Chevrolet Cruze Repair Manual: Front Side Door Adjustment
Preliminary Procedure
Remove the front wheelhouse liner. Refer to Front Wheelhouse Liner Replacement.
Front Side Door
Caution: Refer to Fastener Caution in the Preface section.
Procedure
- Loosen the front side door hinge bolt (Qty: 4) to adjust the front side door.
- Adjust the front side door in order to obtain an even gap between the front side door and the roof, the rear door, the rocker panel and the front fender and so that the front side door is flush with the roof, the rear door, the rocker panel and the front fender.
Adjustment
- Front side door to roof (a) 6.0 mm ± 1.0 mm (0.24 in ± 0.04 in)
- Front side door to rear door (b) 3.5 mm ± 0.75 mm (0.14 in ± 0.03 in)
- Front side door to rocker panel (c) 4.5 mm ± 1.0 mm (0.18 in ± 0.04 in)
- Front side door to front fender (d) 3.5 mm ± 0.75 mm (0.14 in ± 0.03 in)
Tighten 25 N·m (19 lb ft)
Rear Side Door Check Replacement
Preliminary Procedure
Remove rear side door trim panel. Refer to Rear Side Door
Trim Replacement
Remove the rear side door water deflector. Refer to Rear Side Door Water
De ...
Front Side Door Replacement
Preliminary Procedure
Remove the front side door trim panel. Refer to Front Side Door Trim
Replacement.
Front Side Door Check Link Bolt
Caution: Refer to Fastener Caution in the Preface ...
Other materials:
Securing Child Restraints (Front Passenger Seat)
This vehicle has airbags. A rear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facing
child restraint.
In addition, the vehicle has a passenger sensing system which is designed to
turn off the right front passenger frontal airbag and passenger knee airbag under
certain conditions.
A label on the ...
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates?
After the frontal airbags and seat-mounted side impact airbags inflate, they
quickly deflate, so quickly that some people may not even realize an airbag inflated.
Roof-rail airbags may still be at least partially inflated for some time after
they inflate. Some components of the airbag module ma ...
Installation Procedure
Cut the front hinge pillar body in corresponding locations to fit the
remaining original panel. The sectioning joint should be trimmed
to allow a gap of one-and-one-half-times the metal thickness at the
sectioning joint.
Create a 50 mm (2 in) backing plate from the unused portion of ...
