2000 Honda Odyssey Seat belts Problems

“We are trying to resolve what we believe to be a safety issue with american Honda motor company regarding the function of our seat belt system. Our seat belt is covered by a lifetime warranty by the manufacturer. The belt material has degraded and frayed creating long strands of fiber that restrict it sliding through the latch mechanism. In addition, the width of the belt has been reduced by over 10% due to the material fraying and unraveling. …”

“Second row seat belts do not remain in locked position when using with an infant car seat. The seat belt will remain locked for 1, 2, or 3 days. But we have found the belt locking mechanism to eventually release. Checking the belt to see it's locked at the start of your trip only to find at the end of the trip the lock has released. Since the van is out of 3 yr / 36,000 mi warranty, we were told we would have to pay for the repair. The van is model year 2000 with 32,000 miles.”

“1)power sliding doors do not operate properly. Intermittently, doors won't open, doors open partially and stop, and doors close partially and stop. More importantly, power doors do not stop and retract when pressure is applied in accordance with manual. Today was the fourth time that one of my children hesitated when exiting the van and was stuck within the doorway when the door was automatically closing. Not only did the door not stop and retract when it reached my child's body, but did not stop even when I placed the full pressure of my body against the door. …”

“When I bumped a metal sign in the walmart parking lot on feb 18 2002 driving 5 MPH, my airbags deployed and the seat belts froze. I found in the manual that they are only suppose to deploy upon moderate to severe impact. I along with 3 other body shops and my insurance, state farm, felt that the air bags deployed faulty and never should have gone off. There was no other damage to the vehicle, demonstrating how lightly the sign was hit. This was an expensive defect that I would like to report, in case it should happen to someone else. …”

“Rear bucket seat buckle unbolted from its structure without any impact or force being applied. There were problems with the temperature control knob. (the entire heat A/C control panel was replaced), the front brake pads had to be replaced and the rotors had to be cut, the check engine light had come on, and gasoline was smelled each time the engine was shut off.”