Body - Noise When Slamming Vehicle Doors

Date: March 8, 2006

Order No.: P-B-72.10/47a

Supersedes: P-B-72.10/47 dated Sept. 20, 2005

Group: 72

Revision History

Revision Date Purpose
a 3/8/06 Warranty Information Updated
- 9/20/05 Initial issue

SUBJECT:
Model 209.365/375/376/465/475/476, Up to VIN F176750 and T060374

Noise When Slamming Door





If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles regarding a noise when slamming the door, the hex nuts on the front and rear window rails at the bottom of the door may have worked loose (Figure 1, 1 and 2). To resolve, replace the original nuts with the new nuts (nut with washer), as currently used in production, as follows.

1. Apply Loctite 242 to the new nut.

2. Tighten nut to 9 Nm.

3. Loosen nut 1/2 turn.

4. Tighten nut to 13 +/- 2 Nm.





Parts Information

Note:
The following allowable labor operations should be used when submitting a warranty claim for this repair.





In Case of Warranty, use the table.