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How to fix hatch door lock.
If it is loose or has slipped out of the mortise place it back in the mortise and tighten the screws with a phillips screwdriver.
Repairs range from making minor latch adjustments to repositioning the door.
By shutting your door you can mark the point on the door frame that latch is coming in contact with.
From there you can either widen the hole both of the wood and metal or you can unscrew the strike and re secure it in the proper position.
The fix a short term fix is to move the strike plate to align better with the stuck door latch.
Diy bri shows you how to repair a door lock actuator without a complete replacement.
In some cars the door lock actuator is positioned below the latch.
Shut the door and try to lock it.
Door lock doesn t latch properly when a door latch doesn t click into position it usually means the latch and the strike plate are out of alignment.
This is a short video to demonstrate how easy it is to remove a door handle view what s inside and repair the failed latch.
How to get in and repair rear hatch lock 02 plymouth voyager rear lock froze up pretty easy fix i got pulled away and had to come back so i did not show p.
This low cost method works great and can be done on many cars.
A rod connects the actuator to the latch and another rod connects the latch to the knob that sticks up out of the top of the door.