Mazda 5 Sliding Door Won T Close

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Mazda 5 sliding door won t close.

Now the door will not close completly. Have you had the sliding door latch recall done yet. Opened the rear passenger door on my mazda 5 it is a sliding door. Open and close the door several times.

For a while it was hit miss and sometimes it would lock and other times not. This issue here can be due to an internal mechanical fault with the door latch as most sliding doors use a latch at the rear of the door that can bind and cause this here try to clean the latch and lubricate it and the door latch striker and see if it then operates properly clean and lubricate the tracks as well for the sliding door if this does not correct this fault here let me know so we can continue. We are in the middle of a blizzard. Upon inspecting the rollers the one roller had a flat side indicating that it had seized.

The sliding door will not close in cold weather when the rear locking mechanism freezes or binds. Mazda motor corporation has decided to conduct a regional recall campaign in 31 cold wet weather states and a regional special service program ssp in 19 remaining states to replace the sliding. How to fix a car door that won t close with a stuck latch duration. Is it cold or freezing where you live.

The problem child is the driver side sliding rear door. I had a similar problem on my passenger side sliding door on my mazda 5 and just tonight while far away from home on holidays the door popped out of the track that holds the rear of the door scratching and denting my rear quarter panel. First try and lube the latch with wd40.