Patrol Rear door closing

New Boy,
I wont state the only solution to your problem, but an adjustment to the door catch might be in order.

I am sure that there are plenty of Nissan owners out there that will be able to give you first hand experience on how they fixed the problem.

Wayne

New Boy,

Back doors are a pain in the rear end....get used to it!!! LOL

Mine has never popped open on me but it used to trigger the internal lights to come of for no apparent reason. I'm stuffed if I know why they even bother putting a switch on the back doors.....especially the big one.

Think about it for a moment..... To open the big door, you have to have firstly opened the small door. Before you open the small door, it is likely you had to stop and get out of the truck and probably left your own door partially open, so the internal lights would be on anyway.

I've got around the light issue, by taking off the trim on both doors and disconnecting the light switches. In the case of the big door, the actual switch is "hidden" somewhere down in the bowells of the latch; but you will see the wire coming up from the bottom and there is a convenient little plastic plug-in joiner. If you pull that apart, the big door won't set the light to "ON". On the small door, it is easier to get to the switch and simply pull the plug off the bottom of it.

I've taken the weight of the spare wheel off the back door by using a dual wheel carrier and this has a fairly good effect on the doors closing reliablity; but i still have to slam it shut to stop it from rattling.

Hope this helps a bit.

Cheers,

Roachie

Hmmmm .... had 3 Prados ... no rattles, no leaks, no popping open, no light malfunctions, no spare wheel relocation. I am so glad I paid the extra!

Have not had mine pop open but the top catch on my 2003 GU does not "catch" properly unless the big door is shut firmly or with the pressure applied higher up on the door, I think this is the squeak that Roachie refers to above. I was a little disappointed at first when bought my new car last year but now am not fussed as I know that when shut properly there is a very tight fit. On Cape York trip last year I had minimal dust ingress.

I bought a 3 L GU the other day and doors were out of whack . Light came on / rattles ect . Also noticed a hairline crack in the larger door ( atleast it wasnt the roof this time ) spent 20 min adjusting the doors & all went well till they come loose again .

Had the same problem on my new GU when we picked it up couldnt use the central locking or activate the alarm thought it was a faulty switch because no matter how you closed the door it always happened .Went back to dealer he ajusted the door catch in the driveway problem fixed.