| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004283485 | Incident Date: Apr, 14 2004 |
| Consumer's City: UXBRIDGE | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | 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: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2HKRL1864YH | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 10 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 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 |
