# 2001 Town & Country - Trouble with Rear Sliding Door/ Back Hatch/ Rear windshield wiper

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-town-country-trouble-with-rear-sliding-door-back-hatch-rear-windshield-wiper/82953>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-town-country-trouble-with-rear-sliding-door-back-hatch-rear-windshield-wiper/82953 "2014-01-03T07:58:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![campandrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@campandrew](https://community.cartalk.com/u/campandrew)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-town-country-trouble-with-rear-sliding-door-back-hatch-rear-windshield-wiper/82953/1 "2014-01-03T07:58:43Z")

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This is a lot to ask but… have a 2001 Town & Country with 157,000 miles. The driver rear automatic sliding door will not work. You can hear the motor running but it doesn’t totally close…so I open and close manually. I looked in Chrysler service manual…could this be a power latch assembly?? How hard would it be to replace myself (dealer wants $600). The rear hatch is the same way have to manually open/close…can hear motor and it goes through motions but doesn’t open. ??? Then today the rear wiper wouldn’t work…any ideas. Appreciate any help on what I can do myself.

Cindy

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-town-country-trouble-with-rear-sliding-door-back-hatch-rear-windshield-wiper/82953/2 "2014-01-03T21:42:29Z")

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It could be wiring or the power latch. To save yourself money, you could make it manual. Removing the gear will make it slide easily and $600 in your pocket. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVV8JJElCU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVV8JJElCU)

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-town-country-trouble-with-rear-sliding-door-back-hatch-rear-windshield-wiper/82953/3 "2014-01-03T21:56:35Z")

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Great tip @knfenimore. I would just add one thing…make sure you remove the power from that door motor by removing the fuse or disconnecting the wiring connector.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-town-country-trouble-with-rear-sliding-door-back-hatch-rear-windshield-wiper/82953/4 "2014-01-03T22:04:25Z")

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Before modding it to get rid of the power option altogether, I would at least clean and lubricate all of the door mechanisms - rollers, hinges, latched, etc. You might just be gummed up is all.