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[VACList] PROBLEM WITH LOCK, UNABLE TO GET OUT!



ON OUR LAST TRIP WE SUDDENLY STARTED HAVING TROBLE OPENING OUR DOOR FROM THE
INSIDE.  TO OPEN IT FROM OUTSIDE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO PUSH IN BEFORE WE
OPENED IT AND TO GET OUT WE PULL IN BEFORE WE OPEN IT.  IT'S A 73
OVERLANDER.  WE'VE HAD IT 4 YEARS NOW AND THE DOOR HAS NEVER BEEN QUITE
RIGHT. TO CLOSE IT WE HAVE TO SLAM IT PRETTY HARD.  IT WAS A REAL SURPRISE
WHEN WE COULDN'T GET OUT!  AND THAT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON OUR TRIP.
IT'S NEVER LEAKED, IT SEALS GOOD IT'S JUST SPRUNG I GUESS.  I KNOW A SPRUNG
DOOR IS A HARD THING TO FIX.  I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THE LOCK
TRYING TO GET OUT BECAUSE IT TAKES SOMETIMES 10-15 MINUTES OF WORKING WITH
IT.

ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS.  HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS
PROBLEM?

DANA IN TEXAS