2007 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

PURCHASED THIS HONDA NEW IN DECEMBER 2006. NO PROBLEMS WITH IT TILL THIS INCIDENT. BOTH BACK WHEELS STARTED MAKING TERRIBLE NOISES. A GRINDING AND SCREECHING SOUND AT ALL SPEEDS. I ASKED A FEW FRIENDS WHO HAVE THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR BEARINGS ON THEIR VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. BOTH REAR BEARINGS. I CAN HARDLY IMAGINE ONE BEARING GOING BAD ON A MODERN VEHICLE. BOTH BEARINGS TELLS ME SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT. I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR ALL HONDA ODYSSEY'S ON THE ROAD. IT IS CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE REAR BEARING. I CONTACTED HONDA REGARDING THIS AND THE REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE WITH SAID THERE WAS CURRENTLY NO RECALL REGARDING THIS. THEY WERE VERY POLITE AND PLEASANT TO DEAL WITH. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN, BUT FEEL THAT EFFORT WAS INADEQUATE. I ALSO SEARCHED FOR THIS ISSUE ON A COUPLE OF AUTOMOBILE FORUMS ONLINE. I FOUND HUNDREDS OF REFERENCES TO THIS ISSUE. SO I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THANK YOU FOR ENSURING THAT OUR ROADS AND THE VEHICLES WE DRIVE REMAIN SAFE! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. *TR

TAILGATE STRUTS STOPPED WORKING. TAILGATE WILL NOT STAY IN UPRIGHT POSITION. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2008-2009 MODELS WITH POWER TAILGATE LIFT (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE11034) BUT NOT ON 2007 MODELS WITH MANUAL LIFT. *TR

THE BRAKES PEDAL IS VERY SPONGY. YOU HAVE TO PRESS QUITE HARD TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. VSA MODULATOR SEAL RECALL WORK HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY AND THERE ARE NEW BRAKE PADS ON THE VAN. I HAVE REPLACED BRAKE FLUID AND BLEED SYSTEM MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS CAR DOES NOT INSPIRE BRAKING PERFORMANCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS GETTING BOTH SLIDING DOORS TO LOCK PROPERLY BEFORE THE PASSENGER DOOR OPENED WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH ROLLER ASSEMBLIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR HAD NOT POPPED OPEN BUT THAT BOTH DOORS WERE STILL HARD TO LOCK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

MY WIFE HAD MENTIONED SHE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE HATCH ON HER HONDA. YESTERDAY SHE SAID IT WAS SLOW TO OPEN; TODAY SHE SAID IT WOULD NOT OPEN AT ALL. I WENT OUT TO LOOK AT THE HATCH AND TRY TO DETERMINE IF SHE HAD A BLOWN FUSE, ETC. I PUSHED THE BUTTON ON THE REMOTE AND THE TAILGATE OPENED, CONTRARY TO WHAT SHE HAD TOLD ME. IT SEEMED TO OPEN SLOWER THAN NORMAL. I WENT TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS ATTACHED TO THE HATCH THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN ITS OPENING. IT WAS RAINING, SO I STEPPED UNDER THE HATCH. WITHOUT WARNING IT CAME DOWN ON ME. THE INTERIOR OF THE HATCH HIT ME ON THE HEAD, KNOCKED ME FORWARD THEN HIT ME IN THE BACK OF MY LEGS, CAUSING PAIN TO BOTH MY SHINS AND CALVES WHERE I WAS STRUCK BY THE HATCH AND REAR BUMPER. I ALREADY HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH A STAINED NECK DUE TO MILITARY RELATED SERVICE. WHEN THE HATCH HIT ME ON THE HEAD I FELT A SUDDEN JOLT OF PAIN IN MY ARM AND SHOULDER, LIKE A HUGE ELECTRIC SHOCK. NOW MY NECK IS VERY SORE/STIFF. I HAVE HAD MANY OTHER CARS WITH REAR HATCHES. THE HATCH STRUTS WOULD SLOWLY LOSE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, AND WOULD GIVE YOU SOME SORT OF WARNING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE IN NEED OF REPAIR. THESE HATCHES WOULD BECOME LESS EFFECTIVE IN THE WINTER, DURING COLD WEATHER. THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH OUR ODYSSEY. IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY; ONE DAY IT WAS FINE, THE NEXT DAY IT WAS SMACKING ME IN THE HEAD. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THESE THINGS. I'M GOING TO CONTACT HONDA OF AMERICA AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A SERIOUS SAFETY FLAW IN THAT THESE THINGS COULD SUDDENLY FAIL SO RAPIDLY. I'M A STRONG, HEALTHY MAN. I WORK AS FIREFIGHTER IN A BIG CITY, SO THIS KIND OF TRAUMA IS NOT A HUGE DEAL TO ME. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF A SMALLER PERSON WAS STRUCK BY THIS HATCH. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED FOR OVER 8 HOURS FROM ITS LAST DRIVE TIME. NO KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION AND NO EQUIPMENT OR ACCESSORIES WERE OPERATING. THE WIRING UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT IGNITED AND THE RESULTING FIRE CONSUMED THE CABIN TOTALING THE VEHICLE. *TR

FRONT WHEEL BEARING WENT BAD AT 40000. HAD IT REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP AT COST TO ME. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE RIGHT FRONT THAT WAS REPLACED EVEN THOUGH THE FEEL OF THE PROBLEM WAS FELT UNDER THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE. SEEMS VERY EARLY FOR A WHEEL BEARING TO GO BAD. LOGGING THIS IN CASE IT IS A BROADER ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. *TR

TRUCK TAILGATE HOLDER FAILED AND HIT DRIVER ON THE BACK. IT SLAMMED CLOSED AND WOULD NOT STAY OPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE DAMAGES TO THE CONDENSER WHICH WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR LIFT GATE AND NOTICED THAT IT HAD BECOME EXTREMELY HEAVY AND WOULD NOT REMAIN OPEN. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V062000 (STRUCTURE: BODY: HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE: SUPPORT DEVICE) BUT THE RECALL ONLY COVERED THE 2008-2009 HONDA ODYSSEY VEHICLES AND NOT THE 2007 MODELS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.