Car Door Seals Sticking

Because it really does feel like it s sealed shut.

Car door seals sticking.

This is a quick video showing how you can fix your rubber car door seals simply quickly and cheaply with some gorilla glue. Often the seals have pulled away from the door frame and leave gaps between the frame and the seal almost always in the corners. A friend actually broke the rear door handle trying to open the door. But it also seems to happen if i leave the car parked in the sun even for a few hours.

In many older cars the rubber door seals don t seal the way they should. Well it s just like when your door gets stuck on your car when it ices shut. During the winter water can freeze around the door s rubber weather strip locking you out of your car. I take wd 40 with a sort of nozzle thing the tube that comes out of it and i ll spray it around the door jamb and in the locks and that helps me open the door.

It seems to happen if i don t use the doors for a while. The problem with rubber is that it is very susceptible to changes in temperature and it expands and contracts as it gets hotter and colder. Move in close to cut down on overspray and create a better seal. This lets in cold or hot air sometimes water and almost always excess noise.

The car here is a 2002 subaru forester and the fitted door seals were. This means that it changes shape quite often and can become a different shape to the frames it is supposed to be attached to. I have a 2005 car and the rear door seals often stick.