2005 Honda Odyssey

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR TRUNK LIFT GATE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD SHUT WITHOUT INTENT. WHEN THE TRUNK WAS OPENED, THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY THE LIFT GATE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE LIFT GATE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL ON HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE FOR THE EXACT SAME FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 10V055000 AND 10V055000: STRUCTURE: BODY: HATCHBACK/LIFT GATE AND STRUCTURE: BODY: HATCHBACK/LIFT GATE: SUPPORT DEVICE); HOWEVER, THE DEALER COULD NOT CONFIRM THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000. UPDATED 06/07/10*JB

I HAVE A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY WHICH HAS HAD THE SAME REPORTED STOPPING ISSUE AS REPORTED BY NEWER MODELS. THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE PENDING RECALL FOR 2007-2008 HONDA ODYSSEYS, AND IT DESCRIBED THE EXACT PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH MY 2005 ODYSSEY WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES. WHEN THE BREAKS ARE HEATED FROM FULL LOAD OR MULTIPLE STOPS WE HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET IT TO STOP. ONCE THE PEDAL HITS THE FLOOR THEN THERE IS A METAL ON METAL GRINDING SOUND. WE HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES AT HONDA DEALER AND THEY HAVE HEARD OF THIS AND SPECULATE MASTER CYLINDER BUT UNDER COLD CONDITIONS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. I CALLED HONDA THIS MORNING AND REPORTED IT, AND I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE MY ODYSSEY IS OUT OF WARRANTY, I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT IN TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, HAVE THEM INSPECT IT, AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYSELF. I DON'T THINK THIS IS RIGHT. *TR

MY 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN DID NOT STOP WHILE I WAS BRAKING DURING A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE BRAKES GOT TO THE FLOOR AND I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING A MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER YET BUT I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPT. I WAS FOUND "AT-FAULT" AND THE VEHICLE I HIT RECEIVED COMPENSATION FOR COLLISION. THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ALSO CLAIM HE WAS INJURED. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY (VIN# [XXX]), AND I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN SOFT FOR A LONG TIME. SINCE I HAD BEEN HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I HAD THEM CHECK THE BRAKES WHILE IT WAS IN FOR OTHER THINGS. THEY TOLD ME THE BRAKE PADS WERE FINE AND THAT THEY BARELY HAD ANY WEAR ON THEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT'S JUST THE WAY HONDAS ARE. BUT WHEN I FIRST GOT IT BRAND NEW, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I FOUND AN ARTICLE TODAY ABOUT THE PENDING RECALL FOR 2007-2008 HONDA ODYSSEYS, AND IT DESCRIBED THE EXACT PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH MY ODYSSEY. I HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET IT TO STOP, OR EVEN TO GET IT TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO TURN. I CALLED HONDA THIS MORNING AND REPORTED IT, AND I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE MY ODYSSEY IS OUT OF WARRANTY, I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT IN TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, HAVE THEM INSPECT IT, AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYSELF. I DON'T THINK THIS IS RIGHT. I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEM MUST BE IN MORE THAN JUST THE 2007-2008 MODELS, AND HONDA SHOULD EXPAND THE RECALL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY GOING ON 4TH POWER STEERING PUMP. DEALER REPLACED FIRST TWO, WITHIN WEEKS WHINING NOISE WAS BACK. CHANGE PUMP AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN WHINING NOISE RETURNED. NOW NOT ONLY IS THERE A WHINING NOISE BUT I HAVE OCCASIONAL STIFFNESS IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN TRAVEL AT 50 + MPH. VAN CURRENTLY HAS 120,000 MILE, PUMPS REPLACED AT 20,000, 45,000, 70, 000. KNOW OF OTHERS WITH SAME ISSUE. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE WITH THE EQUIPMENT OR DESIGN. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY OCTOBER 2004. WITHIN WEEKS AND TO THIS DAY I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM; THIS IS AFTER NUMEROUS REPLACEMENTS OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THE FRONT BRAKES REPEATEDLY MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING A HARD STOP OR STOPPING ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE, NOTICED MORE IN THE SUMMER. THE DEFECT IN THE BRAKES FEEL AS IF THE BRAKES ARE GOING TO FAIL; I HAVE TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE BECAUSE I FEEL THE PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE REAR BRAKES ALSO ARE DEFECTIVE AND ARE NOISY WHEN APPLIED AND THE CAR IS MAKING A TURN. I HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WITH THE DEALER. INITIALLY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE FAULTY AND WOULD BE REPLACED. AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED, THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. THE DEALER HAS ADMITTED THAT THE ODYSSEY AS BRAKING PROBLEMS, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED SO THEIR HANDS ARE TIED, I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, TO BEING TOLD MY BRAKES MUST HAVE BEEN DUSTY, AND/OR THAT THEY JUST NEEDED AN ADJUSTMENT. ONE THING THOUGH, THE BRAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN REPLACED BEING THEY WERE WORN TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPLACEMENT. I KNOW I AM NOT THE FIRST TO COMPLAIN IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. WHY DOESN'T THE NHTSA ENFORCE ITS AUTHORITY AND DEMAND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED IN THE 2005 ODYSSEY MINIVANS? *TR

WE WERE DRIVING IN OUR 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY, AND NOTICED SOMETHING KNOCKING. IT ALSO SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE HAD THEIR WINDOW DOWN. WE PULLED OVER TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. OUR NEWBORN STARTED TO CRY, SO MY HUSBAND WENT TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR. UPON PULLEY THE HANDLE, THE WHOLE DOOR FELL BACK OFF THE VAN. WE WERE TOLD THE PLASTIC ROLLERS WERE DEFECTIVE. THEY CRACKED WHEN WE HIT A POT HOLE AND LET THE DOOR SLIDE OFF THE TRACK. THEN THE PINS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP THE DOOR FROM GOING OFF THE TRACK FAILED. HONDA SAID IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT LOOKING INTO THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN IN MY 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY TOURING EDITION. I HAD DRIVEN FOR 20 MINUTES, AND ACCELERATED TO PASS A SLOW-MOVING TRUCK. MY ACCELERATOR STUCK. I STOOD ON THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP. FINALLY, I THREW ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER AND THROW MY CAR INTO PARK. IT WAS A VERY NEAR MISS, AND I FEEL LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS TO JL FREED HONDA, THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE STUCK ACCELERATOR WAS CAUSED BY THE GAS PEDAL BEING STUCK UNDER THE FLOOR MAT. THREE PEOPLE EXPLAINED IT THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ME. ONE PERSON SAID THAT MY HONDA-ISSUED ALL-WEATHER FLOOR MAT WAS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE CARPET MAT. BOTH WERE ISSUED AND INSTALLED BY JL FREED. INSINUATION WAS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE REMOVED THE CARPETED MAT. THE SECOND PERSON TOLD ME THAT MY ALL-WEATHER MAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANCHORED. THIS WAS NEVER AN OPTION THAT HAD BEEN OFFERED TO ME AND AGAIN, WOULD INDICATE FAULT ON THE PART OF HONDA. FINALLY, I WAS TOLD THAT I MYSELF HAD INCORRECTLY INSTALLED THE MAT, WHICH GOES ACROSS BOTH FRONT SEATS AND AROUND THE FRONT CONSOLE. I ASKED IF THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE, AND THEY SAID NO. THEY ALSO NEGLECTED TO CHECK MY CAR FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY STANDING ON THE BRAKES AT FULL ACCELERATION AND/OR USING THE PARKING BRAKE AND THROWING MY CAR INTO PARK WHILE MOVING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME AND NOW NO LONGER TRUST HONDA. *TR