Consumer Complaint Detail

HONDA / ODYSSEY / 2005

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007102609 Incident Date: Apr, 09 2007
Consumer's City: BIRMINGHAM Consumer's State: AL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Model Name: ODYSSEY Model Year: 2005
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#: 5FNRL38765B Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 17 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 4 year child in the back drivers side seat, not the third row. vehicle is equiped with an automatic rear sliding door closure mechanism. the door closure system has safety mechanism that appeared to be fuctioning properly at the time of the incident. when automatic door was closing child put her left hand between the door and the frame as it closed. the door continued to close and completed the latching process with the child's hand crushed between the door and the frame. the door had to be opened to extract the childs hand. the child sustained serve crushing injuries to the entire hand, from the palm to the finger tips. the child was taken immeadiately to an pediatric orthopedic surgeon. the surgeon x-rayed the hand and determined that one of the bones on the middle finger had been broken. after the incident the automatic door safety mechanism appeared to be functioning normally. *ak