2009 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

REAR WINDOW IN 2009 HONDA ODYSSEY SHATTERED WITH NO EXPLANATION. MINIVAN WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT 40 DEGREES. HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE ABOUT AN HOUR EARLIER IN VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC WITH NO INCIDENCES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE WERE TOO SHORT AND COULD NOT BE FASTENED. HE WAS ALSO UNABLE TO LOCK THE SEATBELT WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND IN VIOLATION OF A NEW YORK STATE LAW. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6000.

TRANSMISSION HAS ROUGH DOWNSHIFTS WHILE DECELERATING. FIRST ROUGH DOWNSHIFT OCCURS AROUND 40-45 MPH. THE SECOND ROUGH DOWNSHIFT OCCURS AROUND 25 MPH. DURING THE SECOND ROUGH DOWNSHIFT, IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING TWICE. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR A DISTINCT CLACK NOISE AND FEEL IT THROUGH THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATED TWICE BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WE ALSO EXPERIENCE ABRUPT DECELERATION WHEN REMOVING YOUR FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AROUND 30 MPH. THE VAN SLOWS DOWN ABRUPTLY AS THOUGH THE ENGINE HAS STALLED. WE FEEL THE TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT LEVEL OF ENGINE/TRANSMISSION BRAKING WILL OCCUR WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR. THIS MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *TR

2009 HONDA ODYSSEY LX. 2 TIMES I WAS STOPPING AND PUSHED THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR AT SAME TIME. MOTOR WAS RACING AND ABS WAS COMING ON - VERY FRIGHTENING AS I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND MOTOR IS VERY POWERFUL. ALMOST ROLLED INTO BUSY 55 MPH INTERSECTION FIRST TIME AND ALMOST HIT BASKETBALL POST IN DRIVEWAY SECOND TIME. HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH A VEHICLE AND HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 30 YEARS. PLAIN SNEAKERS WERE BEING WORN - NOT WINTER BOOTS. SEEMS TO BE LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT OR LOCATION OF BRAKE PEDAL WITH RESPECT TO GAS PEDAL. *TW

HONDA ODYSSEY EXL OIL CONSUMPTION-I HAVE A 2009 ODYSSEY THAT CONSUMES OIL. ROUGHLY, EVERY 1,500 MILES, I AM ADDING A QUART OF OIL. *TR

POWER LIFT GATE FAILURE - WITHOUT WARNING THE POWER LIFT GATE FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE STRUTS DO NOT KEEP IT OPEN. THE LIFT GATE FALLS WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT CAUSED A SERIOUS INJURY (NEEDED 8 STITCHES). DEALER IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE AND A SOLUTION. *TR

2009 HONDA ODYSSEY - VEHICLE HAS MODERATE VIBRATION AT AROUND 40 MPH. ROOT CAUSE ACCORDING TO HONDA IS DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH. HAVE NOT VERIFIED ROOT CAUSE WITH INDEPENDENT SOURCE. NO ACCIDENT REPORTED AS OF 10/26/09. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE BOLTS FOR THE ENGINE DISINTEGRATED. THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 3,700.

MY BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY OUT ON MY NEW 2009 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L WHILE ON VACATION WITH ONLY 2,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ON A FEW OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF THAT I HAVE OWNED MY ODYSSEY THE VSA LIGHT (VEHICLE STABILITY ASSISTANCE) HAS COME ON FOR NO REASON AND COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. NORMALLY THE VSA IS ON ALL TIMES BUT THE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON UNLESS THE CONDITIONS ARE BAD. (ICE, SNOW, RAIN, ROCKS) WHEN THIS LIGHT HAS COME ON I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT APPROX. 50MPH, NOT BRAKING, AND THE CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND DRY. THEN THE HORRIBLE DAY, WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD IN THE BACK SEAT I WAS TURNING LEFT AT A LIGHT AT APPROX. 20-25 MPH WHEN I PUSHED DOWN MY BRAKE AND HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND NO BRAKES. I BEGAN PUMPING THE BRAKES, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER A FEW SECONDS (MAYBE 5) THE BRAKES ENGAGED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE CAR. NOTHING, AND NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE I HAD JUST TURNED. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAD TO CALL HONDA ENGINEERING WHICH SAID THAT THERE MUST BE AN ISSUE WITH THE VSA SYSTEM (THAT THIS SAME ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER OWNERS) AND ALL THEY NEEDED TO DO WAS UNPLUG THE VSA IT, WAIT A FEW SECONDS AND THEN PLUG IT BACK IN. I WILL BE RETURNING TO OHIO FROM HILTON HEAD IN A FEW DAYS WHICH WILL REQUIRE DRIVING THROUGH SOME VERY STEEP MOUNTAINS WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD AND 1 YEAR OLD. I DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT IN THEIR DIAGNOSES. HONDA WILL NOT ISSUE A LOANER FOR ME TO DRIVE HOME AND THEN TOW MY VEHICLE 600 MILES TO ME. *TR

I WAS IN MY 2009 HONDA ODYSSEY AND I WAS THE LAST OF 3 CARS THAT HAD STOPPED FOR A SCHOOL BUS. I WAS REAR-ENDED BY A 4TH CAR THAT DID NOT STOP. THEN MY FRONT END HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND BACK END AND THE VAN HAD TO BE TOWED. I COULD HARDLY OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR. IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR