Door problems of the 2000 Honda Odyssey - part 2

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 the temperature changes the sliding doors on either side of the vehicle become stuck. Consumer cannot get the doors open. Dealer suggested using a silicone spray on the door seals. Consumer called the dealer about this problem several times but received no help.

Manual side doors often stick so badly it cannot be opened except by someone getting inside and kicking the door. A child could not exert enough force. Once the handle broke off. 2000 Honda odyssey.

Since day one of owning our 2000 Honda Odyssey lx, both sliding doors stick. Recently, the driver's side door handle broke. Dealer has only greased the door, which only prevents the seal or vacuum or whatever for a short period.

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.

Middle of back door metal is fatigue. Door metal is denting. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated consumer was pushing on metal when closing door.

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.

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.

Rear passengers doors will frequently not open, exposing consumer's three children and other rear seat passengers to danger not being able to enter or exit van, if necessary. .

Rear automatic doors do not shut properly and also suddenly indicate that they unlock, from a locked position.

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.

Ongoing problem with the sliding door sticking when closed. Consumer was unable to open the door even if the door was unlocked. Dealership has serviced vehicle twice, and lubricated the door. Dealership indicated that one of the wheels that made the door close broke.

Ongoing problem with the sliding door sticking when closed. Consumer was unable to open the door even if the door was unlocked. Dealership serviced the vehicle twice , and lubricated the door. The problem progressed and currently door also does not close properly. Dealership indicated that one of the wheels that made the door close broke.

When filling fuel tank consumer's daughter was able to unlock the driver's side power sliding door. Door opened quickly and jammed over the fuel filler door, damaging fuel filler door, also caused fuel to spill on ground. Safety and environmental problem. I would think that door would be totally inoperable under these conditions.

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.

Automatic sliding door on driver's side does not open at all when handle is used. Must open from inside or via remote. Doors make buzzing sound intermittently advising that doors are ajar even when closed contact pads have been replaced, yet problem continues. Sometimes door will not close fully. It closes, attempts to latch and then re-opens partially. Other sliding door has similar issues to a lesser extent. Lots of other diverse issues.

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. ".

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.

Consumer states that the manual sliding door would intermittently not open. Vehicle been to the dealer on six occasion and the problem is still occurring. Feel free to provide any further information.

Sliding door locks will automatically lock and stay locked. At other times door will lock in an open position. Contacted dealer.

My son accidently pulled the level to close the power sliding door. My wife was still putting stuff in the van. The door pinned her against the frame, it did not stop as expected. I later checked the operation of the doors and found the passenger side to be intermittent (sometimes it would stop) and the driver's side would never stop. My wife suffered severe back and neck pain and bruises on her shoulder. According to the owner's manual the door should stop. However, the next sentence says it may not be immediate and may cause "bruising and discomfort". This is a serious hazard for people with children. If my 18-month old would have had his head in the way the door would have smashed it hard. Honda needs to take a close look at these to ensure that they are operating correctly. We decided it was too much risk, so we got rid of the van and bought a Toyota sienna without power doors.

Passenger doors stick and can not be opened without extreme force. Sometimes unable to open & driving down the road "door open light " comes on, because the door has come ajar. Inside door latch has also pierced a dent in the body of the door.

The left hand sliding door opened on its own while the car was moving, it also jams and doesnot close completely, consumer stated that this problem is dangerous and substantially impairs the safety, consumer stated the vehicle has been into dealer on 8 different occasions for the sliding door problem.

The left hand sliding door opened on its own while the car was moving, it also jams and doesnot close completely, consumer stated that this problem is dangerous and substantially impairs the safety, consumer stated the vehicle has been into dealer on 8 different occasions for the sliding door problem.

The drivers side sliding door on our van keeps getting stuck ajar when I try to close it. I believe this is very dangerous and have had to put a lot of force against it to get it closed since I have two small children in the back seats. I have taken it in to hall Honda to get fixed once and they thought they fixed it and it still does it. The problem is that is doesn't do it always, it is on and off. Yesterday was the last time. I does it at least 5 out of 7 days a week. I put two small dents in the door trying to close it while I was away from home once since my children were in the back and I didn't want to leave it that way. The Honda dealer is acting as if they are not going to fix the dents but if the door wasn't malfunctioning the dents wouldn't be there. I was afraid my children could fall out while I was driving home and couldn't leave it open. I am taking the van back in tonight and we'll see if they fix it this time. Also I will be talking to them about getting the two little dents fixed free of charge since this wasn't my fault. This problems started shortly after we bought the van. Thank you cheryl cepek.

Right electric sliding door opens intermittently when car is in park. Of some 20 incidents only 2 have occurred when the engine was running (transmission in park) and doors unlocked. Other incidents ocurred when car was unattended and doors unlocked. Dealer notified. Dealer requested car be left for observation. This approach is not acceptable to owner as problem may take a week or two to reoccur.

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.

While putting kids in the car, one of the children pulled the side door handle and the door automatically rolled shut. This door could injure someone, especially a child if caught between the door. Consumer feels there should be a better sensor system to stop when there are objects blocking the door.

Rear sliding doors are not opening/closing properly. Intermittently doors would not open at all. This causes child to be locked in at times. Also, rear passenger's outside door handles broke off as well. Dealer notified, and waited on handle replacement. Repairs have been made on several occasions, problem still exists.

Both the left and right sliding doors automatically open by itself while vehicle is parked and while driving. Yh.

Power sliding doors reverse themselves the first time anything gets in their path. If you stop the door and attempt to close it a second time the doors will not stop closing. The door closed on my husbands fingers the other week at the car dealership. We are looking to buy a Honda Odyssey, but are thinking twice because of this issue. I am concerned that a child could get hurt pretty bad by the power of this closing door. The salesman told us that you cannot try to close the door a second time without waiting for a least 1 whole minute, because the mechanism needs to reset itself. If children are getting in and out of the door it is hard to say that they would not wait the full 1 minute and that someone might be in the way of the sliding door.

Rear passenger sliding door opened up and made sounds. Consumer took vehicle to the dealership, and mechanic told her that there was a sensor inside of the door panel.

Electric sliding power doors do not rebound when encountering obstacle. Should a person inadvertantly get in the way of a closing door, the motor will exert tremendous force on individual, likely causing injury. The owners manual suggests pressing the "open" button on the remote key ring or the dash board. In the case of a small child entering/exiting (which in the case of a Mini-van is quite likely), the potential for injury is severe. The manufacturer should have designed an adjustable pressure sensor, over-current senser (similar to garage doors), or other detection device to create a safer door. Please investigate.

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.

Power sliding doors are hard to open and can not be locked with remote key due to controlling computer failure. Yh.