1. Honda Odyssey
  2. Problems
  3. 2000
  4. Latch

2000 Honda Odyssey Latch Problems

89
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 89 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 6 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire
  • 1 indicate a death

What owners report

  • sliding door · 47 records
  • sliding doors · 30 records
  • door latch · 19 records
  • passenger side · 10 records
  • door open · 10 records
  • door opened · 9 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi15
30–60k mi12
100–150k mi7
1–30k mi5
150–400k mi3

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • April 29, 2003

    Latch

    The consumers vehicle experienced symptoms of the sliding door latch recall (00v-119000) but the vehicle identification number was not included in the recall. *nm *sc *jb updated 7/2/12 *cn

    ODI 10017818

  • July 22, 2002 · 46,000 miles

    Latch

    Automatic doors fail. The door could not be closed completely. This is the second door to fail. Honda knows about the defect and told me the wouldn't fix the second door until it failed. It did so while i was 100 miles away from home. *ak

    ODI 10029036

  • July 5, 2002

    Latch

    Rear sliding door sticks and is hard to open door for consumer to enter or exit the vehicle. Dealer notified, this problem has been repaired 6 times and the seals have been replaced 3 times. *ak *yh

    ODI 8018952

  • June 1, 2002 · 30,000 miles

    Latch

    Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the rear sliding automatic door would not remain closed and as a result, the indicator light remained illuminated. The dealer advised the contact that her vehicle had not been included in the recall associated with nhtsa campaign id number: 00v119000 ( latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch) and offered no further assistance. The manufacturer was made…

    ODI 10432357

  • May 7, 2002

    Latch · Trunk Lid

    The consumer stated that the trunk handle cable fell off. *yh

    ODI 565842

  • March 15, 2002

    Latch

    My mini-van experienced the same problem as the defect described in nhtsa campaign id number: 00v119000 . However honda did not do recall on my vehicle.*ak

    ODI 763455

  • February 1, 2002

    Latch

    Driver side and passenger's side doors will not open at all. Doors are stuck. Dealership is aware of problem.*ak

    ODI 8005844

  • September 25, 2001

    Latch

    Drivers side sliding door outside latch has broken due to too much effort to open door. *ak *et

    ODI 897266

  • August 21, 2001 · 20,000 miles

    Latch

    Intermittently rear doors were hard to open. Consumer pulled the handle off once trying to open the rear door. Consumer felt that tremendous suction was being formed by the door gasket. This suction made it difficult open the door. *ak

    ODI 10065329

  • August 15, 2001 · 20,000 miles

    Latch

    2000 honda odyssey lx. Both sliding doors stick when either opening from the inside or outside. Not major injury - yet! I am concerned if anything did happen and we could not get the doors open in a hurry. Then what? *jb

    ODI 10172940

  • April 19, 2001 · 15,000 miles

    Electrical System · Latch

    Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the sliding side door opened independently. The contact stated that he took the vehicle into the dealer for inspection but the contact was unable to provide the diagnosis information. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the recurring failure. The contact also stated that the…

    ODI 10579533

  • January 30, 2001

    Exterior · Latch · Manual Transmission

    TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *SLC

    ODI 559633

  • January 1, 2001

    Latch

    While driving buzzer goes off to indicate sliding doors are open. There was recall 00v119000, but this vehicle was not affected due to vin. Vehicle has been taken to dealer 3 times, cannot remedy the problem.*ak

    ODI 8015705

  • November 3, 2000

    Latch

    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

    ODI 736118

  • July 1, 2000

    Latch

    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

    ODI 784993

  • June 16, 2000

    Door · Latch

    Automatic sliding door on driver's side does not open at all when handle is used. Must open from inside or via remote. Doors make buzzing sound intermittently advising that doors are ajar even when closed contact pads have been replaced, yet problem continues. Sometimes door will not close fully. It closes, attempts to latch and then re-opens partially. Other sliding door has similar issues to a lesser extent. Lots…

    ODI 10003596

  • May 20, 2000

    Latch

    Sliding door would intermittently open while traveling. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop on six occasions, and the problem still reoccurring. Vehicle back in dealer shop for seventh time for correction. Feel free to provide us with any further information concerning this matter. *ak

    ODI 889550

  • May 18, 2000

    Latch

    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

    ODI 558250

  • April 3, 2000

    Latch

    Consumer's son had his fingers in way of door. When consumer attempted to stop the door from closing on child's finger, they were unable to do so. Child was taken to hospital with broken fingers. But, was treated and released. *ak

    1 injury

    ODI 860459

  • April 1, 2000

    Latch

    When filling fuel tank consumer's daughter was able to unlock the driver's side sliding door. Door opened quickly and jammed over the fuel filler door and into the gas nossle which caused damage to the body of the car and fuel filler door. *ak

    ODI 860205

  • April 1, 2000

    Latch

    There have been repeated problems with both power sliding doors jamming and being nonfunctional. The doors also frequently set off the alarms within the vehicle claiming that the door is open with the car in drive, yet the door does not show "open" on the indicator panel on the dashboard. There have been 8-9 attempts by the dealer to repair this problem and yet , it continues to recur. The honda regional service…

    ODI 762694

  • February 22, 2000

    Latch

    While putting fuel into fuel tank, driver's son inside the vehicle, pressed a buttn that opened the sliding door on the driver's side, next to fuel door. When door opened, fuel pump was knocked down, and spilled fuel all over consumer and all around. *ak

    ODI 857419

  • February 1, 2000

    Latch

    Vehicle was parked. Engaged the slide door to close and forgot something. Reached in while door was closing and got caught. Safety feature was designed in a manner that door will retract if something is in its way, but it fails to retract until the door is almost closed. In the owner's manual it states that the door may close enough to cause bruising before it retracts.*ak

    1 injury

    ODI 865829

  • January 12, 2000

    Latch

    While driving 30 mph, the passenger rear sliding door open on it's own. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic determined that the door latch assembly needed to be replaced and replaced it numerous times. However, the problem still occurs at this time. Please provide further details. *jb

    ODI 10107406

  • January 1, 2000

    Latch

    Problems with sliding door latch on 2000 honda odyssey.*mr (nar) *cb the consumer was told the vehicle was not included in the recall. *jb

    ODI 10046586