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2005 Dodge GC Sliding Door ProblemThis forum post has messages dated from 09/26/08 through 05/18/11, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. - Dodge-Grand Caravan
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| 2005 Dodge GC Sliding Door ProblemMy 2005 GC does not consistently allow the sliding power door on the passenger side close more than 1/2 or 3/4 of the way. Additionally, if it does close it will intermittently will not cycle fully to fully secure the door. As a result the power mechanism which seals the door will cycle over and over until someone manually opens the door and then pulls it shut. What will cause this and how do I go about repairing this. Thanks Larry H |
#101/18/09 12:33Jay Evers | Hi Larry, I've got the same problem on my '05 as well. I'll check back to see if someone comes up with a solution. Good luck!! |
#202/23/09 18:21Jim Shafer | I have the same problem with the driver's side power sliding door. It opens approximently six to eight inches and stops. When closing it stops at the same place. It appears it hits a jam but if that were true it's supposed to go in the opposite direction, not stop. I've tried everything and cannnot figure it out. We have had this minivan since it was new and have had no problem until today. I'll keep checking to see if someone comes up for a fix for us! Thanks, Jim S. |
#303/11/09 18:23Jim Belcher | My 05 does the same thing bettwen 4 to 6 inches closing or opening. I read in another forum that it has to do with the wirning harness which works the door. At a certain space it loses its connection. It is a 300+ fix for the wiring replacement and I think that was just the part. |
#403/18/09 10:42Amanda Miller | I have the same problems but with both doors. I took it to mechanic a couple of times and was told it was from dirt built up but then my warranty expired and now it is something else they claim. I was told to get both doors working properly again it would cost $900 EACH. I am not happy. |
#503/28/09 09:45henry earle | dodge caravan 2005 sxt 78000 miles. passenger sliding door opens about four inches then stops. help |
| You wiring harness is bad to each door. This is a easy fix, it rides in a black plastic track thing and cost about 60.00 and 10 minutes to fix. Vince |
#704/20/09 20:24Steve Berk | I have a 2002 Dodge GC, modified by Braun for wheelchair access. My ramp side door (passengers side) stops and reverses. When I operate it manually, I feel some resistance about half way. I've WD40'd the entire track, no help. Any ideas. |
#804/22/09 20:51van owner | for those of you that have the problem of the door unlatching but will not continue to open that is the same problem I had.it was the wiring harness in the cat track which is what the plastic rail is that the wire runs through.there was a break in the wire about 5 inches from the gear.easy to find, plastic track comes apart easily .there was a broken wire so i just soldered the break put shrink tube over it problem solved, total time to repair half hour at most door works fine. |
| For the problem of the door opening but stopping along the way and the same when closing: I also found a broken wire in the flexible cable tray. I spliced in a new section of wire putting the splices outside of the cable tray. Splices in any type of flexible conduit is not a great idea. If you do fix it this way, make sure the wire you use has many fine strands. |
| My passenger side van door also stopped opening at about 8 inches. Found a broken wire which I spliced. Door opens good now. |
| We had that prblem on our Grand Caravan also, luckily it was still under warranty. The tech at the dealership told me it the the wiring harness. A break in the wire would cause the BCM to lose connectivity with a door sensor while the harness was articulating during the doors movement. The BCM then would STOP the door, he had to hook computer to the BCM to actually see this happen. |
| How do you open up the wiring harness to get access to the wires? I found I could detach individual links in the harness but haven't figured out how to get the wiring out, since neither end is accessible. In other words, I can detach one link from the next, but can't really slide the links out of the way to inspect/fix the wires. Would appreciate guidance from someone who has done it. |
| yes this fault is in the sliding part of the harness, this happened to me , what i did was remove the harness and i replaced the broken wires, the 2 larger ones, with some test lead hyperflex cable, this stuff is available at tandy/radioshack etc and is cheap, make a good solder conection and heatshrink the joint, make all conections beyond the part that flexes, i have done this on both doors and all is good, however now one of the central locking actuators is messing around so i have to pin test that, one of the many joys of owning this van.having said that, its a great van, and these faults are found on many way more expensive imports, so repair and enjoy. joe, technician for 23 years. |
| A slightly different and new interesting problem. In my 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, ~72, 000 miles, after several days of rain, both side doors stared opening and closing by themselves. Putting the car in Drive stopped the problem. Returning to Park the problem returned. The switches above the rear view mirror and the remote control had little or no control and were over-ridden by the mal-functioning electronics. I temporarily disconnected the battery negative, and the problem returned after about 20 minutes. I finally stopped the self actuating opening/closing by removing the 40A fuse for the doors. Any thoughts or help? |
#1509/14/09 16:52Lois Wyatt | Goodness Gracious, I got here from google by typing in my issue. an lo and behold I am not the only one that has the door problem. Mine started with the 6-8 inches and stopping now it will only open an inch and I do have the same issue with the cycling. I had contacted Dodge and they said no recall had been issued but looks like there are many with the same problem. Not sure where to from here |
#1609/26/09 17:13Anderson Fam4 | Hi- We have a 2005 Dodge Caravan & electric sliding door has come off of the track! We have tried for hours to fix it! However, no matter how hard we try, we are unable to get more than 1 of the SMALL track wheels back on the track! We are feeling so frustrated! If anyone can help, I would be eternally grateful! |
#1709/26/09 20:16Dave Burk | Whoa! - Off the track - not good But I need to get the door cable out of the track, but I don't see how to do it. Any help would be great. Dave |
| What do we do to start a recall???? sounds like alot of us are in the same boat... |
| Same problem with an 05 dodge grand caravan. The sliding door only opens or closes 8 inches. I had this problem earlier with the other door and the wiring harness was replaced. Not interested i paying several hundred dollars for something that will likely malfunction again. I'll try the fix myself as recommended above but I'm hoping this will be a recall soon. To whom would we request a recall? Seems like a safety issue that one of my children could be affected by if they caught in the door malfunctions differently and closes on them. Thanks for all of your input! Mike |
| my 05 dodge grand caravan works whith the remote, whith the center console but if you open from out side handle is no opening automatic, any body knows wy? I just got it. |
| I am just experiencing the same door issue with my 05 caravan w/80, 000 miles. For those of you who fixed the wiring issue, where was the bad wire located? ( in the track, at the door hinge, or by the wires that come from the front to the track, or elsewhere) thanks. |
| I have an 06 GC and mine was broke immediately to the left of the plastic track but I couldnt see it until I removed the entire harness...just go slow...I figured it out. Same broke wires as others I've read, the 2 big ones and they were completely severed. |
#2310/13/09 11:24Carolyn Foster | I have the same problem with both my sliding doors, how do you get to the track and wires?? Thank you |
| Wow...looks like everyones car is having the same problem after the same amount of years....seems odd...this just happened to me too...started with driver side door, and a week later the passenger side is doing it too.... |
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