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Tailgate Won't Latch In the COLD V70-XC70 1998

posted by  jadnhm on  Fri Jan 16 05:29 CST 2009
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I found this very interesting thread that describes my problem:
http://www.brickboard.com/AWD/index.htm?id=736713&show_all=1

When it gets cold I can't close the tailgate door.

When I first noticed this (this is my first winter with this car) it would stop latching at about -5C (23F).

I have done as the above linked thread suggested and adjusted the latch plate inside the car to the best of my ability, and now the door will close down to about -10C (14F), though with difficulty as it got colder.

This was all fine until this week. The temperature readout in the instrument cluster of my car told me it was -32C (-25F) this morning, and it won't go back above -10C (14F) for at least another week.

At this temperature my tailgate absolutely refuses to close and I have the latch adjusted as far out as I can get it.

Any idea about what's going on here? Solutions?
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