2016 Dodge Caravan Sliding Door Lock Actuator Replacement [ Buzzing Sounds ]
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2022
- In this video you will be watching of how to replace a sliding door lock actuator for 2016 Dodge Caravan .Whe you hear a buzzing time everytime the door lock locks the most common problem on it is the actuator..Enjoy watching
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This isn’t for the faint of heart. This project requires patience and you need to be mechanically inclined. I am sooooo sore but I couldn’t have done the job without this video. Thank you.
im glad you did it and your right patience is the key for this kind of job
After watching this video I'll have to admit that I felt
some fear, however, I overcame my fear and gave it a shot. Success!! Thank you so much!!
I could not have done this without your video!! Thank you!! It took several hours and even more swear words, but it's done and working!
good job bro
Looked at sooo many of these tutorial vids, for this job. This is the first one that was actually helpful! Thanks man
Glad it helped!
Not sure how else to thank you other thank liking commenting and subscribing. Fantastic work and saved me a ton
glad to help my friend
Thank you for this video!🤙🙏
I kept on yanking and yanking … I forgot one stupid screw. SMH
Fanstatic video. Really well done.
At least I know enough now to be able to come to terms with paying the mechanic.
thank u
Thanks, man! This was one of several videos I used for this job.
You're welcome!
Thank you for the video!!
Welcome!
Thank you so much for this video. I had to watch it several times before attempting it but I got it done. Mine does have the motor and I was not able to get the bracket back in so I left the window in the up position and non-functional. I never use it anyways. If you ever replace one with a motor please post and show how to get the bracket back in and make sure the window is on the track. Thank you!
sure i will
Great job, thanks
Thanks for watching!
I just started hearing a buzz in my van today: thank you for this video!
youre welcome
Great video! Unless I missed it, I don't think you explained how you detached the 2 cables on the left (towards the front of the car). You did unscrew that whole part that bolts to the left on the inside of door, but I still didn't follow how you datached that from the big black plastic assembly.
Let me encourage anyone who might be thinking of doing this. It took me just a bit less than 2 hours. I didn't actually undo any of those cables on the left but I just left it connected and didn't fully detach the big black plastic panel inside. Asian Mechanic Guy said he didn't put that big metal window slot rail back in, but I did because it looked like it was providing some support at least to the latch assembly. I kept all of that all together and just replaced the door lock actuator in place. The hardest part was getting the latch and everything all the way back in the door. Just be patient with it and start with the left end angled up. Then when you get it in a ways, bring the left end down and snake your arm in there to push it up into place.
Anyway, great video! You did a lot of nice visuals on how to unbolt a lot of the pieces. I greatly appreciate it!
this is my first time to do this kind of car issue/repair
@@asianmechanicguy6483 You did a great job! Thanks for the video!
Hi, i have a question. My van is a 2017 and the door is stuck closed. I cant get it opened. Is it still possible to change the actuator?
Kabayab salamat this vid helped a lot
salamat din kabayan
Thanks very much ! I decided I leave the broken actuator in , looks like to much work ! Parts is only $50 or so but the amount of work is insane. Thanks again
its not really an easy DIY project
I second, it was two solid days for me. In hind sight, I might have paid someone the $800
My driver's side sliding door is doing it on my grand caravan, do the rest of the locks still work even if that 1 stops?
Can you possibly tell me what size tools you used
My goodness dodge has crappy vans. Thanks for the video, I'll be doing this in a week.
The funny thing is I've got a 2012 grand caravan that has not had this problem and it has almost 280000 miles on it. But my 2017 grand caravan has a 117000 miles on it and I am now getting the dreaded buzz from the driver's side sliding door. I'm hoping that if that 1 craps out that at least all the other door locks will still work.
Kudos, I just did this to a 2012 with glass and tracks (yours did not have glass, 2 nuts less work!) how did you get the 3 tabs out of the sub frame at 5:15? I never got that far, Mine was stuck in the lock position so I didnt have the liberty of removing the latch assembly in the jamb. I got fed up and just jammed the actuator rod back into the latch and it ,ust have broke the jam free as its working again...but now I have the buzz...but I can open the friggin door now. I think the buzz is the actuator over running its limit internally, like I think I jumped a tooth when I jammed the rod back manually? I see the little arrow on the lever and the mark on the actuator itself. This is a difficult job, you are better than me not breaking any of those push connectors. I broke 5.
the problem with yours is that its lock thats the reason why everything is difficult
Took me 4 hours to do this 😂 sure learned a thing or two. My hand and knuckles are all bleeding.
same here
I changed 2 actuators. They took too long. In the second, I broke a couple of bracket and got frustrated after 4 hours. I removed the glass in 5 minutes and then it took me another 10 minutes to install the lock mechanism. I highly suggest removing glass and weather strip around the glass.
May I ask where you got the part? Thank you
amazon.ca
How long did it take? Shops are saying 3 hours for the job.
about 2 to 3 hours from what i remember
been stuck at getting the panel out of the door now that everything is disconnected for about 2 hours. wiggling the panel seems to do next to nothing towards moving the latch assembly and thus dislodging the track bar. noticed you were able to separate the door panel from the latch via those 3 teeth. any tips on how to do that easily?
there is a stupid plastic that connect on the latch assembly i know its hard but try to remove that first i think i did not show it in the video cuz i did it by myself its hard for me to film everything
@@asianmechanicguy6483 I appreciate the direction and you taking the time to upload this. I was able to take the rear-slider applique off of the door and it gave a little window to allow me to unhook the window guide from that vertical bar. Dont think i ever could have done it without that. The latch mechanism being joined to the inner door panel by plastic made it flex too much and not able to jar the latch assembly loose. A $25 actuator saved me from a $1200+ bill at the dealership, who wanted to replace the entire mechanism and charge over $900 for the part alone.
For those who it pertains to, 2015-2017 Town and Countries have faulty actuators and they are covered by a 2021 extended warranty for 15yrs and 150,000 miles. Just gotta get a service center to diagnose it properly and not try to scam you for a more expense and not covered part (the whole assembly).
Thanks again! This helped a lot.
What is the part number on Amazon? Thanks for helpful video
just search amazon.com the go to search type ur car year and model then add door lock actuator
While he was struggling with the panel I was saying to myself "you gotta get that screw by the door handle"
Also, put the seat into the floor for more space..
how do you put the track back if your window rolls up and down
right now i cant tell but but i had this prodemand apps that i can pull a diagram of it..ill make a video on that if ever i will have one
How did you get the side door open mine won’t open from inside or outside
u can open it is just that it buzz when u lock it
Great video !! I have a big dilemma the sliding door was placed in its path (so that it would not collide in a small space) Keeping the button closed And an attempt was made to close it manually, forcefully. Now there will be no automatic And throws door indicator on the dashboard What should be done How do you have to coordinate the steel cable with the handle??? What moved inside? Please help!!
i feel u brother it took me multiple times keep repeating on putting it back until it goes all the way ..thers no standard procedure of doing this
@@asianmechanicguy6483OK bro but to repair mine Should I move the steel cable? and adjust to the electric motor where should I start I don't know anything about it send me a sign please !
Ours makes the same noise
In My experience with stuff like this even if you can get it done it will never go back together as well as it was before you tore it down
We just live with the noise because the lock does actually still work
Yup its really tough to put them back but it can be done
What exactly does the noise mean? My locks work just the noise.
So- I too had this noise until yesterday. It stopped.
Now the sliding door does not unlock or open. It's jammed shut.
I'm counting my blessings.
I've read a forum regarding callbacks- and a lady said her sliding door is stuck open. It won't latch shut.
You may want to address this before the buzzing stops.
If you have a warranty- it maybe be covered because of the existing recall on sliding door actuators in Grand Caravans and Chrysler Town and Country.
Humorous note: I did not answer the phone calls regarding my car's extended warranty. So- I'm out of pocket and if I choose to fix this door I will be doing so from the inside of my car.
I'll be praying for all us owners- that when the buzzing stops- the door is not stuck opened.
Thank you for the tutorial and support group chat ❤️ 💕
Can you do a video on how do do this if the door is locked shut?
Pull door panel off, then get 2 people. One pushing on the lock rod (pushing into the back of the door) and one guy pushing the unlock button on either of the front doors. This should cause it to unlock and then door opens.
Thank you so much Andrew.
@@Willyd2758 that didn't work at all... Fortunately, I WAS able to reach an arm all the way through the door to the defunct actuator and manually flip the lever, which got it unlocked. But man, it was a b*tch 😂
Mine was locked shut and I could reliably open it by manually holding the lock button HARD in the unlock position and pulling on the door handle.
where are you located? I need mine done & definitely not going to do it.
vancouver bc
Nice work. What happened to the glass track? Did you put it back or left it out? Thanks. By the way, this video clip is the best demo on how to remove the whole door panel, among my search on youtube. Thumb up.
i did not put it back theres no use of putting it back as the glass is permanently screwed
@@asianmechanicguy6483 hey have you had any problems with that door window. I’m thinking about doing the same thing just leaving the track out. It’s seems like hell putting it back in
@@jsimms7688 not really is just that theres no point of putting it back this model had a permanent or none movable window glass
@@asianmechanicguy6483 Are you sure that the glass doesn't slide at all ?
I'm pretty sure that glass slides down a little over half way down usually
I have a same problem, how much dealer charge for that?
from what the cusomer told me 3 to 4 hrs $120cad per hour
@@asianmechanicguy6483 thank you
Dealer today just quoted me $4-500 with me supplying the part.
Same issue on both doors for me. I will call for quote but about $800 to get rid of shitty sound?!🤔
Quoted at $900, definitely trying it myself
This was super helpful. It still took me 6 hours to do the job, but eventually I got it done. The tip at this video was really helpful to finally get it back together. I had a really tough time putting the assembly back on the door, but I found another video that gave a really helpful tip. If you take off the outside trip piece you can more easily guide the window rail back over the window: ua-cam.com/video/Flkv42Pp4iE/v-deo.html
Glad it helped!
i have a 2017 dodge caravan and doors has always been making that buzzin sound. but just recently one stopped locking. now i believe that's a tale sign of of the locking mechanism failing. the mechanics want to charge 2 hours of labor right off jump. its ridiculous !!!! you did it in under 30 minutes !!!!! they wanna charge me $405 !! parts and labor !!! what a rip off !!!!
Man that window track is a pain to put back in.
How did you get yours back in?
Well geez... you do know you can replace the part without removing all that right.... wow
u have to remove all of those i guarantee u
You have more patience than me!. . . what a dumbass way to build a car!
ur right cars enginers sometimes are really stupid they design a car parts that really impossible to fix with removing piece by piece
Seems like someone Dodge should recall and repair for creating such a crap door 😅
totally agreed its a bad design
Wow... just to replace a small device, you need to dismantle the WHOLE door... yea, I call this a VERY SHlTTY DESIGN... All anyone needs to do is simply removing the panel and replacing the part. It shouldn't take no more than 15 to 20 minutes.
They did provide extended warranty on this issue to 15 years/150000 miles
@@ryanlaw213 I need to do the same soon. one of my sliding door won't LOCK, man. So, it seems if I do it myself, it is going to be an ALL DAY EVENT... lol...
@@ryanlaw213 Thanks. I'll have to look into that.
How long did it take u ? All data says 1.7 hours. I am doing one. I removed the sliding door better. The window doesn't roll down and up ? 😂😂😂
atleast 4hrs if ur first time and it depends if u are famiiar with the design some hard part are not shown in here
Thank u
I hate working on these shit boxes
Is there a way to just disconnect the peice of shit
I need macanic
msg me
That sound is terrible , I just disconnected the wires until I have time to fix it
the location of the parts is really in tight spot poor design
Ang dugo pala, tiisin ko na lang ung ingay
madugo pala or mahirap pala but nice try bro and yup its not easy to do this kind of repair
after doing this job i wanna quit being a techician
I get the noise but yet my door locks and unlocks perfectly fine and has for years since the noise started.
same here door still lock and unlock
@asianmechanicguy6483 a little noise doesn't bother me lol
@@Relevantminded then thank u for dropping by lol😁
Eventually the lock will fail and might get stuck in the lock position. You wont be able to unlock the door from the switch or toggle on the door and the door wont open.
@tcr03 If I had too I'd just remove the backing from the handle and manually pull the lock rod to unlock it. Originally, that was the only way it would lock and unlock, but for some reason, after a while, it started working with both the remote and by hand again. That was over 2 yrs ago and it's still working lol