2007 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING RECALL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE (VSA) VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND ALL POWER WAS LOST. *JB UPDATED 10/20/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT LEFT SIDE SLIDING DOOR AND THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FAILED TO UNLOCK INTERMITTENTLY. SHE HAD TO CLIMB OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OR TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT TO GET OUT THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, SHE NOTICED REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING; THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT HOLD AN ALIGNMENT AND WOULD DRIFT TO THE SIDE. ALSO, PERIODICALLY, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO STOP, AS IF SHE WERE DRIVING ON GRAVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED REGARDING THE SUSPENSION PROBLEM. THE DEALER ALSO INSTALLED A SEAL ON THE DOOR BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. IN REFERENCE TO THE BRAKE PROBLEM, THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT DID ATTEMPT REPAIRS WHICH DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST HER. CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,950. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,500.

AT 21,000 MI. FRONT VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES APPLIED WHILE DRIVING. TOLD BRAKE ROTOR WAS WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE TURNED. HAD THE WORK DONE. AT 30194MI NOTICED FRONT VIBRATION AGAIN AT 65MPH BREAKING. THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE SOFT BRAKE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. I WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED AGAIN. TOLD MY DRIVING WAS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE. VAN IS USED TO DRIVE 1.5 MILES TO AND FROM WORK AND HIGHWAY DRIVING IN NON-RUSH HOUR TIMES. WAS TOLD THE 1.5 MI. DRIVE EACH DAY WAS CONSIDERED HARD DRIVING BY HONDA AND MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF ROTOR WARP. *TR

POWER STEERING IS NON-EXISTENT AT PARKING SPEEDS. WHILE PARKING, TURNING OR MANEUVERING AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS, THE ONLY WAY TO TURN THE CAR IS TO "MUSCLE" THE STEERING WHEEL AROUND. POWER STEERING ENGAGES AS SPEED INCREASES. MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALER AND THEY CLAIM THAT IS THE WAY A VAN DRIVES. THE VEHICLE ALREADY WAS REPAIRED FROM LACK OF OIL PLACED IN STEERING COLUMN WHEN IT WAS BUILT. LACK OF MANUFACTURER RESPONSE IS CONCERNING ME. MY FATHERS 2006 HAD SAME PROBLEM AND HE WAS TOLD HONDA USES A BIGGER"SCREEN" NOW SOMEWHERE IN THE STEERING PUMP AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

2007 HONDA ODYSSEY SOFT BRAKES RECALL HAS BEEN DONE TWICE ABOUT 1000 MILES LATER SOFT AND SQUISHY AGAIN DID NHTSA HAVE ANY REVIEW ON LONG TERM "FIX" THAT HAS NOT WORKED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY HONDA SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR AND HYANNIS HONDA HAS SAID ALL WAS NORMAL ... NO THE BRAKES REALLY DO NOT WORK WORTH A [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I OWN A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L. LAST MAY, I RECEIVED TWO SEPARATE RECALL NOTICES FOR PCM UPDATE FOR LOCK-UP CLUTCH FUNCTION AND FOR LOW AND SOFT BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WAS A DELAY IN TAKING MY VAN TO A DEALER BECAUSE I WAS ON A MILITARY DEPLOYMENT. MY DEPLOYMENT ENDED LAST MONTH AND THAT'S WHEN I TOOK MY VAN TO GET SERVICE (RECALLS). A MONTH HAD PAST SINCE I TOOK MY VAN FOR THE RECALL BUT THE BREAK PROBLEM STILL PERSIST AND I THINK IT'S GETTING WORST. THE BREAKS IS VERY SOFT AND THE PEDAL IS VERY LOW WHEN I STEP ON IT. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PUMP MY BRAKES TWICE JUST TO FEEL THE BRAKE. I SENT HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE A LETTER REQUESTING ANOTHER AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE MY BRAKES CHECK AND SERVICE AGAIN. HONDA'S SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM DID NOT WORK. THE HONDA DEALER BLED, SEAL AND CAP THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY VAN BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE LOOK AT AGAIN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR LOSE THEIR LIVES. *TR

BOTH REAR TAILGATE STRUTS HAD LEAKED FLUID, CAUSING AUTOMATIC TAILGATE TO OPEN BUT THEN SLAM SHUT RATHER THAN STAY OPEN. SERVICE ADVISOR EXPLAINED THAT THE PROBLEM ONLY BECAME EVIDENT AFTER BOTH OF THE STRUTS HAD FAILED BUT, UNTIL THEN, ONE FUNCTIONING STRUT MAY HAVE BEEN CONCEALING THE FAILURE OF THE OTHER. PROBLEM MANIFESTED AT 16,000 MILES, AND WAS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME TO REPLACE THE FAILED HATCH STRUTS. *TR

ON MARCH 2010 I FIRST TOOK THE CAR INTO DEALER (BEAVERTON HONDA) TO INDICATE THAT WHENEVER I APPLY BRAKES GOING SLOWER THAN 25MPH THERE IS A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN BACK AT THE SAME DEALER FOR SAME ISSUE NOW FOR THE 6TH TIME. AND ON LAST FRIDAY (SEP. 2010) WHEN I WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH TECHNICIAN I WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AND HE SAID HE KNEW OF THE ISSUE AND LIKELY TO BE COMING FROM REAR. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR THEY SAID THAT THEY ADJUSTED THE PARKING BRAKE AS PER TECH LINE SERVICE ARTICLE FROM JUNE 2009 BUT THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. HENCE HONDA TECH LINED INFORMED THE DEALER THAT IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE AND THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND IF THERE IS A FIX THEY WILL NOTIFY ME. UNFORTUNATELY, WHATEVER THEY DID ON FRIDAY MADE IT 10X WORSE AS NOW IT'S HAPPENING 90-95% OF THE TIME. EVEN WHEN I AM LET GO OF THE BRAKES FROM STOP AND THEN APPLY THE BRAKES GOING 1-2MPS IT MAKES THAT AWFUL NOISE. SO I WENT BACK TO THE DEAR TODAY. THEY JUST CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THEY THINK THAT REPLACING THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND THE FRONT ROTORS SHOULD FIX IT BUT NO GUARANTEES SINCE HONDA TECH LINE SAYS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE SAME DEALER ABOUT A MOTH AND HALF AGO (6/23/2010) TOLD ME THAT REPLACING ALL FRONT/BACK BREAK PADS WILL FIX THE ISSUE BUT IT DIDN'T. SO NOW WITHIN 1.5 MONTHS THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE FRONT BREAK PADS ALONG WITH THE FRONT ROTORS AND THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEEING IT WILL FIX THE ISSUE. I HAVE CALLED AMERICAN HONDA ON OPENED A CASE AS THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND MY WIFE SAYS SHE WON'T DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT'S FIXED. THIS ISSUE STARTED AFTER THEY APPLIED THE SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2007 ODYSSEY REGARDING "SOFT BRAKES". JUST BEFORE THEY APPLIED THAT SAFETY RECALL THE DEALER HAD ALSO FOUND MY FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE PREMATURELY WRAPPED AND RESURFACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THUS, IT SEEMS THERE IS A CONTINUED ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR OF HONDA ODYSSEY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE TRAVELING 5 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD FALLEN TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD BEGAN TO VIBRATE, SECONDS LATER THE VEHICLE BEGAN DRIVING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 24000. UPDATED 1/19/2010 *CN THE CONSUMER AS SHE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE BRAKES SUDDENLY LOCKED FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN VIBRATED AND THEN MADE A SCRAPPING NOISE. SHE PUMPED THE BRAKES THEN THEY SEEMED TO PERFORM AS DESIGNED. UPDATED 03/28/11

DRIVING THE CAR THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY SOFT AND THE VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP IN A NORMAL TIME. THIS CAR WAS ALREADY SERVICED FOR HONDA'S 2010 SOFT BRAKE REPAIR ON THE 2007-08 ODYSSEY. IT SEEMS THE SYMPTOMS OF THE ORIGINAL RECALL ARE STILL EVIDENT AS THIS RECALL RELATES TO AIR IN THE BRAKE LINE OVER TIME. *TR