Good bye to you my door

[Cello]

I was prepping my sisters Renegade for the extremely cold weather were about to get here in Colorado. I pull into a gas station, open the door, and boom the 30 to 40 mph winds decide the door wants to become a kite. It snapped the door arm, and the sound it made was like running over an empty bottle with the lid on. Now I’m without a door arm until I can get a replacement. The good news is that its not too complicated to fix, just one bolt on the door jamb to loosen the arm and two more on the door itself. But with it being 24 degrees right now and the wind chill at negative 10, its going to get even colder.

 

[Precision Paul]

That's a tough break with your Jeep Renegade's door arm snapping right before that Colorado cold really bites down. It's always something when the weather turns nasty. I remember my Jeep's heater fan once giving up the ghost during a wicked New England blizzard.

 

[RebelGearhead]

Oof, that's rough timing for us both! Did you find out what happened to your fan? I can only imagine the drive was a pain

 

[Cello]

That's a tough break with your Jeep Renegade's door arm snapping right before that Colorado cold really bites down. It's always something when the weather turns nasty. I remember my Jeep's heater fan once giving up the ghost during a wicked New England blizzard.

Weather be messing with us once in a while and its no good at all.

 

[Theoutlaw]

I was prepping my sisters Renegade for the extremely cold weather were about to get here in Colorado. I pull into a gas station, open the door, and boom the 30 to 40 mph winds decide the door wants to become a kite. It snapped the door arm, and the sound it made was like running over an empty bottle with the lid on. Now I'm without a door arm until I can get a replacement. The good news is that its not too complicated to fix, just one bolt on the door jamb to loosen the arm and two more on the door itself. But with it being 24 degrees right now and the wind chill at negative 10, its going to get even colder.

While waiting for the replacement loop a soft strap or bungee between the door and dash to prevent it from flying open.

 

[Precision Paul]

soft strap or bungee between the door and dash

Clever field fix for sure. I bet a few people wish they'd thought of a temporary stop like it in a pinch.

Now that the weather in Colorado has hopefully turned warmer since your post, have you had a chance to get the new door arm installed? Hope your sister's Renegade is all fixed up.

 

[rockcrawlinrenegade]

Fingers crossed that the weather cooperated and that the new arm is all set up and hope that Renegade's sorted out.