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need some help on the feature that pulls the doors tight when you dont shut fully

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Old 02-15-2008, 12:40 PM
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need some help on the feature that pulls the doors tight when you dont shut fully
The feature that pulls the doors shut when you dont close them all the way sometimes works and sometimes not on my car....no rhyme or reason no clear pattern...can anyone shed some light on this or how to dig into fixing this situation
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Old 02-15-2008, 05:01 PM
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Its called closing assist
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MUCH THANKS PETER...your great lots of help
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I believe there is a vacuum pump that operates the close assist option. You could have a leak somewhere in the system.
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