1999 HONDA ODYSSEY Owners Manual

Sliding Doors

Your Honda is equipped with dual sliding doors. The doors on the LX
model are manually operated. The EX model's doors are electrically-
powered and can be operated with
the remote transmitter, the door
handles, or the switches on the dashboard.
Be sure all passengers are clear of
the sliding doors before closing them. Manual Sliding Doors

On LX model

To open a manual sliding door, pull
the inside or outside door handle and
slide the door backward. It will latch

in the fully-open position. To close

the door, pull either handle and slide

the door closed. Make sure the door
is closed and latched securely before
driving.

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sliding door while any part of a
passenger is in the door's path
can cause serious injury.
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Sliding Doors

Each sliding door has a lock knob
under the inside door handle. Slide
the lock knob forward to unlock and
backward to lock. When you drive with children in your
vehicle, use the childproof door
locks. This will prevent children
from opening the doors accidentally (see page 85 ).
To lock a sliding door when getting out of the vehicle, slide the lock
knob backward and close the door. If
you are parked on a hill, the doors may slide closed if they are not in the
fully-open, latched position. You should hold the door to let
passengers enter and exit safely. Before refueling, make sure the
driver's side sliding door is fully
closed. When you release the fuel fill
door with the handle, the sliding
door automatically locks so it cannot
be opened and interfere with the fuel
fill door. After you close the fuel fill door, the sliding door does not
automatically unlock; you must
unlock it manually.

Important Safety Precaution
When parking on an incline, make
sure the manual doors are latched
in the fully-open position before
allowing passengers to enter or
exit the vehicle. Do not pull the
inside or outside door handles or
the latch will open and the door
will slam shut.

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Sliding Doors

Power Sliding Doors
On EX model

The sliding doors on your vehicle are electrically-powered. You can openor close each power sliding door with
the switches on the dashboard, with
the inside or outside door handles, or
with the remote transmitter. The power sliding doors operate
with the ignition switch in anyposition. In addition: The shift lever must be in Park.
The MAIN switch on the
dashboard must be in the ON

position.
The sliding door you want to
operate must be unlocked. To open the door with the inside
handle, the childproof door lockon the door you want to operate
must be unlocked (see page 85).
You should close each sliding door before you start driving.
Power Sliding Door Switches

MAIN

SWITCH

POWER

SLIDING
DOOR

SWITCHES

The dashboard switches to the left of the steering column allow you to
open or close each sliding door. The
left switch controls the sliding door on the left side and the right switch
controls the sliding door on the right

side.

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Sliding Doors

To close a sliding door, push the top of the appropriate switch, thenrelease it. To open the door, push
and release the bottom of the switch.
The MAIN switch on the dashboard controls door operation. With theMAIN switch off, automatic
operation with the power sliding
door switches, the door handles, and
the remote transmitter is disabled.
When the MAIN switch is off, you can operate each sliding door
manually. To open or close a door,
pull the inside or outside door handle and slide the door.
Operating with the Door Handles

With the sliding door fully-closed or fully-opened, pull the outside orinside door handle and release it.
The sliding door will open or close automatically.
Operating with the Remote
Transmitter

You can open or close the sliding doors with the remote transmitter.
See page 82 for remote transmitter
operation.

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Stopping Power Sliding Door
Movement

To stop automatic operation: Push either side of the dashboard
power sliding door switch for the moving door. Push the button on the remote
transmitter for the moving door. If
you push the same button a second time, the door reverses
direction.
When you stop automatic operation with the dashboard
switch or the remote transmitter,
you will hear three beeps. If you try to open a locked sliding
door with the power sliding door
switch or the remote transmitter,
you will hear three beeps. Unlock the door, then try again.
If you shift out of Park while a door
is opening, you will hear a
continuous tone and the door willstop moving. If you keep driving with
the door open, the tone continues
until you stop and close the door.
If you shift out of Park while a door
is closing, the door will close
completely. You will hear a beep
until the door is completely closed. When parked on steep hills, the
power sliding doors may not open or
close as they do normally.
If a power sliding door runs into any
obstacle while it is closing, the doorwill stop, and then reverse direction.
You will hear three beeps.
Even with this safety feature, you
should still check that all passengers
and objects are away from the sliding
doors before closing them as this
feature stops working when the door is almost closed.

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Sliding Doors

Before refueling, make sure the driver's side sliding door is fully
closed. When you release the fuel fill
door with the handle, the sliding door automatically locks so it cannot
be opened and interfere with the fuel fill door. After you close the fuel filldoor, the sliding door does not
automatically unlock; you must
unlock it manually.
When you drive with children in your vehicle, use the childproof doorlocks. This will prevent children
from opening the doors accidentally (see page 85).
How to Reset the Power Sliding
Doors

If your vehicle's battery is disconnected or goes dead while the
sliding doors are open, the power
sliding door system needs to besynchronized. After reconnecting
the battery: Close each sliding door completely
by hand; or Move the MAIN switch on the
dashboard to the ON position.
Push and hold the upper side of
each door switch until each sliding
door closes completely.
If the power sliding doors are closed,
the system will reset itself automatically once the battery has
been reconnected. If the power sliding doors do not
operate properly after resetting,
have your vehicle checked by a Honda dealer.

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Sliding Doors

Power Sliding Door Indicator

POWER SLIDING DOOR INDICATOR
If the Power Sliding Door Indicator
comes on and stays on, it indicates a
problem in the system. Turn the MAIN switch off to turn off the
indicator. You will have to open and
close the doors manually. Have the
system inspected by your Hondadealer as soon as possible. Important Safety Precautions If you are parked on a steep
downhill, make sure the MAIN
switch is on. This allows the power
assist to keep the doors from
slamming shut.
If the MAIN switch is off, the door
can slam shut and possibly injure
someone.

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HomeLink Universal Transmitter

On EX model
The HomeLink Universal Transmit- ter built into your vehicle can be
programmed to operate remotely-controlled devices around your home,
such as garage doors, lighting, or
home security systems. It can
replace up to three remote
transmitters.

Customer Assistance

If you have problems with training
the HomeLink Universal
Transmitter, or would like information on home products that
can be operated by the transmitter,
call (800) 355-3515.
Important Safety Precautions
Always refer to the operating instruc- tions and safety information thatcame with your garage door opener
or other equipment you intend to
operate with the HomeLink
Universal Transmitter. If you do not
have this information, you should contact the manufacturer of the
equipment.
While training or using the transmitter, make sure you have a
clear view of the garage door or gate,and that no one will be injured by its
movement.
If your garage door opener was
manufactured before April 1982, you
may not be able to program the
HomeLink Universal Transmitter to operate it. Garage door openers
manufactured before that date do
not have a safety feature that causes
them to stop and reverse if an obstacle is detected during closing,
increasing the risk of injury. If you
have questions, call (800) 355-3515. Training the Transmitter
Before you can use the HomeLink
Universal Transmitter to operate devices around your home, it must
"learn" the proper codes. Forexample, to train the transmitter to
open and close the garage door:

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