2005 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING: WHEN ENGINE IS AT IDLE SPEED (AS WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING PLACE), THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL QUICKLY (AS IN TRYING TO AVOID AN INCIDENT). THIS CAN HAVE MINOR TO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU MAY BE TRYING TO AVOID. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM BASED ON INTERNET POSTINGS. *TR

2005 ODYSSEY MINI VAN. OIL LEAK AT UNDER 24000 MILES. TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THEN 7/08 HAD ANOTHER OIL LEAK JUST AFTER IT HAD EXPRESS SERVICE AT HONDA DEALERSHIP. TOOK BACK THEY SAID THAT SOMETHING DID NOT GET PUT ON TIGHT ENOUGH. TOOK BACK TWO WEEKS OR SO LATER, AROUND 32000 MILES NOW STILL LEAKING. REPLACED OIL PAN AND GASKET. STILL LEAKING. TOOK BACK TOLD IT WAS TRANSMISSION. THEY STARTED TO ORDER ONE. HONDA HAD ME COME BACK IN TO TAKE PICTURES. MY SERVICE REP WAS NOT THERE AT THAT TIME. AT THIS TIME SAID IT WAS ENGINE OIL NOT TRANS. WENT BACK WHEN MY SERVICE REP WAS IN. SHE FOUND LEAK AND IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. ANOTHER TRANS WAS PUT IN AROUND JAN 6TH 2009 AT AROUND 38,500 MILES. I WAS TOLD THIS IS NOT NORMAL. BUT THERE SEEMS TO MANY COMPLAINTS ON TRANSMISSIONS ON THE HONDA VANS. *TR

VEHICLE HAS 93K AND HAS A VIBRATION FEEDBACK ISSUE AROUND 40MPH. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED FOR A REAR MOUNT REPLACEMENT. ISSUE IS LESS SEVERE, BUT IS STILL NOTICEABLE. TAKEN IT TO DEALER THREE TIMES, UNABLE TO DETECT THE ISSUE. OVER 83 POSTINGS IN EDMUNDS FOR SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

MY 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS HAD THE BUZZING,HUMMING SOUND ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY THE DEALER. THE SECOND TIME THE CAR HAD 52000 MILES ON IT AND THE DEALER CONTACTED HONDA TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER IT. THEY WOULD NOT BUT ALLOWED ME A 50% DISCOUNT ON THE REPAIR. THIS SHOULD BE A BULLETIN ITEM COVERED BY THE COMPANY. *TR

VIBRATION AND SHUTTERING GETTING WORSE OVER TIME BECAME SO BAD IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL CAR. DEALER SAID 3 OF 4 ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BAD. THIS IS 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, POWER STEERING FLUID BEGAN LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THE SAME DAY TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE NOISE FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE HE WAS UNABLE TO STEER AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 22,000.

SEVERE VIBRATION, THUMPING, WASHBOARD AFFECT IN RIGHT FRONT WHEN DRIVING OVER 20MPH. REPLACED RIGHT FRONT DRIVE AXEL. *TR

ACCORDING TO HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 07-005 JUNE 17, 2008 TITLED POWER STEERING PUMP WHINES, BUZZES, OR HUMS (SUPERSEDES 07-005, DATED JANUARY 26, 2007, TO UPDATE THE INFORMATION MARKED BY THE BLACK BARS), SYMPTOM "THE POWER STEERING PUMP WHINES, BUZZES, OR HUMS AFTER DRIVING FOR 30 MINUTES IN TEMPERATURES 35 TO 40 DEGREES F (2 TO 5 DEGREES C). PROBABLE CAUSE THE POWER STEERING PUMP RESERVOIR IS DEFECTIVE CORRECTION ACTION: FLUSH THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WITH CLEAN POWER STEERING FLUID, AND THEN REPLACE THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR. PARTS INFORMATION POWER STEERING RESERVOIR: P/N 53701-SHJ-A01C1, H/C 0923672 REQUIRED MATERIALS HONDA GENUINE POWER STEERING FLUID: P/N 08206-9002, H/C 3747284 (FOUR BOTTLES PER VEHICLE ARE NEEDED) THE DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR CAUSES THE POWER STEERING PUMP TO WHINE BECAUSE POWER STEERING FLUID IS NOT PUMP OUT OF THE RESERVOIR. IF POWER STEERING FLUID IS NOT BEING PUMPED OUT OF THE RESERVOIR, THE POWER STEER FAILS WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. HONDA ACKNOWLEDGES THIS PROBLEM WITH THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND THE WARRANTY INFORMATION BUT REFUSES TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM ON VEHICLES OUT SIDE OF THE 36000 MILES WARRANTY. ACCORDING HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 07-005, THIS "APPLIES TO 2005-07 ODYSSEY -ALL 2008 -FROM VIN 5FNRL38..8B000001 THRU 5FNRL38..8B075356 -FROM VIN F5NRL38..8B400001 THRU 5FNRL38..8B419525 I ASKED MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER (CALE YARBOROUGH HONDA 2723 WEST PALMETTO STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 843-669-5556) TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH THIS REPAIR WOULD COST. ACCORDING TO THEIR SERVICE MANAGER, THE REPLACEMENT RESERVOIR IS $11.50, THE POWER STEERING FLUID IS $16.00 AND THE LABOR IS $170.00. THE TOTAL COST $197.50. SINCE THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY HONDA AND MAY RESULTS IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT, HONDA SHOULD RECALL THIS PART AND PAY FOR IT TO BE REPAIRED ON VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE NEW AND VIGILANTLY MAINTAIN IT. WITH FEWER THAN 43,000 MILES, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILS TO PROPERLY "LOCKUP" AT 45 MPH ON LEVEL GRADE WHEN WARM. THE DEALERS SCAN TOOL INDICATED ABSENCE OF ANY DETECTED ABNORMALITY, BUT THEIR TEST DRIVE CONFIRMED THE SYMPTOM--PULSING POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS. THEY TOLD ME THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS FAILING WHICH THEY DON'T REPLACE NOR REPAIR SO THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE. THEY NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED A HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS NOR ANY RELATED SERVICE CAMPAIGNS OR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS. I AM, LIKE I SAID, VIGILANT ABOUT SERVICE, SO I WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ISSUE, BUT OTHERS MAY BE AT RISK IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILS RAPIDLY DUE TO IMPROPER DESIGN. *TR

PURCHASED A BRAND NEW HONDA ODYSSEY 2005 EX-L FROM FREMONT HONDA IN 2005. JUST AFTER TWO YEARS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE HOT AND ARE APPLIED SHARPLY E.G. WHEN COMING DOWN A HILL THEY MAKE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. SOUND SEEMS TO COME FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CAPITOL HONDA FOR A REGULAR OIL SERVICE AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE SOUND IS NORMAL, IT IS THE ABS KICKING IN. THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AS I FEAR THE BRAKES WILL FAIL ONE DAY AS IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL ON METAL AND MAY HAVE AN ACCIDENT ONE DAY. I HAVE RAISED THIS CONCERN WITH AMERICAN HONDA WHO HANDLES CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH ONLY 21,000 MILE ON THE VAN. THEY STATED I AM OUT OF WARRANTY OVER 3 YEARS/ 36,000 MILES AND TO TAKE IT BACK AGAIN TO THE DEALER. I WILL TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN ON 10/31/08. I WANT TO ELEVATE THIS ISSUE/ CUSTOMER CONCERN TO NHTSA TO INVESTIGATE GRINDING BRAKE NOISE OF 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. ALSO CONDUCT A GOOGLE SEARCH ON HONDA ODYSSEY GRINDING BRAKE NOISE AND YOU WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES - THERE IS CLEARLY A FAULT THAT HONDA NEEDS TO RESOLVE AND RECALL ITS VEHICLES AND FIX FREE OF CHARGE BEFORE LARGE SCALE ACCIDENTS OCCUR. *TR