Owners/service Manual problems of the 2007 Honda Odyssey

2007 Honda Odyssey touring van parked in grocery store parking lot. Used key fab to automatically open tailgate. While loading groceries into the back of the van, the tailgate suddenly, and without warning, dropped hitting the person loading groceries in the back of the head, resulting in a mild concussion. The tailgate no longer stays open when opened manually, and automatically shuts again when opened automatically. This strut failure is similar to the issues on the 2008-2009 Odysseys that were recalled.

Open driver sliding door to place groceries and shut the door. There was a buzzing sound (which has sounded previously but goes away if the sliding door lock is put into place) as I attempted to drive. As I turned a corner, the door opened all the way while I was driving on a city street. I used the automatic door closer and it closed. Less than 10 minutes later, still while driving on a street, the door opened fully again. I braked and put the car in park and attempted to use the automatic door closer, and it closed, but opened again right after I started the car and turned a corner. I stopped the car and got out and attempted to close the door manually, but it wouldn't close tightly. Because I was only a block away from home, I drove home and parked in the garage. I attempted to close the door several times, but it wouldn't close completely shut. Later, I went back into the garage, I opened the door and it shut tightly this time. Now, I am afraid to use the door. I bought the minivan because I have children.

The sliding door completely fell off. This was unprovoked. I opened it and it didn't open all the way. I then attempted to close it and it was stuck so I turned off the electric part. Now that it was manual I attempted to close it and it fell off complete!.

I opened my rear hatch door using the remote, it opened with the normal short beeps but closed very fast with a continues alarm . I opened the hatch manually and it slammed shut, won't stay open.

The driver's side lock actuator began to malfunction causing the doors to lock automatically and failing to unlock with remote. The only way to unlock the vehicle is to manually unlock with the key and the only way to fully lock the vehicle is to push down on driver's side lock button (on superior portion of door). This failure resulted in my two small children being locked inside a vehicle with the keys inside. At the time, they were too young to unbuckle themselves and get out of the vehicle. The problem began in the middle of the summer when temperatures inside a vehicle are dangerously high. We were told the repair would be approximately $400. In addition to the initial locking of the vehicle, it has posed additional safety hazards as people must wait on driver to manually open door, or to lock door. Security has been greatly affected. It is difficult to corral children while trying to unlock vehicle as well as posing security issues when in unsavory areas of town. As we understand, this has happened on a number of Honda vehicle models.