lostinthe202 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 '99 Forester, Is there a way to adjust this? I recently picked up this car and I love it in most ways, but the driver's door won't stay open on anything but the slightest incline. Thanks! Will- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hey man good to see you're still around! Adjustment I don't think so, but I've never dug into the mechanism to see for sure. I have the same problem on both my Legacys. None of the doors stay open on any kind of an incline so I figured thats just the way it is on these cars. Can't be too hard to replace. This can't be too helpful either. :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinthe202 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 hehe, yeah I'm still around. Haven't been on much lately , at least not to post. I don't remember my '96 outback having that problem, but it's been about 3 years since I owned that car and the memory is a fickle thing. I didn't see anything obvious when I was staring at it earlier and I don't have a book for this car yet. I'll report back if I find anything interesting this weekend when I have some time to dig further. Will- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinthe202 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 What are you still doing up anyway? Go to bed!!:-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 It's only 2:30! And Family Guy's on. :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONS@E2G Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 i don't see that a solution to this door problem was offered, but I would like to raise it again. As 'lostinthe202' noted, my Ourback Wagon doors won't stay open unless the car is headed downhill or absolutely level. I call the car "The Amputator" because of the tendency of the door to slam shut just as you are stepping out ! The problem is dangerous, very inconvenient and obviously a design or quality control flaw. As usual, the dealers just shrug their sholders. Although I don't think I should need to, I'm willing to pay to have the problem corrected. However, I would like to know if a replacement for the 'hold-open' mechanism is likely to be an improvement or just a repeat of the original flawed mechanism. Does anybody have any experience? - it is apparently over the head of the dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtdash Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Bump..me too. '96 Legacy L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 They're usually easy enough to remove. Might try heading down to a u-pull-it junkyard near you and start swapping some around. Maybe one from another car will work better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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