OK - the wife just got real pissed with me today! She was in the backseat. I stopped off to pick up a "carry out" and she decided she wanted to change her order. Well, I was driving the Van and merely pulled in (the doors automatically locked when we started out) - shut off the Van - opened my door - ran inside. Well, as much as she tried - the power sliding door would not open until I got back in the car and unlocked the doors - did I do something wrong?

Thanks!

 

Yes, you forgot to teach her how to manually unlock and open the sliding door.
Power sliding door is working as designed.

 

keep in mind they have child proof safety as well the auto open function can be disabled on the console in the front about the rear view mirror.

 

I "failed" to show the wife how to manually unlock the doors because I didn't know you could. Perhaps you could provide the instructions (or a document) to educate me?

 

My console near the mirror has a button all the way to the right that has ON and OFF. Either position still doesn't give you the ability to open the back door from the inside with the door's locked. So, for now the wife will have to climb over the seats to push the button on the console near the mirror.

 

Above the inside grab handle, there is a small lever you can push back and forth to manually unlock/lock the door. At the area where the arrow points at in the above picture . However, the Alarm might go off for a moment. IF your car has an alarm

 

OMG steak59! The wife and I never noticed that - just gave it a try and it worked like a champ. Where in the world did you find that? Thanks again - you made two old farts very happy.