oh the joys of life with a RR Banging Head

Post #592052 21st Apr 2021 10:20pm
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dimetrius



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Russia 2009 Range Rover Westminster TDV8 Alaska White

as someone just coming in from years of german car ownership, this does sound joyful to me - at least you get to appreciate the mechanical nature of the thing Thumbs Up

Post #592064 21st Apr 2021 10:50pm
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Bl4ckD0g



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Big Cry Rolling with laughter

I hope you greased the door opening mechanism when you had it apart Wink

Dimetrius, I hope you still have that spirit when the winter returns and you can't get in your car. Or worse you can get in but then after clearing the ice and snow you can't open the door again. Oh my I was cursing after years of German car ownership (still got a BMW M2 Competition for my wife) that door opening design is stupid stupid stupid....

Post #592075 22nd Apr 2021 4:47am
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Merchy



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Just read your post Dimetrius - Nice work Bow down

There I was moaning about a small fault Embarassed

Blackdog - Yes, any space opened up gets grease, anti rust stuff etc always.

Post #592083 22nd Apr 2021 7:06am
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dimetrius



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Bl4ckD0g wrote:
Big Cry Rolling with laughter

I hope you greased the door opening mechanism when you had it apart Wink

Dimetrius, I hope you still have that spirit when the winter returns and you can't get in your car. Or worse you can get in but then after clearing the ice and snow you can't open the door again. Oh my I was cursing after years of German car ownership (still got a BMW M2 Competition for my wife) that door opening design is stupid stupid stupid....


One of the reasons I switch off rear window heating during snowstorms Laughing the snow melts, turns into ice and blocks the boot cover / hatch door.

Sounds like many new adventures ahead for me! Thumbs Up

Merchy wrote:

Just read your post Dimetrius - Nice work


Thanks, you're too kind! I wish I could say I was the one doing it with my own hands Embarassed 2009 Range Rover Westminster 3.6 TDV8 Alaska White/Jet

Post #592789 30th Apr 2021 1:56pm
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