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Doors Opening

k9dad
Explorer
Explorer
Hi all,
Driving down the road, the interior bathroom door and closet doors in my 2011 fleetwood Southwind 32vs constantly open. When I go back and shut the bathroom door and pull on the handle, the door is closed tight and won't budge open unless I turn the knob. A few minutes of driving and the door pops open. The closet doors in the bedroom also started doing this. Is there that much flex in the coach body or am I looking at a real problem? All of this happens on the driver side of the coach though I can't believe that matters. Any ideas or suggestions as to why this is happening or how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
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capndan77
Explorer
Explorer
We found this problem with our coach with bathroom door. Found that the strike plate on the door frame was not cleaned out very well when cut out. There was wood debris behind the plate that prevented the "tongue" on the door latch from springing in far enough to stay latched. It felt secure when I pulled on the door but didn't take much coach flex to allow it to open. I took the plate out, cleaned the cavity and even put a small spacer behind the strike plate to bring it out flush with the edge of the frame as it was slightly indented. All this stopped the door from opening on future trips. Just poor construction at the factory was my guess.