I guess faulty power locks are in my blood.
Mazda 5 sliding door won t open.
How to fix a broken mazda door handle.
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.
The problem child is the driver side sliding rear continue reading fixing broken mazda 5 sliding door power locks.
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.
The sliding door will not close in cold weather when the rear locking mechanism freezes or binds.
How to remove the inside panel of the sliding door for a 2013 mazda 5 link to rear panel removal.
I finally took it to my dealer.
Mazda built the doors of all of these cars in a similar way.
However the past week or so my mazda 5 s driver side sliding door will not close.
By david zipf.
At first i thought heating the car up will help but after an hour of the car already running heat at the highest setting still the same problem.