Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the rear liftgate struts were defective and caused the door to close abruptly upon accessing. The door closed on the contacts face; however, there was no injury. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 66,800.
2007 Honda Odyssey body complaints
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Passenger side rear sliding door fell off when it was opened. Roller assembly had broken, cables were still attached.
Drivers side rear sliding door fell off when it was opened. Cables were still attached. Roller assembly had broken.
My daugher and I heard a clicking noise coming from the back of my van and opened up my tailgate to see where the noise was coming from. The tailgate was working but a clicking noise was coming from the strut on the left. Both my six year old and I were under the tailgate at the time trying to figure out where the clicking noise was coming from. Ten minutes later the strut failed. It would no longer stay open at all and slammed down instead of staying open. Had my daughter and/or I had been under it at the time of failure, we would have been seriously injured. This is a very unsafe situation for a family vehicle. It is common for both of my children and I to unpack items from the van and it sickens me that this problem has happened before on honda oddessey vans!
The tail gate lift was working fine one day and on the next day the tail gate hit my wife in the head. This is very dangerous as this happened with no warning. Honda must fix this matter because this is very dangerous.
Yesterday my three year old had 3 of his teeth nearly ripped out of his head by an integrated sunshade in the sliding door of my 2007 honda odyssey. By nearly ripped out I mean they got caught in the thing when the door was opening...the door didn't stop opening and it caused his teeth to stick straight out of his mouth (moved almost 90 degrees upward). The window was completely up and the windows are tinted in the rear of the odyssey's so I couldn't see him holding (and apparently biting) the sunshade while approaching the rear passenger sliding door. I would not have opened the door knowing it was in his mouth. I applied pressure and got his teeth to go back in place and took him to the dentist. We are on a wait-and-see scenario with whether or not my child will lose his teeth. I inquired, with honda vehicles, if there was any sort of lock for this sunshade and why there isn't a sensor to indicate something is tugging on the doors. He told me there is no product that can lock the sunshade in the retracted position to prevent injuries, didn't comment on the sensors, and told me to move my child to the back seat of the van.
We have a 2007 honda odyssey that suddenly started to have the paint bubble up and begin peeling. It started off in two small areas on the hood and the roof and has grown tremendously in the past six months. It looks awful.
Paint chipped on the outside the size of a dinner plate on the roof above the windshield. No reason.
Both my power sliding doors are starting to fail. There seem to be numerous complaints about rear power door issues on the odysseys. Our driver side rear power door does not lock or unlock properly unless done manually and it will not open with the remote or the button on the dashboard. The passenger side doors makes a loud popping noise when it opens and also make a noise after its closed as if the door hadn't latched properly. Have not had any broken or fallen doors yet. This seems to be an endemic issue rather than a few problems here and there. This is also an issue with safety more than anything else hence requiring immediate attention from honda what will happen if I have to rush my three small children out of the car in an emergency and am not able to open either doors or as it has happened to other parents my door falls while driving?????? This is a part of the car that should not fail after any year of service and sensible use, however is happening to new as well as older models. And why are we continuously being stuck with the bill (upwards of $500.00) for honda's failure to produce quality doors and door assemblies for one of the most critical part of a car. I would like to know from you government what are you doing about this. We do not need another toyota situation, where we had to see people perishing before you guys did anything about it!!!!!!
Left side (driver side) power door stopped working. Door can't be opened either under power or manually.
After 3.5 years after I bought my 2007 honda odyssey, I noticed that the paint on the roof and on the top of the front fenders started peeling off. I brought it to the dealer and they said they can't do anything because my warranty had expired. I told them that I have their extended warranty and showed them a copy of honda service bulletin # 08-031 that describes the paint peeling problem and how to fix it. In the service bulletin, honda will fix the paint problem and warranty the paint for 7 years. They refused to do anything. I contacted honda customer service and they said that they will not fix the paint to primer adhesion issue. Without a solid paint covering on the van, it will rust prematurely and lose value very fast. This paint to primer issue is widespread among many honda vehicles and model years and colors yet the service bulletin only mentions paint peeling on dark blue 2003-2005 odysseys built at the alabama plant with vins starting with 5fn . My odyssey is a 2007 with light blue paint, was built at the same alabama plant and my VIN starts with 5fn . I have the same paint issue and the pictures of peeling paint in the service bulletin are exactly like my problem and in exactly the same spots. Clearly the paint problem is more widespread than honda is willing to admit. Please bring this issue in behalf of many honda owners to honda's attention and I hope they will do the right thing and fix our cars and fix the potential paint peeling problems of new cars.
The lift gate gas filled struts on our 2007 honda odyssey have failed. The lift gate will not stay open to pack the van for trips and requires some sort of prop to stay open. The gate has fallen twice off the prop and hit me, not seriously, but it hurt. It's heavy. I see that later models have a recall associated with similar problems but the 2007 does not as of yet. (the federal safety agency campaign #12v062000, action # pe11034).
I cut and pasted part of another complaint as this complaint perfectly explains my complaint. "the right rear passenger intermittently fails to open or close. This occurs when using the remote, driver buttons, or the door handles (interior & exterior). It appears to jump off the track. We have had it looked at by a honda" 5 times. I bought it used from the dealership and it was a certified, pre owned honda. The 4th time I took it in they replaced the replaced the harness and pinch center in may 8, 2012. They said the middle roller was broken as well and that was replaced in february 2012. But I am still having trouble. This morning when I brought it in to look at it, the door made the loud popping sound it sometimes makes after I have tried to open it for a long time without success. The technician saw it but like all of them, he just looked dumbfounded and did not appear to know what to do. I mentioned others have complained about the doors on this site and they did not seem to care. The most aggravating thing is that when I bring it in to the shop to be seen, the door always works for the honda guys so it looks like I am crazy.
The tailgate of my van, didn't stay open. As soon as I leave my hand from it, instead of staying open, it just came down and closed. I was nearly hurt..... I talked to american honda, and they didn't think this is worthy of recall. Even though, 2008 honda odyssey has a similar defect and they have issued recall. But not for 2007 model.
Tailgate struts stopped working. Tailgate will not stay in upright position. There is a recall on the 2008-2009 models with power tailgate lift (the federal safety agency action number pe11034) but not on 2007 models with manual lift.
My wife had mentioned she had been experiencing some problems with the hatch on her honda. Yesterday she said it was slow to open; today she said it would not open at all. I went out to look at the hatch and try to determine if she had a blown fuse, etc. I pushed the button on the remote and the tailgate opened, contrary to what she had told me. It seemed to open slower than normal. I went to see if anything was attached to the hatch that would slow down its opening. It was raining, so I stepped under the hatch. Without warning it came down on me. The interior of the hatch hit me on the head, knocked me forward then hit me in the back of my legs, causing pain to both my shins and calves where I was struck by the hatch and rear bumper. I already have some issues with a stained neck due to military related service. When the hatch hit me on the head I felt a sudden jolt of pain in my arm and shoulder, like a huge electric shock. Now my neck is very sore/stiff. I have had many other cars with rear hatches. The hatch struts would slowly lose their effectiveness, and would give you some sort of warning that they were going to be in need of repair. These hatches would become less effective in the winter, during cold weather. This is not the case with our odyssey. It happened suddenly; one day it was fine, the next day it was smacking me in the head. Something is wrong with the design of these things. I'm going to contact honda of america and let them know that they have a serious safety flaw in that these things could suddenly fail so rapidly. I'm a strong, healthy man. I work as firefighter in a big city, so this kind of trauma is not a huge deal to me. I shudder to think what would have happened if a smaller person was struck by this hatch.
Truck tailgate holder failed and hit driver on the back. It slammed closed and would not stay open.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact attempted to open the rear lift gate and noticed that it had become extremely heavy and would not remain open. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 12v062000 (structure: body: hatchback/liftgate: support device) but the recall only covered the 2008-2009 honda odyssey vehicles and not the 2007 models. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 106,000.
The rear tailgate struts on my honda odyssey van failed once I opened it. The heavy tailgate began to close on me while I was under it and had I not noticed it coming down it would have crushed me. I'm elderly and struggled with the weight of the tailgate as I caught it. The passenger-side strut completely failed, leaking some kind of fluid out of it and the driver-side strut is also leaking. These leaks and failures were sudden as I had recently washed the van a day before and did not find any leaks when I cleaned the tailgate.
The right rear passenger intermittenly fails to open or close. This occurs when using the remote, driver buttons, or the door handles (interior & exterior). It appears to jump off the track. We have had it looked at by a honda dealer no less than 3 times. I know of two other people who have the same problem with their 2007 odyssey.
Paint on the roof peeling on top. Can see metal now and started as bubble. Worried about rusting. Contacted dealer they are doing nothing.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the rear hinge door struts fractured, causing the door to slam shut. The contact mentioned that the door impacted her on the top of her head. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 103,000.
The rear power liftgate cannot stay in open position. Power liftgate would open and then slam shut occasionally. Struts cannot support weight of rear liftgate.
While driving in heavy raining conditions or flow of water pool, on roadway or hwy, vehicle wants to shut off displaying no charging, like I have no power for a few seconds. Twice this occurred on hwy speed 70+ or 25-30 +, on roadway with heavy rain and flow of water pool splash during turn vehicle shut off and power up within approximately 3-5 seconds. I was able to move over to the off road medium and regain engine power. This has happen numerous times in the course of 2 yrs. Bringing vehicle to honda dealership which they cant repeat complaint even with hosing engine belt with water,though the tech stated many customers have reported this during raining conditions. Note no power steering due to this event. Ret nypd
On 1/23/12 while attempting to close drivers side power sliding door with remote, it was noted that while attempting to close, said door closed about half-way and then reopened. Several attempts were made to close above door until it finally did close. It was also noted at this time that when it did close it made a thumping noise. "thump... Thump... Thump..." while the door was closing. It should be stated that this problem has continued to happen several times this past week, however not all the time. The thumping noise was noted all the time though, only upon closing. Annoying, but not terrible. Tonight, 2/1/12, however is a different story. I opened the above door using the exterior door handle, the door began to open. When it (sliding door) was just about completely open (more than 3/4 open but not fully), my six year-old son attempted to climb into the van (something he has done before without there ever being a problem) when the door began to close on its own! Thankfully, I was standing right there and I was able to pull him out of harms way and stop the door from closing on him. The door then opened, when I physically stopped it from closing on my son, and then began to close again and then open, to where it stayed. It was then that I turned off the power slider and closed the door manually. I realize nowhere on this form does it ask for potential injuries, however this could have been devastating. A necessary component (a door) that one believes to be safe is not only unreliable but hazardous.
Rear liftgate struts on 2007 honda odyssey experienced sudden failure causing the rear liftgate to suddenly close on me when standing under it. Struts are manufactured by stabilus part # 6826ur 0810n 334/06 c7. The part number is 74820-shj-a012. There was a previous safety recall for the 2005 honda odyssey for this same issue. The federal safety agency action number ea08015. There is no recall notice for the 2007 sudden strut failure.
When I open the liftgate it does not hold up. The tailgate gas strut has failed I only have 33,000 miles on it.
The power liftgate on my 2007 honda odyssey touring minivan started opening partially, and within three days the liftgate would not hold door open. Power struts failed and hit my son and daughter in back as they were climbing into van. No recalls on file for my year model, but have seen several other complaints for the same problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the rear passenger side sliding door closed on a child, causing bruises to the childs right hand. The contact stated that the door should have retracted when it sensed an obstruction but it did not. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a complaint was filed. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.
Our 2007 honda odyssey was working perfectly until yesterday when the hatch shut on me. It knocked me out for a minute. I don't know what happened that it just stopped working but it just missed our new puppy who was in my arms at the time.
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