Sliding door

[darren1980]

Hi everyone I need help my passenger sliding door got stuck in managed to close it but now open a little bit then close and making grinding noise.

Check to see what it is and noticed the cable the sit under the window on outside is splitting.

How do u change that and is it hard and where do u get parts from.

Could anyone help please 

[Picasso]

Darren never changed one myself but there is a video on here somewhere how to do it the cable from Toyota is about £300

[dezufo]

15 hours ago, darren1980 said:

Hi everyone I need help my passenger sliding door got stuck in managed to close it but now open a little bit then close and making grinding noise.

Check to see what it is and noticed the cable the sit under the window on outside is splitting.

How do u change that and is it hard and where do u get parts from.

Could anyone help please 

The main problem is that the cable frays inside the door as well and fouls the mechanism, there are 2 solutions, 1) change the cable/mechanism inside the door which entails removing the door card to get at the part, 2) cut the cable as close to the door as possible, switch off the power door on the dash, then you can open/close the door manually. Part available on eBay > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176509903974

[starider]

Hi, A few months ago someone was trying to be helpful and tried to force the sliding door shut. I managed to close the door to get home. Had a real problem re-opening the door. When eventually opened, the operating cable had "jumped" the pulleys and damaged the whole mechanism and cable. We made the decision not to spend hours of time and large expense to replace all the components,so I removed all the mechanism and cables and we now have a manual sliding door,which to be honest is no problem to use.

[Richclan]

On 3/7/2025 at 12:24 AM, starider said:

Hi, A few months ago someone was trying to be helpful and tried to force the sliding door shut. I managed to close the door to get home. Had a real problem re-opening the door. When eventually opened, the operating cable had "jumped" the pulleys and damaged the whole mechanism and cable. We made the decision not to spend hours of time and large expense to replace all the components,so I removed all the mechanism and cables and we now have a manual sliding door,which to be honest is no problem to use.

 

have you done this on both doors?  I have one where the cable is fraying and was thinking of just cutting that cable, but I assume the door mechanism would still try and work if the handle was pulled?

[starider]

Hi, I only removed the cable from the Left hand door.The mechanism still completes the un-locking cycle,then the door can be opened manually. Hope this helps.

[Richclan]

lovely - thanks!