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Old Nov 29, 2013 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by northernguy
What a dumb design.That should be criminal.To bury such a poorly designed door so deep.Dodge cannot even get me just the mode door.They said I have to buy the air box including the actuators to get the door.$500
I can order a ram mode door and even a 300 but I cannot get a caravan door.WTF!!

Does anyone know where I can get a new door?

I see no need to buy new when there are tens of thousands of GC's sitting in salvage yards with bad transmissions or rusted out. The blend doors don't fail so often...it's not like installing a used water pump lol. Salvage yards are perfect for parts such as this. There's also ebay where you can buy anything for dirt cheap.


Dodge can't be expected to support all spare parts for a 12yo minivan. Mercedes, Toyota and BMW obsolete & discontinue parts in 5-7 yrs. Imagine owning a 2008 Oldsmobile, Saab, Hummer, Pontiac or Saturn.


If you fail a $10 bearing in a BMW transmission or differential and the car is not covered under warranty, you are forced to buy the complete assembly for $5K-$10K. Everyone is moving to costly subassemblies to lower stock costs and shop labor.
 

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