2005 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

THE THROTTLE GOES TO IDLE SETTING WHILE DRIVING AND DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THE THROTTLE RESPONDS AGAIN AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER THE PROBLEM OCCURS. *TR

HAVE HAD A FEW PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASED VAN NEW. FIRST PROBLEM AROUND "08 IS A VIBRATING-SHUDDERING FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. AT ABOUT 35- 45 MPH AND JUST BEFORE THE "ECONO" WOULD KICK IN, I WOULD FEEL THE VIBRATING START. IF I INCREASE MY SPEED QUICKLY AND GET ON UP TO ABOUT 50MPH, IT WOULD STOP. THOUGHT IT NEEDED A TUNE-UP..DID THAT-STILL VIBRATED. THOUGHT IT WAS TRANSMISSION-HAD IT FLUSHED-STILL VIBRATED. IT WASN'T A CONSTANT PROBLEM BACK IN "08, BUT IRRITATING.NOW IN 2013 IT IS MANY TIMES A DAY AND SHUDDERS VERY BADLY. TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALER TODAY ABOUT THE ESCALATED VIBRATIONS. TEST DROVE IT AND SAID VIBRATIONS WERE FROM TORQUE CONVERTER AND NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION.ALSO NEEDED TIMING BELT REPLACED. I DID'NT EXPECT TO HEAR TRANSMISSION-EXPECTED TO HEAR REAR MOTOR MOUNT(600.00) NEEDED REPLACING. I SPECIFICALLY TOOK MY VAN IN TO CHECK THE MOTOR MOUNT.WHEN HE SAID TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSMISSION I ASKED HIM WHAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS LOOKED LIKE. HE SAID THE TECH DID'NT MENTION THAT .NO ONE LIKES TO HEAR THEY ARE ABOUT TO INCCUR SOME EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, BUT I DID'NT EXPECT TO HEAR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT 170,000 MILES.THE FELLOW AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT"HECK,THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE 2005 ODYSSEY".OUR NISSAN TRUCK HAD OVER 300,000 MILES AND OUR DODGE DUELLY HAS OVER 200,000 MILES NEITHER WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES.SO, THIS ISSUE STILL REMAINS UNREPAIRED-WAITING ON ESTIMATE FROM DEALERSHIP. YIKES! THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HAS NOT OPERATED CORRECTLY FOR 3-4 YEARS NOW. IT DOES'NT CLOSE ALL THE WAY. IF YOU OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR,WHEN YOU CLOSE IT ITWILL BEEP LIKE ITS NOT CLOSED.YOU HAVE TO GET OUT AND MANUALLY SLAM IT SHUT. THEY SAID IT MAY BE THE MOTOR...TOO MUCH TO FIX IT..SO WE JUST DON'T USE IT.RECENTLY WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES,I HEAR A WHINNING SOUND AND STEERING IS MORE DIFFICULT. *TR

AFTER GOING OVER A HILL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT DO ANYTHING. AFTER PULLING OVER, AND WAITING 10 MINS. THE CAR WORKED NORMALLY. THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED 2 WEEKS EARLIER AFTER GOING OVER A HILL. THE SYMPTOMS MATCHES WHAT IS STATED IN COMPLAINT ID 05V132000. *TR

I HAVE VERY LOW MILEAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT. ALSO THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS BLOWN. THE MECHANIC SAYS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION IT AFFECT THE REAR SEAL. I KNOW HONDA HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH ITS TRANSMISSIONS AND THEY HAVE HELPED SOME PEOPLE AND NOT OTHERS. I FILED A CLAIM AND WAS DENIED YET IT SEEMS THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE THE SAME AS OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE CONTACT INSPECTED VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TENSIONER BELT BOLT FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TENSIONER BELT BOLT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 224,000.

WHEN VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD, THERE IS A DELAY(GRIND). A AND B PILLARS ARE WEEK AND PRODUCE A WHISTLING NOISE STARTING AT 35 MPH. THE REAR BENCH (THE BIGGER PART OF THE SPLIT BENCH) WILL NOT LATCH DOWN TO THE FLOOR. PAX RUN FLAT TIRES ARE DEFLATING WITH NO AGE OR PUNCTURE RELATED PROBLEMS. ALL OF THESE ARE SAFETY HAZARDS. REAR LIFT GATE STRUTS FAILED AND WILL NOT LIFT UP REAR DOOR AND CAN CAUSE THE DOOR TO CRASH DOWN. *TR

POWER SLIDING DOOR ON 05' HONDA ODYSSEY FELL OFF WHEN UNLOADING MY CHILDREN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MIDDLE BRACKET/STRUT THAT HOLDS THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE CENTER RAIL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE VAN TOTALLY FAILED. I WAS AT THE BUS STOP WITH MY CHILDREN AND THE DOOR FELL OFF AS I OPENED THE DOOR TO HELP MY CHILD OUT. I WAS MORTIFIED AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. TWO MEN CAME TO MY RESCUE JUST AFTER MY SON JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY. THE DOOR HAS CONCERNED ME FOR SOME TIME BUT I NEVER HEARD OF A SLIDING DOOR FALLING OFF NOR DID THE DEALER MENTION IT. PREVIOUSLY, THE DOOR WOULD CLICK WHEN WE CLOSED IT AND THE AUTOMATIC DOOR WOULD BEEP AND FAIL TO CLOSE. WE HAD THE DOOR CHECKED DURING A ROUTINE SERVICE APPOINTMENT 2-3 YEARS AGO. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A SENSOR OR POSSIBLY A MOTOR ISSUE. NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE DOOR POSSIBLY FALLING OFF - NOR DID THEY MENTION ANY POTENTIAL BRACKET FAILURE. I WOULD HAVE HAD THAT BRACKET FIXED HAD THEY EVEN HINTED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN. BUT WHAT'S ALSO VERY DISTURBING IS THAT A FRIEND WITH AN '07 IS HAVING SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH HER DOORS AS WELL. AFTER MY INCIDENT, SHE IMMEDIATELY WENT AND HAD HER DOOR BRACKETS CHECKED AND FOUND HERS WERE ALSO IMMINENTLY CLOSE TO COMPLETE FAILURE. THEY WERE REPLACED. SHE HAS SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND A DOOR FAILURE FOR HER COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. THE DAY OF THIS EVENT I CALLED TWO AREA DEALERS. BOTH SERVICE COUNTER REPS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS BRACKET ISSUE. PARENTS REALLY NEED TO BE WARNED ABOUT THIS. I FEAR HONDA CORPORATE MAY BE IGNORING THE ISSUE WHEN CHILDREN MAY BE HURT. THIS ISN'T A STARTER OR A TRANSMISSION - IT'S A DOOR. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE AND AT LEAST ISSUE A SAFETY BULLETIN OR RECALL. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE REAR PASSENGER 'POWER SLIDING DOOR' (PSD) FAILED TO CLOSE, REQUIRING WIFE AND CHILDREN TO DRIVE TO GARAGE WITH OPEN DOOR, AND DOOR ALARM SOUNDING. DOOR CLOSED NORMALLY AT GARAGE, AND NEITHER THAT MECHANIC NOR THE HONDA DEALER COULD FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH DOOR. PROBLEM REPEATED SPORADICALLY THROUGH THE YEARS, AND DEALER COULD NEVER RESOLVE PROBLEM. I DISCOVERED THAT I COULD MANUALLY ASSIST THE DOOR TO CLOSE AND, WITH SEVERAL TRIES, GET IT CLOSED. BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDS IN HAVING TO DRIVE TO A MECHANIC WITH CHILDREN AND AN OPEN PASSENGER DOOR & SCREAMING ALARM, OUR SOLUTION HAS BEEN TO NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR, BUT OCCASIONALLY A PASSENGER HAS UNKNOWINGLY OPENED IT, CAUSING DIFFICULTY CLOSING IT. OVER THE YEARS I'VE OBSERVED THAT THIS FAILURE HAPPENS WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS PARKED ON A NOTICEABLE INCLINE. I SUGGESTED TO THE HONDA SERVICE MANAGER THAT SOME MECHANICAL PART MAY BE LOOSE, CAUSING BINDING IN THE TRACK, BUT HE ALWAYS REPORTED THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MECHANISM WAS "FINE". I DISCOVERED TODAY THAT NHTSA ACTION NUMBER 10016777 AND HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 204110 WERE ISSUED IN 2005, RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM. THE HONDA DEALER WAS, OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AWARE OF THE DEFECT EACH TIME I RETURNED TO THEM TO FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THIS FLAW SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR REPAIR: THERE IS A GENUINE SAFETY HAZARD TO A VEHICLE FULL OF CHILDREN WHEN HAVING TO DRIVE TO A GARAGE WHEN A DOOR REFUSES TO CLOSE. *TR

THE VAN IS HAVING TRANSMISSION SHUDDER ISSUES WHEN DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 TO 40 MPH. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD YET. *TR

HAD TO REPLACE 3 ENGINE MOUNTS IN 2 MONTHS AFTER 80,000 MILES - VAN IS USED FOR SUBURBAN DRIVING. *TR