PLEASE HELP ME! I Just purchased a one owner L wagon. 180k miles,great shape, but the damn doors won't stay open.

 

Does anyone KNOW of a solution to this problem? From what I've read on the interwebs,this is a common problem (even on newer models, which is mind-boggling).

 

Any help that yall Suby peeps might have would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks

If you park facing down a mountain they will most certainly stay open. At what angle they start closing from there....?

 

When you open the door there's a hinge with a pin around roughly the center of the door vertically - that hinge/arm is what gives the door some assist/resistance. You'd be looking at swapping that part, which i've never heard of someone doing and if you've been searching then apparently few people have entertained it. Or swapping doors.

 

You could go to an online subaru dealer and look up the door diagrams to see if that part is available separately.

 

If it's common and all 4 doors are doing it - maybe it's normal operation? Pure speculation but I could see some grounds for favoring a door that closes over one that swings into traffic.

Edited August 10, 20178 yr by idosubaru

Thanks a bunch!!! I took a closer look at the door checkers and the bushings are shot.

Found the parts at parts.subaru.com (part #'s 62302AC101 ; 62302AC000; 62302AC100, $39.77 each + tax/title/license).

Put them on order at Subaru of Glendale,CA. These folks have been GREAT thus far!

 

And THANK YOU AGAIN, idosubaru.