If your door key doesn t work right the first and most obvious step is to be sure you re using the right key.
Sliding door key wont work.
Flip the key and open the door.
Patio doors lead to the outside and have to withstand all kinds of abuse from the weather doors being slammed and being hit with flying objects.
When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
Then it stops working at all.
In this situation the best thing to do is to replace the cable.
It is a complete pain in the arse to lean over the front seat to get.
Sorry that we feel the need to state the obvious assuming that you re using the right key keep working it until it turns the lock.
Door key does not work.
If the electric motor or the mechanism inside the door lock actuator wears out the door lock may lock or unlock slowly or work sometimes but not all the time.
As a result your patio door lock can malfunction.
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.
This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it.
Pressing the interior door lock button doesn t work either.
Spray the door key with a graphite based lubricant.
So for 4 years i drove the van without working electrical locks.
If your patio door isn t locking repair it quickly so that your home remains safe.
At first the door won t work properly.
Slide the key in the lock and tap lightly on the key to lubricate the inside of the lock.
In some cars a failed door lock actuator may lock but won t unlock or the other way around.