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Posted on Apr 23, 2009

Power sliding door doesn't work!

One of the power sliding doors doesn't work. It's the one directly behind the passenger's seat. The other one works fine, as well as the rear power door lift. Any thoughts? The same thing is going on with our Dodge Grand Caravan.(2007) The passenger side power sliding door only opens a few inches and then stops. It has to be closed manually. I guess we are going to have to try to fix it ourselves. The redhouse website has some good info.

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  • sobek77 Apr 30, 2009

    I have the same problem, it just open few inchs and then it stops. When I close it manually and try to open it again, it doesn't work, and it acts as power loc,  locks and unlocks the door.

  • Anonymous May 15, 2009

    I have exactly the same oproblem with my 2006 Dodge Caravan

  • Anonymous May 21, 2009

    Has anyone been able to solve this issue on the sliding door for the 05 dodge grand caravan?

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Try taking off the door, or spray some wd-40 on the rail. It sounds like its either not getting enough power or its getting caught on something.

  • Joe Vinton Apr 09, 2016

    If it starts to open with the power then stops you have a brake in the wire harness chain at the bottom.You can take it apart and fix the broken wire or replace that harness assembly.

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