1999 Honda Odyssey Structure

DRIVER SIDE POWER DOOR FAILED TO OPEN MANUALLY OR BY POWER LOCK, DEALER REPLACED AND LATER IT FAILED AGAIN, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND PASSENGER COULD NOT GET OUT OF VEHICLE. *SLC

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT DUE TO MANUFACTURER'S DESIGN WAS UNABLE TO OVERRIDE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK BY USING DOOR HANDLE. DESIGN ISSUE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR DISABLED OR ELDERLY PERSONS TO REACH ACROSS THEIR SHOULDERS TO LIFT/MOVE MANUAL UNLOCK SWITCH. *AK THE LOCK/UNLOCK SWITCH FOR THE DOORS DOES NOT OPERATE WHEN ELECTRICAL POWER IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE SWITCH SHOULD NOT UNLOCK ALL DOOORS. THAT IS, SHOULD UNLOCK ONLY THOSE DOORS THAT THE CONSUMER DESIRES TO UNLOCK. *YH

PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR NOT OPENING PROPERLY SINCE PURCHASE. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIR 5-6 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED LATCHES. CURRENTLY, DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. CONSUMER ABLE TO CLOSE WITH REMOTE CONTROL, DOES NOT OPEN OR CLOSE MANUALLY. *AK

THE SUNVISORS ARE SO LOOSE THAT WHEN NORMAL BREAKING PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE CAR, THE VISORS WILL MOVE OUT OF POSITION IF NOT LOCKED, BLINDING THE DRIVER. THE VISORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, RE-TIGHTENED ONCE. TWO DEALERSHIPS CLAIM THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. I CONTACTED HONDA WHO SAID THAT ONLY A DEALER COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD, AS I'VE ALMOST WRECKED WHEN I WAS BLINDED WHEN SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE THE SUN VISOR MOVED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR OPENS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

THE SLIDING DOORS FREEZE SHUT AFTER IT HAS RAINED AT NIGHT AND TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING, THE WATER FREEZES THE ROLLERS THAT SLIDE IN THE TRACK, LEAVING BOTH SLIDING DOORS IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN. *SLC

ERRATIC POWER LOCK OPERATION, INTERMITTENTLY LOCK WOULD UNLOCK BY ITSELF AFTER LOCKING BY PANEL CONTROL OR REMOTE. ALSO, SLIDING DOOR WOULD OPEN APPROXIMATELY 6" AND REMAIN OPEN UNTIL VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THEN, WOULD WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND RESTART VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND AND MADE SOME REPAIRS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ELECTRIC SLIDING DOORS ARE STILL UNLATCHING.RECALL WAS TAKEN CARE OFF IN 1999. RECALL ID#99V159000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL#99054. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT DEALER.*AK

WE CONSIDER THE CAR TO BE A LEMON AS IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE SERVICE STATION MANY MANY TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. THE GREATEST DANGER IS THE INOPERABLE DOORS AND LOCKS THAT INTERMITANTLY ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE. THIS CAN BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH OUR SMALL CHILDREN BEING LOCK IN A CAR. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY. WHEN CONSUMER OPENS THE DOOR THE DOORM IS SUPPOSE TO CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY. *AK

THE REBOUND FEATURE ON THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DID NOT WORK AS SPECIFIED IN THE BROCHURE, WHEN THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WAS ACCIDENTALLY PULLED WHILE PASSENGER WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE THE DOOR BEGAN TO CLOSE AND HIT THE PASSENGER IN THE SHOULDER, DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE. NLM

PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY REBOUND MOST OF THE TIME DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. YH

PUTTING A CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT ACCIDENTLY HIT THE AUTOMATIC LOCK ON THE KEY CHAIN AND SLIDING DOOR BEGAN TO CLOSE. APPLIED PRESSURE TO KEEP IT FROM CLOSING, BUT IT FAILED. HAD TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. MANUAL STATES THAT IF A POWER SLIDING DOOR RUNS INTO ANY OBSTACLE WHILE IT IS CLOSING, DOOR WILL STOP AND THEN REVERSE DIRECTION. CONTACTED DEALER , AND THEY CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER SAID IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK LIKE THIS. *AK *ML

ELECTRONIC DOORS CLOSE TO EASILY, KEY TO SENSITIVE, CHILD/ADULT CAN EASILY BE SQUEEZED IN DOORWELL, TOLD BY SALES THAT DOORS WOULD OPERATE LIKE GARAGE OR ELEVATOR DOORS. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS ON THE HONDA ODYSSEY ARE ADVERTISED AS HAVING THE ABILITY TO STOP WHEN CONFRONTED WITH AN OBSTACLE , BUT THEY CLEARLY DO NOT AND WILL EASILY CRUSH ANYTHING THAT GETS IN THEIR PATH. THIS IS A HORRIBLE DESIGN FOR ANY VEHICLE BUT UNTHINKABLE AND UNFORGIVABLE IN A VEHICLE DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN. *AK

RIGHT DOOR BEEPS WHILE OPENING DUE TO DOOR MOTOR FAILURE. YH

BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SLIDING DOORS DO NOT RETRACT. YH

THE SLIDING AUTOMATIC DOOR RETRACTER REQUIRES TO MUCH PRESSURE TO RETRACT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ELECTRONIC LEFT SLIDING DOOR CLOSURE MECHANISM CLOSES ON MY LEFT ARM, AND FAILS TO EMERGENCY STOPPING AND RETRACTING. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR A PROBLEM HE WAS HAVING WITH DOOR LATCHES. DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER WENT ON VACATION, AND WHEN HE RETURNED THE LATCHES WERE NOT WORKING AGAIN. DOOR ALMOST SLICED HIS DAUGHTER IN HALF. THESE WERE AUTOMATIC DOOR SENSORS THAT COULD DETECT AN OBJECT IN OR AROUND DOOR. CONSUMER STATED THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAS A BRUISE ACROSS HER SHOULDER. *AK

POWER LOCKS ON THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT UNLOCK FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RIGHT SLIDING DOOR OFTEN WILL NOT CLOSE AND LATCH SHUT, EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. ONE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSED, BUT IT SLID OPEN ON ITS OWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING.

THE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT OPEN BY REMOTE AND ITS "VERY HARD" TO OPEN BY THE SLIDING DOOR LATCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CONTAIN A SAFETY FEATURE TO STOP WHEN OPENING DOOR AS IT DOES DURING CLOSURE, RESULTING IN GAS CAP/NOZZEL GETTING JAMMED INTO DOOR. MJS

IF OPENING SIDE SLIDING DOOR, AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE IT, IT MAY OR MAY NOT CLOSE. DEALERS SAYS THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THE SLIDING DOOR STRIKERS. DEALERSHIP HAS ADJUSTED STRIKER TWICE. *AK