Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
Sliding door latch will not close.
A pella flat screen sliding door may not latch properly if the door is misaligned with the frame s strike leaving you unable to lock your door.
In this situation the best thing to do is to replace the cable.
If not do the lipstick test smear lipstick on the latch and stick masking tape to the strike plate.
When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
At first the door won t work properly.
As you close the door the lipstick will stain the part of the masking tape it touches leaving a record of the exact point where the latch contacts the plate.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it.
Then it stops working at all.
If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction.
Dodge chrysler caravan town and country sliding door will not open or close get this checked and done first.