Why are the sliding doors on my Dodge Caravan not working?
My guess is that the Body Control Module (BCM) that gets so much attention has a failure mode that is supposed to disable the sliding door motor if it detects a short or a stuck electric motor, but that when the van’s battery starts getting marginal, it trips into this mode unnecessarily.
Why does my car sliding door not open?
Since this is a forum about cars and not family relationships, I’ll just say that the door won’t open easily now. If I just pull on the latch, it tries to open but it seems that something’s catching, and it reverses and closes back up. If I pull on the latch and guide the door back a few inches, it opens fine.
Why does my Town and Country automatic sliding door not open?
This reboots the electronics and the “magic touch” gets rid of residual stuff in a hurry, rather than waiting around with the battery disconnected, so I’m told. This procedure can cure glitches.
What to do when power sliding doors stop working?
Other people had to get an entirely new BCM before the problem disappeared. We never went down either of those paths since I had a simple quick, although temporary, fix. If you open up the fuse panel under the hood next to the battery: Then remove, count to 5 and then replace the following fuse: The doors should work again for a while.
Why does my Dodge Caravan doors not work?
If you get to a point where most functions work, but one doesn’t then you’ve probably managed to actually break a wire in the harness. This can manifest as something like locking or unlocking no longer working, or open/close not working, while other things still work.
Other people had to get an entirely new BCM before the problem disappeared. We never went down either of those paths since I had a simple quick, although temporary, fix. If you open up the fuse panel under the hood next to the battery: Then remove, count to 5 and then replace the following fuse: The doors should work again for a while.
This reboots the electronics and the “magic touch” gets rid of residual stuff in a hurry, rather than waiting around with the battery disconnected, so I’m told. This procedure can cure glitches.
Since this is a forum about cars and not family relationships, I’ll just say that the door won’t open easily now. If I just pull on the latch, it tries to open but it seems that something’s catching, and it reverses and closes back up. If I pull on the latch and guide the door back a few inches, it opens fine.