NOTE: If your hatch isn’t already crashing down on your head due to faulty supports, it will as soon as you take the first lift support out to replace it. Make sure you support it with a ladder to prevent a concussion!
My minivan hatch suddenly starting collapsing on me! But it turns out that replacing the worn out lift supports on a minivan is surprisingly easy and inexpensive.
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Omg ty I'm having the same problem this was a BIG HELP
You are awesome ! I have been putting it for for a long while. Bought them and did it. Great video
Thanks so much for this video. It was you that convinced me to give it a try. You covered all the points and made it seem so simple that even I could do. I did. And it works..
THANK YOU!!! We keep my daughters gait trainer and wheelchair in the trunk and the tailgate decided to start playing whack a mole when I try to get them out. Dealership said it would be $400 to look at! Not fix, just look at. Not sure what these parts run but I doubt that it is that much.
Awesome job! You don't have to loosen those clips on the new ones, they'll snap right on.
0:49 OMG! Shoved any screwdrivers into your hand lately?
I appreciate your willingness to do this repair but be CAREFUL please. Perhaps a thick working glove on the hand that wasn't pushing the screwdriver.
The lift support locations are different on my Chrysler van. What year and model is yours?
Thank you…very helpful. ..
Thank you. Ours is sagging and very annoying. Will fix before it knocks my wife in the head.
Saweeeeeet,good job.Nothing better than a woman not afraid of getting her hands dirty.Well,maybe a good looking woman driving a pickup truck but thats for another video.Five stars for you young lady!!!!!!!
Thank you for posting!! Going to try it asap.
I just wanted to tell you, you’re my kind no woman! My back van door did exactly the same thing to me one day….came crashing down about a foot after it opened. Luckily I’m short and was bending over getting stuff out of the back or it would have knocked me to the ground! I called the dealership to see if there might be any recalls because that could be really dangerous, especially for an elderly person! They told me no and that it would probably be about $800 to fix!! My son, who is not a trained mechanic, but self taught from YouTube, works on his own car and mine periodically. I asked him about it and he suggested replacing these supports. I ordered them for $30 on Amazon and they arrived today. I read the instructions which were hard to follow because they were clearly written by someone whose first language is not English. So I got on YouTube and found your video. I replaced them in about 5 mins and it works perfectly fine now. Thank you for your video!
Nice to see a woman with a fix it channel. Very helpful video and a surprisingly easy job
Putting the new ones on you don’t have to loosen the clamp it I’ll push right on with a little pressure.
awesome! it worked! thank you! i did use gloves but mines wasn't greasy.
loves your other videos.
Good explanation on the little clips
Warning! One support on our Ford EDGE would not hold the hatch up like yore's, and the lifts had just failed for the first time one cold morning last week…..We had to support the Hatch before removing each lift (as per the manufacturer's instructions.) BTW, I just found out the original Lifts are only marked Right and Left for the Robotic installation process in the factory.
About to replace mine. Mine lasted 3 years. Bought my grand caravan brand new in 2016