Door Latch Modification

**Fivecodys** · 05-17-2023, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Jomani

We met up with my brother in-law and his wife - heading to Northern California this weekend for a week of camping. They have a 2022 Reflection 280RS 150 Series that they bought from the same dealer we did a couple months later.

I noticed them struggling to close the door - slamming it. Since I had already remedied the slamming door issue on our 303RLS, I offered to walk him through it while I video taped it. Below is a link to that video. Please note - I never travel without locking the deadbolt on the trailer. While I am 100% confident that this modification is safe, please consult a professional before trying this at home.

Click here to view the video

My door does the exact same thing. Guess what I'll be doing this weekend?
Thanks for sharing!

**north channel novels** · 05-17-2023, 05:59 PM

Thanks for the informative video.

I guess I'll be doing the same when I take off the winter cover. Be another week before the bright red maple blossoms overhead have all fallen. (They leave red stains when they get rained on.)

**Grandesigner** · 05-19-2023, 07:59 AM

Looks like a good mod...but I have found that if you pull on the latch before contact and push gently on the door, it closes just fine. That is unless it is really far off I guess. No need to slam the door ever.

**FT4NOW** · 05-21-2023, 07:09 AM

My rear door was nearly impossible to close without slamming. Nothing helped (various lubes, adjusting striker plate, holding handle open), but this fix corrected it, works great now.

**Dakota** · 05-21-2023, 01:33 PM

Thank you so much! I’ve been afraid of damaging the door or frame by someone slamming the door. Easy fix!

**Conner58** · 05-21-2023, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Rabbit

I sprayed copious WD40 into my lock, and no longer have to slam the door. Might give this a try before going to the lengths shown in the video.

A drop of oil makes a night and day difference! Or w40

**USA in a Chevrolet** · 06-09-2023, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Jomani

We met up with my brother in-law and his wife - heading to Northern California this weekend for a week of camping. They have a 2022 Reflection 280RS 150 Series that they bought from the same dealer we did a couple months later.

I noticed them struggling to close the door - slamming it. Since I had already remedied the slamming door issue on our 303RLS, I offered to walk him through it while I video taped it. Below is a link to that video. Please note - I never travel without locking the deadbolt on the trailer. While I am 100% confident that this modification is safe, please consult a professional before trying this at home.

Click here to view the video

Excellent video. My strike plate was also installed backwards so it might e a factory issue. Also after 2 years of use one day when we were traveling I stopped & found my door open. When I really studied the issue I discovered that the deadbolt could not be turned completely because the cut out in the door frame was not deep enough to turn the deadbolt to the completely extended position. I made the opening deeper with a chisel & the deadbolt now extends completely. No more issues.

**Jim Donahoe** · 06-13-2023, 07:36 PM

After reading your post, I went right out and did the modification myself. I now have the one finger closure.
Thanks for the tip.
Jim

**mac4ou** · 06-18-2023, 08:07 PM

great video! Thank you!!

**Dale B** · 06-19-2023, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by Jomani

We met up with my brother in-law and his wife - heading to Northern California this weekend for a week of camping. They have a 2022 Reflection 280RS 150 Series that they bought from the same dealer we did a couple months later.

I noticed them struggling to close the door - slamming it. Since I had already remedied the slamming door issue on our 303RLS, I offered to walk him through it while I video taped it. Below is a link to that video. Please note - I never travel without locking the deadbolt on the trailer. While I am 100% confident that this modification is safe, please consult a professional before trying this at home.

Click here to view the video

Awesome & tx's for the video. I've had a terrible time with ours & have it working decently now. Our door must not have been installed correctly from the factory, when the body heats up & expands the Stricker plate gap tightens to the point it contacts the door.

The symptom for this is heat related, I just thought I would mention this for the owners clicking on your post searching for door close problems. I posted Lipperts fix which I did not do. I flattened the Stricker plate & found very shallow head screws.......mickey mouse fix.

Our door works decently after my cheesy repair, I will do your suggestion in the video to & improve some more.

There is a coach service facility I use & will be taking our 310GK in for some damage I did last fall. I'm hoping they will have a solution for my home made door repair...