Description & Operation: Description: Components: Notes

Drive unit (A) consists of motor, clutch, cable and hall sensor and is installed on the rear quarter panel between pillars C and D. It operates the cable that is attached to the sliding door center roller arm with motor power and enables opening and closing of sliding door.

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Power Sliding Door control module (B) is installed on left wheel housing. It detects the resistance of anti-pinch sensor, adjusts the direction of the power sliding door, and controls the system's entire hardware and software.

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Installed on the power sliding door, this safety device detects the jamming of a small object. When an object is jammed, air gap inside the strip wire shrinks and detects the jamming. The signal will be sent to the power sliding door control module through the conductive outer rubber wrapping of wire.

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It connects or disconnects the main power supply and enables the opening and closing of the Power Sliding Door.

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It maintains the door lock, detects the status with detent and primary switch, and sends to Power Sliding Door module.

[Front] 

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Installed on the roller of the bottom of the door, it maintains the total opening of sliding door. In case of driving on a ramp, it keeps the door open.

Door will be open and closed by pushing left/right button (B) on the Power Sliding Door of wireless transmitter for longer than 1.0 second. The door will be fully opened when the button is pushed again while closing.

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Using this switch, the Power Sliding Door can be manually and automatically opened and closed from inside and outside.