Hello,

I have an '04 Odyssey and on the driver side the sliding door doesn't want to close by itself. The door is functioning and slides along the rail but when it gets near to close it will pop open and doesn't fully close. Even if I manually try to close the door and push it closed it will pop open. I tried using the switch (close/open) and handles but neither one helps. I have looked for any obstructions and used WD40 but nothing appears out of the ordinary.

Any suggestions?

 

clean and check the cable pulleys, sounds like it's busted up if there's enough tension that if you do it manually it pops open. This happens on windows as well when they've somehow snapped off the spindle.

If there's too much tension to pull the door the last few inches, most likely something wrong with the pulley/cable.