Page 1 of 2

Driver's door alignment

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:03 am
by Fielders132
Hi. I'm new to the forum.

Picked up my nbew Grandland X Elite Nav at the weekend and spotted that the drivers door does not align with the rear door when closed. Really noticeable with the chrome strip at top of the door. I raised my concern with the dealer who checked other Grandlands on their premises and said all had alignment issues so believed it to be a manufacturing fault.

They said they could try to jack the door up but could not guarantee how it would turn out or if something else would be misaligned as a result. I'm not happy living with such a fault but not sure what to do. Has anyone else had similar issues and what action was taken?

Thanks

Door.jpg


Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:52 am
by Vainona70
I took delivery 7 weeks ago, but only noticed this issue recently. Mine went back to dealer for the rear hatch trim (external black plastic passenger side) to be secured properly (or replaced), which was done without any problems. The alignment at bottom of the door seems ok, so have not done anything yet.

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:57 am
by Atariman
Seems to be the case with most Grandlands I have seen, mine is the same and when I walked round the dealers when I was having mine serviced, all of them have the problem to, some were much worse than yours, on some of them the chrome strip even touches when closed.

Mine did catch a little when closing, I just bent it a little to stop that.

I do not think door adjustment is possible, or not very much, I did try adjusting the sticker plate/door catch but there is no adjustment , as the fixing are factory drilled and set

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 6:59 pm
by SabzMiddleMo
I had this issue, they had it in for about half an hour and realigned- they originally told me it couldn’t be don’t and then realised it was the same on the showroom model.

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:41 pm
by VI4#DUG
We have the same problem we were told by our Vauxhall Service Manager that the door had been caught in the wind ! Now in a battle with Vauxhall customer care who don't rate this forum but it's obviously an issue with this model

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:06 am
by Carpfisher
I collected my new Grandland on the 19th of this month I checked all panel gaps but all were good after reading this thread if they were bad I would have refused the car point blank.

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:03 pm
by Fielders132
SabzMiddleMo wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2019 6:59 pm I had this issue, they had it in for about half an hour and realigned- they originally told me it couldn’t be don’t and then realised it was the same on the showroom model.
This is encouraging news as my dealership still haven't informed me of what they intend to do even after chasing for over a month now. Do you know what they did exactly to correct the door alignment?

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 1:38 pm
by Paul12345Brighton
I had this issue on both front doors and the tailgate was also misaligned. Vauxhall had it back for 4 weeks while they fixed it. Apparently the boss of Vauxhall UK got involved and it turns out to be quite a widespread issue. Everything lines up fine now. Just bad quality control by manufacturer and dealer.

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:05 pm
by nicurro
Hi all,

I had the same issue on my Grandland X which I only noticed it the day after picking it up from the dealer.
After 6 weeks of receiving hot air from the dealer they agreed to sort it under warranty.
I now have a lined up drivers door though still hear quite a bit of road noise from the bottom of the door, is this noise common across the range or do I need to stamp my feet again at the dealers?
Hope this helps others get their dealers to sort the issue under warranty.

Nic

Re: Driver's door alignment

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:42 am
by Coatgallou
Hi All, I wouldn't advise 'jacking' the doors, you can't be sure where the 'weak' point will be and such a procedure could lead to other issues, even if the door is 'corrected'. My grandland doesn't suffer from misalignment of the door trims and to answer nicurro's post, I don't suffer the road noise from the bottom of doors, to be fair, the car is reasonably quiet.
Door trims, I'm assuming the door body panels don't line through either, ie the body lines, not just the trims. If so then there is a serious issue for Vauxhall to deal with but if it's the trim, these can be removed and repositioned. Best done by the dealer though.