# Powered liftgate on 2005 Town and Country minivan **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chrysler\ **Created:** [January 30, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/powered-liftgate-on-2005-town-and-country-minivan/60647 "2011-01-30T06:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![talrosebird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@talrosebird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/talrosebird)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/powered-liftgate-on-2005-town-and-country-minivan/60647/1 "2011-01-30T06:51:28Z")
The T&C minivan with powered doors has a liftgate that is opened and closed by an electric motor connect to a rack and pinion mechanism which is connected to a curved arm with a ball on the end a rod is connected between the arm and the liftgate. I have searched several parts sites for this rod but nothing comes up and even when I tried a chat site the person could not help me without an exact name for the part. Is there an exact name for a rod that ties the lift gate to the lifting mechanism that won’t bring up a ‘tie rod’ for the steering system? ---
**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/powered-liftgate-on-2005-town-and-country-minivan/60647/2 "2011-01-30T19:06:44Z")
Have you tried a salvage yard? They even have online salvage that will ship parts. ---
**Author:** ![talrosebird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@talrosebird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/talrosebird)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/powered-liftgate-on-2005-town-and-country-minivan/60647/3 "2011-02-02T20:10:52Z")
Thank you. This is a better picture than the parts man could bring up at the local dealer. I have tried ebay, and others but always get the wrong part of the car. I will try all of the keywords from this picture and see what I get.