2000 Honda Odyssey complaints

MANUAL SLIDING DOORS WOULD LOCK UP, AND UNABLE TO OPEN FROM EITHER SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND MADE SOME REPAIRS. LATER ON SAME PROBLEM HAVE REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO BOTH SLIDING DOORS BUT MORE PREVELANT ON THE RIGHT ONE. ON SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING, THE (RIGHT) DOOR HAS SWUNG OPEN JEOPARDISING SAFETY OF INFANTS AND OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE VAN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS OF THIS ITEM SEVERAL TIMES (AT LEAST FOUR). PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*AK

POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS CLOSED ON PASSENGER WHILE GETTING INTO VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK

DRIVER WAS STOPPED AT A CROSSWALK AND WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR AT A SPEED OF 25-35 MPH. DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AND THROWN FORWARD AND BACK WHEN HIT . AS DRIVER CAME BACK THE SEAT BENT BACK/BROKE AND BENT TO THE RIGHT AT A 15-25% ANGLE CAUSING INJURIES. *AK

RIGHT SLIDING DOOR SPONTANEOUSLY CLOSED CONTACTING (PRESSING ON) OUR SON, WHO WAS LOADING THE CAR.

CONSUMER STATES IN THE FIRST ONE OR TWO INCHES OF TRAVEL, THE ACCELERATOR STICKS WHEN GENTLE PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO START OUT OR ACCELERATE SLOWLY THE ACCELERATOR DOES NOT MOVE, BUT WHEN ADDITIONAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR JUMPS A HALF INCH, THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO START SMOOTHLY FROM A STANDING STOP OR ONCE MOVING TO GRADUALLY ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO BE INSPECTED AND DEALERSHIP CLEANED CARBON BUILD UP FROM THE THROTTLE PLATE, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM. *JB

DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITHOUT QUESTION. *AK

CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR. CONSUMER COMPLAINED IS THAT DEFECT WAS NOT REPAIRED, AND DOOR COULD CRUSH A SMALL CHILD SINCE IT HAS ENOUGH FORCE BEHIND IT TO SHOVE A 200 POUND MAN OUT OF WAY.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT WILL ROLL UP UNDERNEATH ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WILL INTERFERE WITH DRIVER'S FEET. CONSUMER WAS WORRIED THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY INTERFERE WITH APPLICATION OF BRAKE PEDAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN A GARAGE SLIDING DOOR CAME OPEN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

ALL SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT PROPERLY.*AK

THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE PROPERLY ALIGNED PER THE MANUFACTURERS SPEC CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR, WHEN THE ALIGNMENT WAS DONE AT AN OUTSIDE SPECIALTY SHOP THE CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT, WHEN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALIGNED THE VEHICLE IT PULLED TO THE LEFT, IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT THE ALIGNMENT CAN NOT BE DONE TO PER THE MANUFACTURERS SPECS. NLM

WITHIN THE FIRST ONE OR TWO INCHES OF TRAVEL, THE ACCELERATOR STICKS, WHEN GENTLE PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO START OUT OR ACCELERATES SLOWLY THE ACCELERATOR DOES NOT MOVE, BUT WHEN ADDITIONAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED, THE ACCELERATOR JUMPS A HALF INCH OR SO, THIS MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBILE TO START SMOOTHLY FROM A STANDING STOP OR, ONCE MOVING, TO GRADUALLY AND SMOOTHLY ACCELERATE, CONSUMER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY PERFORMING CLEAN CARBON BUILD UP FROM THROTTLE PLATE WHICH STILL HAS NOT RESOLVED PROBLEM, ALSO WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP THAT VEHICLE WAS COMPARED TO ANOTHER ODYSSEY AND SHOWED THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AND THE HONDA TECH-LINE WAS CONTACTED, WAS ADVISED THAT OTHER HONDA ODYSSEY'S WOULD BE CHECKED ONCE THEY CAME IN. *JB

SLIDING DOOR HIT REAR QUARTER PANEL WINDOW, CAUSING WINDOW TO SHATTER. DOOR WAS MOTORIZED, AND NOT CONTROLLED. *AK

SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDES HAVE STUCK MULTIPLE TIMES RESULTING IN BOTH DOOR HANDLES BEING BROKEN OFF. IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO OPEN DOORS EASILY. THEY HAVE STUCK MULTIPLE TIMES EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VAN AND WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVEN'T KNOWN WHAT TO DO TO KEEP THEM FROM STICKING.

WHILE CHILD WAS IN INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT HAD FALLEN SLEEP. THEN, AT THE TIME TO TAKE CHILD OUT OF VEHICLE SEAT BELT GOT TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE CALLED TO HELP CHILD OUT OF SEAT BELT. NO IDEA WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH SEAT BELT.*AK

WHEN TRYING TO OPEN SLIDING DOOR WITH REMOTE CONTROL IT WILL NOT OPEN. SOMETIMES COULD OPEN ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS FAILING, UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS, DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.*AK

THE CONSUMER IS HAVING CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES FOR ADJUSTMENTS HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUES, BOTH DOORS ARE UNABLE TO BE OPENED OR CLOSED AND THERE IS A CONTINUOUS BUZZING NOISE WHICH OCCURS FREQUENTLY EVEN THOUGH THE DOORS ARE SHUT. NLM

3 PREVIOUS TIMES THE ELECTRIC DOORS WENT FOR SERVICING TO THE DEALERSHIP.3 TIMES NEW SENSORS WERE INSTALLED. LAST INCIDENT 1/28/01 THE PASSENGER'S BACK DOOR WOULD NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE/LOCK IN PLACE, AND WOULD NOT OPEN EITHER. A VACUUM SOUND WAS MADE AS THE DOOR WOULD NOT PROPERLY CLOSE WITH AIR COMING INTO THE VAN. SIMILIAR TO CABIN AIR PRESSURE FAILURE ON A PLANE. IT WAS TERRIFYING AS WE HAD TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE TO GET HOME AND COULD NOT ENGAGE THE DOOR TO SHUT. THOUGHT IT MIGHT DISENGAGE WILL IN OPERATION.NO MANUAL OVERRIDE EXISTS FOR THE ELECTRIC DOOR FAILURE! AFRAID FOR FAMILY SAFETY.

WHILE TRAVELING PASSANGER'S SIDE DOOR CAME OPEN, INDICATION LIGHT FLASH ON. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN FREEWAY AUTOMATIC DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE FLEW OPEN. CONSUMER WAS TRAVLING AT ABOUT 65 MPH. SINCE THEN, CONSUMER HAS HAD TROUBLE CLOSING DOOR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT THEY WILL CHECK OPEN. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *SLC

ORIGINAL TIRE ON A HONDA, ODYSSEY, 2000. P215/65TR16. WHILE DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, CONSUMER FELT CAR STARTING TO VIBRATE. CONSUMER SLOWED DOWN, AND FOUND THAT FRONT RIGHT TIRE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM TREAD.*AK. CONSUMER RETURNED TIRES TO THE MANUFACTURER.*JB

LEFT REAR DOOR LIGHT AND DOME LIGHT COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE TAKING TURNS. *SLC

SLIDING DOOR ON THE SIDE OF VAN IS DANGEROUS, IT DOES NOT STOP WHEN AN OBJECT IS IN DOOR WAY, IT KEEPS TRYING TO CLOSE.*AK

THE LEFT HAND SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR STICKS IN THE CLOSED POSITION, 2 DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLIES HAVE BROKEN, DEALER STATED PARTS WERE ON BACKLOG DUE TO OTHER VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS, THE RIGHT HAND SIDE DOOR HAS BEEN STUBBORN, BUT HAS NOT SNAPPED A LATCH YET. NLM

WHILE DRIVING IF VEHICLE STOPS THERE IS A NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUEL SLOSHING ABOUT. *AK

BOTH THE REAR SLIDING DOORS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN IN COLD WEATHER. WE CAN OPEN IT ONLY AFTER THE INTERIOR OF THE VAN WARMS UP CONSIDERABLY. HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER LAST WINTER AND HE APPLIED GREASE ON THE DOOR SEALS WHICH SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME. IT HAS RETURNED AGAIN THIS WINTER. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. I AM WORRIED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THE DEALER WON'T EVEN TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROBLEM UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. *AK

TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING (MICHELIN SYMMETRY P215-65R16). NLM

ON JUNE 16, 2000 MY 2000 HONDA ODYESSY WAS REAR ENDED OR HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR BUMPER. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THE ODYESSY. I WAS SOUTHBOUND ON EUCLID AVE. AT INTERSTATE 5. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN A UPHILL POSITION. I WAS THE FIRST VEHICLE AT THE LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURN GREEN, I PROCEEDED TO GO AND MY ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THEN CAUGHT AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLED OUT. THIS CAUSED THE ODYSSEY TO LURCH FORWARD AND THEN STOP SUDDENLY. WHEN THE ODYSSEY STOPPED I STILL HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS TO GO SO THAT NO BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON TO WARN THE DRIVERS TO MY REAR THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO STOP. MY ODYSSEY WAS HIT IN THE REAR BUMPER BY THE VEHICLE TO MY REAR. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE ANAHEIM POLICE WHO CAME TO THE SCENE AND MADE REPORT # DR NO 00-23199. THE VEHICLE TO MY REAR WAS WITHOUT INSURANCE. I REPORTED THIS ACCIDENT TO HONDA OF AMERICA AND THE CALLED ME BACK TO INFORM ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT HAD AN APPRAISAL OF MY DAMAGES YET IT COULD BE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. I AM HOLDING OFF BECAUSE ON THE APPRAISAL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE BEHIND MINE HAD NO INSURANCE AND AMERICAN HONDA CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY. ON A SEPARATE INCIDENT ON JUNE 24, 2000 MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLUE OUT AT 70 MPH WITH ONLY 7,500 MILES ON IT. I CAME TO A SAFE STOP AND HAD THE TIRE REPLACED FOR $100.00 . ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE BRAKES GRIND WITH A METAL TO

THE PUTRUDING BOLTS IN THE DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVE BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I WAS TOLD HONDA WAS AWARE OF THIS AND THAT IT HAS HAPPENED WITH OTHER VANS BUT DON'T FEEL JUSTIFIED IN REPAIRING IT.*AK

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOORS PRIOR TO AND AFTER RECALL 00V119, ON ONE OCCASION THE DOOR OPENED ABOUT ONE FOOT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. *SLC

SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW: THE REAR SEAT POWER SLIDING DOORS AUTO-REVERSE ONLY WHEN ENCOUNTERING AN OBJECT WITHIN 12 INCHES FROM CLOSURE. IF SOMETHING LARGER , SUCH AS AN ADULT HUMAN BODY, IS IN THE DOORWAY, THE DOOR ACTUALLY INCREASES PRESSURE AGAINST THE OBJECT AND CONTINUES IN THIS MANNER ALL THE WAY TO CLOSURE. THE AUTO-REVERSE FEATURE DOES NOT ENGAGE , EVEN WHEN THE DOOR BECOMES LESS THAN 12 INCHES FROM CLOSURE! MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A BRUISE WHEN SHE WAS IN THE DOORWAY AND MY DAUGHTER MISTAKENLY PULLED THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE, STARTING THE DOOR CLOSING, AND THERE WAS NO AUTO-REVERSE. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS IN FACT HOW IT WAS DESIGNED! I TRIED CONTACTING BOTH THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENTS TO COMPLAIN, BUT NO ONE ANSWERS THE PHONE. I THINK THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS DESIGN FLAW. *AK

CANNOT SHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS. STATIC ELECTRICTY EXTREME AFTER DRIVING. SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT ALWAYS OPEN.*AK

WHEN FACING UPHILL, VAN WILL ROLL BACKWARD CONTINUOUSLY ONCE DRIVER'S FOOT IS REMOVED FROM THE BRAKE UNTIL GAS IS APPLIED OR BRAKE REAPPLIED. *AK

NO LIGHTS, CAN'T START THE CAR. *AK

REGARDLESS OF HUMIDITY LEVEL, I GET A HORRIBLE STATIC/ELECTRICAL SHOCK EVERY TIME I EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE LOCAL DEALER GAVE ME A HONDA FACT SHEET WITH SUGGESTIONS I.E. USE STATIC GUARD, GROUND WITH KEY IN IGNITION, SPRAY WITH SCOTCH GUARD, HOWEVER, NOTHING REDUCES THE SHOCK! I HATE DRIVING THIS VAN. HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS. AFTER SPEAKING TO SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS, THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT JUST LIVE WITH IT. IT IS HORRIBLE!*AK

SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. LATCH FROM EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE APPEARS TO PARTIALLY UNLATCHED, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO BE PULLED OPEN. CHILDREN CANNOT GET OUT OF THE CAR. ALSO GAS TANK DOOR IS STUCK OPEN, WHEN MANUALLY CLOSING IT THE ELECTRIC LOCKS LOCK THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE! IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOCK YOURSELF OUT OF THE CAR.*AK

THE SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE STICK, ON ONE OCCASION THE OUTSIDE HANDLE BROKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE DOORS OPEN. *SLC

VAN PULLS SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE RIGHT. HONDA ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR 6 TIMES STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WE FILED THE LEMON LAW AND WOULD LIKE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE ON PROBLEMS LIKE OURS. THANK YOU. *AK (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: N/A)

BATTERIES FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START.*ET

THE PASSENGER DOORS WILL "STICK" AND NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN 15-20 TIMES. ALWAYS IN HOT WEATHER. HAS BEEN REPORTED ALL TIMES TO LOCAL DEALER. DEALER CLAIMS MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION. SUGGESTED AND PUT ON TWO SIDED TAPE. DOORS FUNCTIONED FOR AWHILE BUT ARE BEGINNING TO STICK AGAIN. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO HELP. IS THIS A PROBLEM WITH OTHER VEHICLES OR IS THE ONE I HAVE THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PROBLEM?*AK

RECALL 00V183000. PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED IN AUGUAT 2000.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CONSUMER NOTICED FRONT END VIBRATION CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TIRES, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

A 10MPH ON SLOW BRAKING WITH OVER 1/2 GAS TANK HEAR NOISE UNDER THE CAR.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/65R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/65R16 )

THE FRONT DOORS ON MY MINIVAN WILL SLAM SHUT UNEXPECTEDLY. IF THE DOOR IS OPEN AND EVEN A SLIGHT BREEZE COMES UP THE DOOR WILL SLAM SHUT. IF THE CAR IS PARKED ON EVEN A SLIGHT INCLINE OR IF IT IS PARKED NEXT TO THE CURB ON A STREET AND LEANS SLIGHTLY, THE DOORS WILL UNEXPECTEDLY SLAM. I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY LITTLE GIRL GETTING HER NECK OR BACK INJURED IF SHE IS BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE DOOR WHEN IT SLAMS. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME WAY OF MAKING THE DOOR SO IT WILL REMAIN OPEN EASIER.

TRANSMISSION NOISE, MOST PRONOUNCED AT 1500 RPM AND 50 - 55 MPH, SOUNDS LIKE DRONING, RATTLING, CHATTERING AND DIESELING.*AK

PASSENGER-SIDE MANUAL SLIDING DOOR IS "STICKY & DIFFICULT TO OPEN" FROM THE OUTSIDE. HIGH HUMIDITY MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE. BROUGHT TO DEALER (KRILL HONDA, VALDOSTA GA) WHO WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. THE DEALER INFORMED US "MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE MANUAL SLIDING DOORS." *AK

TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER EXHIBITS A METTALIC DRONING NOISE AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH. NOISE IS ONLY APPARENT WHEN TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKS UP.