Careful - door latch loosens up!

ChanW · July 2016

A reminder to folks, that the door latch has been known to jam the door shut, with it unable to be opened without a locksmith (sometimes with the trailer occupied! argh!)

It might be caused by the latch loosening up in the door, in the way that I found the screw holding our latch in had backed itself out.

It just might have made the door stick shut, if the screw'd come out much farther. Don't really know, and don't really want to find out!

Tightened it up and secured it with a dab of LocTite.

Just an FYI...

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Michigan_Mike · July 2016

Good point as I found that mine had loosened up too a few weeks back. Thanks for sharing Chan!

ScottG · July 2016

Before bedding down, please locate the emergency exits at the rear of the cabin. :-)

Michigan_Mike · July 2016

ScottG said:

Before bedding down, please locate the emergency exits at the rear of the cabin. :-)

Or only use the window marked "emergency exit" only!

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Tabaz · July 2016

Isn't Chan the one who locked himself in the shower a few months ago?

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Talk about bad Lock Karma!

TerryV6 · July 2016

Yup.. Happened to us too...

ChanW · July 2016

Thanks for the support, TerryV6.

Noooo OutbackAZ, it was simply my imagination that locked itself in the 'head'! I have a bad habit of trying to be ready for any situation (takes up too much energy, honestly B-)

C'mon now, have you no imagination? It would be really hard to get out of that bathroom if you were trapped in there! I'm thinking that an emergency phone in the bathroom should be standard equipment! Someone should suggest it to LG.

Tabaz · July 2016

Just razz'n ya Chan! We all had a fun time with your post about the shower latch. You're a good sport.

ChanW · July 2016

Tabster · July 2016

Had the door latch problem too

MrAmazon · August 2016

Mine hasn't come loose... but it sticks pretty badly. Almost feels like it's locked & you got to pull fairly hard and it kind of pops open. Possibly a squirt of WD-40 will loosen a bit but I haven't had the chance to try yet. Is this happening to anyone else?

jkjenn · August 2016

Thanks, @ChanW. I checked mine today and it was loose.

ericnliz · August 2016

ChanW, thanks for the heads-up mine was loose also!

ChanW · August 2016

MrAmazon, see if you can see the place it's rubbing (look for a wear mark on there). It sounds more like it's binding, and wd-40 wouldn't fix that for long.

2016 model would still be under warranty.

Verna · August 2016

Mine is tight--Thanks, Chan

ChanW · August 2016

Mine is too now, but I think it might be the wine.

Verna · August 2016

I haven't had mine yet, so it's not the wine

ericnliz · August 2016

Mine is too, but it's beer related!

ScottG · August 2016

After a glass of whiskey and a look around, I discovered I was also one screw short of a tight latch!

Careful - door latch loosens up!

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