I’m going a bit away from my usual tech talk on this one but still, it points to how truly information packed, the Internet is. We had a deep freeze last night, rain and then below freezing temperatures. Most of the Country is experiencing that now…but here in California, it is a bit rare to go below freezing (especially in my area). Anyway, as my wife was trying to get the kids off to school, she discovered that our 2001 Honda Odyssey (the “mommy mobile”) power sliding doors decided not to work anymore. The “door” light was lit, indicating an error of some sort.
Armed once again with the power of Google (as well as “unrelatedly” telling my kids that on the Internet, “you can find out anything about anything”), I searched for “2001 honda odyssey doors won’t open” and the first hit had the answer. Here is what fixed it, and I will quote (with a little editing):
1.) Disable the power door switch on the left dashboard.
2.) Remove fuse #13 for 30 seconds or more from the passenger side fusebox. This will reset the door and the clock. Fuse box is located under the front passenger leg area.
3.) Manually open and close both sliding doors.
4.) Restore the power door fuses located under the front passenger leg area.
5.) Enable the power door switch on the left dashboard.
6.) Try opening the sliding doors.
I must admit that I did skip step #3 (which I think is just there for you to do something while you wait the 30 seconds. Anyway it works flawlessly! I probably saved myself a couple hundred $$$ at the dealer for a “diagnostics.” But more importantly, I saved my wife a lot of inconvenience and got the school drop-off routine back to norm.
For those interested, the thread where I found the fix is here.
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168 comments
Tim
I have a 2003 Honda Odyssey, and the passenger sliding door opens fine but when it closes it pops back open slightly! Any idea how to fix this?
delfin R. ignacio jr
i have 2000 LX odyssey that sliding door not working if i slide the manual lock to open it aoutomatic slide back some kind a shorted wire can anybody help me fix the trouble
greg
its the sliding rear passenger door it releases but wont unlock but you can release it by pulling handle outside then the releases and it opens automaticly
greg
2000 Honda odyssey passenger won’t unlock door for it open
todd
Thanks for all of the great comments. Does anyone know if I need a new roller assembly. the automatic passenger sliding door won’t open/close properly and when we have had to force it a little we can see the cable coming our from under the panel. I am just wondering if the cable has come off of the pulley or if I need a new roller assembly. Thanks!
honda_owner
It worked for me! Not exactly what you discuss here, but very similar! I guess for some Honda Odyssey 2001s, fuse #13 is both for the clock and the power door, and for some others – as mine – fuse #13 is for clock and fuse #12 is for power door. If yours fits the latter case, pull #12 and #13 together. Only removing and putting back #13 did not work for me! Here is what I did:
Remove fuse#12 (power door)
Restore #12
Remove fuse #13 (clock)
Restrore #13
Repair shops asked for $200 only for the diagnosis of one door! I guess I saved more than $500 for the repair of both doors
john
A sliding door operator (or sliding door opener or automatic sliding door operator) is a device that operates a sliding door for pedestrian use. It opens the door automatically, waits, then closes it.??? ?? ?????
jim
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bigdeli hajar
A sliding door operator (or sliding door opener or automatic sliding door operator) is a device that operates a sliding door for pedestrian use. It opens the door automatically, waits, then closes it.
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LeiAngel
Thank you so much!! It worked on my 2001honda .. I’m so happy.
lili
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John
I have 2003 Honda Odyssey. The sliding doors are closing by any methods but not opening with remote and switch buttons on the dashboard. Dose any one had same problem, and know how to fix it?
John
Wow, worked perfectly. Thanks, so much. No more annoying buzzer!
JBird34
What is the actual name of the rollers on the automatic doors? Got a 2001 EX with a bad roller. I have seen the way to fix the problem. Trying to find the replacement part but nothing comes up when I google it.
Rob
Disconnecting the battery works great, but the problem keeps reoccuring. Do I have a bad/dirty sensor, or is the control unit hosed? Seems to happen again each time the passenger and driver try to open door at the same time.
Jordanjoshuar
THANK YOU
Nothing
Its funny the door stopped around the time I had a check engine lite come on for. The egr port needing cleaning. I did that myself it took about an hr to do. I was told by dealer I needed a kit and egr. Big $s. Talked with someone else that had same problem. And was an easy fix. New gasket for upper intake and hr of time. Cost was under 20.00. The internet is great. Thanks to everyone. Nothing but love. 4 u all.
Dlsweeny
OMG. Thank u so much. Now my pass side slider works ? Why would it have stopped in the first place. Will it happen again ? But me so happy. I have spent many $s. On this van. And its nice to not have to spend more. Again. Thank you. Dan
Velizusa
For Honda Oddysey 2005 is the #7 Fuse
Rugfarm5
Bought 2004 Odyssey used about 2 weeks ago. Yesterday the power sliding door on the driver’s side quit working. Tried the fuses but didn’t work. I kept reading and found one blogger who said to check the gas cap to make sure its on tight. 5 seconds later it worked like a charm. Thanks Happy Chappy!!!
Kevin
My wife called me today with the same issue today. Found this article and fixed the problem right after work.
Thanks.
Trentandtaraleigh
THANK YOU!!!! My husband and I have three kids (twin 18 month olds and a 3 year old) and as a mom, I need my sliding doors. Thanks for the awesome tip. You saved my day. Who knew fixing a car could be so easy- thanks to your help!!!
Ricefamily
My drivers side sliding door suddenly stopped working. My husband checked it out and decided that I needed a new motor. He disabled the door but the alarm continued and there was no way that I was going to drive listening to that sound. So, I decided to google the issue and found your website. My husband followed your steps and I now have a sliding door that works perfectly!!! Thanks so much for posting this information. You saved me a lot of money plus my sanity!!!
WMCK
My car
is 2005 Honda Odyssey. In a cold and freezing early morning, I
suddenly found that my passenger side door can not work and there was
a slide door light on. Pull off the black wire of battery for 5
minutes, the light went off, but it later go on and the automatic
slide stop after it closed around 3 times open and close trials. Then
I pull off the #7 fuse on the driver’s side (back up) for one minute,
then the slide door light go off, but it just works 2 door closing,
then stop and the light on again. That’s what I did according to
internet search advices. Then I found that it’s the latch issue. When
the door closed under automatic slide mode, there is a final click
sound for door to finalize closing. I did not hear that although the
door seems to be close well. So I bought the wheel bearing
grease(lithium base) and put all of the slide places. Then I did the
#7 fuse pull out, then the light never go back again and the slide
door works just like a new. Before there is a squeak sound when the
passenger’s side door opened. Thanks all of the information you
guys gave.
Don
For the 2005 Odyssey, the fuse is #7 on the driver’s side.
Mtloper
I have a 2005 Odyssey EXL w 110,000 miles that the passenger side slider door was closing and then pulling in more than flush and holding for about five seconds and then releasing. When this would occur the indicator light on the dash would indicate that the door was closed but the door warning alarm would sound continuously when the car was in drive or reverse. It would silence when in park or neutral and you could silence by turning the master switch off. As earlier stated in this thread, I turned the on/off switch by the steering wheel to the off position. I opened the door all the way open. I took a round screwdriver and rotated the switch in the back of the door simulating the door closing onto the retaining loop in the door jam. I pulled the handle as if I were opening the door and the door lock mechanism release. I found that the rotating action of the lock had some dirt and grime build up. I sprayed with lubricate and cleaned. The door seems to be working properly now. I have found that when the door is working properly it will not pull in more than flush and then release. Whenever the door pulls in past flush then releases back out it always sound the alarm. When the door is working properly it will stop at flush and the latch will retain the door. This was a very frustrating issue and without the help of this forum I would have completely disassembled my van chasing this problem probably with no results. Thanks for all the people that posted.
Murray
Himalayancorner
my 2006 honda odyssey no pawer on life sliding door, I did what you say. but still doesnt work, do you have another idea???
Richard Bucker
fuse #13 does not exist on a 2011.
Chewykt
Wow, thanks so much! The passanger side door of my mommy mobile quit working last night and wouldn’t close all the way. That warning buzz was so annoying. I Googled the problem this afternoon and ta-da! Here is the solution which worked perfectly! We saved a lot of time and money I’m sure.
Bill
Disconnecting the battery worked but the door won’t stay fixed. I can reset it everytime by disconnecting the battery but only lasts for a day or so. Any suggestions?
Me
Hi, I have a 2002 Odyssey, 140,000 miles on it but this did not work for me, but I decided the next day to try something different. I did manage to manually to get it open about half way and decided to use lithium grease on all the joints where the door moves, top, side and bottom. I then cleaned all the contacts with windex and closed it manually. I waited a minute and sure enough I pressed the button on the remote and it opened!!! I was so excited since I have no money to pay for it to get fixed. Thank God at least this worked!
Joe
I’m a Honda technician. I had a 2001 odyssey with a sliding door issue. The right slider wasn’t working and setting dtc 24(revolutionary sensor) I reset the code, rehomed the system and the motor started working but the door wouldn’t move. I replaced the slider motor assembly and fixed the problem. It’s good information you’re providing but sometimes it may need more that just resetting.
Lee
Thank you soooo much! This worked for our 2000 Honda Odyssey EX. We already had enough wrong with that 210k miles car.
SD
I have a 2006 Honda Odyssey – and the passenger sliding door on the the drivers slide isn’t working from the inside handle. I can open the door via the buttons on my remote control, via the outside door handle and the buttons to the left of the steering wheel, but the inside door handle will not open the door. I am thinking my kid has busted it.
Any tips? Since it seems like the motor is still good and it works except from the inside handle?
Would love your input. Thanks so much
Foreverfamily04
Is the child lock on?
Lgross2009
Turn off childProof lock and you’ll be good
Geezer
So, how do you do that?
Cac_mcd
I was reading these posts and couldn’t find the original comment to point me in the right direction…we have a HOnda Odyssey and have had intermittent problems with the doors–nothing else but the doors-but was looking for the link to this. Could you help?
Aliwahl2
I am a stay-at-home mom trying to save our pennies. We just bought our 2004 Odyssey and the driver side door wasn’t opening. Thank you so much!!!!
hightechdad
Glad that it helped and worked for you! (And thanks for the donation as
well!)
Jamil
Thx for this valuable info, people like you are really helpful, God Bless you
Uday
I have 2003 honda odyssey, this fix worked great. Thanks a lot. Fuse # is 10 in 2003.
Burgoo1
Thanks so much!!! Also works on 1999 models. I also removed fuse #12, which says something about the doors.
Jhair14
2005 odyssey door auto door cable snapped, help
hightechdad
Can’t help with that, sorry. You will have to take it in to get it
repaired, I believe.
Anwar
hello! my 2000 Honda Oddysey sliding doors are closing but not oppening?? anyone knows why??
if anyone knows please send me an e-mail to: [email protected]
Tony
A child safety lock was mentioned above. Not sure if a cable also mentioned earlier needs replacing.
Sourceland
I’ve tried the fuses but to no avail. Passenger side door is locked and won’t unlock automatically or manually.
hightechdad
That sounds like a different issue altogether. You might have to take it
in for servicing.
Sliding Patio Door
This is the great blog, I’m reading them for a while, thanks for the new posts!
Anne Angala
You always have very good topics to share. You are great!
Kevin
Worked great!!! Thanks alot. It is greatly appreciated. Amazing to fix my headaches in 30 seconds. Thanks again!!
Rileyadamcarson
WORKS GREAT!!!
Mhmmk5
I tried every thing but my passenger side not working manual or power…..
kl
Fixed mine too – 2007 Model – 20 Amp for Left side Power Sliding Door in middle row of fuses
Odyessy blues
We’ve dad our dependable 2000 Odyssey since Dec 1999, and 11 years and 3 kids later the power sliding doors suddenly stopped working after a typical Canadian December deep freeze (-17 C) just before Christmas.
Read through the manual and all the fuses related to the power sliding doors checked out ok…so I blamed myself for spraying the door channels and hinges with a ‘rust check’ lubricant spray that’s supposed to help keep things well lubricated so I assumed everything was just frozen….I was ready to spend some Christmas money on fixing the doors and was expecting the worse case of having to replace the motors that operate each door….well after a quick google search and 5 minutes to pull the clock fuse(????) the doors are as good as 11 year old doors work,,, Thanks for the fix :)