It's possible that, depending on the supplier, you may have gotten some struts that, even if new, have been sitting around long enough that they don't have the required strength. This happened to me with on some struts I had installed once. Tried a different supplier and the problem was solved. Kermit P. Currently D-Less -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harold McElraft Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 8:35 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Re: Doors won't pop up themselves - new struts, what's wrong? How did they work before the "new" struts? How old were the old struts? Harold McElraft - 3354 -- In dmcnews@yahoogroups <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> .com, "daviddcalifornia" <daviddcalifornia@...> wrote: > > I put new door struts on my car - top quality. The passenger side > works ok (just ok not perfect). The driver door doesn't work well at > all. You have to manually lift the door up. Once the doors are up they > stay up just fine. But I've seen cars that you pull the door handle > up and the entire door goes "woooooooooooooooooosh" and springs open > the whole way by itself. I've already confirmed my cross bars are ok > and not broker. Any ideas as to what's wrong? > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/