I don't think there's a thread on making the rear vent pop-out powered and its a surprisingly simple upgrade that only took me a few hours to do. I did this on my '95 ext cab Dakota, but I would venture to guess this would relatively similar to do on second gens as well. I had previously attempted to do this using motors out of a mid 2000's Dodge Grand Caravan. The issue with them was the motors were fairly large and required a lot of modifications to mount inside the cab and I could never get the window attachment right, so it leaked. Ended up finding a 1994 Plymouth Voyager with power rear vent windows in a local junkyard. These use a larger motor remotely mounted with cables going to the opener. This makes the opener itself much smaller and compact. If you find one be sure to grab the switch and wiring as well, its mounted on the roof console.

To mount in the Dakota I cut off some of the plastic mounting bracket and drilled two new holes in the bracket on the opener. This way it seats perfectly were the Dakota's openers do and I can utilize the same mounting holes in the truck. The minivan's opener screws to the window exactly the same as the Dakotas do. I had an issue getting the correct angle to attach it to the windows though. I learned that if you unbolt the metal piece on the backside of the opener it allows it to rotate both directions further, this let me get it in the right position to bolt to the window. The metal bracket is what sets the open and close "parked position" that way you don't over extend it and it closes the window tightly, so once everything's bolted in use this to adjust the park positions. I just had the switch hooked to a battery that way I could run the motors to make all these adjustments. Be sure it closes tightly! I then mounted the motors inside the wall of the truck underneath the rear speakers and made sure the cables weren't going to catch on anything. This all fits so perfectly that I didn't have to cut up the plastic panel, when everything's back together it looks factory! Plenty of pictures posted below.

Wiring: I had previously added a jumper to the fuse box to give the empty/ unused slots (17,18,19) switched power. I had added in keyless entry a few months ago and had used a jumper from a parts truck. The switch has 6 wires, two go to each motor for opening and closing, and the two in the middle are power and ground (black wire in this case). For now I mounted the switch on the backside of my center console, its a first gen Durango console so its seated where the air vents were. I don't think I'll keep it there, hence why its not mounted permanently. Ran a wire back from the fuse box for power and then just ran the ground wire to the metal bracket of the center console.

Cables that go from the opener to the motor


Not happy with this yet, still deciding where to mount permanently

Motor mounted inside the wall





This is the opener as is from the minivan. I cut that back piece of plastic off. You can also see the metal piece that can come off to adjust the 'park' positions, just don't forgot to put it back on