2004 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

7 YEAR OLD CHILD'S FINGER WAS CLOSED INTO THE AUTOMATIC DOOR OF OUR HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN. THE DOOR WULD NOT OPEN AGAIN UNTIL IT HAD FULLY CLOSED ON THE FINGER. WE THOUGHT THE DOOR HAD A FAILSAFE DEVICE TO AUTOMATICALLY OPEN IF IT ENCOUNTERED RESISTANCE. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. WE WILL CONSULT WITH OUR HONDA DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH OUR VEHICLE.

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT TWO PROBLEMS. THE FIRST PROBLEM INVOLVED THE SLIDING DOOR LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH DID NOT CLOSE WHEN IT WAS OPENED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP SIX TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED ON JULY 19, 2005, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK. CONSUMER HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED SOME PARTS, BUT CONSUMER SAW NO IMPROVEMENT. HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOOR MALFUNCTIONING WHEN OPENED. WHAT IF IT WOULD MALFUNCTION WHEN IT WAS CLOSED AND IT OPENED WHILE DRIVING. THE SECOND PROBLEM INVOLVED TRANSMISSION. HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THAT WAS DATED SPRING/SUMMER 2004. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION HESITATED WHILE DRIVING. *AK

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY GAS PEDAL NO LONGER WORKED AND I WAS FORCED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HONDA TOLD ME IT WAS A BROKEN THROTTLE CABLE AND DID PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.

DT: CONTACT STATES VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A SAFETY DEVICE IN THE DOOR TO KEEP IT FROM CLOSING TO STOP INJURY, BUT NOTHING WAS DESIGNED FOR IT WHEN IT IS OPENING TO STOP FROM CAUSING INJURY.*AK *SB *NM SON WAS GETTING OUT OF VAN AND HIS FOOT GOT STUCK AT THE BOTTOM OF DOOR. THE DOOR HAD TO CYCLE BEFORE CONSUMER COULD REOPEN IT AND TRY TO GET HIS FOOT OUT. THERE WAS NOT A WAY TO STOP THE DOOR TO PREVENT HIS FOOT FROM GETTING SMASHED. THE SON'S TOES WERE ONLY SMASHED IN THE INCIDENT BUT IT COULD HAVE SMASHED OR EVEN BROKEN HIS FOOT OR LEG.*SB

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG EQUIPMENT DURING A MINOR ACCIDENT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER'S FOOT BECAME STUCK WHILE TRANSFERRING HER FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL TO THE BRAKE THEREFORE WAS UNABLR TO STOP THE VEHICEL. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. THE DRIVER WAS PINNED IN HER SEAT AND WAS UNABLE TO REMOVER HER SEAT BELT. *NM

THE CHILD SEAT HARNESS CROSSED THE CHILD IN THE FACE, AND BECAME UNLATCHED. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO HAS SINCE THEN REPLACED THE VEHICLE AFTER TELLING HER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SEAT. *AK

PAINT PEELING FROM FRONT AND REAR BUMPER. PAINT NOT ADHERED PROPERLY FROM FACTORY. PAINT PEELS FREELY WITH ANY . THIS VEH. HAS ONLY 10K MILES, LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OWNED. ALWAYS HAND WASHED. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR --!*AK

I HAVE BROUGHT MY HONDA ODYSSEY TO THE DEALER AT LEAST THREE TIMES SINCE PURCHASED LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO. EACH TIME I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. I TOLD THEM IT MADE A "CLUNK" NOISE AT START UP. IT WAS SO LOUD, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST TIME, THEY TOLD ME THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS "NORMAL" AND GAVE ME AN INTERNAL COPY OF "A/C 'CLUNLK' NOISE ON YEARS 1999-2001" MECHANICAL PROBLEM SHEET. HELLO!!! I BOUGHT A 2004 MODEL ODYSSEY!!. I CALLED, COMPLAINED, AND GOT NOWHERE. I RECIEVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE, AND ASKED THEM AGAIN TO LOOK AT THE A/C "CLUNK" NOISE. I TOLD THEM IT WAS ALSO HAPPING WHEN THE HEATER WAS ON, NOT JUST THE A/C. OF COURSE, THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM. IN THE 1999-2001 ODYSSEY MODEL THEY HAD A "CLUNK" NOISE PROBLEM ACKNOWLEDGED BY YOU. I DO NOT SEE IT FOR YEARS 2003-04. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND FEEL I HAVE BEEN SOLD A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. ON ONE ACCOUNT, THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, BUT TRIED TO CONVINCE ME IT WAS A "DEFECT" FROM 1999-2001. I FIND THIS UNEXCEPTABLE.*AK

HONDA ODYSEEY 2004 EX: INTERIOR CABIN LIGHTS FLICKER ON/OFF INTERMITENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE SERVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. SEARCHING THE WEB RETURNS SIMILAR RESULTS FOR OTHER OWNERS OF HONDA ODYSSEY REGADLESS OF YEAR. *AK

DURING A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK