Doors Keep Opening While Driving !?!?!?!

[Arick Rushing]

Howdy! Just curious if someone can enlighten me on why my doors keep swinging open!?!!
Is the latch or striker worn?? It doesn't look like it.
How about the latch spring?? If they are shot, would that make the doors pop open??

Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated!!


Thanks!!!

[Cal_Gary]

Hi Arick and Welcome!
Are your door handle springs broken? If so and you leave the handle in the open position the latch won't contact the striker plate. I manually lift mine back to the closed/latched position.
Gary

[WarrenD]

Make sure there is good contact surface, look for signs of wear. Is it both doors or just one? With the door(s) open, work the latch and see how the striker is moving, if it's coming all the way back out when released. Might be something simple like needing some good lube to allow the striker to come out. I have opposite problem, takes a bit of finesse to get them to open.

[WarrenD]

Here are a couple of pics of my passenger side door latch for reference.

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