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power sliding door speed

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#1 ·
New to the forum and new to looking at minivans. My question is the 2011 power sliding doors seem to open and close slowly. In bad weather here in the midwest I tend to get in and out of the car as fast as possible to get away from snow/rain etc. The idea of rain pooring into the van while waiting for the door to automatically close seems hard to accept. Once I get my son into his carseat I want the door to close quickly.

Is there a way to manually close or open the door faster? When I pulled on the door at the dealership it seemed to not want to allow a manual open.
 
Discussion starter · #4 ·
I was told by the salesman (go figure) that switch just deactivated the ability of the rear passengers to operate the power door. Similar to the power window lockout of rear windows. Sounds like it disengages the power slide mechanism, which is what I was looking for. Thank you, I will try it next time I am at the dealer.
 
Discussion starter · #11 ·
The sliding door speed seems pretty decent to me. How fast do you want the doors to slide? Instantaneously?

I am not looking for super fast. But it looks like it is about 5-6 seconds to close. When you compare that to closing a swinging door it is probably 2-3 times longer.

It sounds like there is not a way to disengage the power slide feature. I was hoping there was, but guess not.
 
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