2001 Honda Odyssey

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLUCTUATED UP AND THEN DOWN TO ZERO. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS; HOWEVER THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,700.

ODYSSEY HAD 85,517 AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. IGNITION KEY WAS REMOVABLE WITH SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK. THE DEALER REPLACED SWITCH AT "MY" EXPENSE. NHTSA IN NOVEMBER OF 2007 HAD ISSUED A RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER O3V422000 ON THE IGNITION SWITCHES FOR THE HONDA ACCORDS (1998-2001) WITH MENTION OF SOME ODYSSEYS AND ACURAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CAMPAIGN. SINCE THAT TIME THEY HAVE HAD A RECALL WITH THEIR 2003-04 PILOTS (CAMPAIGN #S73/SERVICE BULLETIN #13-011) FOR THIS SAME IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. I CONTACTED HONDA VIA A LETTER ON JULY 17, 2013 ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A REFUND CITING THE ABOVE MENTIONED DOCUMENTS/CAMPAIGNS, ETC. HONDA OF AMERICA CONTACTED ME VIA THE PHONE WITHIN A WEEK AND STATED THAT THE VAN NOW HAS OVER 150,000 MILES AND THAT THE VAN WOULD HAVE TO BE UNDER 70,000 IN MILEAGE. I THEN ASKED WHY THEN THEY WOULD BE RECALLING THE 2003-2004 PILOTS AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WAY ANY OF THOSE VEHICLES WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA OF 70,000 MILES. THEY HAD NO ANSWER BUT SIMPLY DENIED MY CLAIM. FYI. MY VAN HAS HAD THREE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. FIRST TIME AT 30,000, THEN AT 65,000 AND THEN THE LAST TIME JUST AFTER 100,000. CLEARLY MY MODEL HAS ISSUES BUT I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT HONDA WILL NOT BACK UP THEIR PRODUCTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND SUDDENLY STALLED. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPUTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. SUDDEN STOP CAUSING CAR TO TURN OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. PUSHING THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A BUSY STREET HAD TO TOW CAR BACK TO HOME ADDRESS. TRANSMISSION WAS RECALLED BY HONDA. TOLD ME THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE, UNFORTUNATELY IT WASN'T LEAVING ME STRANDED ON BUSY ROAD. MANY INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ALL WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

THE CAR STARTED SLIPPING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND, 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON AND D4 WAS FLASHING. THE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED MINUTES LATER. TCS LIGHT WAS OFF AND D4 STOPPED FLASHING, BUT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I WENT TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. *TR

SLIDING DOORS: ONE DOOR STOPPED OPENING ALL TOGETHER, SO PASSENGERS CANNOT GET OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IN THE BACK, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENS BUT THE ALARM SOUNDS WHEN DRIVING, SO THE MASTER SWITCH IN ON THE FRONT MUST BE IN THE OFF POSITION IN ORDER TO DRIVE. THIS MAKES THE DOOR INOPERABLE UNLESS THE SWITCH IS ON, AND THIS MUST BE DONE MANUALLY EVERY TIME THE DOOR NEEDS TO BE USED, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD IN AN EMERGENCY. *TR

2001 HONDA ODYSSEY REAR PASSENGER DOORS DO NOT CLOSE OR FULLY RETRACT. MY WIFE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALER AND IT WE RECEIVED AN INITIAL ESTIMATE OF $415 TO REPAIR. WE RECEIVED A REVISED ESTIMATE OF $717 TO REPLACE THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR SWITCH FOLLOWED BY A THIRD REVISION OF $1033 TO REPLACE THE CONTROL UNIT. A FOURTH REVISION TOTALING $1955 WAS RECEIVED TO REPLACE THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR MOTOR. THIS DID NOT FULLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DOOR OPEN ALARM CONTINUES TO SOUND. THE RECOMMENDED CORRECTIVE ACTION NOW IS TO REPLACE THE INTERIOR WIRE HARNESS. THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL COST. WE HAVE DECLINED THIS REPAIR BELIEVING THAT THE WIRE HARNESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED EARLY ON DURING THE TROUBLESHOOTING PROCESS. I NOW BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY AND POTENTIAL FIRE ISSUE. AS I CONTINUE TO READ OF THESE PROBLEMS HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR