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GoPro Latch Broken

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Mister.F
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Latch on my gopro snapped for the second time in about 4 months. I've been sqeezing it together before locking it in place but it still cracked. Anyone else with same prob?
14 years ago
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broto
Posts: 9040 - Karma: 25,673
they will warranty that. mine broke when i pulled it out of the mount (not impact damage)

email them
14 years ago
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Mister.F
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worrrd thanks
14 years ago
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Lemuel
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They replaced mine in the summer, and they said the same thing about squeezing it shut before latching, which I had been doing anyway.
14 years ago
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greyninja
Posts: 2400 - Karma: 679
whaaaat? i wish i knew they warranted that. i broke two this summer and went out n bought new housing
14 years ago
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Mister.F
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shitttt that sucks man...yeah i just emailed em. Just sent a pic of the broken part, the model #, my mailing address etc...gopro's the shit
14 years ago
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Lemuel
Posts: 14544 - Karma: 11,157
GoPro really needs to fix this, it broke again. I wasn't using it, my friend was, but the latch doesn't run across then entire back door, there is a tiny spot on one side and then a slightly bit bigger section on the other side, and I think this is the problem. It causes the latch to bend in the middle and make it crack.
14 years ago
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RileyZap
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What's GoPros e-mail for warranty issues. The mounting bracket on my housing snapped as i was un-screwing it.
14 years ago
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I_Am_Mod
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mine snapped as well a couple of weeks ago, luckily there was a gopro rep at the contest, too bad he charged me 15$, it would've been super cool of him if he'd given it to me for free ...

also, always bring a tie-rap, it can fix alot of things, including broken gopro latches !
14 years ago
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DGski
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they are awesome on warranties. just got my whole new gopro yesterday
14 years ago
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Videobuoy
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While you're waiting for GoPro to send you a new latch free of charge - you can fix it - see video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUvAiwC7yWo
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