2007 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

ON A RECENT VACATION WE FIRST NOTICED ON MODERATE DOWNHILL GRADES WITH VERY MODERATE BRAKING WHEELS WOULD START TO SHIMMY WITH SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL. WITH A TOTAL RELEASE OF BRAKES, SHIMMY WOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP, AND NO WHEEL VIBRATIONS WOULD BE FELT. BRAKING ON FLAT AREAS OR IN CITY DRIVING NO VIBRATIONS ARE FELT, EVEN WITH FAIRLY HARD BRAKING. DURING OUR TRIP THIS STARTED HAPPENING ON ALMOST EVERY DOWNHILL GRADE MAKING THE CAR VERY HARD TO CONTROL. RETURNED FROM OUR TRIP AND DROVE MOSTLY ON ROADS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE MANY DOWNHILL GRADES AND DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM AGAIN, UNTIL RECENTLY WE TRAVELED ON AN INTERSTATE ROAD FROM A CITY APPROXIMATELY 50 FROM US THAT HAD SEVERAL DOWNHILL GRADES. ON EVERY SLIGHT DOWNHILL GRADE IF THE BRAKES WERE EVEN APPLIED VERY GENTLY, THE SHAKING AND STEERING WHEEL WOBBLE WOULD START IMMEDIATELY. BUT AGAIN WOULD NOT DO IT ON A LEVEL ROAD. THIS SHAKING AND VIBRATION MAKES THE CAR VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW AND NOW HAS ONLY 26333 MILES, AND HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY A HONDA DEALER. EVERY TIME THE BRAKES WERE CHECKED FOR SERVICE EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT OK. THE BRAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN WORKED ON OR HAD ANY REPAIRS OF ANY SORT DONE ON THEM OR ANY RELATED PARTS. IT IS STILL IN COMPLETE FACTORY CONDITION. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND COULD VERY EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AND I KNOW THAT TAKING IT INTO A HONDA DEALERSHIP THEY WOULD SIMPLY TAKE IT AROUND THE BLOCK AND SAY EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND DO NOTHING. THIS REALLY PARALLELS MANY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLAINED OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKES ERRONEOUSLY ENGAGED AND THE VSA WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.

ACCELERATING DOWN HWY AFTER MAKING U-TURN WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWS DOWN AS IF SLAMMING ON BRAKES-IT DID THIS A SECOND TIME APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER. VSA LIGHT TURNED ON APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER THAN 2ND SUDDEN SLOWDOWN. *TR

MOTOR MOUNTS NEED REPLACING AND ARE CRACKED. SEEMS TO BE A CONSTANT PROBLEM AS MANY AMERICANS ARE FACING THE ISSUE AS WELL AS SEEN ON THE INTERNET AFTER CONDUCTING A SEARCH. *TR

THE CAR SEEMS TO BRAKE VERY SUDDENLY BY ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. THIS IS THE 10TH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE CAR SINCE 2009. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND ACCELERATING WHEN SUDDENLY MY MINIVAN BRAKES BY ITSELF. IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE WAS CONTROLLING THE BRAKE PEDAL FOR ME. IT WAS HORRIFYING. IT PULLED OVER AND WAITED UNTIL I WAS OK TO DRIVE AGAIN. I CONTINUE DRIVING AND AGAIN WHEN I WAS ACCELERATING THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND BRAKED TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. I DECIDED TO KEEP ON DRIVING TO GET TO THE NEAREST SAFEST PLACE TO PARK AND CALL FOR ASSISTANCE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES UNTIL I PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO CALL FOR A RELATIVE ASSISTANCE GETTING BACK HOME BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY THREE CHILDREN AND I DIDN'T WANT TO ENDANGER THEM. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE MINIVAN HOME AND IT DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN. I HAVEN'T DRIVE IT SINCE I'M TERRIFIED IT CAN DO IT AGAIN WHEN I'M DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED AND CAUSE AND ACCIDENT THAT CAN BE FATAL TO MY FAMILY, OTHER DRIVERS AND ME.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LETTING THE CAR COAST (MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE BRAKES OR THE GAS PEDAL) THE CAR BRAKES WHEN ON BY THEM SELVES SUDDENLY. REDUCING THE SPEED FORM ROUGHLY 60MPH TO 30 MPH. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME ON THE HIGHWAY AS THERE WAS NO APPARENT FOR THE CAR'S SUDDEN BRAKING. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED ON FOUR OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE RAYBESTOS'S ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ROTORS (MODEL #980290) THAT I BROUGHT AT O'REILLY AUTO PART STORE AND INSTALLED ON MY 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY IN 06/26/2011. LAST WEEK ON 06/23/2013 WHILE INSPECTING THE PULSATION ISSUES, I FOUND FINE CRACKS ON BOTH ROTORS. WITH CURIOSITY I SEARCHED "RAYBESTOS ROTOR CRACKS" OVER THE INTERNET AND I FOUND THE BRAKE ROTOR SAFETY PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLISHED AT THE RAYBESTOS SITE. BASED ON THE INFORMATION FROM RAYBESTOS, CERTAIN IMPORTED BRAKE ROTORS INCLUDING RAYBESTOS BRAND HAVE THIS ISSUE. I CHECKED THE BOX AND FOUND THE ROTORS WERE MADE IN CHINA. THEIR SITE PROVIDED NHTSA LINK TO FILE COMPLAINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKES ERRONEOUSLY ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

I WAS TRAVELING ALONG A WINDY ROAD WHEN MY HONDA VAN STARTED TO BRAKE ALL BY ITSELF. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID IT PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH ME BRAKING FREQUENTLY ON THE WINDY ROADS. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, I WAS TRAVELING IN TOWN, GOING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. MY FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR, I WAS GOING ABOUT 35-40 MPH AND THE CAR STARTED BRAKING ALL BY ITSELF. IT WAS 2012 WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THEY HAD TO RESET A SENSOR THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE STABILITY SYSTEM. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE THEN, BUT HONESTLY, I THINK ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY, WONDERING IF IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN. I FELT EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY. *TR