Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open

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Fri 21 Mar 2014 16:44
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - chrismid
My drivers door jammed open when fully extended, heard something drop down inside, and had to force it shut. It makes a clonking sound when shutting. Can open enough to get in and out but only just!
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Sat 22 Mar 2014 08:17
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - Bolt

Hi, should be door open limiter bar between hinges of door, the bar should be greased and goes between 2 sprung bars bolted to door,the part of bar inside door has probably snapped off,when they do that the bar comes away from door and prevents door from closing as it jams between A pillar and door, but bar is held on with sprung pin or cotter pin, it may have damaged paintwork

I dont know layout of yours

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Sat 22 Mar 2014 22:16
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - chrismid
Thank you for your help. Do you think it Will be expensive to have repaired?it's a 2005 shogun classic in very good condition.
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Sat 22 Mar 2014 22:39
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - Bolt

Its called a door check strap,ebay have them between £15-£35 I`m assuming the door hinges are ok?.

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Sat 22 Mar 2014 22:44
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - chrismid
Thanks again for all your help, glad I registered on this website!!
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Sun 23 Mar 2014 10:58
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - Andrew-T

I'm guessing, but check-straps wouldn't usually 'drop down inside' unless one end has come loose or a pin has fallen out of it. Have you checked for that? Had the door caught a gust of wind or suffered some other injury?

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Sun 23 Mar 2014 12:08
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - Bolt

I'm guessing, but check-straps wouldn't usually 'drop down inside' unless one end has come loose or a pin has fallen out of it. Have you checked for that? Had the door caught a gust of wind or suffered some other injury?

Commom on old BMC and Rovers, inside end used to break off,but as I said i dont know the shogun so may be wrong

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Sun 23 Mar 2014 15:06
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - Bolt

Sorry that should be common

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Mon 24 Mar 2014 19:50
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - focussed

Just a thought - does the electric window on that door work properly without any unusual noise, jerking or banging?

I have an L200, the front end, doors etc are same/similar to the Shogun. The bottom rail pulled off the window glass because the window runners were sticky, and I heard a loud bang as the gubbins dropped into the bottom of the door.

It's possible on yours that it is jamming the door check.

Remove the door card and waterproof membrane and you should be able to see what is going on.

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Wed 11 May 2016 09:39
Mitsubishi Shogun - Drivers door jammed open - iansails

I have exactly the same problem on my 2 year old ASX. I replaced the strap for about £22 but the door itself is slightly damaged due to trying to force it to close.Mitsubishi say they have never heard of such a fault and deny any responsibility under warranty. :-(

Edited by iansails on 11/05/2016 at 09:43

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