Mazda 5 Sliding Door Won T Open

First it won t open and when it finally does it won t close.

Mazda 5 sliding door won t open. How to fix a broken mazda door handle. The problem child is the driver side sliding rear continue reading fixing broken mazda 5 sliding door power locks. After dealing the issue multiple times with my 2004 pontiac vibe see blog posts the same issue started with my 2012 mazda 5 about six months ago. I guess faulty power locks are in my blood.

By david zipf. At first i thought heating the car up will help but after an hour of the car already running heat at the highest setting still the same problem. I finally took it to my dealer. If you warm up the car in a warm garage or run with heat on high for an hour or more the locking mechanism will work again.

It is important that we start off this tech tip noting that it mostly applies to mazda 3 owners but also likely applies to 5 and 6 owners as well. How to remove the inside panel of the sliding door for a 2013 mazda 5 link to rear panel removal. However the past week or so my mazda 5 s driver side sliding door will not close.