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Old 01-11-2019 | 02:06 PM
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Default Rear Door is Jacked - Won't Shut

My wife and I parked along a steep slope last year so that the Rover was tilted on the right side; we opened the rear door to let the kids out and when I tried to shut it, the door hit the metal latch. We reversed parked and attempted gravity to do its thing, and that helped for a little while. We have had to slam the rear door to make it shut. Today, the door wouldn't shut all the way, and I slammed it shut as much as I could. The door flew open at the bottom of our driveway and now the door is pretty jacked up. It wont come near shutting. It seems tilted off its axis, so to speak.

The obvious problem is that the door is slanted and the bottom hinge is probably bent.
How can I fix this? Thanks,

Chris
 

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Old 01-12-2019 | 10:18 AM
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Hi.
I cured a similar uninflicted behavior with a '2x4' piece of wood carefully prying were needed at bottom of door to get it to align the lock latch.
 
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Old 01-12-2019 | 10:37 AM
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If slanted down, Bottle jack and piece of wood. Jack up the corner of the the rear door and bend it back into place.

if slanted up, drape some weight over it and band back into place
 
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