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Old 03-12-2015, 12:43 PM
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actually, this is a very common issue on the older mb's...

each latch has a plastic ramp in the doorjamb section. that ramp pushes the latching mechanism into the home position.

if it's broken, the door will not latch without SUPER HARD SLAMMING... the fix is simply replace the rubber ramp.
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