Body problems of the 2004 Honda Odyssey

The sliding passenger doors continue to fail to open electronically and are extremely difficult to open if they do not open electronically. This can be an issue for passengers in the event of an accident as everyone would have to climb out the front doors. The doors can only be opened electronically when stationary. When attempting to open manually, doors can only be opened a few inches.

There is a serious problem with the rear bumpers rusting away with no way of knowing. My family rode around in this car for maybe 2-3 years with a bumper that had rusted so badly it was literally falling apart, but remained inside of the bumper cover, so we did not know it. Finally it rusted so badly that it began to leave rust stains on the driveway and I traced it to this problem. By this time the bumper was almost gone. It probably past the point of providing any protection maybe 2 years ago. This car has a rear facing seat and is used often. It terrifies me to know a rear end collision at practically any speed would have been far worse then it should have been and probably impacted the fuel tank, again, at far lower speeds than it would normally. My search on the internet shows this is not an isolated issue, there are plenty of people complaining about this. In my opinion this needs to be checked out on all Odyssey's. People are driving around thinking they are protected and probably aren't. A rear collision could result in death due to the gas tank being left unprotected and rear passengers exposed to serious injuries at much lower speeds. I do not live in an area with lots of salt water or salted roads, there is not a rust issue anywhere else, this seems to be isolated to just the rear bumper.

I stopped behind a car waiting to merge from a parking lot to highway 193. The car ahead pulled out a little. Then apparently changing his mind, he backed up into me. I had not pulled forward, but he still totaled my car. Surprisingly, my airbags did not inflate. The collision bent my hood, cracked the grill, broke the bumper.

Have owned this oddysey since 2008 and the vehicle at that time had around 40,000 miles. At that time I had to replace the front engine mount. Las week I went to the dealer for 90k service and they tell me I need to replace both the front right and front middle mount again!!!. So these mounts last 40 to 50k miles at max, outrageous for a brand like Honda. I will cost me now 800$ to replace these 2.

I was entering an 4way and it was my way to clear to enter, when a driver on my right side enter after I had allready entered the intersection and was well underway. The other driver complain that he was blinded by the sun and ran into me on my right side of van. My insurance asked if my airbags had opened they didn't. The passenger door was damaged and the back side sliding door was completely damaged and was not able to open it and the opened door ding would not stop ringing. I am concerned why the bag didn't opened?.

Drivers side top sliding door track is coming loose the spot welds are braking loose from the body. The sliding door is a little lose. I am concerned that it will brake loose completely and the door will fall off while we are driving. This is a 2004 Honda Odyssey lx. I have called Honda directly but they say that I have to visit a dealer first before they will decide anything.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the hood became detached from the latch and crashed into the windshield, destroying the glass. The vehicle was towed to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the windshield and the hood would need to be replaced. The contact was also advised that the roof would need repairing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 168,000.

Parked car in parking lot--backed into spot--put into park?--shut off engine/removed key and exited vehicle/locked door and went into store--was informed within 5 minutes car had rolled approx' 50 feet into friends pickup truck. . My left front[driver side] had smashed into right rear of truck-no damage to trk--my car actually in reverse when key removed and engine stopped.

About 2 years ago, the window actuator failed on the passenger side, I paid to repair this. Over the last 6 months, another 4 actuators have failed. One of them is the lock actuator on passenger side, second is the lock actuator on left sliding door, another is the window actuator on driver side and the actuator for driver side door lock. The problems of this magnitude are a serious safety issue as the window actuator on driver side suddenly failed while driving and was scary as the window just fell into the door. The other actuators failing with locks and doors can be a serious problems, especially with children in the vehicle where the window or door suddenly opens or closes. This seems to be an electrical component problem that need to be addressed by a national recall.

A passenger in the car was bringing the window down. The passanger window dropped into the door, just fell down into the door with a loud noise. The window did not shatter but the window would not roll up. We took the car in for service. The door had to be taken appart to fix the window. Also, we replaced the passenger door and driver door electronic control units. The first time, the window did not work. The second time both units were replaced, the window can now be controlled from the passenger side, but not the driver side. Since then, a number of other Honda odsseys (2003-2005) having this exact issue have surfeced. This seems like a manufactruing issue and should be fixed by the dealer not the consumer.