i have been working on cars for 33 years. 20 0f them in gm dealerships and this design is the dumbest damn thing i have seen dodge do yet . keep things like this up and we will saying goodbye to mopar !!!!!!
To get that inner panel off at those for prongs, there is a lock tab to keep it sliding. I took a long handled screwdriver and went down from the top and wedged the blade in there so it would clear. I also sprayed the tabs with penetrating oil to help it slide.
I have a VW Routan. My slide door was stuck closed. Nothing opened it. I solved it as follow: 1.- I opened the door by pushing forward the button while I tried to open manually the door (by pushing back the handle). I got to open the door that way. 2.- I took the panel off. 3.- I tried to manually pull and push the wire that goes to the back (to the actuator). I used a tweezers. 4.- After nothing happened I sprayed oil inside the hole where the wire goes to the actuator. I used W40 with the thin straw. I inserted the staw all the way and sprayed 3 times. I waited 20 min. 5.- I push and pull the wire again with the tweezers and suddenly it got unstucked. 6.- Place everything back. I hope that helps you all.
2016 dodge van manual door with just the rear hatch being bad. This much work just to replace the latch is unreal. I can't get the latch to move at all from the outside, and door wont close all the way. What a pain.
I'm having the same problem with my 2018 van. I replaced the door latch actuator hoping that would fix it but no luck, so I think I need to try again with the latch. Did you have a REALLY hard time getting the lock assembly and window track back in place? It took me forever!
Im trying to figure out how to get the window bracket back on, i changed my actuator but im having a hard time understanding how the widow bracket that us attached to the actuator goes back on
