If you warm up the car in a warm garage or run with heat on high for an hour or more the locking mechanism will work again.
													
																	Mazda 5 sliding door won t open. 
									
	
		
	
																	The sliding door will not close in cold weather when the rear locking mechanism freezes or binds. 
																	First it won t open and when it finally does it won t close. 
																	It is important that we start off this tech tip noting that it mostly applies to mazda 3 owners but also likely applies to 5 and 6 owners as well. 
																	How to fix a broken mazda door handle. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	How to remove the inside panel of the sliding door for a 2013 mazda 5 link to rear panel removal. 
																	By david zipf. 
																	Mazda built the doors of all of these cars in a similar way. 
																	This time the front door power locks are working fine. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	The problem child is the driver side sliding rear continue reading fixing broken mazda 5 sliding door power locks. 
																	I guess faulty power locks are in my blood. 
																	However the past week or so my mazda 5 s driver side sliding door will not close.