Quick Tip For Resetting Power Sliding Doors in Odyssey Vans

I recently ran across some good advice for how to reset the power sliding doors on Honda Odysseys. The suggestion is to remove fuse #13 for 30 seconds and then replace it, causing the electrical motors to be reset. I love that kind of solution where you do not have to get your hands dirty or skin your knuckles.

I get so annoyed with automobile electronic luxuries that malfunction or wear-out. That is why I did not want the power doors in my Odyssey or the navigation system in my Ridgeline. I would have gotten them both without power locks if that were even an option now-a-days.

2000 Honda Odyssey sliding door lock actuator replacement

The power locks were working inconsistently or not at all in my wife's 2000 Honda Odyssey EX van. So the other day I changed the actuators of both sliding doors (the doors are manual, not power -- it was the locks, not the doors, that I was fixing) and my daughter took pictures. So I thought I'd share my experience with others who might need to change their actuators.

It was an easier job than I expected and took me about 30 minutes for each door. Since replacing them, the locks have worked perfectly.