2002 Honda Odyssey Latches & Locks Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOORS WERE INOPERABLE AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE LUBRICANT WAS APPLIED TO THE RUBBER DOOR SEALS. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR, THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED. AND THE CONTACT HAD TO ABRUPTLY KICK THE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL UNTIL THE DOOR WAS OPENED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR SPORADICALLY AND WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR WON'T CLOSE CHANGED FUSES HAD IT INTO SHOP CAN'T SEEM TO FIX I'L BE DRIVING ALONG AND THE DOOR JUST OPENS THANK GOD MY KIDS ARE GROWN UP. *TR

PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY STICKS TO THE POINT WHERE THE HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE HAS BROKEN OFF WHEN TRYING TO OPEN IT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE DOOR HAS STUCK ON AND OFF OVER THE YEARS AND THE HANDLE HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF ONCE PREVIOUSLY. THE HANDLE COST ME $247 TO REPLACE AT THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME, WHERE I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO LUBRICATE THE SEALS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. IT WAS THEIR OPINION THAT THE SEALS JUST WORKED TOO WELL. THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR WITHOUT THE HANDLE IS TO KICK THE DOOR WITH BOTH FEET FROM THE INSIDE TO GET IT OPEN AGAIN. *TR

HONDA ODYSSEY 2002 PASSENGER DOOR JAM. DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY; THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS I TAKE 3 SMALL CHILDREN IN A CAR WHERE DOOR IS NOT FULLY SECURED. HAVE TO DRIVE CAR WITH ALARM SOUND. TAKEN CAR TO DEALER MANY TIMES & THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE ODYSSEY MINI-VANS. *TR

DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH COMPLETELY. WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING THE DOOR DISENGAGES AND CAUSES THE BUZZER TO SOUND. BECAUSE THE DOOR DOES NOT LATCH OR CLOSE COMPLETELY THE DOOR CANNOT BE LOCKED. THE CAR MUST BE DRIVEN WITH THE DOOR NOT COMPLETELY LATCHED WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THERE ARE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR. *TR

ON 6/21/08 AND 6/23/08 THE RIGHT REAR POWER DOOR ON MY HONDA ODYSSEY VAN CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THEIR WERE TWO CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS IN THIS ROW. THE VAN WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALER ON 6/27/8. AT FIRST WE WERE INFORMED THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN THREE COMPONENTS WOULD HAVE TO FAIL SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THAT IT WAS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH AMERICAN HONDA MOTORS AND WERE TOLD THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AND THEY NEVER HAD ANY REPORTED CASE OF IT. THEY HAVE FAXED THE DEALER A QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE DEALER WILL BE TRYING TO DIAGNOSE FROM THAT. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN. *TR

MY TWO YEAR OLD SON'S THUMB WAS BROKEN IN THE AUTOMATIC POWER SIDE DOOR OF MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE DOOR IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE A SAFETY DEVICE THAT MAKES THE DOORS STOP IF BUMPED. IT FAILED AND THE DOOR CLOSED TILL LATCH CONNECTED AND SNAPPED MY SON'S THUMB BELOW THE FIRST JOINT. MY WIFE HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR TO RELEASE THE THUMB. HE WAS TAKEN TO CHKD IN NORFLOK VA AND THE FINGER WAS PLACED IN A CAST DUE TO A CLEAN BREAK OF THE BONE. *TR

I OWN A HONDA ODYSSEY AND LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST. THE SIDE DOORS OF MY MINIVAN BECOME COMPLETELY FROZEN SHUT IN WINTER. IF I EVER NEEDED TO GET ANYONE OUT OF THE REAR OF MY CAR IN A HURRY DURING AN EMERGENCY THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS. *NM

THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ON THE POWER SLIDING DOORS OF OUR HONDA MINIVAN DISABLE THE DOORS FROM BEING OPENED FROM THE INSIDE; HOWEVER, WHEN THE SLIDING DOORS ARE OPEN, THE DOORS CAN BE CLOSED USING THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE, EVEN WITH THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ENGAGED. OUR 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ACTIVATED THE OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE, HURTING HER HAND IN THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE AS THE DOOR CLOSED (ONCE THE DOOR IS IN MOTION, THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS USING THE KEY FOB OR THE DASHBOARD SWITCH). THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS SHOULD DISABLE THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE TO BOTH OPEN AND CLOSE THE POWER SLIDING DOORS. *JB

DOOR OPENED TWICE WHILE DRIVING, SMALL CHILDREN WERE SITING IN THE CAR. ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY. OFTEN HAVE PROBLEMS SHUTTING IT ALL THE WAY, HAVE HAD IT "REPAIRED" TO NO AVAIL. COMPANY SEEMS AWARE OF THE PROBEM AS THE DEALER REPAIRED A BODY DING RESULTING FROM MANUALLY SHUTTING THE DOOR. NO INJURY HAS OCCURED YET, BUT IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCKS. WHEN THE WEATHER IS VERY COLD, THE SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT OPEN. IT WILL MAKE THE BEEPING SOUNDS AS IF THE DOORS ARE TO OPEN, HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT OPEN. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE OWNER USE A HAIR DRYER TO HELP OPEN THE DOORS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

MY HONDA ODYSEY VAN'S BOTH SLIDIING DOORS STICKS ON COLD WEATHER. UNABLE TO OPEN FOR DAYS. IT IS IMPORTANT SAFTEY ISSUE, WITH KIDS INSIDE THE VAN ESPECIALLY INCASE OF AN ACCIDENT.*AK

THE HANDLE OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE SLIDING DOOR OF OUR ODYSSEY BROKE AT JUST OVER 36,000 MILES AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE DOOR THAT HAS BEEN STUCK ALMOST EVERY WEEK FOR OVER TWO YEARS. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE AT TIMES WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE TO GET OUR CHILDREN OUT OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY. MY BROTHER OWNS AN ODYSSEY AND THE DOOR HANDLE ALSO BROKE ON HIS STICKING SLIDING DOOR. OUR VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO LIA HONDA WHEN IT HAD 4,748 MILES ON IT. THEY TOLD US TO LUBE THE DOORS CONTINUALLY. IT DIDN'T HELP! EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE WORK WE REITERATED THE CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE STICKING DOOR. THEY CONTINUED TO STATE IT IS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM THAT WE MUST DEAL WITH AND THEY WOULD NOT LIST IT AS A WARRANTY VISIT. NOTHING THEY SUGGESTED WORKED, PARTICULARLY ON HOT SUMMER DAYS WHEN THE WEATHER STRIPPING BEHAVED LIKE GLUE. THE AMERICAN HONDA PERSONNEL WE SPOKE TO ON AUGUST 18TH TOLD US THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT HONDA WOULD COVER IT EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS OFF WARRANTY BECAUSE WE WERE UNABLE TO GET THE LIA HONDA DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THE STICKING PROBLEM AFTER NUMEROUS VISITS UNDER WARRANTY. AS OF TODAY, AUGUST 20TH, KATHERINE MEYERS OF AMERICAN HONDA HAS TOTALLY CONTRADICTED WHAT THE OTHER HONDA REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US AND STATES THAT THE STICKING DOOR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BROKEN HANDLE AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I TOLD HER THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING SAFETY ISSUE AND SHE STATED THAT AMERICAN HONDA IS UNAWARE OF THAT. I SEE FROM THE NHTSB WEB SITE THAT THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS ARE PERTINENT TO THIS SITUATION: 768792, 8018462, 8021100, 10007658, 10015774, 10023137, & 10038220.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS LOADING GROCERIES THE CARGO DOOR SLAMMED. THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS POTENTIAL HAZARD. *AK

THE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB. THE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN, HOWEVER THE OPENED DUE TO VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING. THE DEFECT WAS DUE TO THE METAL DOOR STICKING TO THE RUBBER SEAL. *JB

WHILE TRYING TO OPEN SLIDING DOOR FROM OUTSIDE DOOR BECOME JAMMED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED THREE TIMES, AND REPAIRED DOOR, BUT PROBLEM RETURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK