LOUD V70 door popping sound

Costs me about $200 to have my volvo guy re-weld and reinforce the bracket.. Here is a DYI approach

Also, if it isn't broken yet, here is another fix.

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I would try to fit NordLock lock washers in order to secure the nuts.

It may thoug be difficult to get the washers in place since it seems to be such a struggle to get the nuts in position.

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This has happened a couple of times on the passenger door (LHS) on my UK-spec 1999 V70 2.5D. In both cases, nothing was actually broken. The torx screw only needs to be *slightly* loose for the door to make a really awful noise.

So the first thing to ty is to get yourself a Torx-40 bit and do the screw up really tight. That may well fix it. Only if something is cracked is any welding needed.

THANKS everybody for the responses.... Ill see if some of the tightening suggested will do the trick, if not its off to the welder ! thanks again !