2014 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30MPH AND PERFORMED A PANIC STOP AS A DELIVERY TRUCK IN FRONT STOPPED AND TURNED SUDDENLY. CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD AFTER THE DELIVERY TRUCK TURNED IN DRIVEWAY. GOING DOWN THE NEXT HILL OF THE 30MPH ROAD, THE BRAKES FAILED AS THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO THE POSTED SPEED. DRIVER STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ONLY SLIGHTLY AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND COAST THE VEHICLE TO A STOP ON A LONG RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. JUST BEFORE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. GRINDING SOUND BECOME HIGHER PITCHED JUST BEFORE NOISE AND VEHICLE STOPPED. AFTER STOPPING, DRIVER TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THE DRIVER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL AND BRAKING FUNCTION RETURNED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. CURRENT INFORMATION FROM DEALER IS THAT NO CAUSE HAS BEEN FOUND. ONLY EXPLANATION IS THAT BRAKES WERE OVERHEATED DUE TO THE PANIC STOP. DEALER STILL HAS VEHICLE AND SAYS THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. *TR

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT 5 TO 20 MPH DURING ACCELERATION, TRANSMISSION MAKES CLUNK NOISE AND JERKS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM TRANSMISSION FOR FEW SECONDS AND SUDDENLY SHIFT GEARS WITH JERK AND PUSHES THE VEHICLE (FEELS SOMEONE IS HITTING FROM BACK). THIS ISSUE IS RANDOM DURING TRAFFIC LIGHTS, HEAVY TRAFFIC AND FREEWAY MERGE. HAVING KIDS ON THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING IS BIGGER SAFETY CONCERN AND THIS BEHAVIOR WILL LIKELY HIT OTHER VEHICLES AS ACCELERATION IS EXCEPTIONALLY SLUGGISH AND WILL NOT RESPOND. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ABOVE 45 MPH AND DRIVES WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER SERVICE CENTER TWICE BUT THEY SAID WE ARE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE IT AND IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RAISED TO HONDA BY MANY OWNERS BUT SO FAR NO UPDATE FROM THEM. HERE ARE SOME REF. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/ODYSSEY/2014/TRANSMISSION/VEHICLE_JERKING_LOUD_CLUNKING_NOISE.SHTML HTTP://WWW.ODYCLUB.COM/FORUMS/9-PROBLEMS-CONCERNS/182841-EX-2014-TRANSMISSION-MOTOR-PROBLEM.HTML HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2014/HONDA/ODYSSEY/ENGINE/PROBLEM.ASPX. *TR

ON SATURDAY JULY 19TH MY SON ALMOST CHOKED TO DEATH ON THE MIDDLE ROW SEATBELT. I HAVE THREE YOUNG KIDS OF 7,6 AND 4. THE 7 AND 6 WERE PLAYING AND SUDDENLY THE SEATBELT WRAPPED AROUND MY SONS NECK. MY WIFE QUICKLY ATTEMPTED TO UNATTACHED AND UNTANGLE AND SHE COULD NOT. THE SEATBELT JUST GOT TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AND THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY RELEASE BUTTON EITHER FROM THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF THE SEATBELT. I QUICKLY HELD HIM UP IN THE AIR SIDEWAYS TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE AIR WHILE MY WIFE RUN TO A STRANGER'S HOUSE TO BORROW SCISSORS. THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO RELEASE HIM FREE WAS TO CUT THE SEATBELT. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED TO MY SON, ONLY BRUISES AROUND HIS NECK. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT HONDA CORPORATION SHOULD BE AWARE OFF AND TAKEN CAREFUL INVESTIGATION. I HAVE CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATE OFFICE AND THEY REALLY DON'T CARE MUCH. THEY TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SEATBELT AND IT'S WORKING THE WAY IT IS. I ASKED FOR A SUPERVISOR AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY CASE WOULD BE CLOSED. THEY ARE RUDE AND NO SYMPATHY TO WHAT JUST HAPPENED. THE SECOND TIME I SPOKE TO A HONDA REPRESENTATIVE I TOLD THEM AGAIN THAT THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE, AS I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. THEY REFUSED AND ONLY STATE THAT THEY WILL PUT IT IN THE NOTES. *TR

2014 ODYSSEY HAS BEEN CHANGED TO INCLUDE A PROGRESSIVE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR FROM THE NORMAL FLAT GLASS MIRROR. THE GLASS IN THE MIRROR IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT OBJECTS APPEAR BLURRED AND DISTORTED CAUSING DIFFICULTY FOCUSING WHILE LOOKING THRU MIRROR. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, THEY CONFIRMED ISSUE AND STATED MANY CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT SAME THING. CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AT DEALERS RECOMMENDATION. AMERICAN HONDA CONTACTED DEALER AND CONFINED. AT THIS TIME AMERICAN HONDA IS STATING IT IS A "DESIGN FEATURE" OF THE VEHICLE. NOT SURE HOW DISTORTION AND BLURRED VISION WITH A SAFETY DEVICE IS A "FEATURE". ASKED AMERICAN HONDA TO DOCUMENT THEIR POSITION, THEY REFUSED TO SEND ME ANY DOCUMENTATION STATING THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IS PROPRIETARY. DID SEARCH OF PROGRESSIVE MIRROR AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. *TR

IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, BEGAN NEW LEASE FOR 3RD HONDA ODYSSEY AFTER HAVING TWO PREVIOUS AND LOVING THEM. ON MAY 23RD, MY VAN HAD NO SOUND OF LEFT (DRIVER'S) SIDE UPON STARTING MY VEHICLE. PROBLEM RESOLVED ITSELF AND HAS NOT RECURRED. TWO DAYS LATER, HOWEVER, TURN SIGNALS BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING WITH CONTINUOUS BLINKING AFTER BEING TURNED OFF. VAN WAS LOOKED AT DEALERSHIP TO NO AVAIL, AS PROBLEMS DID NOT REOCCUR FOR THEM. ON VACATION, I WAS STRANDED WITH A BROKEN FUEL DOOR AND DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER DOOR THAT WAS TEMP FIXED BY DEALERSHIP THERE. ON WAY HOME FROM VACATION, CRUISE CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY DID NOT RESPOND CORRECTLY WHEN IN USE IN BOTH THE SET AND RESUME FUNCTIONS. UPON RETURNING HOME, DEALERSHIP FIXED FUEL AND PASSENGER DOORS, HAD VAN FOR A WEEK TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARE MORE ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER-RELATED IN NATURE, BUT COULD NOT REPLICATE, NOR ISOLATE PROBLEMS. VAN RETURNED TO ME WITH BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY ISSUES. TURN SIGNALS AND CRUISE CONTROL CONTINUE TO MALFUNCTION, AND DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT OPEN ALL THE WAY.

IN THE 6 MONTHS THAT WE HAVE OWNED A NEW 2014 ODYSSEY, THERE IS A LARGE AREA OF STREAKING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD EVERY TIME THE WIPERS GO INTO RESTING POSITION. THIS IS A STREAK ABOUT 5 INCHES WIDE, ACROSS THE FIELD OF VISION FOR THE DRIVER. THE WINDSHIELD IS CLEAR WHEN THE WIPERS GO TO THE RIGHT, BUT THE STREAK APPEARS EVERY TIME THE WIPERS GO DOWN. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE WIPERS THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND POLISHED THE GLASS WITH STEEL WOOL ON THE LAST VISIT. UPON PICKING UP THE CAR, THE WINDSHIELD STILL HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THE MANAGER STATED THAT HONDA IS "WORKING ON THIS ISSUE", AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO FOR US AT THIS TIME. ORIGINALLY, HOWEVER, HE HAD STATED THAT PERHAPS THE WINDSHIELD WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF A DEFECT. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE DECREASED VISIBILITY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. *TR

FROM A STOP OR YIELD, UPON ACCELERATION VAN JERKED. IT DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. TECHNICIANS COULD NOT GET THE VAN TO DUPLICATE THIS ACTION, SO THEY COULD DO NOTHING. *TR

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON, THE COMPUTER(S) MALFUNCTIONS -- SCOPE OF FAILURE IS NOT KNOWN; SYMPTOM IS THAT CENTER DISPLAY SCREEN ON DASH (REFERRED TO AS "INTELLIGENT MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY", OR "I-MID", IN MANUALS) IS BLACKED OUT, EXCEPT THAT IT SHOWS YELLOW GRIDLINES AS IF REAR CAMERA WERE ON, HOWEVER REAR CAMERA IS DISABLED AND ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT WOULD BE VISIBLE ON THE CENTER DISPLAY SCREEN (INCLUDING SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS REARVIEW CAMERA, "LANEWATCH"/SIDE-VIEW CAMERA, AS WELL AS ALL VEHICLE SETTINGS, SYSTEM SETTINGS, CAMERA SETTINGS, AUDIO SETTINGS, ETC.) ARE INOPERATIVE. SCREEN REMAINS BLACKED OUT WITH AFFECTED SYSTEMS INOPERATIVE FOR THE DURATION THAT THE CAR REMAINS ON, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER CAR IS IN PARK, DRIVE, REVERSE, ETC., AND WHETHER CAR IS MOVING OR STOPPED. IF THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN, SO FAR IT HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL -- HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DO THIS WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY -- APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES TO DATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY ROLLED WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. UPDATED 8/14/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. WHEN ON A HILL THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL REQUIRING BRAKE ACTION. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FAILURE MAY BE NORMAL. UPDATED 09/3/2014 *JS

MY NEW 2014 ODYSSEY HAD PROBLEM AFTER 3 DAYS WITH 05/12/2014 LDW / FCW / ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT HAD HAPPENED. FIRST TIME TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST DEALER, THEY REPROGRAMMED THE SYSTEM BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. 06/10/2014 SECOND TIME HAPPEN AND WAS TOLD THAT FCW / SOME KIND OF LED SYSTEM WAS NEVER CONNECTED AND SYN WITH THE CAR. LET'S SEE HOW IT GOING TOMORROW. I ALSO HAD A ACCIDENT WHEN THESE ISSUE OCCURRED. IT'S VERY UNSAFE WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCUR. *TR