Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - DOORS - LATCH | ||||||||||||||||
| 00V119000 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. | from 12/10/1999 to 01/07/2000 | V (Vehicle) | 7085 | 06/22/2000 | MFR | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 04/25/2000 | 05/02/2000 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: minivan. the sliding doors may not latch properly. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | An improperly latched door could open unexpectedly while the vehicle is in motion. under certain circumstances, a door could open completely. an unrestrained rear seat passenger could fall out of an open door of a moving vehicle and be seriously injured or killed. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the door latch assembly on all odyssey minvans built from december 3, 1999 through december 16, 1999. also included in this recall are approximately 1,612 odyssey minivans that had the latches replaced under recall 99v-158 or under warranty, that may need to have the latches replaced again. owners of these vehicles will be notified by honda to bring the vehicle to their honda dealer for inspection of the previously replaced latch assembly. latches with the suspect date code will be replaced. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began june 22, 2000. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact honda at 1-800-999-1009. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | |||
| 10/01/2012 | 208900 | 1 | |
| Left sliding door latch does not work, transmission doesn't work after 61 miles of purchase ! *tr | |||
| 05/01/2012 | 50620 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. the contact stated both rear sliding doors failed to completely close and the doors would open while driving. the dealer was notified and stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with nhtsa campaign id number 00v119000 (latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch). the manufacturer was notified and also stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall. no further assistance was offered. the failure mileage was 55,620. | |||
| 08/16/2009 | 1 | ||
| The passenger side sliding door will not stay closed. the problem started with a few failures to close completely but eventually it did close properly. honda service said it required a new motor (cost $600 cdn), but managed to close the door manually and showed us how to shut off the beeping. we have avoided using that door, but this weekend a friend opened it and we could not shut it properly. we had a 6-hour drive home from the cottage. several times on the way home the door slid open when making a turn. i managed (from the front seat) to pull the door back to almost closed. we have now taken it back to honda -- the cost to fix will be about $600. for safety reasons, there should be a manual override to keep the doors closed. *tr | |||
| 08/07/2009 | 80000 | 1 | |
| Electric back doors are inconsistent with either not opening/shutting all the way. sometimes will not open at all. not safe with children/persons in backseats for emergency situations. honda repaired once when under certified warranty. has happened several times after. vehicle not under warranty and honda dealer is charging astronomical amount to repair. saying there could be electrical shorts and possible danger. hope something can be done to help all of us, according to online info, several hundred similar complaints exist. *tr | |||
| 07/05/2009 | 80000 | 1 | |
| My 2000 honda odyssey automatic doors don't work. i don't trust them because it could trap my young daughter plus when they fail to close all the way seems dangerous. i know that so many people are having the same problem. why don't you people do something about this? *tr | |||
| 02/02/2009 | 115001 | 1 | |
| Sliding doors do not latch or close completely, like leaving the doors partly open, happened to pass side, replaced the rh closer 72610-sox-a53 now the lh side is now being replaced. *tr | |||
| 05/25/2007 | 1 | ||
| I have owned my honda odyssey since 2004 and i love it. i have been happy with honda in general. the only complaint i have is the sliding doors stick so much that i have to push on the inside and pull on the outside in order to get them to open. i have had to replace 3 of the handles which were around $80-$90 each time because they are plastic and keep on breaking. the one on the passenger side is broke again and i haven't yet gotten it fixed. *tr | |||
| 12/16/2008 | 1 | ||
| Automatic sliding door will not latch, third time it has happened, first two times was an easy fix, this time the 'fix' is not working. *tr | |||
| 08/20/2008 | 1 | ||
| 2000 honda odyssey driver side power sliding door does not close and lock properly. *tr | |||
| 06/10/2008 | 97500 | 1 | |
| My 2000 honda odyssey has had trouble (several different times) with its sliding power doors not latching properly and i've had several repairs on them over the 8 years i've owned the vehicle. as of a few days ago, my driver's side sliding door will not open at all using the power. i have a baby carseat installed in the seat behind the driver's seat, so i've had to get my baby in and out of the car through the passenger side sliding door over the last few days, and i realized that if there were an accident or fire in my car, this would be a safety issue because i would not be able to get my baby out quickly. in order to open the driver's side sliding door, i would have to reach into the car from the driver's door, slide the locking mechanism into the unlocked position, turn off the power to the sliding doors, and then use a lot of force to manually open the sliding door. and sometimes when i have tried this, the locking mechanism immediately slides itself back into the locked position before i am able to get the door open. *tr | |||
| 03/25/2008 | 122000 | 1 | |
| The driver's side door failed to open while my wife and daughter were in the car, a 2000 honda odyssey that we have had continual design flaw problems with from virtually the day we bought it new. i had to pay close to $535 to get this door latch replaced!! and american honda motor corp. in torrance refused my request for any assistance whatsoever!! i do not think a door latch should ever have to be replaced, on any car, as this is part of the basic car chasis/frame and should last the life of the car. we had no choice because this door would not open at all and my wife had to crawl in/across from the front passenger-side door to get in until we could get it fixed. *tr | |||
| 01/19/2008 | 69496 | 1 | 07/17/2000 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. the contact started the vehicle and all of the interior lights dimmed ten seconds later. the following day, the locks began to randomly lock on there own. the vehicle has not yet been repaired. the current mileage was 69,538 and failure mileage was 69,496. | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - DOORS - LATCH | |||
| 11/07/2007 | 180000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. the contact stated that the sliding doors would not close proper and would come off track while closing automatically. the contact had to push the door back on track in order for the doors to be closed and locked. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic where the mechanic advised that the upper track for the door latch assembly needed to be replaced. the mechanic informed the contact of nhtsa campaign id number: 00v119000 (latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch) but the contact was advised by the manufacturer that the vehicle was not included in the recall due to the vin. the failure mileage was 180,000. | |||
| 01/03/2010 | 96000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. while attempting to open the driver side sliding door, half of the latch on the door handle fell out of the socket housing. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the contact stated that the failure occurred whenever the left sliding door was being used. the passenger side front door lock also did not latch correctly. the failure mileage was 96,000 and the current mileage was 99,000. updated 05/11/10. *lj | |||
| 03/20/2008 | 151895 | 1 | 12/29/2002 |
| Driving on i270 south towards 33 east at 65 mph with 4 teenagers and 1 8 week old baby in my 2000 honda odyssey and the rear sliding passenger door flies open on its own. my 6 year old daughter was sitting in the seat next to the door when it flew open. it scared her half to death as she was staring at the pavement going by at 65 mph. the door wasn't even on. i turn them off because i am afraid of them opening when they shouldn't after hearing all the stories about these doors. it's a good thing my daughter had her seatbelt on and sitting in her seat or this could have been very tragic. no one died this time. why will honda not see there is a serious safety issue here. the latch has been replaced numerous times and yet it is still failing to the point the door will not stay shut on it's own. something must be done before someone dies here!!! *tr | |||
| 03/04/2008 | 138490 | 2 | 11/04/2005 |
| Right sliding door fails to open. would allow manual opening on several occasion then the door latched into locked position and wouldn't open even manually. taken to dealer service center. that worked on it half a day to find that they really didn't know what was wrong and can't determine the problem. no remedy. took to a honda/acura shop to have looked at. same outcome. said everything looks to be in working order however they couldn't determine why door was not opening and could not get the door opened. claw that hooks to latch will not release. dealer service center suggested cutting the latch with plasma cutters in order to get the door open, however they could not determine if the would be able to fix the problem even then. we can't find anyone who can fix the door. we are in a safety dilemma as our 2 year olds car seats sits on this side of the door. should there be an emergency we would not be able to exit the vehicle fast enough to get all three children out due to the door not working. can anyone provide a solution????? *tr | |||
| 12/01/2004 | 36000 | 2 | 02/01/2000 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. when the vehicle was started, a chime sounded to indicate that the doors were not latched. both side sliding doors were shut again, but they would not fully latch. while driving between 2-5 mph, the sliding doors opened. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they were unsure of what repairs were needed. the manufacturer stated that the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign id number 00v119000 (latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch). the failure mileage was 36,000 and current mileage was 57,000. | |||
| 01/01/2007 | 80000 | 385 | 05/01/2000 |
| My 2000 lx honda odyssey have a problem with the sliding doors leading them to get stuck and we are not able to open them. we live in fl and there are different temperature through the year and this will happen all year round. after talking to the dealer and extensive research we realize that we are not the only ones with this problem. i think that honda should take a look at these models and acknowledge that they are faulty. thanks! *tr | |||
| 08/01/2006 | 70000 | 1 | 01/01/2001 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. the contact stated that the sliding doors do not latch properly and open sometimes while the vehicle is moving. he notified the dealer to see if his vehicle applied to recall number 00v119000 (latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch). the dealer stated that his vehicle was not included based off the manufactured date. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure speed and fuel type were unknown. the current mileage was 85,000 and failure mileage was 70,000. | |||
| 02/05/2007 | 130000 | 200 | 02/20/2005 |
| Honda odyssey 2000. some manufacturing defect has caused the rear motorized sliding door to fail on the driver's side. the door will not close securely. if the door handle, outside or inside was pulled or bumped the door came unlatched but will not open or close, whether the vehiclewas in park or not. the door open light did not illuminate so the driver was unaware that children riding in the back were at risk. *ak | |||
| 06/05/2007 | 93520 | 40 | 08/19/2005 |
| 2000 honda odyessy. sliding door(s) will not totally close sometimes, or will appear closed. will be turning a corner and the door alarm will go off and door will click like coming ajar. with children in the car, it could be dangerous. have to stop and open door all the way and then reclose, then lock and most of the time will help, not always. have taken to honda dealer and after $600 repair it lasted a two weeks before it started to it again. | |||
| 04/15/2007 | 93696 | 1 | 11/20/2002 |
| 2000 honda odyssey with automatic sliding doors that malfunction. the door does not close all the way. the door is not flush with the side (rear) panel. there is about a 3/8 inch gap between the rear panel and the back of the door. i am concerned that the door might not protect the occupants because it is not secure. will the door fly off during an impact? i have had to turn off the power to the doors so that it operates manually. however, it is very difficult to open and close - my wife and fours kids, including my 15 year old son cannot open or close the door manually. i am concerned about exiting the vehicle in an emergency. the kids may be in a situation where they are trapped. it also would become a problem if we had to enter the vehicle quickly and were not able to do so. *tr | |||
| 03/13/2007 | 59100 | 1 | 03/15/2000 |
| Sliding door on year 2000 honda mini van jams partially closed. released after car goes over several bumps in road, allowing door to slam shut similar to guillotine. *ak van taken in for repair, honda service personnel familiar with problem: defective plastic bearing on door. plastic bearing probably failed in part due to jamming of door's seals (which have a honda service campaign). | |||
| 01/24/2007 | 1 | ||
| Honda odyssey 2000 sliding door doesn't open or close it is stuck - but it is open enough to have the alarm sounding if you are not in park. i am worried for my children's safety - what if the door decides to fly open in the middle of driving. i feel this vehicle is unsafe and want to know if there is a recall. looking online there are many complaints of this problem. *jb | |||
| 12/20/2006 | 89019 | 30 | |
| Power sliding doors, do not close all the time. they will not latch or lock. honda claims there are no problems or defects. $528.19 later, then they work like it was new..... *jb | |||
| 12/21/2006 | 12/11/1999 | ||
| Tl* - the contact stated that the drivers side sliding door doesn't lock into position. the contact has a safety recall for his vehicle. when the contact spoke to the dealer he was told that his vehicle is not included in the safety recall. the contact wants the dealer to honor the safety recall on his car. the contact has spoken with honda motors customer service and filed a case number n012006-12-040028 on december 4, 2006. also sent a letter to mr. takeo sukui who is the president and ceo of honda motors verbally responded and told him that they would not honor the recall on his car. letter sent december 1, 2006 and verbal response today december 21, 2006. the contact has kept correspondence. | |||
| 11/28/2006 | 114000 | 1 | 11/20/2000 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while attempting to close the left passenger sliding door, it would not latch nor lock into place. the vehicle was inspected by a dealer who determined the door latch needed to be replaced. there was a nhtsa recall,# 00v119000, regarding the door latch. the vehicle was not included in the recall due to the vin. the manufacturer was alerted. updated 12/15/2006 - *nm | |||
| 08/15/2001 | 20000 | 100 | 08/15/2000 |
| 2000 honda odyssey lx. both sliding doors stick when either opening from the inside or outside. not major injury - yet! i am concerned if anything did happen and we could not get the doors open in a hurry. then what? *jb | |||
| 09/23/2006 | 136500 | 1 | |
| I am the owner of a 2000 honda odyssey and am having problems with the rear sliding door not closing. it requires us to drive with the light on which is a safety issue at night. the buzzer sounds intermittently causing us to manually turn off power to the door hence trapping our passengers in the car should there be an accident. my mechanic indicates that there are no technical service bulletins on this problem. this is an incessant problem and a major safety hazard. *nm | |||
| 10/15/2006 | 99 | 03/14/2000 | |
| Electronic doors do not shut completely. we believe this is a safety hazard since the doors to not lock completely. the buzzer has to be disabled for our sanity. we have taken the van to the dealer numerous times but a permanent fix cannot be made. these doors have been defective since the van was first released, and they are a safety hazard. i am afraid the partially closed door may open at high speed, causing possible injury to my children, or causing the distracted driver to swerve into oncoming traffic. this defect must be addressed by honda. *nm | |||
| 01/02/2005 | 1 | 06/12/2003 | |
| The sliding doors on my van come open after they have been closed. i took it to be repaired twice and it is still not fixed then someone told me that the part that needed to be fixed had been recalled so i contacted honda and they said that my vehicle vin number did not fall into this recall even though it said all honda odysseys 1999-2001 my honda is a 2000. he said that i could have it repaired myself because this was a service bulletin not a recall anyway,that their parts don't last forever. the lady at the national highway traffic safety admin. auto safety hotline said that it was a recall and to contact this web site. *jb | |||
| 08/14/2006 | 81000 | 5 | 12/20/2000 |
| We (my wife and i) have a 2000 honda odyssey ex. the automatic electric sliding doors are constantly breaking and they cost a small fortune to repair. we purchased the honda because of their reputation for creating reliable automobiles. at a minimum, they should offer a way to convert the door from automatic to manual so they can be safely closed and so the automatic mechanism doesn't have to be repaired every 6 months. *jb | |||
| 01/01/2004 | 40000 | 50 | 11/01/1999 |
| The automated power sliding doors on our 2000 honda odyssey minivan does not latch properly. while driving the car we get an alarm light on our dash indicating a automated sliding door is not properly closed, and then we have to repeatedly hit the close door button to get the door to finally engage. even though all odyssey's made in 2000 were recalled for this problem, honda motor has told us that our 2000 odyssey is not included in 2000 recall campaign, and we will have to pay to repair it ourselves. *jb | |||
| 05/25/2006 | 130000 | 1 | 08/01/2004 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 45 mph the rear power passenger side door opened. the dealership determined the door latch needs to be replaced. there is a nhtsa recall, # 00v119000, regarding the door latch; however, it is not included in the recall due to the vin. updated 6/16/2006 - nm | |||
| 11/18/2005 | 2 | ||
| Unreliable door latches on sliding (powered) side doors. *jb | |||
| 10/12/2005 | 74850 | 3 | 08/08/2000 |
| I have a 2000 honda odyssey. two weeks ago, my sliding door sensor went off for no reason. the doors were closed but when the vehicle was placed into drive the alarm in the car would sound as if one of the doors was open. i checked the doors and after a couple of times of opening and closing them, the alarm did not sound. i was due to have the car serviced for its 75,000 mile service so i waited to bring it into the dealership. when i brought the vehicle in for it's routine service, as i do for each scheduled maintenance, i was told that the door switch was the problem and that it would cost $1,100 to fix. i explained that the vehicle was under an extended warranty that i purchased at the time i bought the vehicle. honda in turn told me that they had called the warranty company (apparently the warranty was not a honda extended warranty. although, this is what rosenthal had portrayed it as) about the repair and that it was not covered. they told me that i could call the warranty company to complain if i felt so inclined to do. i called the warranty company and they said that the warranty had expired because of the mileage. the vehicle is just over 75,063 miles. they did not care that the warranty had expired. my question is how can this be a non-recall issue if a number of people have had the same problem. this situation is the exact reason why i purchased honda's extended warranty. i believe that honda is responsible for the repair. if i had know the doors on this vehicle would cost that much to fix i would have never purchased that van. *jb | |||
| 10/05/2005 | 64446 | 2 | 09/01/2001 |
| Automatic doors on 2000 honda accord do not operate correctly. safety mechanism does not prevent door from closing on child. doors do not close completely and are faulty. doors need complete replacement at 64k miles due faulty equipment. *jb | |||
| 09/19/2004 | 45000 | 10 | |
| Dt: the caller said the passenger side sliding door opens without warning. it happens when driving. the indicator light comes on , and the alarm goes off. the caller says the door does not open all the way. had it to the dealer 10 times for this problem. dealer said it was dirty connections and did not do anything to fix it. manufacturer will offer no help for free. also, the caller received a recall letter concerning gas recirculation valve ( egr valve). the manufacturer will not approve the recall work. also wanted to take vehicle to the dealer. *ak the rotors were resurfaced, the seat reclined when the consumer exited the vehicle. *jb | |||
| 08/01/2005 | 2 | 05/16/2005 | |
| Both left and right side passenger sliding door latch/closers failed. the drivers side failed in 02. and the latch was replaced under the warentee. the passenger side has failed recently, aug. 05. the failure, and replacement parts are as described in a 2000 honda recall id # 00v119000, but, in contacting honda directly, was told my vehicles vin # was not a recall vehicle. | |||
| 03/15/2004 | 68000 | 2 | 08/10/2000 |
| The passenger sliding door would automatically open while driving. intermittently the sliding doors would lock by themselves, and not open from either side. also, the door ajar/open alarm remained on while driving, and both doors would be closed. consumer would have to turn off the sliding door switch to turn off the alarm, which caused both doors not to open in case of an emergency. the vehicle is at the dealer. *ak | |||
| 01/12/2000 | 50 | ||
| While driving 30 mph, the passenger rear sliding door open on it's own. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. the mechanic determined that the door latch assembly needed to be replaced and replaced it numerous times. however, the problem still occurs at this time. please provide further details. *jb | |||
| 11/24/2004 | 84500 | 1 | 06/14/2000 |
| Over the course of a couple of weekds sliding side doors on the vehicle would open on their own. then, the sliding door on the passenger side stopped working completely. it would not open without significant application of manual force. *ak | |||
| 10/11/2004 | 69000 | 1 | 10/11/2004 |
| 00 v 119 000/ sliding door latch: the van's automatic sliding door would open while in motion. the dealer was contacted and they informed the consumer that their vin # was not covered under recall. *jb *tc | |||
| 09/03/2004 | 85700 | 10 | 10/20/2000 |
| Driver side rear sliding door fails to close completely - sometimes leaves approximatley a four inch gap between door post and edge of door. door must either be pushed closed or re-opened completely and then closed with pressure on rear door edge. occasionally, door will seem locked (dashboard open door indicator light is off) and when making right turns, both the open door indicator light flashes and ceiling map lights will flash on and off when turn has been completed, the lights will go off. after reading all the other consumer complaints, i am extremly concerned that either the door(s) will open during driving or the door(s) will not open during an emergency situation. i cannot believe honda would subject itself to this type of potential liability.*ak | |||
| 07/30/2003 | 2 | ||
| Problems with electrical systems on 2000 honda odyssey.*mr power locks, cruise control, and power doors. *cb | |||
| 07/23/2004 | 2 | 10/25/1999 | |
| Power doors consistently fail to operate properly. passenger side sliding door opens while driving and, often, cannot be shut manually. the last visit to the dealership, 2 days ago, they informed us they would replace some of the door parts. despite 'fixing' the problem, the door will not shut at all and the dealer replaced the sensors so it no longer buzzes when the door is open. this is a severe problem. van has been in 12x for this problem. driver side sliding door often does not open at all. *ak | |||
| 01/01/2000 | 1 | ||
| Problems with sliding door latch on 2000 honda odyssey.*mr (nar) *cb the consumer was told the vehicle was not included in the recall. *jb | |||
| 07/01/2004 | 5 | ||
| Continuous door failures,had corrected by dealer several times, problem always returns. sliding doors fail to close securely with alarms going off, have to turn off power to side doors. doors don't always stop when closing and someone is in the way. door has opened on it's own while we were away from vehicle.doors fail to open on occasions. gas door jams sliding door, had it repaired,still a problem.*ak | |||
| 04/15/2004 | 50000 | 1 | |
| The left automatic sliding door no longer closes all the way on its own (misses by about 1/32) and to keep the buzzer from sounding continuously, you have to bump the door closed with your hip. there is also a small, sharp point that is trying to work its way through this door from the inside, and it's getting worse. i took it to honda and they said that they've seen this problem before and fixing it would cost approx. $700. i asked if you've seen it before, how come there's not a recall on this problem?, and they said to talk to the manager (who wasn't there at the time), and he never returned my call. anyway, i never got the repair done because it was too expensive. then the next week my other door started buzzing continuously, even though it was closed all the way. the only way to stop that buzzing was to disable the door entirely (using the dashboard door switch). for some reason, that problem stopped all by itself about a week after it started, and hasn't come back....but i'm still stuck with the door from hell on the other side. since then, i've gone to other car complaint websites and seen just how common this problem is with odyssey sliding doors, and that even when people get the problem fixed, it sometimes returns with the new installed equipment too -- requiring another fix for $700. can't honda just recall this model and fix the problem once and for all at honda's expense, if it's so widespread?? i love my odyssey, but this makes me think twice about getting another one (my very first odyssey, a 1999 first-year model, had so many problems (including the same sharp point coming through the doors) that i brought it back to the dealer after a year and 1/2 and said they'd better swap me out with something better because i was fed up. that's how i got my new improved odyssey.*ak | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 2 | ||
| Consumer noticed that both passenger side and driver side sliding doors did not close and lock properly. vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the door latch assembly needed to be replaced. *ak the door ajar light was illuminated indicating that the doors were not secured. a recall (#00v-119000) was issued for the problem the vehicle exhibited, but the vehicle was not included due to vin. *nm | |||
| 04/21/2004 | 40000 | 1 | 08/01/2000 |
| We have a 2000 honda odyssey with 40,000 miles on it. great car, except the power sliding door latches keep giving out. this happened during warranty period too and was returned to dealer for repair. however, no parts were replaced; they just reset the computer (cleared error codes). but the problem recurs. now honda has recommended we pay $700 to install new re-designed lock mechanisms ( we are out of warranty period). honda has no official recall covering this problem for our van as this vehicle was not built during the dec-jan period covered by the door latch recall. but the problem is clearly affecting many many other vehicles: witness the many honda service bulletins published on this issue. this is a safety problem caused by a manufacturer defect in either design or manufacturing. it is a safety problem because the door latches, if not replaced/repaired, leave the doors subject to opening while the vehicle is in motion. it should not be the owner's problem to fix by bringing the vehicle in repeatedly to clear computer error codes or pay $700 to replace the faulty latches. i ask that you request or order honda to expand their door latch recall to correct this important safety problem. thank you. john schlosser jss1@sgsi.com. *ak | |||
| 08/21/2001 | 20000 | 3 | |
| Intermittently rear doors were hard to open. consumer pulled the handle off once trying to open the rear door. consumer felt that tremendous suction was being formed by the door gasket. this suction made it difficult open the door. *ak | |||
| 73000 | 1 | ||
| Consumer complained about driver side automatic sliding door not latching properly. a recall was issued on make, model , and year. however, this vehicle was not included in the recall due to vin. *ak | |||
| 01/31/2004 | 39930 | 4 | 08/26/2000 |
| 1)power sliding doors do not operate properly. intermittently, doors won't open, doors open partially and stop, and doors close partially and stop. more importantly, power doors do not stop and retract when pressure is applied in accordance with manual. today was the fourth time that one of my children hesitated when exiting the van and was stuck within the doorway when the door was automatically closing. not only did the door not stop and retract when it reached my child's body, but did not stop even when i placed the full pressure of my body against the door. today, my daughter was thrown out of the van to the ground and i incurred bruising on my left shoulder where i had braced my body against the door to stop it from advancing over her body. i have reported these problems to the dealership time and again. in 2000, they replaced some parts but the problems still occur with regularity. 2)some of the seat belts, particularly the one in the second row, driver's side, jams constantly. we are very often unable to use that seat because the seat belt gets stuck when being drawn out to be buckled. 3)the rear hatch is sometimes inoperable. the unlock button of the remote must be pressed 5 or more times for the hatch to unlock, and even then, it releases only partially. since there is no release inside the car, this is extremely inconvenient and could be dangerous, in combination with the doors not working properly. *jb | |||
| 01/29/2004 | 20 | ||
| Both of my 2000 honda odyssey sliding doors could not be opened today. they get stuck very often. it seems to be related to moisture getting into the door because they get stuck most often after bad weather. the danger here is if there an accident and the doors can not be opened to get out a child from either the inside or the outside.*ak | |||
| 01/26/2004 | 34000 | 1 | 01/17/2000 |
| Passenger rear sliding door sticks. the handle broke when trying to open the door. i've read online that this is a common defect. *ak | |||
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| Problems with sliding door latch on 2000 honda odyssey.*mr the consumer was told that since his vehicle was not built december 3 - december 16, 1999 that he would be responsible for the cost of repairing the door latch. the consumer believes that the broken latch was a factory defect therefore should be included in the recall. *nm | |||
| 01/04/2004 | 62000 | 1 | |
| While driving passenger's sliding door intermittently opened. consumer pulled over to shut the door. dealerships mechanic wasnotified, but did not resolve the problem.*ak | |||
| 01/08/2004 | 35000 | 1 | |
| Consumer complained about sliding door on the passenger's side failed to open after the doors had been unlocked. this happened several times. this might become a problem if a passenger was trying to get out of the vehicle in case of an emergency.*ak | |||
| 12/01/2003 | 2 | ||
| During a recent (mild) snow storm, both the power sliding doors on my 2000 honda odyssey minivan refused to open. after a few attempts, the motors of both doors gave up altogether; the beeping sound that indicates the blocking of doors also stopped. when i tried to open the driver's side door, the handle broke off. i had the door motors repaired at my honda dealer. they told me that the contacts were moist and therefore the doors did not work. at 42.000 miles i thought this was odd, but i could accept such a defect. i am really concerned, though, about the fact that the door handle broke off just like that. i have two children (4 and 5). the youngest cannot get out of his car seat by himself and i could not get to him quickly. fortunately, we were not in an accident. i notified honda about this and i herewith report the issue. i hope that honda will pay for the repairs, even though the car is no longer under warranty for these matters. i contact the nhtsa also, since i feel this is a major issue. i know that i did not apply any unreasonable force to the door handle to make it break. i can easily imagine someone (in a panic?) doing the same. *ak | |||
| 12/19/2003 | 36000 | 1 | 06/01/2002 |
| Since purchasing a 2000 odysessy ex, i have had repeated problems with both sliding doors. once again today, neither door would open. i have had latches replaced, handles replaces, remotes replaced and still the problem is as bad as ever. the passenger side door generally never closes properly and the door ajar light constantly flickers on and off forcing me to shut the lights in the vehicle off so they stop flashing. whenever the weather is damp or cold, the doors will not work. tonight i had the car running for more than an hour and the doors still would not open. after multiple trips to the dealer there is either an attempt to get me to replace every conceivable part hoping to fix the problem or they simply are unable to repair this situation. not only is it extremely inconvenient to get 4 children in and out through the front doors, but it is dangerous. if there was ever a need to quickly exit the vehicle from an accident or other situation, it often times would be impossible since the doors wouldn't work. after 18 months dealing with this situation, i've had enough. i think it is a serious design flaw which the dealers simply can not fix. i'm willing to bet the original owner traded it in because of the same situation because it started for me the first day we owned the vehicle. *la | |||
| 11/28/2003 | 1 | ||
| Rear door latch will not close properly. driver took vehicle to the dealer for analysis. mechanic recommended that the latch be replaced due to a worn part.*ak | |||
| 11/02/2003 | 6800 | 2 | |
| While driving front passenger sliding door opened, causing the consumer to pull over to close the door. recall . the dealership was notified of the problem, but will not repair because vin was not included.*ak | |||
| 08/14/2003 | 1 | ||
| Consumer was having the same problems as mentined in recall 00v119000 concerning sliding door latch. dealer would not repair because the vin was not included.*ak | |||
| 08/02/2003 | 58000 | 1 | 03/29/2003 |
| I have a 2000 honda odyssey. on august 2nd, i was pumping gas at a gas station on the north side. the gas nozzle was in the gas tank. the sliding automatic door is not supposed to come open when gas is being pumped, however it did. i tried to stop the door, but couldn't, ended up cutting my hand, the door jammed, the pump was stuck, gas cap holder came undone and couldn't get the gas door shut. my paint is scratched on the gas door and the gas door cannot be opened with the gas lever release button inside the car. an attendant at the station came to help, but i do believe that this is a severe fire hazard.*ak | |||
| 07/22/2002 | 46000 | 2 | 05/04/2000 |
| Automatic doors fail. the door could not be closed completely. this is the second door to fail. honda knows about the defect and told me the wouldn't fix the second door until it failed. it did so while i was 100 miles away from home. *ak | |||
| 05/02/2003 | 2 | 12/31/1999 | |
| Had the door latch break on right side and was repaired. then have on going issues of trying to open the sliding doors. at times you could not open either slider doors with out trying to get to release by pulling on it which you had to open the other door and either try pull it or pushing on the door from the inside. husband came home then forgot he had to be very gentle with door or that could not believe the door would not open then broke the left sliding door handle off. now it has no handle at all. called the honda dealership and said it warranty was no longer valid. had purchased the extended warranty and when to have it repair said door latch would be covered. then was told since it was a design fault (well know) it would not be covered. since then i have done some research and found im the person with this problem. dealership said they would cover the labor cost and not the part cost. after reviewing how many times some one has taken the time to file it here. concern why it has not been recalled. as it stands not comfortable about the fact the side doors do not work correctly, if something happened were my children would have to exit the van quickly. did call honda to see what can be done to resolve the issue. was told it may take 3 days. *nlm | |||
| 04/29/2003 | 1 | 05/01/2000 | |
| The consumers vehicle experienced symptoms of the sliding door latch recall (00v-119000) but the vehicle identification number was not included in the recall. *nm *sc *jb | |||
| The vehicles sliding doors malfunctioned and caused the door not to open from inside and sometimes not to open from the outside. the dealer was notified and repaired the problem but it re-occurred. *nlm | |||
| 06/16/2000 | 100 | ||
| Automatic sliding door on driver's side does not open at all when handle is used. must open from inside or via remote. doors make buzzing sound intermittently advising that doors are ajar even when closed contact pads have been replaced, yet problem continues. sometimes door will not close fully. it closes, attempts to latch and then re-opens partially. other sliding door has similar issues to a lesser extent. lots of other diverse issues. | |||
| 1 | 03/14/2000 | ||
| After the sliding doors were closed, the door chime would sound off while driving. both rear sliding doors did not latch and the doors would unlatch while driving. ph scc | |||
| 07/05/2002 | 6 | 05/08/2000 | |
| Rear sliding door sticks and is hard to open door for consumer to enter or exit the vehicle. dealer notified, this problem has been repaired 6 times and the seals have been replaced 3 times. *ak *yh | |||
| 01/01/2001 | |||
| While driving buzzer goes off to indicate sliding doors are open. there was recall 00v119000, but this vehicle was not affected due to vin. vehicle has been taken to dealer 3 times, cannot remedy the problem.*ak | |||
| 05/07/2002 | 1 | ||
| The right side sliding door was on recall and the manufacturer replaced it. after the recall was done the consumer gets the emergency signal that the door was opening while driving at 65 mph. *yh | |||
| 03/15/2002 | 100 | 02/01/2000 | |
| My mini-van experienced the same problem as the defect described in nhtsa campaign id number: 00v119000 . however honda did not do recall on my vehicle.*ak | |||
| 6 | 11/07/1999 | ||
| While driving the sliding doors dont remain locked (recall # 00v-119). nlm | |||
| 04/01/2000 | 9 | 02/01/2000 | |
| There have been repeated problems with both power sliding doors jamming and being nonfunctional. the doors also frequently set off the alarms within the vehicle claiming that the door is open with the car in drive, yet the door does not show open on the indicator panel on the dashboard. there have been 8-9 attempts by the dealer to repair this problem and yet , it continues to recur. the honda regional service manager has been involved (greg bazil) and honda corporate has been contacted for help with engineering solutions. nothing fixes my car. | |||
| 02/01/2002 | |||
| Driver side and passenger's side doors will not open at all. doors are stuck. dealership is aware of problem.*ak | |||
| Sliding door fails to open from handle on inside and outside without applying great force to handles, preventing occupants from entering and existing vehicle. consumer has contacted dealer. please provide any further details.*ak | |||
| 09/25/2001 | 1 | 12/01/1999 | |
| Drivers side sliding door outside latch has broken due to too much effort to open door. *ak *et | |||
| When closing sliding doors will not latch. locking latch fails. please provide further information.*ak | |||
| 05/20/2000 | 7 | ||
| Sliding door would intermittently open while traveling. vehicle been in/out of dealer shop on six occasions, and the problem still reoccurring. vehicle back in dealer shop for seventh time for correction. feel free to provide us with any further information concerning this matter. *ak | |||
| 09/29/1999 | 6 | ||
| Two sliding doors will not stay shut mostly on driver's side. this happens when going over a bump. cosnumer has been to the dealer 6 times for door opening, and problem has gotten worse, door opens while driving. *ak | |||
| 07/01/2000 | 3 | ||
| The left hand side passenger sliding door sticks in the closed position, 2 door latch assemblies have broken, dealer stated parts were on backlog due to other vehicles experiencing the same problems, the right hand side door has been stubborn, but has not snapped a latch yet. nlm | |||
| While vehicle was parked overnight in a garage sliding door came open. dealer has not seen vehicle. *ak | |||
| 03/14/2000 | 5 | 09/25/1999 | |
| Passenger side automatic sliding door fails to latch properly, dealer has not been able to permanently fix, driver side automatic sliding door also fails to open at times. *slc | |||
| While traveling passanger's side door came open, indication light flash on. please provide further information.*ak | |||
| 05/18/2000 | 4 | 02/01/1999 | |
| Vehicle has experienced several problems with the sliding doors prior to and after recall 00v119, on one occasion the door opened about one foot while the consumer was driving. *slc | |||
| 04/01/2000 | |||
| Both the rear sliding doors are impossible to open in cold weather. we can open it only after the interior of the van warms up considerably. have contacted the dealer last winter and he applied grease on the door seals which seemed to fix the problem at that time. it has returned again this winter. currently the vehicle is under warranty. i am worried that once the vehicle is out of warranty the dealer won't even take a look at the problem unless i pay for it. *ak | |||
| 11/03/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1999 | |
| Side door will not open. latch from either inside or outside appears to partially unlatched, but not enough to allow the door to be pulled open. children cannot get out of the car. also gas tank door is stuck open, when manually closing it the electric locks lock the car from the outside! it is possible to lock yourself out of the car.*ak | |||
| 02/01/2000 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle was parked. engaged the slide door to close and forgot something. reached in while door was closing and got caught. safety feature was designed in a manner that door will retract if something is in its way, but it fails to retract until the door is almost closed. in the owner's manual it states that the door may close enough to cause bruising before it retracts.*ak | |||
| 04/03/2000 | 0 | ||
| Consumer's son had his fingers in way of door. when consumer attempted to stop the door from closing on child's finger, they were unable to do so. child was taken to hospital with broken fingers. but, was treated and released. *ak | |||
| 04/01/2000 | 1 | ||
| When filling fuel tank consumer's daughter was able to unlock the driver's side sliding door. door opened quickly and jammed over the fuel filler door and into the gas nossle which caused damage to the body of the car and fuel filler door. *ak | |||
| 10/23/1999 | 1 | 10/01/1999 | |
| While trying to close the door it will not shut/ it gets stuck. consumer has to push the back of the door to get it opened. this would be unsafe in an accident, occupant may not be able to get out. delaer has readjusted, changed latch, oiled, applied slip tape. sticking still continues. *ak *ml | |||
| 02/22/2000 | 1 | 11/27/1999 | |
| While putting fuel into fuel tank, driver's son inside the vehicle, pressed a buttn that opened the sliding door on the driver's side, next to fuel door. when door opened, fuel pump was knocked down, and spilled fuel all over consumer and all around. *ak | |||
| 11/29/1999 | 20 | 11/01/1999 | |
| Rear passenger door does not close completely and there is a screw from the latch pushing out through the outside panel of the door. *ak | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE - LOCK | |||
| 01/31/2004 | 39930 | 4 | 08/26/2000 |
| 1)power sliding doors do not operate properly. intermittently, doors won't open, doors open partially and stop, and doors close partially and stop. more importantly, power doors do not stop and retract when pressure is applied in accordance with manual. today was the fourth time that one of my children hesitated when exiting the van and was stuck within the doorway when the door was automatically closing. not only did the door not stop and retract when it reached my child's body, but did not stop even when i placed the full pressure of my body against the door. today, my daughter was thrown out of the van to the ground and i incurred bruising on my left shoulder where i had braced my body against the door to stop it from advancing over her body. i have reported these problems to the dealership time and again. in 2000, they replaced some parts but the problems still occur with regularity. 2)some of the seat belts, particularly the one in the second row, driver's side, jams constantly. we are very often unable to use that seat because the seat belt gets stuck when being drawn out to be buckled. 3)the rear hatch is sometimes inoperable. the unlock button of the remote must be pressed 5 or more times for the hatch to unlock, and even then, it releases only partially. since there is no release inside the car, this is extremely inconvenient and could be dangerous, in combination with the doors not working properly. *jb | |||
| 04/03/2000 | 4 | 12/01/1999 | |
| The left rear sliding door has failed twice. it will close but not latch all of the way. the alarm goes off. the right sliding door has failed twice. it will close momentarily and then automatically reopen. a friend found my door wide open in a parking lot wide open. this could result in theft of contents of entire van. it could also result in someone hiding in the cargo area awaiting for my return undetected. it also leaves me stranded with my three kids. i do not want to drive a car with a door wide open with three young children. i do not want to drive a car when the door is not latched all of the way either. my neighbor has had his car in 7 times also for his sliding doors. i am going to arbitration on tuesday, may 23 hoping it be declared a lemon. my neighbor will be doing so soon also.*ak | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - TRUNK LID - LOCK | |||
| 11/26/2002 | |||
| The passenger side rear door open and will not latch or close intermittenley. pleaseprovide additional information dealer is aware. ts | |||