I hope it doesn't always mean a realignment, my rears are also rarely used and have stiff handles,not like they're gonna break but definately a bit stiffer than normal, I'm gonna attack it with my trusty WD40 before I worry too much.

 

Mine are the same (I wonder if they just all left the factory that way!) and I reckon the way to proceed would be to trip the latch with the door open (ie put it in the 'closed' state) and then press/pull the latch in various directions to simulate a poor alignment with the body. When you find which direction causes the lock to go stiff, you know which way to adjust the latch.

I might go and try that sometime...

 

Yep, my rear doors (little use now kids drive) have stiff door handles - have been over the last few years, Fronts are nice & fee moving.

 

Same here. It's on my list to be checked at my first service.
It was a lease car before I had it so rear doors may well have had little use if used by a company director.

In fact, being as I am fairly new to the jag club, I've got a whole load of things to get checked at the first service; probably just paranoia on my part!

 

My rear doors are stiff to open from outside, they need a firm hand to shut them as well.

Lack of continuous use is my thought

 

Hmmmm,

The other day I noticed that mine were stiff as well. Like you people, my rear doors don't often get opened.

I'd be interested in a findings or dealer feedback

TIA

 

Mine aren't too good yet the get used quite frequently - grandson/baby seat plus groceries etc (yep - I know they should go in the boot - the groceries that is not the grandson - well, on second thoughts...) - and the offside door usually needs a second "shut" to get it to latch - not exactly what you expect on a luxury car :?

Not had the problem with previous four doors - Mitsibushi, Vauxhall, etc

 

Are we talking real stiff or just heavy, mine just feel quiet heavy, but they close really nice and tight seal except for the drivers door, that one feel like a ford orion, crappy sound when closed and loose. Tha is the only thing I miss about my old BMW.
Anyone have the same problem

 

Are we talking real stiff or just heavy, mine just feel quiet heavy, but they close really nice and tight seal except for the drivers door, that one feel like a ford orion, crappy sound when closed and loose.

We're mostly talking about the handles here - the rear ones have quite a sharp change in resistance as you get to the point where the mechanism is released.

If your drivers door is loose then you need to move the striker plate inwards - reverse of the post below...

 

Got the tools out earlier and went to have a play with the handle. Taking my own advice from earlier I found that the stiffness is caused by the door latch being pulled towards the interior of the car. This means that the door is being pulled shut too hard. You can see this for yourself by putting your weight on the door before pulling the handle - it makes it a lot easier to do. So, to counter it, I needed to move the striker outwards from the car.

It's T40 Torx bit needed to loosen the striker plate and I moved it a fraction of a mm outwards, retightened it and it seems a lot better. I'm going to leave it for a while and go back to it as they seem to get easier if you stand there for a minute using opening and closing the door. It doesn't want moving too far or there might be problems with wind noise although, judging by how tight it pulls the door in, there's probably more room for adjustment than I give credit for.

 

^ You will probably find that altering the position of the door latch & then shutting the doors has bent the Chassis & you wont be able to open either the passenger or drivers door :shock:




Hope you like back seat driving :twisted:

 

Eh? What on earth makes you think that?

 

Eh? What on earth makes you think that?

Sods Law Fix one thing an Screw another up

 

No, no, no, you just don't understand Jags - fixing the door will make a headlight fall out.

It's like having a posh clown car.

:wink:

 

I thought a Posh Clown car was one of those Damned Great Rolls Royce things

 

No thats a car driven by posh clowns :lol:

 

No thats a car driven by posh clowns :lol:

ROFLMHO

 

thanks for replies :wink: , obviously a very common issue I will be out there shortly with my torx bits and wd40 having a dabble will report back if significantly better

 

Just to add - after doing mine the other day they're now infinitely better, much more like the front ones in operation. It really only requires a tickle of movement to make the difference!

Good luck!