2000 Honda Odyssey

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

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD (ROUTE 20, TRAVELING EAST, DOWN TOWN NORTHBOROUGH, MA, SPEED ~20 MPH) AS VEHICLE PASSED OVER A RAILROAD EXPANSION TYPE JOINT, THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. APPROXIMATELY .5 TO 1 SECOND AFTER LOUD METALLIC NOISE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED CAR OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG, CONTINUED HOME CAUTIOUSLY ~ 1/2 MILE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND A PIECE OF THE BROKEN COIL SPRING HANGING DOWN FROM THE LEFT FRONT HALF SHAFT. DISASSEMBLY OF THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL ALLOWED FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE BROKEN COIL SPRING. IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE BROKEN PIECE OF COIL SPRING HAD STRUCK THE ABS WHEEL SENSOR LINE, RIPPED THE LEFT FRONT OUTBOARD CV JOINT BOOT AND WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND THE HALF SHAFT. I FELT LUCKY IN KNOWING THAT THE BRAKE LINE THAT WAS ~ 2 INCHES TO THE LEFT OF THE ABS SENSOR APPEARED UNDAMAGED. HAD THE VERY SHARP BROKEN PIECE FROM THE DAMAGED SPRING HIT EITHER THE BRAKE LINE OR THE TIRE AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE OR A TIRE BLOW OUT. HAD THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN WITH THE SHARP BROKEN PIECE OF COIL SPRING WRAPPED AROUND THE HALF SHAFT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE, MOST LIKELY A CUT BRAKE LINE. IN TALKING WITH HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY FELT THERE WAS / IS NO ISSUE (EVEN THOUGH I RAISED THE ISSUE OF SAFETY), YET MY OWN RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THE COIL SPRING ON THE ODYSSEY HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED IN THE PAST WITH NO FINDING AND MANY FAILURES ARE DOCUMENTED ACROSS THE INTERNET. REPLACEMENT OF THE COIL SPRING, STRUT, ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR, AND CV JOINT BOOT ARE REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SINCE A SPRING FAILURE FROM THE LEFT SIDE HAS OCCURRED, THE SPRING ALONG WITH STRUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE WILL BE REPLACED AS A PRE-CAUTION. I HAVE BOTH PIECES OF THE BROKEN COIL SPRING IN MY POSSESSION, MY INITIAL INVESTIGATION DOES NOT POINT TO CORROSION AS THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE SPRING FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING 20-40 MPH, THE DASHBOARD LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE THEN FAIL TO ACCELERATE WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE EGR VALVE CAUSED THE FAILURE AND MADE THE REPLACEMENT HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE DEALER THEN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE FAILURE AND RECOMMENDED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. AS OF JANUARY 3, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #04V176000) HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,169 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,126.

I OWN A 2000 HONDA ODYSSEY EX MINIVAN WITH AUTOMATIC SLIDING SIDE DOORS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, AS IT FAILS TO AUTOMATICALLY OPEN AND/OR CLOSE USING THE DASH SWITCH, REMOTE (KEY) BUTTON, OR THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE SLIDING DOOR ITSELF. THE DOOR WILL DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: UPON ACTUATION OF ABOVE OPENING METHODS, IT WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, BUT BEEP THREE TIMES; OPEN PARTIALLY AND STOP - AND BEEP THREE TIMES; OPEN PARTIALLY, THEN CLOSE ON ITS OWN; OR SUCCESSFULLY OPEN. I ESTIMATE THE FAILURE RATE FOR FAILING TO SUCCESSFULLY OPEN TO BE APPROXIMATELY 66% - ROUGHLY 2/3 OF THE TIME. THIS VAN IS USED, AT TIMES, TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN, AND I CONSIDER THIS PROBLEM TO BE SAFETY-RELATED, AS IT IS MOST-DIFFICULT TO OPEN THIS DOOR MANUALLY - FROM EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE MINIVAN. *TR

POWER SLIDING VAN DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE OR OPEN COMPLETELY,WE HAVE TO DRIVE WITH INFANTS IN SEATS NEXT TO DOORS THAT WILL NOT CLOSE. IF WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANY EMERGENCY THAT REQUIRED IMMEDIATE EVACUATION THESE FAULTY DOORS WOULD PROHIBIT TIMELY DEPARTURE FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AND PREVENT ANY CONVENIENT ACCESS BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. SO FAR HONDA IS IGNORING THIS MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT AND CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR