Door problems of the 2010 Honda Odyssey

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Odyssey. While closing the rear driver's side door, the door fell off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer (pearson Honda in midlothian, va) where the contact was informed to pay for the repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the failure was unusual and did not accept responsibility. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 93,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the rear sliding doors failed to remain open to allow the passengers to enter the vehicle. As a result, a passenger was nearly injured. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the rear sliding door on the driver side was being closed by a child occupant when it closed on the child's hands. There were no severe injuries but the childs hand was swollen. The contact felt that there should have been a sensor that would stop the door from closing if there was an obstruction. The contact did not contact the dealer or the manufacturer. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired for the failure. The current and failure mileages were 13,801.

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the rear sliding doors were manufactured with a sensor to prevent the doors from closing when the door was obstructed. The contacts fingers were obstructing the rear driver sliding door and instead of sensing his fingers were in the door, closed on his fingers resulting in severe bruising and abrasions to the left hand. The contact spoke with the manufacturer but was told there was nothing they could do to assist. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileage was 30,000.

This is an on-going safety issue and possible equipment defect involving the check rod mechanism on the front doors of the vehicle. The check rods do not provide adequate resistance to keep the door open. When the vehicle is parked and the front door is in the fully opened position, the door is prone to swing shut. This occurs in a variety of situations: on a level surface, if the door is pushed open, the door will sometimes swing back on the occupant; the fully opened door will also swing shut when the vehicle is on even a slight incline or is blown by a gust of wind. The check rods do not provide adequate resistance to keep the door in the open position when fully extended. These are very heavy doors and could cause serious injury. My wife and I have both experienced numerous instances in which the door has started swinging shut in each of these situations. I discussed this concern with the service manager at my local Honda dealership and I reported this problem to american Honda (case # [xxx]). I compared the front door check rod mechanism in the 2012 Honda Odyssey on the dealer?s lot. The check rod on the 2012 Odyssey functioned properly, creating an appropriate level of resistance when the door was fully extended. The service manager ordered a set of 2012 Odyssey check rods, with the hope they could be installed on my 2010 Odyssey. Unfortunately, the 2012 rods did not match and could not be installed on my vehicle. American Honda has declined to take any remedial action. I strongly suspect that the defect in the check rod used in the 2010 Odyssey model led to a redesign of the check rod mechanism for subsequent vehicle years. I respectfully request that your office check into this matter and address the defect in the 2010 Odyssey check rod. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).