Section 267 (Power Sliding Door System): Latch: Description

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Vehicles equipped with a power side door or doors utilize a power latch. One power latch is used for each power door. The latch is located on the trailing edge of the side door assembly (Fig 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.

Fig 1: Removing/Installing Power Latch

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The power latch is a replaceable component. Consult your Mopar parts catalog for specific part numbers.