This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Rear sliding doors are not opening/closing properly. Intermittently doors would not open at all. This causes child to be locked in at times. Also, rear passenger's outside door handles broke off as well. Dealer notified, and waited on handle replacement. Repairs have been made on several occasions, problem still exists.
Rear passenger sliding door opened up and made sounds. Consumer took vehicle to the dealership, and mechanic told her that there was a sensor inside of the door panel.
My son accidently pulled the level to close the power sliding door. My wife was still putting stuff in the van. The door pinned her against the frame, it did not stop as expected. I later checked the operation of the doors and found the passenger side to be intermittent (sometimes it would stop) and the driver's side would never stop. My wife suffered severe back and neck pain and bruises on her shoulder. According to the owner's manual the door should stop. However, the next sentence says it may not be immediate and may cause "bruising and discomfort". this is a serious hazard for people with children. If my 18-month old would have had his head in the way the door would have smashed it hard. Honda needs to take a close look at these to ensure that they are operating correctly. We decided it was too much risk, so we got rid of the van and bought a Toyota sienna without power doors.
Power sliding doors reverse themselves the first time anything gets in their path. If you stop the door and attempt to close it a second time the doors will not stop closing. The door closed on my husbands fingers the other week at the car dealership. We are looking to buy a Honda Odyssey, but are thinking twice because of this issue. I am concerned that a child could get hurt pretty bad by the power of this closing door. The salesman told us that you cannot try to close the door a second time without waiting for a least 1 whole minute, because the mechanism needs to reset itself. If children are getting in and out of the door it is hard to say that they would not wait the full 1 minute and that someone might be in the way of the sliding door.
The right sliding door opens while driving without manual operation. Also, door becomes stuck. Passengers cannot enter or exit vehicle. Dealer cannot identify the problem.
While putting kids in the car, one of the children pulled the side door handle and the door automatically rolled shut. This door could injure someone, especially a child if caught between the door. Consumer feels there should be a better sensor system to stop when there are objects blocking the door.
Side sliding door does not close properly. When the door is pushed/shut it does not stay in place, it slides back, and becomes uneven with the body of the vehicle. Dealer has been contacted.
Electric sliding power doors do not rebound when encountering obstacle. Should a person inadvertantly get in the way of a closing door, the motor will exert tremendous force on individual, likely causing injury. The owners manual suggests pressing the "open" button on the remote key ring or the dash board. In the case of a small child entering/exiting (which in the case of a mini-van is quite likely), the potential for injury is severe. The manufacturer should have designed an adjustable pressure sensor, over-current senser (similar to garage doors), or other detection device to create a safer door. Please investigate.
Reoccurring problem with left turns and electric sliding door indicators showing that door is open. The door has not actually opened as of yet. I know the 1999 model had similar problems, but their doors were opening. This should serve as mostly an awareness alert. I will have dealer look at it when I take it in for first scheduled maintenance in about one month.
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- Fort Wayne, IN, USA