Driver side sliding door not opening in manual or electric mode - does not open

No, the channel is completely clear. It worked before we removed the door strip under which wiring runs to the back of the van. When we put the step back together the door would not work.

My sliding doors on my van will not open during cold weather (unless you crawl in from the front door and kick your foot against the sliding door in the back part of the door and someone has to have the handle pulled open from the outside). I am from the midwest and every winter has the same frustrating thing. I have had all the mechanics and weather stripping replaced and still the same thing happens. I have had the doors readjusted, leveled, removed and put back on. I have greased the thing down, you name it and it has been greased, and still winter hits and it gets cold outside and you can only get in to back through the front door, by the way is very annoying. This has happened outside my garage and inside my garage when cold enough. Any suggestions on the correction of this problem would greatly be appreciated.

ALSO: The doors are manual sliding.

The strip I referred to was the sill trim. We removed it by lifting along the inner edge to release the clips. The wires are not crimped but we did move them around some trying to identify the wire(s) that ran to brake lights. When the door did not work, we removed the sill trim again to make sure none of the wires were pinched.

I have tried Silicone on the rubber gaskets, I applied it to a rag first then generously wiped it on every rubber piece I could see. I did spray it once but talk about messy. The spot that seems to get stuck is in the rear of the door where it glides on the car. I did spray there too several times.
And yes I am assuming that it ices up some how.

I followed the rehome procedure to the letter. When I get to step 5 and press and Hold the Close button the response is three beeps then nothing. My problem must fall into the other 50% -- any suggestions?

When you manually open and close the door, is it sliding unhindered or is there a slight grinding or sticking toward the read edge of the slider?

I know this is a little of track, but I had the sliding mechanism go bad on me and I am just wondering if that would be enough to cause the door to not slide electronically.

There is not a grinding sound nor any other noise just considerable resistance. One must pull/push very hard in order to open/close the door.

Thanks you for this post My car was doing the same thing had to replace the motor I live this site.