2005 Honda Odyssey

HONDA ODYSSEY 2005, AIR CONDITIONER (A/)C CONDENSER JUST HAD NO VISIBLE HOLE. THE DEALER CLAIMED ONLY A LITTLE PEBBLE COULD CAUSE A LEAK. A/C STOPPED WORKING AS ALL THE FLUID LEAKE D OUT, CAUSING LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AS A/C WAS FILLED WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS. IT WAS COSTING $100, WHICH WAS A DESIGN FLAW FROM HONDA. ALL OVER PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING BUT HONDA WAS JUST RIDING THEIR HIGH NAME AND MAKING PEOPLE SUFFER. HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?HL=EN&RLZ=1B2GGGL_EN___US207&Q=HONDA+ODYSSEY+2005+AC+NOT+WORKING&BTNG=SEARCH. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/HONDA-ODYSSEY/TJBOPFUR3SVARKHCJ/P3. *AK

AIR CONDITIONING (A/C) PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HOLE IN THE A/C CONDENSER WHICH HONDA DEALER STATED WAS CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS WHICH WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. AFTER RESEARCHING FURTHER THE OBVIOUS CAUSE OF THIS WAS AN ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW .- THE A/C CONDENSER WAS COMPLETELY EXPOSED TO ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE ROAD WITH NO GRILLE/PROTECTION IN FRONT OF IT. HONDA SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND INSTALL A GRILLE IN FRONT OF THE CONDENSER TO PROTECT IT, AND REIMBURSE THOSE OF US WHO HAVE PAID TO HAVE CONDENSERS REPLACED DUE TO THEIR ERROR. THIS DESIGN FLAW ALSO LEFT THE RADIATOR EXPOSED WHICH WAS A SAFETY HAZARD. NOTE, THE 2008 ODYSSEY APPEARED TO HAVE A GRILLE FOR PROTECTION.*AK

AFTER MUCH RESEARCH ON MINIVAN SAFETY, WE PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA ODDYSEY IN JANUARY OF 2005. WITHIN MONTHS, WE NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKING HARD OR COMING TO A QUICK STOP. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS COMES AND GOES AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE DUPLICATED FOR THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE STILL COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS AND STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ATTEMPT TO TRY AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT ANOTHER BRAND (OUR SECOND CHOICE OF MINIVAN) WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUR FIRST CHOICE.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY AND NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT A ROCK HIT THE RADIATOR AND THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO PUT A NEW ONE IN. IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS CAUSED BY A ROCK. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY SEE A LOT OF THESE CASES AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY TOURING MODEL IN AUGUST 2005. WITHIN DAYS, I BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH A GRINDING NOISE IN THE FRONT BRAKES WHEN MAKING A HARD STOP OR STOPPING ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE. 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. NEXT THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS GRAVEL IN THE PAD. THE LAST TIME I WENT IN, THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I ASKED THEM HOW MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS THEY HAD ON THIS ISSUE AND I DID NOT GET A RESPONSE. THE MANAGER BECAME HOSTILE AND WAS EXTREMELY RUDE. EVERYTIME I TAKE IT IN, I AM TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG BUT MYSTERIOUSLY, THE BRAKES ARE BETTER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. I FEEL AS IF I PAID $37,000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE SAFE. HONDA MUST BE MADE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE RESOLVED TO TRADE THE VEHICLE IN AND BUY ANOTHER BRAND AS THE DEALER REFUSES TO HELP AND HAS RESORTED TO BEING DOWN RIGHT HOSTILE ABOUT THE SITUATION. *TR

I PURCHASED A "CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED" 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY AND THE HONDA CARE EXTENDED WARRANTY IN MARCH OF 2007. I WAS PLANNING A TRIP FROM TEXAS TO WEST VIRGINIA WITH A FRIEND AND OUR THREE KIDS, ALL UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE. IN ALABAMA, WE REALIZED THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS RELEASING HOT AIR. I CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIPS IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES WE PASSED THROUGH. SINCE IT WAS A SATURDAY ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, NO ONE WOULD HELP US. I CALLED HONDA CARE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD DO NOTHING BECAUSE THE VAN WAS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. WHEN I ARRIVED IN WEST VIRGINIA, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE TECHNICIANS THERE INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE VAN'S CONDENSER THAT "MUST HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A ROCK." I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER EITHER MY FACTORY WARRANTY OR MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY $633.52 TO GET IT FIXED. I SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVES AT GUNN HONDA, WHO ADVISED ME TO CALL HONDA. I CALLED THE HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER. THE REGIONAL MANAGER CALLED ME AND GAVE A SEEMINGLY REHEARSED SPEECH OF HOW THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. AFTER A SEARCH ONLINE, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. I AM VERY DISTRAUGHT TO THINK THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO PROTECT THE HARD-WORKING CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY FROM SUCH A SCANDALOUS CONSPIRACY. I AM AN ARMY VETERAN WHO SERVED TIME IN IRAQ. MY HUSBAND IS ACTIVE DUTY, STATIONED IN HAWAII, SET TO GO TO AFGHANISTAN. WE CANNOT AFFORD A PLANE TICKET FOR HIM TO COME HOME BECAUSE I HAD TO USE ALL OF OUR SAVINGS FOR THIS. WHY ARE PEOPLE BEING DECEIVED ABOUT HOW GREAT HONDA IS AND HOW THE ODYSSEY IS THE NUMBER ONE MINIVAN, AND NOT BEING WARNED ABOUT SUCH AN EXPENSIVE DEFECT IN THE DESIGN? WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? AM I TO JUST LET THIS ORGANIZATION TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME?

ROAD DEBRIS OR SMALL ROCK CAME THROUGH THE AIR DAM IN THE LOWER VALANCE ON THE FRONT BUMPER, STRIKING THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER AND PIERCING A HOLE IN IT. THIS RESULTED IN A LEAK OF THE AIR CONDITIONER COOLANT AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE CONDENSER UNIT AT APPROXIMATELY $700. AMERICAN HONDA WILL NOT COVER UNDER THEIR VEHICLE WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT IS DUE TO A ROAD HAZARD AND NOT FROM A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE AND BELIEVE THIS IS A LATENT DESIGN DEFECT, THAT FROM A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH, APPEARS TO BE OCCURRING REGULARLY ON SEVERAL HONDA MODELS. THIS DAMAGE IS ALSO CAUSING THE RELEASE OF POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AIR CONDITIONER FREON INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN 30+ YEARS OF DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A PEBBLE CAUSING SUCH DAMAGE ON A VEHICLE. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE FOR AMERICAN HONDA TO TAKE THE POSITION THAT THIS IS A ROAD HAZARD AND TO DIRECT THEIR CUSTOMERS TO FILE WITH THEIR INSURANCE CARRIERS FOR RELIEF. *TR

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A NEW HONDA ODYSSEY VAN IN 2005 WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH PAX RUNFLAT TIRES. AT THE TIME, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TIRES WOULD WEAR LIKE REGULAR NON RUN-FLAT TIRES, AND WOULD BE 10-15% MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT ALL HONDA DEALERS WOULD HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE THESE SPECIAL TIRES. NONE OF THESE STATEMANTS HAS PROVEN TO BE TRUE. THE TIRES ARE ALL WORN OUT AT 31K MILES, AND WE WERE QUOTED A PRICE OF $1300 PLUS TAX TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. WORSE YET, OUR NEARTEST DEALER (FLAGSTAFF HONDA) DOES NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE THEM 2 YEARS AFTER THEIR RELEASE. TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, WE NOW HAVE A FLAT AND GETTIGN IT FIXED WILL REQUIRE US TO DRIVE 50 MPH ON A BUSY INERSTATE (WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING 80+MPH) WHICH I REFUSE TO DO. BECAUSE OF ALL THESE PROBLEMS, I HAVE ELECTED TO PURCHASE NEW RIMS, TIRES AND PRESSURE SENSORS (PLUS A SPARE TIRE) ALL OF WHICH WILL COST OVER $1000. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A DEFECT AND THE TIRE SYSTEM WAS NOT FAIRLY EXPLAINED, WITH ALL IT'S SHORTCOMINGS OR WE WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THIS MODEL.