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.

- Yukon, OK, USA

Consumer experienced problems with the sliding door on his 1999 Honda Odyssey. 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.

- Kent, WA, USA

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.

- Eugene, OR, USA

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.

- Folsom, CA, USA

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.

- Spotswood, NJ, USA

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.

- Oxnard, CA, USA

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.

- Lakewood, NJ, USA

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.

- Caldwell, NJ, USA

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. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

- Pewaukee, WI, USA

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.

- Abilene, TX, USA

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.

- Ashburn, VA, USA

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.

- North Little Rock, AR, USA

The driver side sliding door opened while driving on the highway. There's a recall for the sliding door latch 99V158000 but the VIN number is outside the remedy scope.

- Madison, OH, USA

The sliding doors on our 1999 Honda Odyssey van have been hard to open for the past year or so. Recently, I pulled the handle to open the sliding door - it snapped off and it is no longer possible to open the door. With instructions from the service manual, I carefully removed the inside door panel to find a broken lever inside. I have not investigated how much it may cost to repair this but I am highly disappointed in the recent quality of Honda products. Over the years, we have owned 3 other Honda with only minor repair issues. The Odyssey is definitely not up to the usual high quality standards. The convenience of the side door is now totally useless. I understand that the replacement part might cost $300 or more. With this outrageous price, I am willing to spend my own time to locate a used replacement mechanism. The actual broken part is a small plastic lever inside the door handle. From my investigation, this little part is not available separately and will warrant to purchase of the complete door lock mechanism. I have seen similar failure reports from many other Honda owners - it's time to let them know how unhappy we are.

- Tyngsboro, MA, USA

Side door handle broke off while manually opening door. Pin that handle pivots on appears to be made of plastic - perhaps not strong enough for this use? sliding door normally would open automatically by means of an electric motor. Automatic meachanism had malfunctioned requiring door to be pulled open by manual means. This door opens with much more resistance than a normally sliding door, probably due to the motor being attached. Knowing this yet not having much experience opening it this way, I gave the door a good tug. There appears to be a fine line between pulling hard enough to get door opened and breaking handle off! repair cost $185

- Gig Harbor, WA, USA

The rear sliding door latch malfunctioned and caused the door to close and pop open. Recall 00V119000 repairs were done before this current owner owned the vehicle. The dealer would repair the vehicle at owner's expense.

- Mead, WA, USA

Sliding door is sticking. Had brought to dealers several times, but problem still exists. Every time, they diagnosed differently but could not fixed it correctly.

- Largo, FL, USA

While the consumer was getting the child out of the rear seat the sliding door locked by itself.

- Brooklyn Park, MN, USA

Consumer states the vehicle has ongoing problems with the power sliding doors.

- Columbus, OH, USA

Passenger side doors failedto latch. Two weeks later driver's side failed to latch. Dealer notified/ repaired.

- Lawrenceville, GA, USA