1999 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

SLIDING DOORS WOULD FAIL TO SUCTION TIGHT, DOOR CANNOT BE READILY OPENED. WOULD STRUGGLE TO GET IT OPEN. HANDLE HAD CAME OFF TWICE IN OWNER'S HAND. AT DEALER'S 1ST TIME, CONSUMER WAS CHARGED TO REPLACE HANDLE AND CHECK DOOR. THE 2ND TIME, SUCTION TAPE WAS REPLACED, BUT IT FAILED AFTER AWHILE. VEHICLE IS GOING BACK FOR A THIRD TIME FOR SAME PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 00V119000/ MANUFACTURER RECALL 00V119000, DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO CANADA FOR RECALL REPAIR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE INTERNAL FUSE BOX THAT IS LOCATED ABOVE THE DEAD-PEDAL FOR THE DRIVERS LEFT FOOT DOES NOT HAVE A COVER, CONSUMER STATES THE LACK OF NOT HAVING A COVER HAS RESULTED IN THE LOWEST FUSE BEING KICKED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN USING THE PARKING BRAKE, WHEN THE FUSE IS KICKED OUT OF POSITION OR KICKED OUT OF THE SLOT COMPLETELY, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND CAN NOT BE RESTARTED BECAUSE THE FUSE IS PART OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM, THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK ON ONE OCCASION WHEN HE TOUCHED THE FUSE THAT WAS HALFWAY OUT OF THE FUSE SLOT.*JB

SLIDING DOOR WINDOW HAS SHATTERED AND IS COMPLETELY CRACKED. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE A REASON FOR SHATTERING. . *NOTE: APPROXIMATELY IN JUNE 1999, REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AND WAS REPLACED. REASON GIVEN FOR THAT DEFECT WAS EXCESSIVE HEAT. *AK VEHICLE WAS EVENTUALLY EXAMINED BY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY.*JB

THE ENGINE HAS HAD A CONTINUAL OIL LEAKAGE PROBLEM, EIGHT REPORTS AND REPAIR ATTEMPTS SINCE FIRST REPORTED IN JULY 1999, HOWEVER THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO LEAK OIL. *MJS

VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE AND IT PULLED TO LEFTAGAIN. *AK

DRIVER SIDE POWER DOOR FAILED TO OPEN MANUALLY OR BY POWER LOCK, DEALER REPLACED AND LATER IT FAILED AGAIN, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND PASSENGER COULD NOT GET OUT OF VEHICLE. *SLC

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT DUE TO MANUFACTURER'S DESIGN WAS UNABLE TO OVERRIDE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK BY USING DOOR HANDLE. DESIGN ISSUE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR DISABLED OR ELDERLY PERSONS TO REACH ACROSS THEIR SHOULDERS TO LIFT/MOVE MANUAL UNLOCK SWITCH. *AK THE LOCK/UNLOCK SWITCH FOR THE DOORS DOES NOT OPERATE WHEN ELECTRICAL POWER IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE SWITCH SHOULD NOT UNLOCK ALL DOOORS. THAT IS, SHOULD UNLOCK ONLY THOSE DOORS THAT THE CONSUMER DESIRES TO UNLOCK. *YH

RETACTORS WILL NOT STAY LOCKED, CAUSING CSS TO MOVE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WAS WILLING TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

1. SLIDING DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AT TIMES. DOOR LATCH SYSTEM REPLACED ON BOTH DOORS.2. SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE WOULD INDICATE ON DASH TO BE OPEN. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN CORNERING OR HITTING BUMPS. OVERHEAD LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND OFF AND CRACKLING SOUND FROM BELOW STEERING WOULD BE HEARD (COINCIDING WITH LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF). LATCH SYSTEM ON THIS DOOR WAS REPLACED. 3. AIR CONDITIONER SOUND/HUMMING WHEN ON. BELT TENSIONER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AFTER SAME NOISE WAS HEARD. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING APPROXIMATELY 15,000 MILES AFTER WORK WAS PERFORMED. DUE TO TAKE IN 3/15/01 TO INSPECT ONCE AGAIN.