Rear door latch cable freezing

[JolietTim]

Last night and this morning I have had my rear door latch cable freeze on my 2020 1500 Limited. I have read the previous posts concerning this. Has anyone gone in and lubed the cables on their own? How bad was it to get to and what did you lube it with? Dealer is weeks out to diagnose it and it might not be cold when I bring it in.

 

[Trippi]

Sorry you are going through this. I was in the original thread and probably the first to get a TSB on the issue. If you go that route the dealer might be wiiling to service you sooner. I had a 2020 Rebel at the time...dealer thought he fixed it the first time and then called me back to say nope he found a TSB and to bring it back in. Never had a problem after that. I think it's more than just lubing the cables...what is getting in the channel somewhere if I remember correctly.

 

[Alfa77]

Hello, I have a 2022 RAM Limited with ~50k miles. I've traced the problem to the cable between the outside door handle and the latch. This is a SAFETY ISSUE, and I am very surprised that this hasn't become a recall after seeing all of the posts regarding this issue ongoing for years. The problem isn't so much that you can't get the door open, it's that once you pull the latch and open from the outside, and the cable is hangs up, the door won't latch closed again...and it is unpredictable. You can exercise the inner handle, outer handle, and even the latch manually with no ability to re-latch until the cable thaws. I have kids that ride in the back seat nearly every day and this morning I had to bungee cord the door shut on my truck for the second time this winter. I've talked to the dealer twice and they want nearly $700 to replace the cables. This is really not a good situation, someone is going to get seriously hurt from this.