11-11-2021, 11:48 PM
Hello,
I'm currently looking to buy a used 3rd gen Berlingo XL (2018-2020) - because they are generally so good!
However, of those I have seen so far (four), all have a noticeable mis-alignment of the passenger sliding door. That is:
- the driver's side sliding door does not close as tightly to the car body as the passenger side sliding door, at the top of the door
- as such, the 'front/leading' edge of the sliding door on the drivers side does not sit flush with the 'back' edge of the drivers door - resulting in a step of a few millimetres between the two doors
- the horizontal gap between the two door edges increases from the bottom of the door to top, resulting in the rubbers not mating correctly at the top.
In comparison the passenger side door alignment is always 100% on the same cars and I've not seen this issue on standard length Berlingo's.
For one of the cars sold by a Citroen garage, the workshop tried to correct this by adjusting the sliding door locking guides etc, but with little success and concluded this is just is how it is and nothing to worry about...
I wonder if anyone else has noticed/experienced this? Have you been able to fix it? I'm wondering if it appears over time with wear or an unfortunate manufacturing niggle. And if it's just cosmetic and nothing to worry about or or could get worse and cause a leak, wind noise etc?
Thank you!
I'm currently looking to buy a used 3rd gen Berlingo XL (2018-2020) - because they are generally so good!
However, of those I have seen so far (four), all have a noticeable mis-alignment of the passenger sliding door. That is:
- the driver's side sliding door does not close as tightly to the car body as the passenger side sliding door, at the top of the door
- as such, the 'front/leading' edge of the sliding door on the drivers side does not sit flush with the 'back' edge of the drivers door - resulting in a step of a few millimetres between the two doors
- the horizontal gap between the two door edges increases from the bottom of the door to top, resulting in the rubbers not mating correctly at the top.
In comparison the passenger side door alignment is always 100% on the same cars and I've not seen this issue on standard length Berlingo's.
For one of the cars sold by a Citroen garage, the workshop tried to correct this by adjusting the sliding door locking guides etc, but with little success and concluded this is just is how it is and nothing to worry about...
I wonder if anyone else has noticed/experienced this? Have you been able to fix it? I'm wondering if it appears over time with wear or an unfortunate manufacturing niggle. And if it's just cosmetic and nothing to worry about or or could get worse and cause a leak, wind noise etc?
Thank you!