Door latch issue

[B Prichard]

Has anybody had an issue with the drivers door popping to the second latch when driving. I’ve tried adjusting the striker plate but it still does it?

 

[JJwyo]

Passenger door on mine. Gonna look into it this week

 

[Rake12]

Drivers dor on mine also can't seem to stop it

 

[Old Sailor]

Passenger door on mine too. I'll take it apart this weekend

 

[Lennstang]

Passenger door on mine. Having my dealer order me a new latch under warranty.

 

[Ridge XR HVAC 1949]

Driver's door on mine. Has been in twice for it and going in again tomorrow. Look up JBS Performance videos from about a month ago, it seems it might be a linkage arm that is too short. The grinding fix is not something I want to do because if you take a little too much and you're on the hook for a new latch assembly. I thought this would be addressed on a Kawa recall of some sort after they figured it out. Sounds like they are letting the after-market guys do all the work. Very poor Public Relations for the customers IMHO.

 

[Ridge XR HVAC 1949]

Well, got it back today and the dealer service guy said he tried bending the linkage arm, but door still pops to 1/2 lock. Very frustrating. Kawasaki is going to lose customers over this issue if they don't address it soon.

 

[Ridge XR HVAC 1949]

I finally took the door apart in my shop, since the good folks at Kawasaki in Billings didn't get the job done, and after some poking around, it seemed to me that the outside door latch spring is just not strong enough to handle the bumps of off-roading. I had a spring laying around that was about 4" long with a loop on both ends and of medium strength, so I opened one loop and placed it over the round shaft of the door latch and zip tied the other end to a part of the frame right above the latch assembly. This adds enough tension to the latch that it never popped the door even on the potholes on our rough gravel road that always popped it before. I hope this rather simple fix works for the rest of you ........