I AM A 46 YEAR-OLD DISABLED MAN LIVING IN RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA. I AM A COLLEGE-EDUCATED BUSINESS OWNER. ON JULY 30TH I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 HONDA PILOT WITH MY 11 YEAR-OLD SON AS A PASSENGER AND HYDROPLANED ON AN ON-RAMP OF I-75 NEAR BRANDON, FLORIDA DURING A HEAVY RAIN. I DID NOT STRIKE ANYTHING. I SIMPLY SLID SIDEWAYS IN A GRASSY AREA AND THEN DROVE OFF. DURING THE SLIDE, THE DRIVER'S DOOR FLUNG OPEN WITH GREAT FORCE AND FOR NO REASON. I WAS ALMOST EJECTED. THIS CAUSED GREAT DAMAGE TO THE DOOR RESULTING IN MANY THOUSANDS IN DAMAGE AS DETERMINED BY AN ESTIMATE PERFORMED BY REGAL HONDA OF LAKELAND, FLORIDA. I ALSO INJURED MY BACK. AS HONDA HAS REFUSED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO THE DOOR, I WANT TO WARN OTHER CONSUMERS OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE DOOR OF A HONDA PILOT OPENING UNEXPECTEDLY. *JB