Both of my rear doors have become almost impossible to open and close. I'm guessing it has something to do with the rubber drying up, and not related to readjusting the hinge. I tried to lubricate it with white lithium grease, which worked quite well for a while, but the symptoms returned within a few weeks.
Anyone here with similar problems that have resolved this issue? If so, let me know of any parts/part numbers involved.

 

nope, not me! =) just messing with yah. but one of my doors is sagging a bit.

 

one of my doors is like that :-/

 

my rear doors were exactly like that, only a little better. but you could not swing them open. you had to pull them pretty hard to open them...

what i did was use a penetrating oil such as PB Blaster, WD-40, or Liquid Wrench on the hinges and the check link that goes into the door. keep doing it. after they freed up, i used a silicone paste on the check link and just keep on the hinges with WD-40 (or whatever you used as a penetrating oil) and it should clear up. mine are still a little rough, but i'm sure if i pulled the doors off, disassembled the hinges and cleaned all the components individually they would be brand new again.

 

Used some lithium grease for a while, kept opening and closing the doors and adding more until they were pretty good again. Wouldn't swing open as easily as the fronts which are used every day, or at least my side, but they weren't anything near what they were originally. Then, after the winter, same prob again. Repeated same process and they were fine; now only one is sticking bad but I don't sit in the backseat so I've kinda ignored it.

 

just my passenger side front has a similar problem.

 

the passenger door on the right front has the same problem,

 

the hinges are the main problem. all cars have this, not just nissan. the hinge pin as it goes through the length of the hinge looses its lubrication and starts corroding. just keep putting something like wd40 on it and keep moving it like kurt92se and john93se said. it takes forever sometimes. it might be quicker to replace the hinge and lube it good before you put it on.

 

The part that slides in and out of the door is what needs to be lubed, not the hindge, at least for mine. Spray into the door where that metal part slides into the door.

 

Yeah that's what I did it works but everybody looked it me like wondering why I kept opening and closing the door.

 

I have a couple droopy hinges, I still havn't changed them. But I did change out all my lil mechaniscs that prevent the doors from flying open, and that fixed my sticky doors.

 

i have heard that the pins get worn, where would you get them at, my drivers door is pretty bad, and it is hitting the latch the wrong way and taking the rubber off. autozone, pep boys, or would you have to go to nissan?

 

Well it good to know I'm not alone anyway. Like I said in the first post, I don't believe it is the hinge personally, I think it is a dried up pin. Unfortunately, lubricating the pin only seems to be a temporary solution. But I think there's some merit to the idea that, being underused, they dry up despite lubrication. So they key may be "repeated applications" every month, or so to get it back to normal.
Take that last paragraph and do with it what you will.

 

my driver rear door is messed up it opens ok and closes really hard i get pissed and slam the door

 

you need to change out ur hinges like i still need to. Your hinges droop with age. Causing the latch to miss the pin and be forced to raise up and lock. Make any sence?

Just slowly close your door into the 'shut' position, you'll see your door raise and latch into place.

 

that is how mine is, where do you get new pins from?

 

ive seemed to find that if you load the hold open thing full of lithium grease after a while it gets better, basically as good as new.

 

My right rear door is the same way. It's "unslammable" because as hard as you try, the door will stop before it closes all the way from being wide open. I also tried the lithium grease, working the door back and forth, but it hasn't improved at all. My buddy had a '94 GXE whose right rear door was also stiff like mine, we never figured it out. He eventually sold the old girl (she was really beat) and he bought an '02 Sentra GXE. Now he's missin' his Maxima...

Any details on where we can get these hinge pins?

 

1. Align sagging door:
Loosen lower hinge, raise door, push a coin under the gap, tighten. What coin? Ruble is the best... but depends more on sagging than aunt bessie stocks.

2. Align guide:
Loosen the guidebolt hexnut (B-pillar, C-pillar), view door lock as it slides in. Adjust as necessary.

3. Lubricate quarterly...

Changing pin & bearing is a pita...