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Sliding door fails to latch

How to switch from automatic to manual to close passenger side sliding door?

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There is no "switch". The Sliding Doors should be manual anytime you try to open or close them. If not: then there is problem in the electronic system or the physical/mechanical side where something is jamming the door from opening or closing.

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After reading the owner's manual, learned where the on/off switch was in the overhead console. Turned it off, and was able to close/latch the passenger sliding door.

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