Passenger side sliding door came open about 10 inches while I was driving down the interstate. The power door quit latching and the door ajar light was on randomly. For the rest of the trip, we had to keep pressing the button to shut the door every time it came open. We also had to move the kids around so that no one was sitting in the seat closest to the door. This same thing happened with the driver-side sliding door two years ago. Very expensive fix, not to mention, young children riding in the van and having the door randomly pop open is dangerous and a liability issue. I see on the internet that this has been a very common problem with the odyssey. It should be recalled. This could be very poor pr for honda if someone's door comes open and a child falls out.
2002 Honda Odyssey body complaints
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2002 honda odyssey took to dealership for recall on sbs system only to be told by dealer ship all of my engine mounts are broken and need to be replaced . I have had a problem with going into gear . After reading several a forums on honda I see this is a national problem . Honda should be made to have a recall on motor mounts . It's truly amazing that the van would go into the shop for a unrelated recall and they knew to check mounts . Do they already know engine mounts are a huge problem with honda?
Driver side sliding door would not close entirely. Driving with my granddaughter in her car seat and the door opened. Pulled over and I tried to close door but did not entirely close. Locked with manual button but still opened. I scheduled with dealership after weekend to check it out and was told needed latch assembly kit. They didn't state why a new latch was needed but had replaced and total labor and part cost $303.00!! Noticed several complaints of doors opening/ not closing properly on this make.
Driver's side sliding door would not latch. Have had intermittent problems with it throughout the years. At those times, I manually close the door. Two times in the past week, I did this. Seemed to have latched since the light went out. Driving down the road with my 3 year old on that side, secured in a car seat and the door opened - even though I had the switch to manual. Had to try to get off the road, while at the same time putting the switch to automatic and holding down the close button. Very dangerous!!!!! After looking on the internet, I found that this is a huge problem. I would think it would be a severe liability for honda. Currently have approximately 140,000 miles on the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the automatic sliding door closed while a passenger's hand was in the door path. The contact had to use excessive force to reopen the door to remove the passenger's finger. The passenger sustained bruising to the finger. The dealer was contacted and informed the contact to notify the manufacturer of the failure. The manufacturer did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The current and the failure mileages were 119,437.
The passenger side power sliding door on my odyssey malfunctioned, and abruptly closed after opening about six inches. My daugter's hand was caught in the door, and she has a fractured thumb.
Our van currently has about 80,000 miles on it and the rear hatch door struts have failed so the rear door does not stay up.
Driver side passenger electric sliding door will not completely close without forcing it from the outside with a heavy nudge.
The sliding doors of our honda odyssey minivan don't (always) open when they are unlocked. They stick. This prevents passengers from getting out of the van in a timely manner in an emergency. In particular it prevents rescue workers from freeing anyone trapped inside in an accident.
Drivers side passenger door would not close, it would come very close to closing and then would retreat backwards as if something was in its way, though nothing was. I was able to manually close the door. The same day this occurred, my husband checked the car and tried taking out the fuses to see if we could reset the doors "memory'. The door would then close, no door light was lit on the dash, nor was there a beeping noise which indicates door is open. The door did appear slightly ajar though. My husband drove the car down the road, thankfully this time without my kids in the car, and the drivers side passenger door opened by itself on 3 occasions before returning home, only a couple of miles. We have an appt in the morning at a honda dealer to fix the problem. After doing some research on line, other people report the same thing happening to their honda odyssey minivan as well.
2002 honda odyssey ex - left (driver's side) sliding door opened while I was driving with 4 children in the car. At the time I was making a right turn at a slow speed, fortunately they were all buckled in, but they were none the less terrified by the event. My son, who was closest to the door, is refusing to ride in a car. The car is at the honda dealer in keene, where they say that I need to replace the two sliding door hinges for around $500. I have contacted american honda, and they say that there is no tsb for the 2002 honda odyssey sliding doors (they acknowledge that there is one for the 1999-01 models). I have seen several complaints of the sliding doors opening while driving on 2002 honda odyssey's on websites such as carcomplaints.com and carsurvey.org. This was a frightening event and there needs to be, at the very least, a tsb in regards to this defective door. Thank you for your help.
The manual sliding doors for the rear seats of our 2002 honda odyssey stopped closing securely so we had to take the car to the dealer for repair. The red lights on the panel and the inability to close the door tightly cause parents driving children quite a bit of anxiety. Internet chat rooms indicate that this is a common problem with this model.
The power sliding door on our van failed causing the door to whip open while traveling on the interstate with our children in the seats next to the suddenly open door (our dog was also in the vehicle and could have stepped out onto the road at 65mpg)! We had zero warning that there was a problem or that anything was wrong. Pulling into a service station they were unable to correct the problem nor could honda or its dealers via phone. We were forced to drive home with the door taped from the outside and traveling at low speeds so the door would not open on the highway once again. What really makes the situation difficult is finding out via the internet that this is a very common problem with fixes posted on numerous pages. Why there is not a recall when something this dangerous could happen and is this common is why I am writing. I am afraid to drive the 35 miles to the dealership!!! The problem is still not fixed because I am afraid to take the van on the highway. I don't remember the exact day or month we purchased the van but we did purchase the vehicle new. The internet fix did not cure the problem but we did try and it looked like it worked for others. We did not use aaa to tow the vehicle since we were at a service station and they called around for us to try and get a solution. A minor problem is understandable but when a door suddenly opens at interstate speeds I believe there should be a recall or at the very least an investigation. Please respond so we know something is being done to prevent this from happening to anyone else and before someone or something gets seriously injured. If our dog fell out onto a busy interstate I couldn't even imagine the chaos that would ensue much less the heartache of the children (thank god for childseats!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 honda odyssey. When appyling pressure to the brake pedal, the contact heard and felt a loud grinding noise. The dealer changed the brake shoes, but the problem still persists. The vehicle was inspected by two additional professional technicains and they advised her that nothing was wrong with the brake system. On two occasions, the sliding door would spontaneously open, allowing her children to exit the vehicle while in motion. The dealer could not duplicate the failure; however, they greased the rollers on the sliding door, which remedied the failure. Several months later, the vehicle was rear ended directly in the center of the vehicle by another vehicle traveling 35 MPH. None of the air bags deployed. There were no warning lights prior to the crash. The dealer was not notified. The cotnact took her vehicle to the dealer for the federal safety agency campaign id number 04v176000 (power train: automatic transmission). Because there was no discoloration in the transmission fluid, the dealer informed her that the vehicle could not be repaired until it showed signs of failure. The contact called the dealer when she began experiencing failures shifting gears, and they advised her that they would not repair the vehicle under the free remdey outlined in the recall. The dealer refused to provide an explanation. The contact is in the process of having the vehicle repaired. The failure mileage was 20,000 and current mileaege was 80,000. *updated 10/20/08 *bf updated 10/21/08.
2002 honda odyssey van - back sliding doors stick... Can't open from inside or outside. The back sliding doors have always felt like something is in the groove, never smooth. At times, they are stuck closed or stuck open. My kids often have had to climb to the front or the rear door to get out of the van. In reading about similar stories online, it is imperative that this issue is addressed by honda so that no child is ever stuck in the car trying to get out. Panic stricken children or parents might not be able to flee from danger should something occur.
Yesterday (2/1/08), odometers read approximately 41,000. Passenger side sliding door refuses to latch close. After open and closing several times, finally a hard push after the last close, the door latches close. This happened 3 times the whole day. Today, this happened again, while my wife was driving with two small child's. The door won't latch & car won't lock a call to honda customer service, got the answer there's no recall on the 2002 odyssey regarding the sliding door. When ask if 2008 model has all the bugs fixed, answer was "what can american honda do for you". You should bring the vehicle to dealer for check up. I answer there's nothing you can do, thanks.
When the temperature is below 30 degrees both of the passenger sliding doors on the 2002 honda odyssey freeze and will not open. When I have to drive my children to school each cold morning, they need to climb in through the front doors and proceed to the middle and last seats in the van. I have even installed a remote starter, so I can have the car running trying to heat up the inside for 20 minutes or so. This running of the car still does not help the situation. When the children exit the vehicle, they must exit in the reverse manner when we get to school. I feel this is extremely dangerous in the event that we all need to exit the vehicle quickly for an emergency. This situation of the doors freezing has been going on since we purchased the vehicle new. The first time it happened in december of 2002, I mentioned this to the dealer, however, all they did was add some silicone spray to the sides of he doors and the seals/gaskets around the doors. I park outside every day in the elements of the winter months in chicago and when the car was at the dealer, of course, it was indoors, and they could not re-create the freezing door situation. In checking with carstats.com, it appears that other vehicles have the same problem in cold weather. Something should be done before someone does get injured. Right now it has just been a major inconvenience to me and my children as this happens every time the weather is below freezing (with or without freezing rain). No here is it december 2007, five years later, and I now own the vehicle and the problem still exists. Of course there is no more warranty, and I refuse to have to pay for something like this. I had a 1994 voyager and this never happened to that van. I am just really frustrated at this door freezing situation every winter since we have owned this vehicle.
I would like to report a safety issue with the honda odyssey minivan. The metal hinges on the driver and passenger door do a terrible job at keeping the doors open. A slight gust of wind or if the car is on an incline, the doors will slam shut on their own. I broke a watch band and was fortunate not to severely injure my wrist one time. It probably closed on my shins before that. I won't let my children near the front doors when they are open, for fear of severe injury to some body part being slammed into the door. I make a point to have my whole body leaning on the door if it needs to stay open for some purpose now. This is really a safety issue for the whole family. The dealership seemed to recognize the symptom, but said there was no replacement part available to fix the problem. I bet other owners have the same experience. I have never driven another car that I was afraid the front door would slam shut on me - without warning - before this. Thank you - mikki bates.
When I first got my 2002 honda odyssey, brand new, we noticed that there was unusual static electric shock. Everytime me or my wife touch the vehicle after driving, we get shocked! When I brought the van in for a recall, I mentioned this problem to the service manager. After the recall was done, I asked about the static shock. He told me that it is normal. Normal? He won't give me a remedy. This is one complaint. Lately, I have noticed that my rear alloy rims have weird scratches. But they are not from driving and scraping onto something. It seems that the rims have veins emanating from the center out! My van only has 33,000 miles on it. I have been observing other odysseys, some older than mine, and they don't have the wear that my rims have. I also don't hear them complaining about static shocks either. I only wished that dealers are as fervent when they are trying to sell vehicles as when their former customers have a complaint/s.
Struts on my hatch for my 2002 odyessy failed. Hatch fell and hit me on the head.
High heat conditions causes the rear plastic caps of the luggage rack to weaken and blow off at highway speed. 2nd time the caps have blown off. Hazard for vehicle's behind.
The automatic sliding doors continually and sporadically: 1 won't open manually or using the key, trapping person inside 2. Will not close all the way using either method, causing a moving hazard 3. Does not "sense" when something is obstructing the pathway (ex: my hand) so does not stop, causing an injury hazard 4. Opens by itself when the car is parked, causing potential weather damage or theft oportunity.
Vehicle came to abrupt stop while traveling at a speed around 40mph, in some instances, it downshifted and won't accelerate at the same rate of speed that almost cause an accident (transmission was causing the vehicle to act like that). 2nd, sliding door on both side of the vehicle won't open in so many occassion, winter or summer.
I own a 2002 honda odyssey van. My partner's mother was getting into the back seat of the van last week, and grabbed hold of the overhead handle to help her up (she's 79 years old), and as she stepped into the van, the handle broke off the ceiling, causing her to fall backwards onto her back, roll backwards and hit her head on the asphalt. Fortunately (miraculously), she did not sustain any injury (except being a little sore the next day). This woman is not a large woman...she is only 4'10" and does not weigh all that much. My concern is the potential for injury that the breaking of this part could pose. I am a safety professional (ehs manager for manufacturing), and am quite atuned to hazard awareness. There is nothing in the owner's manual or inside the vehicle that tells you not to use this handle to help yourself into the van. It appears to be there for that purpose. It is made of plastic on the outside, and evidently (now that I can see where it broke) it is plastic all the way to the mounting screws. I wanted to report this potentially dangerous hazard, so that something can be done either in the design, or in the warning system. This could have resulted in a very serious injury (broken hip or other bones, or even a head injury). My honda dealer simply ordered a new part to be installed. I can guarantee that if there were an injury involved, this incident would have resulted in a lawsuit. I would appreciate a response to let me know what you can do about this problem. Thank you for allowing me to submit this complaint. Carol topitzer milford, ct.
While opening up the door the indicator light flasheed on the dashboard and remained on. Passenger's side door handle broke off. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection.
While driving 35 MPH driver's side door opened on its own. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic was not able to duplicate the problem. A few weeks later, consumer noticed that the rear sliding door did not lock properly. Once again, vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem.
The sliding door failed to open at times, which indicated a serious safety hazard. Occupants of the vehicle were unable to open the door from inside or with the automatic button. As result a two year old child's hand became stuck in the door. *ak
The vehicle was parked without prior warning, the daughter went to open the door and cargo strong arms collapsed.*ak
2002, honda, odyssey exhibits whistling noise around the windshield at varying combinations of car speed, wind speed and wind intensity. *ak larry hopkins honda was not able to duplicate. Larry hopkins honda recommended that I call the honda customer service number and see if they could assist with a recommended solution. I called the honda customer service number 1‑800‑999‑1009 and spoke to tony yun. Case# no[xxx]. Mr. Yun says that I must take the car to a dealer and be able to replicate the noise before anything can be done to fix the car. Since the noise can only be replicated under certain wind and speed conditions, I asked that he search the honda data base for other customers with similar problems and see if there is a recommended solution. Mr. Yun told me that honda doesn't work this way that every case is handled separately and that there could be no action until the noise was replicated. I need help to press this case with honda. I believe that they must have a file of similar incidents since I found the same problem posted on honda newsgroups. I don't believe it is fair or realistic to have to wait for a combination of the right driving conditions, my availability and their service adviser availability before honda addresses this problem. The consumer attempted to contact the dealer to have the airbag recall repair performed but, was unable to reach anyone by phone or email. *js 'parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).'
The passenger's sliding door closed up on child's finge, the button was pushed by accident. *ak the door was suppose to have a sensor to open automatically if something or someone was in its path. *ph
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