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Mini vans have been around for decades. I’ve owned Honda’s, Buick, Chevy, Pontiac and a Kia. Everyone of them had sliding door issues that cost a fortune to fix. What’s the issue here?
Mini vans have been around for decades. I’ve owned Honda’s, Buick, Chevy, Pontiac and a Kia. Everyone of them had sliding door issues that cost a fortune to fix. What’s the issue here?
Perhaps you should have tried a Chrysler or Dodge. I've had numerous Dodge vans and minivans and find them to be nearly trouble-free. My current Dodge van has manual sliding doors which are very easy to open and close. I can't even imagine anything going wrong with manually operated sliding doors unless someone crashes into the side of your van with their vehicle and badly damages the door.
I had a Chrysler minivan about 15 years ago that had electric operated sliding doors. Didn't have trouble with that vehicle either. I haven't owned minivans in any of the makes that you have listed above, so I can't speak as to their reliability, but it sure doesn't sound very good.
Not a fan, prefer swinging doors, but it's almost impossible to find a small van with those for the last 30-40 years. Even full size vans seem primarily to have sliding doors.
I had a Plymouth Grand Voyager back when there was a sliding door on the passenger side and nothing on the driver side. The door always worked and I actually liked having everyone get out on the curb side of the car.
I've had other cars that most people would rate more highly since then, but there was no beating that minivan for functionality, comfort, and everything else. I certainly don't need a minivan now, but that's the one that I have the best memories of.
I don't understand the question, what's your issue? We have owned 3 Honda Odysseys with power sliding doors and not any of have failed after multiple opening/closings throughout the day. Our current Odyssey is a 2016 with power sliding doors with probably around 7-8 opening and closing a day and we are sitting at 8 years now.
I wonder what you have to do to break that many sliding doors. We had an Astrovan for a while growing up. My sister and I used to play a game where one of us would hold onto the door while the other one slid the door back as hard as possible. You won by either managing to hold on or by knocking the other person off the door. Thing was a freaking tank. I doubt we played it that many times before getting caught and told we couldn't do that anymore, but enough I still remember how fun that was.
Mini vans have been around for decades. I’ve owned Honda’s, Buick, Chevy, Pontiac and a Kia. Everyone of them had sliding door issues that cost a fortune to fix. What’s the issue here?
One word: Plastic
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