The safety tensioner in the door was not present to prevent the complete closing of the sliding door.
2001 Honda Odyssey body complaints
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The passenger door does not unlock. Dealer notified. Ph
Consumer states power sliding door is inoperative. The sliding door had gotten stuck, and trapped the kids in the vehicle. Ph the seat belts had unbolted from the interior. The sliding doors have been repaired on four occasions and remain inoperative. When the power is off, the doors cannot be opened manually and the transmission failed. Scc
Vehicles sliding doors are inoperative in cold weather. Doors unlock but don't slide open, and the door ajar warning lights comes on, but consumer is not able to lock the doors back. The dealership has made several attempts to fix the problem, but they cannot. Ts
Consumer called complaining about having problems with the side doors . Also stated that the doors get stuck not allowing him to open the door neither from the inside or outside. Dealer was contacted and latches were change and still did not work. Ts
The consumer believes that the automatic sliding doors are not sensitive enough to objects in it's path and is concerned that a child may be injured by the doors. *ts ts
While traveling on the highway in inclement the door will come open and close intermittenley. And get stuck she went to open the door and the handle came off. The dealership is aware of the problem. Mr
Consumer states that the doors have a high tolerance for something blocking them and only the full pressure of an adult's upper body stops the door and gets it to go backwards. Consumer is concerned about the safety of the children. And feels this is a safety problem.
The sliding power doors do not stop when they hit resistance. I was trapped between frame and door for a good 5 minutes in a large parking lot and could not get free until I finally wrestled the key remote out of a pocket and hit door open, otherwise, I was stuck. I could not move to free myself. I could not move the door. Thank goodness it wasn't my child that got stuck (I had my 1 year old with me, and it was pretty scary for her to see me trapped). This is a reaccuring problem. The dealer says it's just the way the system works, it's not defective. Evidently, the door won't reverse for an obstruction until it is 2" from closing (much smaller than a child's head or torso). This is a major safety issue. I had a bruised side. My brother-in-law (same make, model and year) - who's a big guy - got his arm trapped and bruised. We told yet another brother-in-law interested in same make, model, year - not to get the power door option ... "it's too dangerous for the kids"... And he didn't!! This is all very alarming for adults. I worry about the first child who will be seriously injured. Something needs to be done. Thank you.
6.coolant system continued from odi #760344. This left splash shield loose,vibrating & at risk of coming off, causing risk of accident/injury. Is it possible to require that honda service personnel attend additional in service training on automobile coolant systems? So that consumers are not exposed to preventable hazards, examples being: breathing coolant fumes, injuries from engine overheating, slippery surfaces & environmental dangers to underground water supplies from coolant run off. 7. Right/left sliding doors-right/left sliding doors fail to open upon pulling of handles as designed. Three times our vehicle was returned to dealership for above complaint,after service bulletin 00-0091 was issued before repair was completed as per bulletin. I have spoken with a number of other honda lx owners who stted they have same problem with being unable to open the sliding doors. When they took vehicles to dealership door seals were lubricated, but problem continues to exist. This is a safety issue as these vehicles are used to transport children to & from school and because the sliding door won't open, children must enter area of traffic flow to enter vehicle, increasing risk of injury. Sliding doors can & will oen while vehicle is in motiion, due to inability to fully open/close sliding doors via handles as designed. 8.transmission-I complained of grinding noise when vehicle accelerates from 40to50mph. Rpm's go up to 2000 upon acceleration, after reaching 50mph, RPM's drop to between1500 to 1700 and grinding is heard. Explained to dealership numerous times & test drove with service advisor, was told he heard nothing & vehicle was operating as designed. After final repair/vehicle defect notification inspection/repair was performed, vehicle continues to have grinding noise at 50mph & was returned to us with tranmission shifter inoperable in d3, 2nd & 1st drive gears. We are notifying you of what we feel are the dangerous conditions in which our vehicle is in.
Intermittently both sliding doors fail to open. Both doors have continuously been repaired. The dealer hasn't been able to diagnose the problem. The dealer indicated honda is aware. The problem has been ongoing for a year. Nlmboth rear sliding door seals have been replaced, also the rear sliding door latch has been replaced.
Seatbelts will not retract. Driver's side seat belt does not retract correctly. Instead of door opening it presses forward. *ak seat belt replaced three times because belt continued to come out until maximum length and would not retract. Automatic sliding door was broke. The consumer is asking for replacement or refund for the vehicle.
Automatic sliding door does not have a sensor or indicator or any type of reverse mechanism to stop door from moving forward while passengers are entering vehicle, which could cause passenger to become injured. Please give any further details.
The child was playing with key ring with remote control for door latches when child hit remote. This caused door to start closing with parent in door frame. Door handle was grabbed to prevent door from closing. But door kept closing until stopping. Consumer's arm and wrist was pulled. Consumer contacted dealership & informed by mechanic, nothing can be done about remote control locks on door.
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There has been no injury to report as of yet. I feel that the power closing doors are very dangerous. They exert a great deal of pressure before the pressure sensor kicks in and reverses the door. A child could reach up getting in the van, pull the handle and initiate the door to close. If he faltered, it would be very easy for a body part (ie neck) to get lodged in the door and the force mechanism would not be enough to reverse the door before injury or death to occur.
Power doors do not stop properly when an obstruction is met. This almost injured my child. I believe that these doors should at least meet the standard of a garage door for reversing/stopping. I am told by the service staff that the sensitivity cannot be adjusted. I believe that this is an unacceptable hazard for a vehicle that is marketed for families with smallchildren.
I am concerned about the electrical doors on the honda odyssey van. Several times my daughter w.
Two sliding doors operate erratically. Two sliding doors will open without consumer using remote key pad. Also, doors will begin to close on their own. In addition, experiences difficulty when opening door because of door jamming/locking. *ak both the sliding door latches were replaced on warranty. The problem occured again and the dealer had to replace the open/close swith and adjust the left door striker.
The ex model has automatic electric doors that do not stop closing to protect small childrens bodies, fingers, etc. The door stops when an adults strength can push it back. Haven't we learned from automatic garage door openers. Please work hard to protect our children or handicapped. This minivan vehicle is meant for children.
The power sliding doors on this van do not stop closing very easily if an obstruction (ie a person) is in the way. The remote door open/close is very sensitive and easily trigerred. This can happen while someone is in the way of the door and a serious injury could result. This happened today to my wife and while she was only bruised from the incident, it could have been fatal if one of our small children was in the way of the door. If you turn off the power closer, the doors are almost impossible to close by hand. I feel that, like automatic garage doors, these doors should be much better at detecting obstructions and stopping accordingly.
Sliding door had too much resistance before door retracted back. Dealer said there was nothing they could do. Consumer weighs 220 pounds , and door started to hurt before it retracted back. If door retracted on a small child it could seriously injure him/her. *ak the consumer says the sliding doors should retract with much less resistance.
Sliding door fails to close properly if anything is in doorway. Door would close to approximately 4 inches, if anything was in the way, before it opened back up. Adult arm was caught, and door continued to close until required inches were met. Then, door opened up. Mechanic cannot correct problem.
Clunking noise coming from front end, suspension parts installed but van still had clunking noise, on 2/1/01 noise was found to be caused by welding breaks in the front sub-frame. Cj
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