2005 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AT SLOW SPEEDS. USUALLY WHEN TURNING TO PARK IN A PARKING SPACE OR TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY.

ON JUNE 15, 2015 MY 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED UNTIL NOW, I WAS SCARED DUE TO AIRBAG MIGHT BLOWN OUT OR CAUSING ANY TROUBLE WHILE VEHICLE IN USE OR WORST SOMETHING HAPPEN. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO HONDA DEALER ON JUNE 16, AND I WAS TOLD NO RECALLS. THEY DID SOME DIAGNOSE AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE AND WIRING ON DRIVER SIDE, THE BUCKLE WAS REPLACE (FREE OF CHARGE), BUT THE WIRING COST $550 TO HAVE IT FIX. I REFUSED THE SERVICE DUE TO NO SENSE AND NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE ISSUE. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND SAME ISSUE ON SAME VEHICLE THAT HAS AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE DEALER SHOULD ADDRESS THIS AS RECALL ESPECIALLY IF THE VEHICLE NEVER BEEN IN ACCIDENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THANKS

BOTH MY SIDE DOORS HAVE BEEN BEEN MAKING NOISE. THEN MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. WE USED THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR INSTEAD. ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 WHILE OPENING IT THE ENTIRE DOOR FELL OFF AND SMASHED MY FOOT. BRUISING AND SWELLING ON MY BIG TOE BUT NOTHING TO GO TO ER OVER. ICED IT AND STILL HURTING A FEW DAYS LATER. CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. MY RESPONSIBILITY. OUT OF WARRANTY. RESEARCHED ONLINE AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE. DOORS FALLING OFF THEIR VANS! SEEMS RIDICULOUS AND TIME FOR A RECALL. CUSTOMER SERVICE REP SAID THAT IT WAS MY CAR AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR IT. I SAID THAT COINCIDENTALLY I JUST HAD MY VAN IN FOR A RECALL (FUEL PUMP - WAS SMELLING GAS WHILE DRIVING IT) SO THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE. SOME THINGS THEY DO FIX FOR FREE. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MAJOR PROBLEM. I OPENED THE DOOR FOR MY 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO GET INTO THE CAR. WHAT IS THE DOOR FELL ON HER?

THE STEEL WHEEL ON DRIVER SIDE FRONT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A MAJOR CRACK IN IT. UPON EXAMINATION BY HONDA OF WESTPORT, FETZER TIRE AND HANK MAY IT IS THEIR CONCLUSION THAT THE WHEEL HAS STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT COULD LEAD TO A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. THE WHEEL WAS PURCHASED AT HANK MAY IN STAMFORD CT., WHO GOT THE WHEELS FROM WHEEL FIX IT IN FREEPORT LONG ISLAND (WWW.WHEELFIXIT.COM/). THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY ISSUE OR RESPONSIBILITY RE: THE WHEEL. IN ADDITION, THESE WHEELS I HAVE LEARNED....NEVER DID 'FIT' THE ODYSSEY. THEY WERE MACHINE LATHED POORLY AND BOUNCED ON THE HUB SPOKES, CAUSING VIBRATION. AGAIN, WHEEL FIX IT DENIES ANY ISSUE WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT. I HAVE PHOTO'S OF THE CRACKED WHEEL WHICH I HAVE TAKEN OFF THE CAR, OF COURSE.

CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT IS STAYING ON NOW. IT WAS COMING ON AND GOING OFF BUT NOW IT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. WAS HOPING THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS LAST RECALL BUT IT WASN'T.

THE ABS BRAKES PERFORM NORMALLY 90% OF THE TIME . HOWEVER AT LEAST ONCE DURING A TRIP USUALLY AT 5 OR 10 MPH SPEED I STEP ON THE BRAKES AND MUST FLOOR THEM WITH EXTREME PRESSURE TO GET THEM TO WORK .I END UP STOPPING 5 TO 10 FEET PAST WHERE I SHOULD . THE REMAINDER OF A TRIP THE BRAKES SEEM TO BEHAVE NORMALLY . NO BRAKE WARNINGS APPEAR ON THE DASH AND MY FLUID LEVEL IS NORMAL WITH NO VISIBLE LEAKS .

I'VE THIS HONDA ODYSSEY SINCE DEC 2010 WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS AROUND 42000 MILES. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE FROM ANOTHER PERSON(1ST OWNER), I KNEW I HAD TO FIX THE ALL THE MOTOR MOUNTS. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST 44000 MILES AND I HAD CHANGED ALL THE MOTOR MOUNTS AT 45412 MILES ON 03/17/2011. NOW, AS OF 05/19/2015, THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 96000 MILES. I HAVE TO CHANGE SIDE AND REAR ENGINE MOUNTS AGAIN ON 05/19/2015. THIS DEFINITELY IS A PROBLEM WITH HONDA PARTS AND HOW THEY ARE WORKING WHEN THE VAN IS IN MOTION. CHANGING MOTOR MOUNTS 2 TIMES IN LESS THAN 100,000 MILES IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING AND WASTE OF UNNECESSARY MONEY. MY WIFE USES THIS VAN FOR HER DAILY WORK COMMUTE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS LESS MILES AND I'VE DONE ALL THE SERVICES REGULARLY AS IT IS THE PRIMARY FAMILY VEHICLE. SO, I REQUEST HONDA TO CONSIDER THIS AS A GENUINE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT. I'VE THE RECEIPTS FOR THESE 2 SERVICES. ALSO, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL HONDA ODYSSEY 2005 VANS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, SO HONDA SHOULD RECALL THIS MOTOR MOUNTS PROBLEM AND FIX AT THEIR COST OR REIMBURSE FOR ALREADY REPAIRED VANS

AS I STARTED TO RECEIVE NOTICE THAT MY NAVIGATION DISC NEEDED REPLACING, THE DISC FAILED, SHUTTING DOWN THE ENTIRE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND RENDERING ALL CONSOLE CONTROLS USELESS. THOUGH THAT IS IRRITATING, THE SAFETY CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT IT ALSO SHUT DOWN THE USE OF MY BACK-UP CAMERA. ALTHOUGH I AM ABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE CAMERA, SEVERAL "ALMOST" ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE BLIND SPOTS I CAN NO LONGER SEE WITHOUT THE USE OF THE CAMERA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

BOTH LATCHES ON SLIDING DOORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE NOW, WHILE DRIVING THE DOORS COME UNLATCHED ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT OPEN THEY ARE UNLATCHED AND THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR