Does anybody have a minivan with automatic doors?

Question

I have a Honda odyssey 2004 and lately I have been having problems with the back doors sliding. Sometimes when I try to close the doors with the remote like I always do, one of the back doors will not slide on its own. Do you know why that maybe happening? I thought maybe when I took it to get an oil change at sears that they mistreated the car. It wasn't doing that before then. Yea I try to close it with the remote and it gets stuck, and then it doesn't close unless I try a couple of times or pushing it manually. Its annoy because if you close the door manually then you can't lock it with the remote. Any thoughts on why its doing that?

Answer 1

There is a center door roller that slides along the horizontal track that is half-way between the roof and the floor. You need to make sure that track is clean and lubricated. Typically on the Odyssey the track gets an accumulation of dirt and grit over time and the center roller will get hung up on it. So the first thing to do is to have the track cleaned and lubricated. If you don't then you'll cause the roller to wear or break (its possible that this has happened already)

the second common cause is that the door that is out of alignment. Those doors can be aligned but its no easy thing to do. Its not unusual for the door to go out of alignment from continual opening and closing.

the earlier models had problems with the contact switches on the door and the door post. I think the problems were addressed by 2004, but you might want to have the contacts on the door and the door jamb cleaned with electrical contact cleaner. Bad contacts usually stop the door from latching automatically.

Get the center track cleaned and lubricated and go from there
hope that helps

Answer 2

Its nothing they did during an oil change. These auto doors are known for problems, even Chrysler Town and Country's and Ford vans with auto doors. Check the track to see if something is in its path. Could even be the motor or cable binding.