2002 Honda Odyssey Latches, locks and linkages Problems

“2002 Honda Odyssey ex - left (driver's side) sliding door opened while I was driving with 4 children in the car. At the time I was making a right turn at a slow speed, fortunately they were all buckled in, but they were none the less terrified by the event. My son, who was closest to the door, is refusing to ride in a car. The car is at the Honda dealer in keene, where they say that I need to replace the two sliding door hinges for around $500. …”

“My two year old son's thumb was broken in the automatic power side door of my 2002 Honda Odyssey. The door is suppose to have a safety device that makes the doors stop if bumped. It failed and the door closed till latch connected and snapped my son's thumb below the first joint. My wife had to open the door to release the thumb. He was taken to chkd in norflok va and the finger was placed in a cast due to a clean break of the bone.”

“Drivers side passenger door would not close, it would come very close to closing and then would retreat backwards as if something was in its way, though nothing was. I was able to manually close the door. The same day this occurred, my husband checked the car and tried taking out the fuses to see if we could reset the doors memory'. The door would then close, no door light was lit on the dash, nor was there a beeping noise which indicates door is open. The door did appear slightly ajar though. …”

“Passenger sliding door on 2002 Honda Odyssey sticks to the point where the handle on the outside has broken off when trying to open it. This is the second time this has happened. The door has stuck on and off over the years and the handle has been broken off once previously. The handle cost me $247 to replace at the dealer the first time, where I was told I needed to lubricate the seals on a regular basis to prevent this from happening again. It was their opinion that the seals just worked too well. …”

“Driver's side sliding door would not latch. Have had intermittent problems with it throughout the years. At those times, I manually close the door. Two times in the past week, I did this. Seemed to have latched since the light went out. Driving down the road with my 3 year old on that side, secured in a car seat and the door opened - even though I had the switch to manual. Had to try to get off the road, while at the same time putting the switch to automatic and holding down the close button. Very dangerous!!!!! After looking on the internet, I found that this is a huge problem. …”