The way I opened the door and the weather conditions it was in remained the same from when the odometer read 99700 until the incident. Later I found the front passenger door and tail gate door or back trunk door are locked and can not open with electrical switches and also can not open manually also. Complaint Number: 10233453 Incident Date: July 6, 2008 Date Added to File: July 7, 2008 Description of the Complaint: We've had the left side sliding door on our 2005 honda odyssey fail to close numerous times over the past 3 years. At the time it stopped working, the van was parked in a parking lot. I have never driven another car that I was afraid the front door would slam shut on me - without warning - before this.
It is easiest to inspect from the rear of the van looking forward when the door is open. There is a slight feel of a notch in the fully opened position, but it's not obvious and certainly not strong enough to counter any force that tries to move it. We pulled over to look at the vehicle. Could not get out as door was stuck. Doors falling off their vans! People get stuck inside, and can't get out unless they put their shoulder into the door, and people get stuck outside not being able to open the door.
When automatic door was closing child put her left hand between the door and the frame as it closed. While opening the door, two pins detached from the back end of the door and the door hung downward. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. These doors are dangerous; they should rest of notches like all other car doors. If you turn the doors off using the switch at the drivers left side and they still won't open or close check to see if the door is still on the rollers and not jammed up. I found this reset sequence on a different blog. The most common problem is sticky doors.
Upon testing myself after this, it actually takes a fair amount of force back there to make the door reverse. Lee — I also had a situation when I could no longer manually shut the slider just last week in fact…I already got the part from ebay. This is especially true if the vehicle in on a slight incline where gravity can cause the door to swing open and hit another car as in a parking lot or person; or close by itself and hit a passenger who might be entering or exiting. Maybe replace the latch assembly will help you. The doors are very troublesome, refusing to close, shutting on passengers and emit a loud beeping noise when not able to latch. The failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 97,000. A child's' fingers will be no match for it.
Could it have blown a relay or something that needs a special reset sequence? They close but a few seconds later open again with light showing they are open. No person or thing fell out of the car. Sometimes the child has to hold the door so it wont come open. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the power window regulator needed to be replaced. Iced it and still hurting a few days later. When I did some research online, I found that I was not the only Odyssey owner with this issue. The approximate failure mileage was 81,000.
The door was closed and locked before this happened. The dealer just tightened the bolts. The contact stated that the rear sliding door was not opening properly. The whole assembly pulls straight back — it takes a bit of effort. The power mechanism had been turned off. Later I found the front passenger door and tail gate door or back trunk door are locked and can not open with electrical switches and also can not open manually also.
The failure occurred on two previous occasions. Upon examination by his mother and me, one of his fingers was scratched a bit and they hurt, but no indications of more serious injury, thanks to god. The failure mileage was 13,000 and the current mileage was 133,000. That sliding door now is bad and will not shut. He tried to open several times, but no use. We contacted both honda and the dealer. It is best to just replace the roller for a long term fix.
I almost had a crushed hand from unexpected failure of the detent to hold the door open. The failure mileage was 140,000. Using the power mechanism the door did not seem to close completely unless I helped it by pushing. The failure in the door became worse over a two year period. I checked all the doors and they looked closed, seated and locked. When to replace: If your sliding door jumps or has trouble sliding shut.