this happened to me and others...take the cover off the latch and dissassmeble the unit. You will see that the latch is just a press fit design...now use your engineering skills and take a bolt and holt the pieces together and it will work much better....
Had the same problem with both latches. Original assembly was atrocious. I dismanlted them, honed all the parts until they fit without jamming, greased where needed and re-assembled.
Timely darn post, thanks guys! I was just remembering my old door latch problems and half-baked solutions when road tripping my new Phoenix yesterday and having latch trouble. I'm on it now. Thanks again!
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