Duuuude, thanks. I suspected this was what was happening to mine as the door was fully closing sporadically for a while before it stopped altogether and I had more trouble in the winter when, I rationalized, the grease was thicker. I had a little rust instead of caked grease that was jamming mine and so in my final preparation the lock did not work so snappily as yours...but it worked! I would just like to clear up a few things that will help the next person who attempts this. My Honda Odyssey is a 2005. Inside you remove three bolts. The little "S" shaped clip he shows at the end slips over the end of the window track and slides up until you see the hole at the other end line up with the bottom hole of the three, inside, bolts you removed. The window bracket is vertical so the most curved end slips over the bottom of the channel and up to the bolt hole. On my van, that bottom bolt had nothing to do with holding the door closing apparatus but only held that bracket that in turn holds the window track. I didn't understand that in the video and kind of freaked when I heard it fall to the bottom of the door, not having any idea where it came from. Putting the gear back together, push the window track towards the outside of the car, slip the apparatus in front of it, line up and bolt the two top holes, slip the S-clip back on and button her up. Thanks again, Mike, for giving me the courage to try this!
May not help people with this common unknown problem with Odyssey sliding doors. The sliding door switch is setting off the alarm because the latch (interior lever assembly) mechanism is not fully returning to closed. The latch is binding and the springs do not fully reset the latch cables nor the door switch. The alarm thinks the door opens. This also causes the automatic door to not correctly close the rear latch or the symptom of the power door opening by itself randomly. Replace the expensive latch or manually add springs to force the levers into closed position after cleaning and lube.
Any way you can reach inside the door frame and manipulate or grease the problem latch mechanism with just the door panel removed? That is, without having to take out the latch assembly. I see you manipulating it with your thumb. Does it just need to be freed up, or does it all need to be removed and cleaned?
May not help people with this common unknown problem with Odyssey sliding doors. The sliding door switch is setting off the alarm because the latch (interior lever assembly) mechanism is not fully returning to closed. The latch is binding and the springs do not fully reset the latch cables nor the door switch. The alarm thinks the door opens. This also causes the automatic door to not correctly close the rear latch or the symptom of the power door opening by itself randomly. Replace the expensive latch or manually add springs to force the levers into closed position after cleaning and lube.
After trying replacing multiple components in the f..k..g. Door, THIS VIDEO SOLVED MY PROBLEM. Thank you for posting this amazing video...
Duuuude, thanks. I suspected this was what was happening to mine as the door was fully closing sporadically for a while before it stopped altogether and I had more trouble in the winter when, I rationalized, the grease was thicker. I had a little rust instead of caked grease that was jamming mine and so in my final preparation the lock did not work so snappily as yours...but it worked! I would just like to clear up a few things that will help the next person who attempts this. My Honda Odyssey is a 2005. Inside you remove three bolts. The little "S" shaped clip he shows at the end slips over the end of the window track and slides up until you see the hole at the other end line up with the bottom hole of the three, inside, bolts you removed. The window bracket is vertical so the most curved end slips over the bottom of the channel and up to the bolt hole. On my van, that bottom bolt had nothing to do with holding the door closing apparatus but only held that bracket that in turn holds the window track. I didn't understand that in the video and kind of freaked when I heard it fall to the bottom of the door, not having any idea where it came from.
Putting the gear back together, push the window track towards the outside of the car, slip the apparatus in front of it, line up and bolt the two top holes, slip the S-clip back on and button her up.
Thanks again, Mike, for giving me the courage to try this!
Same here
you are a legend sir just bought an odyssey with the door not latching this was a quick fix
Thanks! This was especially helpful to figure out how it went back in. I have a non-electric door but it was the same mounting.
Thank you for posting, we followed what you did and this fixed our problem!! 🙌🏻
Thanks for sharing. Exactly what I needed, it works great again.. Thanks!!!
May not help people with this common unknown problem with Odyssey
sliding doors. The sliding door switch is setting off the alarm because
the latch (interior lever assembly) mechanism is not fully returning to
closed. The latch is binding and the springs do not fully reset the
latch cables nor the door switch. The alarm thinks the door opens. This
also causes the automatic door to not correctly close the rear latch or
the symptom of the power door opening by itself randomly. Replace the
expensive latch or manually add springs to force the levers into closed
position after cleaning and lube.
Sir thank you very much for the video I did just as you said and works fine, thanks again
Thanks. Hope it works for me! :)
Any way you can reach inside the door frame and manipulate or grease the problem latch mechanism with just the door panel removed? That is, without having to take out the latch assembly. I see you manipulating it with your thumb. Does it just need to be freed up, or does it all need to be removed and cleaned?
This is for the power door models, correct? Not for non-powered LX?
May not help people with this common unknown problem with Odyssey
sliding doors. The sliding door switch is setting off the alarm because
the latch (interior lever assembly) mechanism is not fully returning to
closed. The latch is binding and the springs do not fully reset the
latch cables nor the door switch. The alarm thinks the door opens. This
also causes the automatic door to not correctly close the rear latch or
the symptom of the power door opening by itself randomly. Replace the
expensive latch or manually add springs to force the levers into closed
position after cleaning and lube.