Body problems of the 2005 Honda Odyssey - part 2

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked and she opened the rear sliding door on the driver's side. While opening the door, two pins detached from the back end of the door and the door hung downward. The contact examined the pins and noticed that they were corroded. An authorized dealer was notified, but offered no assistance. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 97,000. Updated 6/4/12.

Our 2005 Honda Odyssey had just been serviced by the dealership and we were on our way home. We were at a stoplight when we noticed smoke coming from the engine. We quickly drove it a short distance away from anyone, jumped out and called the fire department. The engine compartment was completely burnt/destroyed and the vehicle was written off by the insurance company. A report was made to the dealership, as well as american Honda with accompanying investigative report and photographs. The cause of the fire was undetermined but originated in the engine compartment. .

While on vacation, the electric sliding door on the passenger side failed in such a way that the door could not be opened more than a few inches. We were still able to close the door and safely drive the vehicle. There was no way to manually override the electric opening mechanism where it was stuck, so the door could not be used. Several months later, the driver side sliding door also failed. In this case, the door was stuck half open and could not be moved either to fully open it or close it. The door was stuck open until we could get the vehicle to the dealer for repair. This is a safety issue. The electrically operated doors should be designed in such a way that allows easy manual operation of the doors in the event of a failure of the electric motor and opening mechanism.

The first incident of the driver side automatic sliding passenger door occurred in June 2010, when vehicle was only about 5 years old. There has never been an accident, dents, or anything that might impact the function of the doors. Since then, both passenger auto sliding doors now have trouble closing, and will often close on a passenger, with the passenger's body being the only thing that makes the door stop closing. Summary: both sliding doors either do not close properly (stop short and have to be restarted several times, often forced to close); or they close back immediately after opening and scare or squish the passenger who is getting into the vehicle. This is a safety hazard, and we fear that soon the doors will not stop and completely crush the person entering the vehicle, or we will have to drive with the door open if it will not close. Sometimes it takes about 4-6 attempts to close the doors after everyone is in the car and belted in. My friend has the same car and similar issue, so I was wondering if there are more complaints, perhaps there should be a recall? thank you for your time and consideration!.

Issue: design flaw in 2005 Honda Odyssey exl nav res which exposes the vehicles air conditioner condenser to unnecessary puncture damage from common street debris allowing dangerous freon gases to escape to damage the environment and provide great financial hardship to the vehicle owner. Common issue experienced by many of the exact same vehicle owners. This is a serious environmental issue that needs to be resolved by Honda as well as reimbursement for repairs and prevention steps taken by consumers to protect vehicles from future damage. My Honda had just experienced this issue and now all the freon released unnecessarily into the atmosphere and we are stuck with a $1000 repair and the vehicle is then still easily susceptible to future damage. I would like to file a formal complaint against Honda for this serious issue environmentally damage issue caused by their design flaw which easily exposes the air conditioning condenser to unnecessary damage and great financial hardship to the vehicle owner.

At highway speed, we noticed a thunk sound coming from the rear of the car. When we stopped, we noticed that the rear spoiler of our 2005 Honda Odyssey had come off. There were no injuries, the danger is the piece of the car flying through the air in the highway. The part is the size of a 2x4, it was located at the roof line above the rear gate. I do not know if anyone hit the part on the highway.

A/c condenser punctured by road debris for third time in 5 years. Design flaw; condenser has no protection behind grill. Expensive, non-warrantied item and repair!.

Passenger power sliding door malfunctioned. Door would not close in automatic mode. Door also could not be fully closed manually. Rear door latch would not hold door in closed position. As a result, door partially came open while driving.

The power sliding doors will not close on a hill. They will start to close and then reopen automatically on there own, they will only then close when you get to level ground. I bring this up now because I was with 7 Odyssey owners that have the exact same problem.

The lift gate will not stay open. When you open it and let go of it will fall on top of you.

At the time of purchase I was forced to obtain an extended warranty, etching and many other things. One year later I began to have problems with the sliding doors. I informed Honda because doors are covered under the extended warranty and the dealer refused to do any repairs. Summer of 2014 there's a recall on the fuel pump and the dealership claims that because the doors are stuck closed they cannot repair the recall. However the service advisor opened the sliding doors and still then they refuse to complete the recall. I contacted Honda's manufacturer and per the case manager at corporate office," Honda cannot help me the recall. " I recently learned that on September of 2011 there was an extended warranty on the steering. I informed the case manager that I never received such notice. Her response was "perhaps the notice was mailed to the previous owner, because we go by the address noted at the dmv office. "; September of 2011 the vehicle was registered under my name and address, the case manager did not have a response for me. Fuel pump recall has not been repaired.

Rolling side doors - and rear hatch struts massive problems. Bought car in Jan 2006, new. In 2007 one of the side doors quit rolling. Had to have the roller replaced - cost over $700. Then a year later, the other side rolling door went out. Then, the rear hatch struts totally gave way and the rear hatch came slamming down about 2 inches from my 7 year olds head. I called dealer - Honda carland in roswell - they could care less. Until I had to raised the roof with Honda corporate before anybody would offer to cover the cost to replace struts. For certain, this would have been a serious injury to someone's head if it fell on them. After the hatch, then came the third sliding door problem, again I had to fix the door. So, three door fixes at over $700 each. Now, in 2013 for the fourth time door is going out again. I am trading the car in before having it fixed.

Welds between the rear driver's side wheel well and the vehicle floor failed/cracked resulting in water leaking into the van at this site. Dealer service department attempted to repair this 3 times without success. They determined the welds were cracked and rewelded this seam. It is not known if this solved the problem as the van has not been driven in the rain since the last repair.

Drivers side rear passenger 'power sliding door' (psd) failed to close, requiring wife and children to drive to garage with open door, and door alarm sounding. Door closed normally at garage, and neither that mechanic nor the Honda dealer could find any problem with door. Problem repeated sporadically through the years, and dealer could never resolve problem. I discovered that I could manually assist the door to close and, with several tries, get it closed. Because of the hazards in having to drive to a mechanic with children and an open passenger door & screaming alarm, our solution has been to never open that door, but occasionally a passenger has unknowingly opened it, causing difficulty closing it. Over the years I've observed that this failure happens whenever the vehicle is parked on a noticeable incline. I suggested to the Honda service manager that some mechanical part may be loose, causing binding in the track, but he always reported that everything about the mechanism was "fine". I discovered today that NHTSA action number 10016777 and Honda service bulletin number 204110 were issued in 2005, relating to this problem. The Honda dealer was, or should have been, aware of the defect each time I returned to them to fix it under warranty. I believe this flaw should be recalled for repair: there is a genuine safety hazard to a vehicle full of children when having to drive to a garage when a door refuses to close.