This time the front door power locks are working fine.
Mazda 5 sliding door won t open.
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.
First it won t open and when it finally does it won t close.
By david zipf.
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 finally took it to my dealer.
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 fix a broken mazda door handle.
Mazda built the doors of all of these cars in a similar way.
The problem child is the driver side sliding rear continue reading fixing broken mazda 5 sliding door power locks.
I guess faulty power locks are in my blood.
The sliding door will not close in cold weather when the rear locking mechanism freezes or binds.