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Causes of Car Door Difficulties in Closing Tightly

10 April 2025
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One of the common problems that often occurs in cars older than five years is the difficulty in closing the car door tightly. Have you ever experienced this, Friends? Even though you have slammed it quite hard, your car door still won't close tightly.

The car door seems to bounce back when being closed. In fact, it's not uncommon for the car door to reopen after it has been successfully closed. If this happens to your car, you need to fix it immediately, okay, Friends? Don't let it go on for too long.

If not fixed promptly, the problem will spread to the inside of the door panel. As a result, the components inside will also become loose. This will also affect the costs you have to incur. The expenses will increase because the repair process will become more complicated.

Therefore, it is important to recognize the causes of a car door that is difficult to close tightly and how to address it. Let's carefully look at the causes and solutions, Friends.

Latch or Doorlock

The latch or doorlock functions as an anchor for the door panel immediately after the door is closed.

If you often close the door with considerable force, problems will arise. Due to the strong and hard impact, it affects the latch or doorlock, causing it to wear out quickly.

This can happen not only to cars older than five years. New cars can also experience similar issues if you frequently close the door with a strong and hard slam.

Another cause is the entry of water into the latch or doorlock. When the car is washed with high-pressure water from a steam cleaner and the door is not closed tightly, it can allow water to enter the latch. As a result, the latch or doorlock will dry out, making it sticky when the door panel is closed.

To prevent and address potential issues with the latch or doorlock, it's easy, Friends. First, do not close the door with a strong and hard slam. Second, when washing the car, ensure that your car door is tightly closed so that no water enters the latch. Third, you can regularly apply grease or lubricant.

Lowered Door Hinge

A common cause of a car door hinge being lowered is the age of the car, which is indeed over five years. However, this can also happen to a car that has just been used if the car door is frequently opened and the door panel hangs for too long. As a result, the position of the door hinge can experience a drop.

Even if it's only a quarter or half a millimeter, if the door panel is left hanging for too long, the shift and drop of the hinge will increase.

The way to prevent and address this is very easy. Do not let the door panel hang for too long when opening it. If this has already happened, you can apply lubricant to the door hinge.

Door Rubber

Shifted rubber or replacing rubber with the wrong thickness is also one of the causes of the car door being difficult to close tightly. The problem of hardened door rubber occurs along with the age of the car, which is over five years. However, this can also happen to new cars if the rubber position is problematic.

The way to prevent this is easy, which is to take good care of the door rubber. Additionally, if you want to replace it, choose the right material and the correct thickness as well.

So those are three causes that could make your car door difficult to close tightly. If you notice symptoms of the car door not closing tightly, find out the cause and address the issue immediately, Friends.

Read also: Don't Panic When Your Car Breaks Down on the Road 

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