# 2011 Chrysler Town & Country - Sliding door trouble

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chrysler-town-country-sliding-door-trouble/164174>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chrysler\
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chrysler-town-country-sliding-door-trouble/164174 "2020-05-11T17:46:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rthac45680](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@rthac45680](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rthac45680)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chrysler-town-country-sliding-door-trouble/164174/1 "2020-05-11T17:46:28Z")

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Sliding door won’t stay open. It opens and then recloses by it’s self, instead of staying open.

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chrysler-town-country-sliding-door-trouble/164174/2 "2020-05-11T18:32:38Z")

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I always ask at [allpar.com](http://allpar.com) 's minivan forum, as well as here, when I need help for my Chrysler minivans

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**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chrysler-town-country-sliding-door-trouble/164174/3 "2020-05-11T22:54:48Z")

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You are not alone, there are multiple complaints about the sliding doors on Chrysler mini vans.

I have regular sliding doors but had to replace the locking actuator. Extreme PITA, dealers want $600 to $900, more for the auto open/close. Lots of labor involved. The part was $70 but I spent 6 hours on it.

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**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chrysler-town-country-sliding-door-trouble/164174/4 "2020-05-12T13:06:12Z")

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On the door ends you will see some contacts and where the door closes into there will be mating contacts. Try taking a pencil eraser and or contact cleaner to clean them. It may help.