Link Door STOPPER failure

[jimwilly]

Sometimes I think my Micra has just decided to slowly start falling apart.
I came home to find that "the drivers door wont close" so my wife was having to crawl through from the passenger
side each time she used the car. I don't think I could even do that.
From what I could tell the 2 bolts that hold the stopper in the door had no loctite & the lower one came loose.
The lower bolt was bent & the metal was a little deformed where it attaches to the door.
With a sickening clunking noise I got the door to open & close.....added some lithium grease & it was OK
but no detent stopping at all as the arm was now bent. The door closes on its own if left open.
I purchased the new stopper & 3 new bolts + a set of panel removal tools to attempt the swap.
Wish me luck!
BTW the door stopper bolts for the rear door DO have blue loctite & were tight.

[jimwilly]

The new part is installed & works great!
Now I dont have to worry about my drivers door swinging open
on its own & hitting the parked car beside me or having it close on its own when open.
I added some washers to the lower bolt as the metal underneath was dented in.
I will add blue loctite later to the bolts when I can get to my other set of tools which has 2 tubes.
I hate buying tools & supplies when I know I have them already.
The old part was pretty mangled.

[jimwilly]

Added picture of door with trim panel removed.
Apparently my drivers door power door lock is not always working I’ve been told…..
Probably my next project.

[micrascopic]

Thanks for all of the detail! Mine just fell apart leaving the door jammed open. Happened late at night was cold and rainy had to pull out the door panel and take the bolts off to be able to close it.

Do you remember where you found the part. Google and Amazon are strangely just showing door checks for every other car in the world. Or did you get it from Nissan?

[jimwilly]

Glad I could help, got my parts from the local Nissan dealer.

[jimwilly]

Just curious....did you find either of the door stopper bolts backed out/loose where its attached to the door?

[micrascopic]

The bolts were tight it was the black and white wedges that had flopped out of place. The door check was functioning fine before that. Maybe someone had “repaired” them before. The door had been previously opened up. Thanks again.