Door wont shut! :(

[mzarifkar]

Was going to go shopping for the holidays. As i unlocked the door i realized my battery was dead, because only my door unlocked, no problem, i got a battery booster pack in the back, i unlock the door for my girlfriend from the inside. As i start the boosting procedure (which was unsuccesful because the booster had been in the cold and lost charge) i noticed my expansion tank for coolant was essentially empty, GRRR, no problem right, i just added some coolant. Then my girlfriend says: The door wont close.
Why wont the door close, is there something inbetween it?
Nope
What has happened is that the mechanism which keeps the door shut (the ratchet as i call it) somehow has failed. leaving the door as loose as a swinging door.
Is this because it is 17 degrees F outside? never happened before,
Help!

How can the gods of defects get so frickin creative?! Lets f8ck with this guys door latch, thats a new one, hehe

anyway

All the help is appreciated as downtime of this car means i am not on call with the fire dept.

i will get back on the two other problems some other time, i dont want to have my car not have a door mechanism while parked on a college campus.

Thanks!

eM

[632 Regal]

there was a thread about this yesterday...

[632 Regal]

heres the linky:
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=28390

[mzarifkar]

heres the linky:
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=28390

oops didnt see that, will try a few things on it, thanks!!

[Jon K]

door are over rated - cut it off.