At first the door won t work properly.
Sliding door latch will not close.
Sometimes you can clearly see the misalignment.
A pella flat screen sliding door may not latch properly if the door is misaligned with the frame s strike leaving you unable to lock your door.
When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction.
If not do the lipstick test smear lipstick on the latch and stick masking tape to the strike plate.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it.
Then it stops working at all.
To align the door and strike correctly use a screwdriver to loosen the screw in the center of the strike.
Move the strike up or down as necessary to align it with the door.
In this situation the best thing to do is to replace the cable.