2000 Honda Odyssey EX from North America - Comments

Comments: 1-15, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60, 61-75, 76-90, 91-105, 106-120, 121-135, 136-150, 151-165, 166-170

28th Oct 2005, 09:19

I own Honda Odyssey 2001. Passenger 's sliding door stopped working. I brought to repair shop. After they checked, estimated cost $350.00. I didn't fix it. I checked this web site. I pulled the fuse 13 and very happy to see the sliding door works now.

Thanks for who create this web site.

Vote:

28th Oct 2005, 14:54

Thank you for the information on fuse 13. Last winter our passenger side door quit working. We live in Italy and when I took it to the dealer they did not know anything about the Honda Odyssey. It has been a real pain. Although pulling the fuse fixed the problem now it seems the same door doesn't always work right when using the handle. Remote is fine. Any ideas on what to do to make it work reliably using the door handle?

Vote:

18th Nov 2005, 09:31

I stumbled upon this site looking for a sliding door motor because my '00 Odyssey is at the dealer as we speak because neither side will work. The drivers side won't open at all (even in manual mode - and we have 4 kids in car seats). We have had problems with both doors SEVERAL times. We've had the contacts replaced TWICE on BOTH sides. In April, they replaced the center roller on the drivers' side. The latches have been replaced on both sides. All of this NOT under warranty. The dealer is now telling us that the latch and motor need replacing on the drivers side ($1600!!!) and the contacts on the passengers side ($300). With over several thousand into fixing the doors already, I told them to forget it. After having my van for 2 1/2 days, I'm waiting for it to get dropped off any time now. I can't wait to try the fuse trick. I'll follow up and let you know if it worked. It's unfortunate for Honda... because of this door problem, HONDA will not be on our list.

Vote:

1st Dec 2005, 11:41

Ihave 2001 odessy. driver sliding door stop working. i replace fuse it work now, but passenger stop working and on 13 fuse in book said 15 amp, but fuse in box says 10amp why? any help.

Vote:

5th Dec 2005, 22:10

My 2001 had the door problem for a few weeks last year.

My wife was ready to take it in as soon as her

daily commute was suspended for winter break...

And something happened, ran the battery down, something...

And it fixed it.

Problem came up again yesterday. It

went away, but that was scary, the kid is basically

locked in until you climb over the seats.

Problem gone this AM.

Silly Question: If this is a good workaround,

has anyone tried something fancy, like a reset

button (NC switch from Radio Shack? or parts store)?

Thanks

SR.

Vote:

22nd Dec 2005, 14:04

Have the '00 Odyssey, same door problem as everyone else, Steve's Foreign Car who "Specializing in Honda and Acura" charged me $75 to Diagnose it at $800 saying that the motor is dead. I checked this site and tried Fuse 13, and Jackpot! Saved me $800, just $75 for the wrong diagnosis and grease all over my carpeting!!! My next call, Steve...

Vote:

1st Jan 2006, 00:54

Wow!!! It worked!! Fuse 13 worked!! I bought my used 2000 Odyssey last March and the passenger door has been stuck closed for 2-3 months now and all we did was go out and pull out fuse 13 and now it is working again! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Vote:

5th Jan 2006, 15:25

I own a 2001 Honda Odyssey. 2 weeks ago the drivers side power sliding door stopped working after a passenger tried opening it (many times) with the inside handle when locked. I have been searching for a fix for days and thought I would have a large repair bill at the Honda shop. I am so glad I kept searching for an answer and came upon this website. Pulling fuse 13 re-set the door activation circuitry. My door works again and it took all of 2 minutes. Thank you all for being there when I needed you most.

Vote:

5th Jan 2006, 21:14

I had the same "dead door" problem. I found this site and tried the fuse 13 fix. It worked like a charm. I haven't repeated the phrase "Well, I'll be damned" so many times in a long time" after fixing this. This fix WORKS! Thank you to all who posted it! One can only wonder how often the friendly local Honda dealer rapes people on this one.

Vote:

7th Jan 2006, 14:04

Howdy from Texas. OK I have a 2000 Odyssey EX model with the two power slide motor doors. I have tried the fuse 13 trick and it does work for the power of the doors, BUT what my main problem is, is that the doors don't move in all the way and the buzzer stays on until you flip the power switch on the dash to off. I can give the door a good push at the back edge to get the door to close all the way. What part do I need to make the door move in all the way where it shuts completely? What should I use to clean the contacts correctly? Please help. email: craiger@ecpi.com.

Vote:

24th Jan 2006, 12:07

We tried pulling fuse 13 on our 2001 Honda Odyssey EX and it didn't work. But, then we tried fuse number 12 (for the door locks, but the clock went out when we pulled it as well) and it corrected the problem (it fixed the passengers side sliding door)!!! Yippee!

Vote:

25th Jan 2006, 09:22

Can't believe it!! My husband pushed the lock button just as I was opening the passenger side sliding door (auto on Ody 2000EX) and the thing stopped working so we've been opening and closing it manually. Called my dealer today and he told me a long, involved process for resetting it. found this thread about the #13 fuse, unplugged it, plugged it back in after a minute and everything is normal again. Thanks! glad, too, to see that my Honda dealer is honest and immediately told me there would be no charge to reset it if I could bring it in. sorry to read about so many problems--this has been a trouble free, wonderful car so far.

Vote:

1st Feb 2006, 03:18

Since I was in high school (1978) till now been owning Toyota's, but recently decided to try Honda, so I bought a Honda 2000 van "EX" at 120k miles to transport my kids locally. However, recently the transmission been shifting very rough and sometime does not seem to engage the gear. I never experience this early problems with Toyota before. I currently owning a Land Cruiser with over 200k miles on it and it shift like the day I bought it (used in 2003). Any of you have problems with it before? Any help or advice will be grateful... Don't want to be narrowing minded about Honda, but I am worry of what I may getting myself into. Does Honda stand behind it products like Toyota? Hope someone can help. Thanks in advance, hait007@yahoo.com.

Vote:

1st Feb 2006, 12:46

I'm confused as to how you wish a manufacturer to "stand by its product" when the product in question has 170,000 miles. Sure they can offer advice on how to keep the car running, but if you expect them to pick up any of your costs I think you're in for a rude awakening.

Vote:

5th Feb 2006, 13:38

Hello all,

Just did the Fuse #13 on the passenger side to reset the power door on 2001 EX. Worked in two minutes. Thanks for saving me some money!

Vote:

Next 15 comments

All Honda Odyssey reviews