Grand Caravan V6-3.8L VIN L (2007)
Sliding Door Latch: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
Figure 1 REMOVING/INSTALLING POWER LATCH IN SLIDING DOOR
One power latch is used for each power sliding door. The latch is located on the trailing edge of the sliding door assembly(Figure 1). This power latch
assembly is comprised of many different components which have the ability to perform the power cinch, release, lock, unlock and safety related
operations. These components are the door latch, lock/unlock actuator, cinch/release actuator and child lockout, pawl, ratchet and handle switches. The
pawl and ratchet switches are used to indicate the primary and secondary latched positions. The cinch latch also provides a connection point for the
interior handle, exterior handle and hold open latch cables. If any of the components of the latch assembly are inoperative the complete power latch
assembly must be replaced.
