Replace lift supports on 2012 Chrysler Town and Country Minivan
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- NOTE: If your hatch isn't already crashing down on your head due to faulty supports, it will as soon as you take the first lift support out to replace it. Make sure you support it with a ladder to prevent a concussion!
My minivan hatch suddenly starting collapsing on me! But it turns out that replacing the worn out lift supports on a minivan is surprisingly easy and inexpensive.
Grateful you chose the same van we did!!! You have a natural and pleasant voice for narration. Thank you for making this video.
Awesome job! You don't have to loosen those clips on the new ones, they'll snap right on.
Yep, I figured that out a little too late :-)
I just wanted to tell you, you’re my kind no woman! My back van door did exactly the same thing to me one day....came crashing down about a foot after it opened. Luckily I’m short and was bending over getting stuff out of the back or it would have knocked me to the ground! I called the dealership to see if there might be any recalls because that could be really dangerous, especially for an elderly person! They told me no and that it would probably be about $800 to fix!! My son, who is not a trained mechanic, but self taught from UA-cam, works on his own car and mine periodically. I asked him about it and he suggested replacing these supports. I ordered them for $30 on Amazon and they arrived today. I read the instructions which were hard to follow because they were clearly written by someone whose first language is not English. So I got on UA-cam and found your video. I replaced them in about 5 mins and it works perfectly fine now. Thank you for your video!
I'm so glad this was helpful for you! I can't believe they were going to charge you that much for such a simple thing. Craziness!
Quick and easy, without requiring a 15 minute video. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Nice to see a woman with a fix it channel. Very helpful video and a surprisingly easy job
Yes it was surprisingly easy! Thanks for watching@
I can't tell you how helpful this was! You saved me a ton of time and money. Thanks for doing this video❤️
I'm impressed. My arm supports a little different. Your video is very helpful. Job well done as well as the video.
Just a great video! Took all the guesswork out of the job and now my wife thinks I'm amazing. Thanks a bunch and Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the vid! Replacing ours now in 2024.
Thanks! This 72 year old grandma did it!!
Omg ty I'm having the same problem this was a BIG HELP
I'm glad it was helpful! It really is very very easy. The biggest thing is to make sure you've got that back hatch properly supported when you start taking off the arms.
That lift gate hurts! 😂 Thanks!
Thanks for the how to video. Our liftgate supports went while we were on our youth mission trip this past summer. We've been needing to replace them and now we're going to get it done. ~ life in the higham house
Life in the Higham House - It really is surprisingly easy to fix yourself!
Hi..Thanks for You video!! I was same problem...after see Your Video...did same..and now is perfect ..everything work..Thanks!!!
Thanks a lot I was actually able to remove them myself it was a bit of a hard job for a lady but I did it im now heading to purchase some new ones thank you again
Got a 2011 VW Routan (rebadged chrysler/Dodge) that had one of these "blow" on me on a very hot day! Sounded like a bomb going off!
Your video was a lifesaver!!!💯🙏🏽Thank You soooo much, @ChickFixUSA !!!!!
THANK YOU . I WILL BE GETTING THE PARTS AND REPLACING THEM . GREAT VIDEO
Thanks so much! You rock. Much respect due for a lady willing to do her own wrenching! Think of how much a dealer or even a neighborhood Mech would charge to do the same job! As of 06/18, the aftermarket struts for my 2008 I got are now down to $25 on Amazon.
James Basuel my dealership wants $216 for 2 plus $140 to install. They lost their mind!!!
Melanie Shrieves that is NUTS! No way on the world those are worth that much.
very helpful, only tip I have is when taking the originals off, you have to really lift the tailgate all the way open I found.
From Canada, bought from part source for 29.99 each, so $60 for the pair.
Дякую, ваше відео допомогло мені. Хай благословить вас Бог.
You go girl. Thanks for the video now I know how to fix my wife's van that just crashed on my head haha🤣🤣
I was surprised at how easy it was.
Good job I think you’ll find the new ones just snap on without any prying.
Thank you!!! This works for a 2009 Dodge grad caravan!
Thanks so much for this video. It was you that convinced me to give it a try. You covered all the points and made it seem so simple that even I could do. I did. And it works..
I'm so glad it helped!
Well done, sister! Thank you!!
This lady is awesome! So fun!!
Awesome, thank you. I've got to go out and swap mine right now.
Thank you! 😊
THANK YOU!!! We keep my daughters gait trainer and wheelchair in the trunk and the tailgate decided to start playing whack a mole when I try to get them out. Dealership said it would be $400 to look at! Not fix, just look at. Not sure what these parts run but I doubt that it is that much.
It's been a couple of years, but I'm sure it was less than $50 for the parts. $400 just to look at it is CRAZY
awesome! it worked! thank you! i did use gloves but mines wasn't greasy.
loves your other videos.
Thanks! Glad it helped!
You just saved me money!!!!
Thank you.
I'm glad it helped you. It's super easy!
Thank you for your video! Made my job much easier!! ;-)
Easy peasy. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Saweeeeeet,good job.Nothing better than a woman not afraid of getting her hands dirty.Well,maybe a good looking woman driving a pickup truck but thats for another video.Five stars for you young lady!!!!!!!
You are awesome ! I have been putting it for for a long while. Bought them and did it. Great video
Glad it helped!!
Thanks! It helps, having same issue
Wow that looked so easy. Thank you for the instructions.
It really is! Just make sure you have the lift gate held up well, like with a ladder or something like that, while you work.
It really easy, I did it!
Thank you 🙏
You rock!❤
HaHa I like how you take pride and make it fun to replace lift supports. I'm showing mom so she can try, thanks for the video!
Great video, thank you! May I ask, when you tried to manually open the door, did it even try to raise easy at all?
Mine is dead weight raising manually.
With the key fob (or interior button)
it raises slow, shakes at the top,
and then drops real slow, and latches fine.
That's what mine was doing
Same thing happened to me. I went to Costco, opened the trunk and started loading from the cart to the trunk and when I turned around my head smashed into the trunk door because it wasn’t opened all the way 😂
Ouch!
Thanks, great video. It is such a pain with the supports
Good explanation on the little clips
Putting the new ones on you don’t have to loosen the clamp it I’ll push right on with a little pressure.
Thank you for this. The trunk lid crashed on my back as I was pulling out my stroller...they wanted to charge me $300 for parts and labor so we got our set for $40. I have no idea how to do this.
Holy crap! $300?!?!?! That's insane. It really is just as easy as I showed it, and I did it in a skirt. Wish *I* could make $300 for 5 minutes of work.
Thank you for posting!! Going to try it asap.
About to replace mine. Mine lasted 3 years. Bought my grand caravan brand new in 2016
How were you able to hold the door open while installing this
Thanks, I am just about to try this out
Peter Warner Ams Florida I would say good luck, but you won't need it cuz it really is very easy! Just make sure you brace the door with a ladder or a 2x4 or something before you start working on it!
Thank you...very helpful. ..
Anyone have ideas when it opens and closes, then catches on fire? Luckily it stopped somewhere inside, but now it's closed permanently and cannot open it.
Warning! One support on our Ford EDGE would not hold the hatch up like yore's, and the lifts had just failed for the first time one cold morning last week.....We had to support the Hatch before removing each lift (as per the manufacturer's instructions.) BTW, I just found out the original Lifts are only marked Right and Left for the Robotic installation process in the factory.
How to - avoid knot on Head !😂
The lift support locations are different on my Chrysler van. What year and model is yours?
Mine is a 2012 Town and Country. Even if they are positioned a little differently, they should function in a very similar way. I just recently replaced the ones on my mom's Honda Accord crosstour, and they were virtually the same.
It's sad that a vehicle that is only, what, 5 years old? and it needs to have a lift gate support replaced already. I've got a 2005 Grand Caravan with 155000 kilometers and I'm only now having to replace the supports. Must be that the newer car parts are of an inferior quality. Pathetic.
Gerry Jamieson Wow! Yes, it seems strange that they would wear out so quickly, though admittedly, I am a mom and open/close the hatch many times a day.
Gerry; I think it depends on the manufacturer. Both our 1981 Eldorado and Cutlass supreme started falling apart around 51K Mi. All the lifts were one of the first things to go. I still remember how shocked I was to see the maintenance schedule in the Caddy only went up to 50K Mi. Thank God we did not buy them new, they were both bargain diesels, and the diesel engines both ran on up to 100 K mi. We just replaced the lifts on our Ford EDGE at 71K Mi.
Thank you for showing us this. Where did you buy the supports and what brand? Please share.
I got my struts on ebay for about 25 bucks a pair, free shipping.
Where did you get the replacement parts?
Ordered from Amazon! But you could get them from any auto parts store.
ChickFix USA great thank you!!
Thanks! ur awesome!!!!😄
get parts on amazon for between $20 and $40(pair)................NAPA wants $112 a pair
Thank you very much, very well explained
Why not say you need someone to hold the door open while you replace them
They are easy even though they are marked r for right they are universal
0:49 OMG! Shoved any screwdrivers into your hand lately?
I appreciate your willingness to do this repair but be CAREFUL please. Perhaps a thick working glove on the hand that wasn't pushing the screwdriver.
Thank you. Ours is sagging and very annoying. Will fix before it knocks my wife in the head.
Danger! She said she replaced the other side strut first. She didn't say that when you replace the first strut the liftgate can fall like a rock. I got hit in the head and now I have an egg. Just a little detail to consider.
Ouch! Sorry about that! This was one of my earlier videos, and I didn't think to show that the tailgate is being held up by a ladder. Mine wouldn't stay opened at all otherwise. But thank you for watching!
I just added a note about that on the video description. Hope your head is okay!
Yes, I'm an automotive engineer and I learned from the beginning that you don't assume everybody is perfect so you have to inform them of every detail. That's common sense.
I should have known better but you know how obvious things get overlooked by eggheads like me. Thanks for the addition.
Caravan (dodge) quality of parts have always been known to be iffy compared to their Honda and Toyota counterparts. Is what it is. Saw crash test on tv for all those models, looks like all need to improve in that category... jeez.
I like your work 👍 👌 ♥️