Door check strap floating nut problem! Help please!

[scottcox1105]

Has anyone ever taken their doors off and when you go to put them back on you discover that the floating nut is no longer there?
I took my doors off for the second time since owning my jeep and when I got home and going to put the driver side passenger door on, the bolt went straight through. From what I have read online, there is a floating nut there and it has come detached. I’ve tried viewing inside to see if I can spot it and I can’t.
Has anyone ever had this happen and if so how do I fix this?

I have a 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara

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[Waldeck]

Well it has gone, maybe down in the door post. Even if you found it I doubt it would be much good, so you need a fix. You could take it to a mechanic or you could put a rivet nut in the hole. You may have to open the hole up a bit with a drill. Find out the size of the bolt that fitted the lost nut, find out the drill size for a rivet nut for that thread. You will have to buy more than 1 rivet nut, even a kit. The rivet nut can be fitted with out a Rivet nut tool, look it up online.