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Front Door Latch: Customer Interest
Body - Hard to Open Doors From Outside

Date: March 1, 2007
Order No.: P-B-72.10/75a
Supersedes: P-B-72.10/75 dated Nov. 29, 2006
Group: 72

Revision History

SUBJECT:    
Model 216.371/376

Model 221.171/176/179

Difficulty Opening Doors from Outside the Vehicle

If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles of difficulty opening the doors from the outside of the vehicle, this may be due to insufficient
lubrication in the door lock mechanism. To resolve, apply a small amount of lubricant to the main detent tooth of the rotary tumbler (Figure 1).

Note
Only a small amount of lubricant is needed.

Parts Information

Note

The following allowable labor operations should be used when submitting a warranty claim for this repair

In Case of Warranty

All Other Service Bulletins for Front Door Latch: > < Body - Hard to Open Doors From Outside