August 5 2020 a honda odyssey minivan recall will soon begin because water may enter the outer door handle cables for the power sliding doors.
Honda odyssey power sliding door cable.
Sliding doors usually get busted on 2011 2017 honda odysseys due to inferior quality of the cables used in the mitsuba opener unit.
Genuine honda odyssey door latch cable door lock release cable.
The oem cable is 1 16 just the same as the green cable.
Please narrow the door lock release cable results by selecting the vehicle.
The recall is expected to begin september 23 2020.
If this occurs the outer door handle cables may freeze in cold temperatures preventing the front and rear sliding door latches from securely latching.
But the oem cable has a very very thin coating.
When i took about my vehicle panels to see what the root problem was i discovered the cable on one side was broken and the other was tangled.
I saw many youtube videos on how to fix that.
The electric sliding doors called power sliding doors by honda on your odyssey van may need to be reset from time to time particularly if the battery is replaced or disconnected for more than a few minutes.
Honda will notify owners and dealers will replace the power sliding door outer handle cables free of charge.
If your power sliding doors are not functioning correctly either by using the door switch or the keyless remote switch try resetting them to see if the problem is corrected.
We offer a full selection of genuine honda odyssey door latch cables engineered specifically to restore factory performance.
If you drive a 2005 honda odyssey you know the problems of the power sliding doors.
Water may enter the outer door handle cables for the sliding doors.
I ended up using 1 16 uncoated galvanized aircraft cable.
The green stuff has a thicker coating that brings the outside diameter of the cable to 3 32.
That s too big to fit in the motor used in the 3rd gens.
Sliding doors usually get busted on 2011 2017 honda odysseys due to inferior quality of the cables used in the mitsuba opener unit.