NHTSA Complaint #11169973 — 2009 HONDA ODYSSEY

THE AUTOMATIC SIDE DOORS. THE LEFT SLIDING DOOR WHEN YOU GO TO OPEN THE DOOR IT OPENS JUST ALITTLE AND THEN CLOSES I HAVE TO HAVE MY KIDS NOT TO GET TO FAST ON TRYING TO GET OUT CAUSE IT HAS ALMOST CLOSED ON ONE OF THEIR LEGS. THE LEFT DOOR ALL NO LONGER OPENS FROM THE DOOR HANDLE ONLY FROM THE OUTSIDE HANDLE OR THE BUTTON THE DRIVER CAN PUSH. IT ALSO WHEN IT IS OPEN AND YOU GO TO CLOSE IT IT WILL START TO CLOSE THEN REOPEN. SOMETIME I HAVE TO PUT THE VAN IN REVERSE OR DRIVE TO GET THE DOOR TO EVEN CLOSE. SOMETIMES I CAN GET IT TO CLOSE WHILE OPEN WITH THE INSIDE HANDLE BUT I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL CAUSE IT'S CLOSED ON MY ARM A FEW TIMES PLUS SEEMS LIKE THE SENSOR THE DOOR IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ON THE DOOR TO TELL SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS THE DOESN'T WORK THE RIGHT SLIDING DOOR IS ALSO STARTING TO DO THE SAME THING SINCE I'VE BEEN HAVING MY KIDS TRY TO USE THAT DOOR MORE. I'M AFRAID MY KIDS OR WHOEVER IS IN THE VAN AT ANY TIME IS GONNA END UP TRAPPED AND NO ABLE TO GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY OR ANYTHING AND FOR BIGGER KIDS AND ADULTS IT'S HARDER TO CLIMB OVER SEATS. AND ALSO THE DRIVER DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO GO AND UNLOCK IT IT WILL LOCK BACK SO YOU HAVE TO UNLOCK MANUALLY.