We were told the automatic doors have sensors similar to those of garage door openers-they do not and it takes a tremendous amount of adult force to open the door when it closes on a perosn or body part. Achild could easily be crushed by this mechanism.
2000 Honda Odyssey body complaints
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When doors are unlocked by master lock, sliding doors do not open from outside of vehicle. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified. Please provide further information.
When power doors are closed using handle, if resistance is encountered, the door closes with increased force and does not shop. When a roll of paper towels is put into the door, the door destroyed the paper towels.
Middle of back door metal is fatigue. Door metal is denting. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated consumer was pushing on metal when closing door.
The rear sliding passenger doors stick and are impossible to open without a great deal of effort from both the inside and outside of the vehicle. We bought this van because of it's high safety rating and it's used to transport our seven year old daughter. In the event of an accident, if it was necessary to exit from either of the rear doors it would be impossible to do so. I have tallked to several other odyssey owners and they all seem to have th same complaint about the doors. We have complained to bluff city honda about this problem and they seem to have made an effort but the problem persists. This may sound like a minor inconvenience but I believe it to be a serious safety concern. To
Sliding door on both driver/s and passenger's sides is very dangerous. Took to dealer, and they replaced both handles. Currently, door has to be lubed every 3 months. A four year old was able to break handle. Consumer felt there was defect in sliding door. Please provide any further information.
Both electric sliding doors would not close electronically. When electronic door is diabled, and doors cllosed manually --- the doors open while vehicle is in motion. Also door closes on it's own without intervention making it very dangerous for kids. Also doors safety system (not closing and crushing someone when in the path of closing electronic door) does not work.
Left power sliding door acts like it is locked even though all other doors not locked. Right power door will not latch completely. This was second time for this door, and has happened on left door previously.
Power sliding doors failed to reverse w/o a significant amount of force. According to honda doors must be stopped suddenly, not gradually
Door lock system automatically engaged with infant in car in summer heat. Fire and rescue were called in an attempt to get into vehicle, but eventually had to break window to gain access and remove child. Minivan has been in shop several times for sliding doors not shutting and or locks not engaging, or doors opening while vehicle is moving on road. Honda refuses to accept responsibility, but has admitted to us in the past that they are having problems with the doors on this vehicle.
Electronic door can still be opened by continuously jiggling of door, even when gas cap door is open. Continuing jiggles can bypass safety feature that door should have at all times. In owner manual on page 97 it states this informaiton. Consumer states under no circumstances should safety feature be bypassed.
Automatic sliding door does not latch properly. This has happened to both sliding doors but more prevelant on the right one. On several instances when the vehicle is moving, the (right) door has swung open jeopardising safety of infants and other passengers in the van. The vehicle has been taken into the honda dealership for repairs of this item several times (at least four). Problem has not been resolved.
Power sliding door has closed on passenger while getting into vehicle. Dealer was not notified at this time. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter .
Right sliding door spontaneously closed contacting (pressing on) our son, who was loading the car.
Consumer had vehicle serviced for power sliding door. Consumer complained is that defect was not repaired, and door could crush a small child since it has enough force behind it to shove a 200 pound man out of way.
Sliding doors on both sides have stuck multiple times resulting in both door handles being broken off. It is dangerous because we are unable to open doors easily. They have stuck multiple times ever since we bought the van and we have taken it to the dealer several times and they haven't known what to do to keep them from sticking.
When trying to open sliding door with remote control it will not open. Sometimes could open on its own while driving.
The consumer is having continuous problems with the automatic sliding doors and the vehicle has been returned to the dealer many times for adjustments however the problem continues, both doors are unable to be opened or closed and there is a continuous buzzing noise which occurs frequently even though the doors are shut. Nlm
3 previous times the electric doors went for servicing to the dealership.3 times new sensors were installed. Last incident 1/28/01 the passenger's back door would not completely close/lock in place, and would not open either. A vacuum sound was made as the door would not properly close with air coming into the van. Similiar to cabin air pressure failure on a plane. It was terrifying as we had to continue to drive to get home and could not engage the door to shut. Thought it might disengage will in operation.no manual override exists for the electric door failure! Afraid for family safety.
While traveling down freeway automatic door on driver's side flew open. Consumer was travling at about 65 MPH. Since then, consumer has had trouble closing door. Contacted dealer, and dealer said that they will check open.
Sliding door on the side of van is dangerous, it does not stop when an object is in door way, it keeps trying to close.
The putruding bolts in the door assembly have been reported numerous times and I was told honda was aware of this and that it has happened with other vans but don't feel justified in repairing it.
Serious design flaw: the rear seat power sliding doors auto-reverse only when encountering an object within 12 inches from closure. If something larger , such as an adult human body, is in the doorway, the door actually increases pressure against the object and continues in this manner all the way to closure. The auto-reverse feature does not engage , even when the door becomes less than 12 inches from closure! My wife experienced a bruise when she was in the doorway and my daughter mistakenly pulled the outside door handle, starting the door closing, and there was no auto-reverse. I took it in to the dealer for repair, and was informed that this was in fact how it was designed! I tried contacting both the regional and national honda customer relations departments to complain, but no one answers the phone. I think this is an outrageous design flaw.
The sliding doors on both sides of the vehicle stick, on one occasion the outside handle broke in an attempt to get the doors open.
The passenger doors will "stick" and not open from inside or outside. This has happened between 15-20 times. Always in hot weather. Has been reported all times to local dealer. Dealer claims manufacturer is aware of problem and are working on a solution. Suggested and put on two sided tape. Doors functioned for awhile but are beginning to stick again. Dealership unable to help. Is this a problem with other vehicles or is the one I have the only one with the problem?
The front doors on my minivan will slam shut unexpectedly. If the door is open and even a slight breeze comes up the door will slam shut. If the car is parked on even a slight incline or if it is parked next to the curb on a street and leans slightly, the doors will unexpectedly slam. I am worried about my little girl getting her neck or back injured if she is between the car and the door when it slams. I think there should be some way of making the door so it will remain open easier.
Passenger-side manual sliding door is "sticky & difficult to open" from the outside. High humidity makes the problem worse. Brought to dealer (krill honda, valdosta ga) who was unable to correct the defect. The dealer informed us "many people are having trouble with the manual sliding doors."
Rear automatic doors do not shut properly and also suddenly indicate that they unlock, from a locked position.
Doors do not stop when closing. Has hit person/kids. Also, cannot stop closing door by physical strength.
Has been taken to dealer 5 times because the two sliding doors fail to close properly. Honda has issued a recall, which was done two weeks ago. Has happened twice since then. Sometimes the doors will close, but an audible alarm will be going off saying that they did not close fully. There may or may not be a dash light showing the location. This usually requires multiple cycling of the doors to get them to close and seal. It happens intermittantly, but often.
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