2002 Honda Odyssey locks problems

Filed Dec 19, 2011 · Body, Electrical · 140,000 miles · PA

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.

Filed Mar 9, 2011 · Locks · 35,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 honda odyssey. The contact stated that both the driver and passenger side sliding doors were inoperable and would not open. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where lubricant was applied to the rubber door seals. The failure persisted and as the contact attempted to open the sliding door, the exterior door handle fractured. And the contact had to abruptly kick the interior door panel until the door was opened. The failure continued to recur sporadically and was not further repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.

Filed Nov 5, 2009 · Locks · IL

2002 honda odyssey passenger power sliding door won't close changed fuses had it into shop can't seem to fix I'l be driving along and the door just opens thank god my kids are grown up.

Filed Aug 26, 2009 · Body, Locks · 100,000 miles · NC

Driver side passenger electric sliding door will not completely close without forcing it from the outside with a heavy nudge.

Filed Jun 1, 2009 · Locks · 82,000 miles · WI

Passenger sliding door on 2002 honda odyssey sticks to the point where the handle on the outside has broken off when trying to open it. This is the second time this has happened. The door has stuck on and off over the years and the handle has been broken off once previously. The handle cost me $247 to replace at the dealer the first time, where I was told I needed to lubricate the seals on a regular basis to prevent this from happening again. It was their opinion that the seals just worked too well. The only way in and out of the door without the handle is to kick the door with both feet from the inside to get it open again.

Filed May 25, 2009 · Body, Locks · 96,000 miles · MD

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.

Filed Apr 1, 2009 · Body, Locks · 97,000 miles · NH

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.

Filed Dec 14, 2008 · Locks · 75,000 miles · NJ

Honda odyssey 2002 passenger door jam. Door does not close properly; this is a safety hazard as I take 3 small children in a car where door is not fully secured. Have to drive car with alarm sound. Taken car to dealer many times & they are unable to fix problem and refuse to acknowledge that this is a major problem with many of the odyssey mini-vans.

Filed Sep 15, 2008 · Locks · 87,000 miles · VA

Driver side passenger rear sliding door will not latch completely. When the car is moving the door disengages and causes the buzzer to sound. Because the door does not latch or close completely the door cannot be locked. The car must be driven with the door not completely latched which is a safety issue as there are small children in the car.

Filed Aug 26, 2008 · Body, Locks · 77,000 miles · VT

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.