Carrier/rack problems of the 2008 Honda Odyssey

While stationary in a parking lot, while opening the passenger side sliding door the entire door jumped out of the channel, almost falling on top of myself and others and damaging the side of the car and rendering the door useless. The bearings for the door appear to be factory originals and are made of a cheap plastic that has broken. This appears to be dangerous and common for odyssees. I have never had a car ever have a door jump out of a track like this and I have had astro vans since the 1980s, and still currently own a 2002 that has never had such an issue. Sliding doors should not be able to spring out of tracks this way or use such easily broken, unreliable parts.

Passenger side sliding door jumped track and broke off during normal operations. Vehicle was parked, and passengers had exited.

The automatic sliding door came off the track and fell off while attempting to open the door. The car was parked and was being opened automatically when it became dislodged from the car's track. I spoke with a mechanic and this seems to be a common problem with the 2008 Honda Odyssey.

The contact owns a 2008 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the lift rear gate latch became inoperable and the gate would not remain open. The symbol on the driver's side front air bag leaked water whenever it would rain. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was notified, who advised that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000. Updated 3/19/13 the dealer informed the consumer the roof rack was loose and let in water, which leaked out of the driver side curtain air bag.