1999 Honda Odyssey Latches/Locks

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY AND COULD NOT BE SECURED. THE CONTACTED ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR BECAME JAMMED AND COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 00V119000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 01/08/14*LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR COMPLETELY OPENED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CLOSED THE DOOR. THE FAILURE CONTINUOUSLY OCCURS WHILE MAKING TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V158000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS, LATCH). THE RECALL REMEDY HAS NOT CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 183,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE REAR DOOR LATCH OPENS AND CLOSES WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURNS OR WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CONTACT HAS SEEN THIS RECALL ISSUED TO MANY VEHICLES; HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE HIS VEHICLE AT ALL. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 140,000.

PROBLEM WITH POWER SLIDING DOOR. ON OUR 1999 EX ODYSSEY, THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR CLOSES BUT NOT QUITE ALL THE WAY, IT WILL NOT "ENGAGE", OR "CATCH". THEREFORE, THE VAN THINKS THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN (OPEN DOOR LIGHT IS ON, BUZZES CONTINUALLY WHEN PUT INTO GEAR, AND INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON). BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM MY SON GOT HURT BECAUSE THE DOOR DIDN'T STOP WHEN HE WAS GETTING INTO THE VAN SO THE DOOR TRAPPED HIS ARM. THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL SO I HAVE TO PAY ALMOST $1,000 CANADIAN TO GET IT FIX. THE HONDA DEALER DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE SO I WOULD LIKE TO FILE THIS PROBLEM IN COURT IF IT IS POSSIBLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CLICKED. THE CONTROL PANEL DISPLAYED THAT THE DOOR WAS AJAR, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT. FURTHERMORE, THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ALREADY REPAIRED, BUT IT WAS NOT PERFORMED BY HONDA. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V119000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH) WAS REFERENCED, HOWEVER, THE DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 137,000. RECEIVED 12/12/07 64,200. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR WOULD PARTIALLY OPEN AND THEN REMAIN OPEN. HE STATED THAT THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD OPEN WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTOR, SWITCHES, AND ROLLERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 158,000. UPDATED 02-21-08 *BF

PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WON'T LATCH. SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU IGNORE IT AND HAVE AN ACCIDENT? WILL DOOR STAY SHUT. MY OPINION IS NO! WE CARRY OUT GRANDKIDS QUITE OFTEN. HONDA ODYSSEY 1999. *TR

1999 HONDA ODYSSEY'S SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY. THEREFORE IN ORDER TO DRIVE WITHOUT INSIDE LIGHTS FLASHING ON AND OFF AND BUZZER SOUNDING CONTINUOUSLY, WE HAVE TO TURN OFF AUTOMATIC DOORS, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD FOR BACK SEAT PASSENGERS THAT MIGHT NEED TO EXIT THE VAN IN AN EMERGENCY AND ARE UNABLE TO WITH THE DOORS TURNED OFF. *JB

DRIVER-SIDE SLIDING REAR DOOR DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY. IT APPEARS TO LATCH, SO WE START TO DRIVE, THEN THE CAR'S BUZZER GOES OFF, SIGNALING THE DOOR IS AJAR. I HAVE TO SWITCH OFF THE DOOR BUTTON ON THE DASH TO STOP THE BUZZER. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE DOOR MAY NOT BE SAFELY LATCHED. WE HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN... WE HAVE TRIED TO RE-SET THE CAR BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY, AND DISCONNECTING THE FUSE, BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HONDA DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A SAFETY BULLETIN OUT. *JB

ON MANY OCCASIONS MY POWER SLIDING DOORS FAILED TO OPERATE CORRECTLY FREQUENTLY NOT LATCHING AT ALL (LEAVING THE DOOR ESSENTIALLY "OPEN") THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS ON HER VEHICLE CONSTANTLY BECOME JAMMED. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE DOORS HAVE AUTOMATICALLY OPENED. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE DOORS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THE NEXT DAY. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 136,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE WOULD NOT LATCH. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 99V158000, REGARDING THE LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 10/25/2006 - ON ONE OCCASION THE DOOR OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *NM

I OWN A 1999 HOONDA ODYSSEY - REAR SLIDING DOOR LATCHES WERE REPLACED UNDER A NHTSA RECALL IN 2000 (CAMPAIGN 99V158000). THE LATCHES AND SLIDE RAILS ON BOTH DOORS HAVE FAILED AGAIN. I AM BEING TOLD BY LOCAL HONDA DEALER THAT SINCE THE LATCHES WERE REPAIRED ONCE, WE ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS UNDER ORIGINAL RECALL - IS THIS TRUE? *NM

THE SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF MY 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY LX MINIVAN ARE SEALED SHUT AND WILL NOT SLIDE OPEN AFTER A CAR WASH, RAIN, OR IN FREEZING WEATHER. IT CAN ONLY BE OPENED WHEN THE SLIDING DOORS ARE DRY AGAIN OR DEFROSTED . I FEEL THIS CAN LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF REAR PASSENGERS ARE UNABLE TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOORS TO LEAVE THE MINIVAN IN ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION. *NM

THE DRIVE SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WILL LATCH INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE A BUZZER LETS THE DRIVER KNOW THE DOORS WERE NOT CLOSED. OTHER TIMES THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO REPAIR. THE CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THE SLIDING DOOR, NHTSA 99V158000 OR 00V119000. *JB

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOOR ON HIS 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. *NM WITHIN 5 MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE THE DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL. 5 MONTHS LATER, THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT AND THE BUZZER CONTINUED TO STAY ON. THE DEALER ONLY LUBED THE TRACK AND CLEANED THE CONTACTS. AFTER ANOTHER 5 MONTHS, THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, THE DEALER THEN REPLACED THE POWER DOOR LATCH FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THE DRIVERS SLIDING DOOR AND THE REPLACEMENT LAST FOR 2 YEARS. ON SEPT 30, 2002 THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AND THE DEALER REPLACED PASSENGER LATCH AND CLOSER MOTOR WHICH WAS THE SECOND TIME FOR THE PASSENGER DOOR LATCH. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN IN DEC 2004, BUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND ON MAY 26, 2005 FOR THE SIXTH TIME. *JB *NM

BOTH POWER SLIDING DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN FROM EITHER SIDE, INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. CONSUMER FEARED THAT IF THE VEHICLE GOT INVOLVED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THEY COULD NOT GET THE CHILDREN OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

BOTH MANUAL REAR SLIDING DOORS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO OPEN SINCE ORIGINAL PURCHASE IN 1999. DEALER GREASED BOTH DOORS EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS SERVICED, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE LATCHES ON BOTH DOORS HAVE BROKEN AND NOW THE DOORS MUST BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. THIS POSSES A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD IF THE DOORS NEED TO BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AN EMERGENCY. SLIDING REAR MANUAL DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WOULD INDICATE ON THE DASH TO BE OPEN. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN CORNERING OR HITTING BUMPS. OVERHEAD LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND OFF AND CRACKLING SOUND FROM BELOW STEERING WOULD BE HEARD. *JB

THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT LATCH PROPERLY AND WOULD NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE LABOR TO HAVE THE DOOR REPAIRED, BUT THEY WILL PAY FOR THE PARTS. *AK *SC *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL SLIDING DOORS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND ALSO CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND NEITHER WAS WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER UNLESS HE PAID FOR THE REPAIRS. CURRENTLY, MANUFACTURER ISSUED A RECALL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE OVERALL PROBLEM INVOLVED THE DOORS NOT CLOSING COMPLETELY. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT BOTH SLIDING DOORS. THE LOCKING MECHANISM OF THE DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE MECHANISM SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY, [XXX], THAT I BOUGHT USED IN 2002. IT IS A HONDA CERTIFIED CAR. SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR HAS MALFUNCTIONED IN SPITE OF BEING SERVICED ABOUT 4 TIMES. THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ALARM GOES OFF. I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, OPEN THE DOOR AND CLOSE IT AGAIN AND THEN IT'S OK. THE MOST RECENT TIME IT WAS SERVICED, THE COST WAS $600 AND SUPPOSEDLY ALL OF THE DOOR SENSORS ON THE FRAME AND THE DOOR WERE REPLACED. THAT WAS ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO. SINCE THEN THE ALARM SOUNDS LESS OFTEN HOWEVER, THE ALARM HAS GONE OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING THE CAR, THE DOOR HAS FAILED TO CLOSE AND I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, GET OUT AND PUSH THE DOOR AS IT WAS CLOSING AND SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I TRIED TO LOCK THE CAR WITH THE REMOTE, I HAD TO WALK BACK TO THE CAR, OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR BECAUSE THE ALARM INDICATOR SHOWED THE DOOR AJAR. I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE ODYSSEY. LAST NIGHT I WAS A NEWS STORY THAT VEHICLES INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS ARE SOMETIMES AUCTIONED AND MOVE FROM DEALER TO DEALER AND THE PAPER HISTORY OF THE CAR IS CHANGED. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A CAR THAT HAS BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAS ENDED UP ON A NEW CAR DEALERS LOT AND WAS SOLD AS CERTIFIED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AS I OFTEN HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN IN MY CAR IN CAR SEATS. IF IT IS FIXABLE, IT SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS MUCH EFFORT TO FIX. SINCE IT HAS TAKEN TRY AFTER TRY AND I STILL HAVE A MALFUNCTIONING DOOR I CAN ONLY THINK THAT MAYBE THE FRAME OF THE CAR IS DAMAGED. PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU. *LA *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR LATCH PROBLEM. THE DOOR ONLY SHUTS PARTIALLY. DRIVER MUST PHYSICALLY ENGAGE THE REAR LATCH AND PUSH THE DOOR WITH FORCE TO GET IT TO CLOSE COMPLETELY. *AK *NM

DUE TO THE WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH HONDA ODYSSEY SLIDING DOORS BEING DIFFICULT TO OPEN (SEE HONDA ODYSSEY TSB 91, 10/29/02), MY DOOR HANDLE BROKE IN THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO OPEN IT. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS A HIGH NUMBER OF ODYSSEY OWNERS HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH HANDLE BREAKAGE DUE TO THE STICKING DOOR PROBLEM. THE COMPONENT THAT BREAKS IS A SMALL, UNDERSTRENGTH PLASTIC COMPONENT INSIDE THE HANDLE. BECAUSE OF A BROKEN DOOR HANDLE, DURING AN EMERGENCY--AND AT OTHER TIMES--IT COULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND FREE BACK OCCUPANTS, ESPECIALLY IF THE INTERNAL CHILD SAFETY LOCK IS ALSO ENGAGED, BLOCKING ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE AS WELL. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED BOTH REAR DOORS CHILD SAFETY LOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE WHEN SWITCH BUTTON WAS OFF. AS A RESULT, PASSENGER WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS FROM INSIDE. *AK