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.
Mazda 5 sliding door won t close.
Now the door will not close completly.
The sliding door will not close in cold weather when the rear locking mechanism freezes or binds.
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.
Is it cold or freezing where you live.
Have you washed the vehicle lately.
Opened the rear passenger door on my mazda 5 it is a sliding door.
How to fix a car door that won t close with a stuck latch duration.
Upon inspecting the rollers the one roller had a flat side indicating that it had seized.
We are in the middle of a blizzard.
The problem child is the driver side sliding rear door.
Open and close the door several times.
2012 mazda 5 sliding door roller replacement duration.
Finally it just quit doing anything when either the key fob lock and unlock or the internal front door lock and unlock buttons where hit.
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.
First try and lube the latch with wd40.