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    Both rear doors on Pathfinder won't open

    in General Forums

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    Please try this, it worked for me.

     

    Had the same problem with a '99 Pathfinder. Took Bob's suggestion and pounded (gently) with a rubber mallet on the outside door handle, but before I did that, I sprayed Kroll rust buster/lubricant into the handle openings when the handle was fully opened. The handle had no resistance before the procedure and just kind of flipped opened and closed. As I was tapping, slight resistance began to be felt at the full opening position of the handle. I continued to close the handle, tap some more, open the handle and get a bit more contact/resistance as I proceeded. After about 10 minutes of tapping, pulling open, spraying some more, closing and tapping again, getting a bit more resistance at full opening each time, I tapped the handle closed again and tried to open the door from the inside....Voila, she popped open.

     

     

    Rear Passenger door won't open on my 98 Pathy

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

    Posted · Edited by anyexcuse

    That's GREAT! I'm glad I re-posted my results and that I cud help someone else with the same prolm. Who wudda thunk that a little lube wud save a giant headache/ panel damage/ time/ and money.?

    Cheers.

     

    A couple weeks ago my driver's side rear door wouldn't open from either side, the handle flopping around on the outside. I read this somewhere online, tried it and it worked great!

     

    Had the same problem with a '99 Pathfinder. Took Bob's suggestion and pounded (gently) with a rubber mallet on the outside door handle, but before I did that, I sprayed Kroll rust buster/lubricant into the handle openings when the handle was fully opened. The handle had no resistance before the procedure and just kind of flipped opened and closed. As I was tapping, slight resistance began to be felt at the full opening position of the handle. I continued to close the handle, tap some more, open the handle and get a bit more contact/resistance as I proceeded. After about 10 minutes of tapping, pulling open, spraying some more, closing and tapping again, getting a bit more resistance at full opening each time, I tapped the handle closed again and tried to open the door from the inside....Voila, she popped open.

     

     

     

    I also worked the lock with the remote a few times while tapping. No problems since!

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    Reese trailer hitch is a good deal.

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

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    The 1999.0 caR50 is actually the wifes, and yeah, it is quite clean! It's our 'luxury SUV' and treated that way, but needs some suspension/bushing work at this point.

     

     

    Yeah, I thought the Pathfinder would be mine. The wife said she hated it after we bought it and it had some problems we fixed, but now that's all she drives and I am stuck with the 2wd Ranger, not good! I wish she would go back to driving our PT Cruiser.

     

    Another gas mileage question

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

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    Ok, point taken. I shouldn't have included such an easy one as that, Fram filters ARE sheeet. I'm sure there'll be some that disagree.

     

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

     

    I've used mostly Fram filters for close to 40 years without them ever causing any noticeable excessive oil consumption or other problems.

     

    Are they the best? Maybe not, but in my experience the choice of oil filters is not something to really spend much time obsessing about.

     

    Same can be said for oil brands, but I have had very good luck with various full synthetics, especially in motorcycles achieving very high miles.

    knock censor?

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

    Posted · Edited by anyexcuse

    I bought my Pathy this last winter. I have the knock sensor code and a couple other ones come up since I bought it. :( I had a mechanic check it out and he said as far as he could tell, everything was working OK. It seems to run fine, and I checked my MPG on a 200 mile trip a month ago and it got 19.3. I was pretty satisfied with that!

     

    Edit to add: He said something about checking the KS by hitting the engine with a mallet or something when the motor was under load or something. Don't quote me! :)

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