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Wow!!! Fuse 13 worked for me today on my 1999 Honda Mini-van. I tried to open my sliding door this morning; not realizing it was frozen. The yellow light for my power sliding door. Called dealer; they said I needed to schedule an appointment for them to diagnose the problem. Which should take approx. an hour and a half. I searched the Internet and found fuse 13 article. Thank you for saving me both time and money...
In response to the question posted on 20th Jan 2009, 16:16
I don't have an owners manual. Could someone tell me which is fuse 13?
Fuse 13 is located on the passenger side of the vehicle. Open the passenger side front door, look down to the floor board (below the glove box) on the right side of the firewall. There will be a little door approx. 2X5 inches. Open the door the fuses are numbered. Take out fuse 13.
My 2001 EX passenger slide door has been dead for a week or so - absolutely silent - and impossible to move manually.
After discovering this site this evening, I tried the Fuse 13 trick. It didn't work. But I then repeated the operation with the nearby power door lock fuse.
Lo - it fixed the problem. Thanks so much for the leads.
DK Ottawa
Although I certainly appreciate the Fuse #13 trick, and am sure it will come in handy - I have a slightly different issue - the factory installed alarm seems to have shut itself off. Does anyone know which fuse is for the alarm system and will pulling it for 30+ seconds reset everything? Or, alternatively will disconnecting the battery do a complete system reset?
I have an '03 Odyssey EX-RES - the alarm activated for no reason at all and then when I unlocked/locked the vehicle, it seemed to stop the alarm - however after that I found out the battery on my remote was dead and the alarm does not arm upon locking with remote.
When I replaced the battery in the remote, the alarm went off and I had to stop it with the panic button.
Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.
Well, another 2001 Odyssey owner here.
Similar problem with the power doors.
I'll try Fuse 13 tonight and let you know how it goes.
Thank you everyone for posting this!
I had 99 with same sliding door problem for a long time. Will try fuse #13 tomorrow. Hope it will work.
Another "Fuse 13" success story!! The passenger side sliding door on my 2000 Odyssey EX suddenly quit working a few weeks ago. I drove 60 miles this past week to what I thought was a reputable Honda dealer. The diagnosis was that the "junction switches" were defective. Estimated cost to repair was more than $400. As much as I doubted that removing Fuse 13 would fix the problem, I tried it anyway. I was absolutely astounded to find that it worked!! My wife now believes there must be another fuse to make the driver's side door close all the way!! Sorry Honda, but it looks like my next minivan will be a Toyota.
Another FUSE 13 success story! I have been driving around for almost a year without using the passenger door b/c it would not open. After being refused by 2 mechanics b/c the job was too complicated, I just gave up. I stumbled on this article trying to figure out how to get the buzzer to stop sounding so I could trade the thing in!! I am so glad I did - I feel like I have a new vehicle. Thank you original "FUSE 13" poster. You have saved many thousands of dollars (including me)!
My driver's side door had not been working for months; then the passenger side went out, too, so that my grandsons had to climb in over the front seats to ride with me! I went online to see what this would cost to repair and found the Fuse #13 fix and it works!! (Pull Fuse #13 by the passenger's right foot, count to 30, and replace.) Thank you so much to the person who first wrote about it and also to all those who've added their comments, giving credibility to it.
Thanks to Fuse 13 I now have a working drivers side sliding door on my 2000 EX for the first time in 8 months. Thanks to whoever first posted this fix. Now I don't have to pay the dealer $600 for a new door motor as they suggested would be the only fix!
I have now owned 2 Honda Odyssey minivans that have both experienced power door failures. In total, I have had 4 failures where the door locks open and will not close; Electrically or manually. Some times it is half way open and other times it is all the way open when this occurs; no amount of reasonable force will move the door.
My first van was a 2005 model and it had 3 failures and now we had our first failure on our 2007 van. In all cases, the dealership had to replace the complete drive motor assembly.
My biggest concern is the safety aspects of the door locking open. All mechanical things fail, but I can't believe Honda hasn't issued a recall for this problem. They really need to install some type of safety release for situation like this. One time it happened to my wife in the winter when she was 30 miles from home and she had to drive home with the door open and my kids freezing. The dealership keeps telling me I am the only one having this problem. They blame it on gravel dust getting in the track. I can't be the only Odyssey owner who travels 3 miles a day on gravel roads. When it happened to my first van three times, they told me it was a fluke. Now that it has happened to our 2007 van, my has asked me to get rid of it because she is tired of putting our kids safety in jeopardy.
To be honest, I doubt I ever buy another Honda again.
Having been the Honda route and gotten taken big time, we will never buy another Japanese car. Neither our Ford or GM cars have had ANY problems.
"I can't be the only Odyssey owner who travels 3 miles a day on gravel roads."
Hondas minivans just aren't designed for gravel roads. Another common complaint for them is the air conditioning failing after a piece of gravel rock hits the condensor. Other vehicles shield the condensor with wire screens to prevent rock damage.
"Having been the Honda route and gotten taken big time, we will never buy another Japanese car. Neither our Ford or GM cars have had ANY problems."
Then why did you buy a Honda in the first place?
"Then why did you buy a Honda in the first place?"
The same reason most people buy Japanese cars. Ad hype and false claims of reliability. Believe me, after that experience with a Japanese car we will NEVER be taken in again by ad hype again. Before the Honda we had put 325,000 miles on a 1975 Ford with less than $500 in repairs. We're back to Ford now and will STAY there!!