| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003251660 | Incident Date: Nov, 30 2003 |
| Consumer's City: WAYNE | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: ODYSSEY | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2HKRL1861YH | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 28 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 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 |
