2006 Honda Odyssey

WE OWN A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. AIR-CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A HOLE IN THE CONDENSER CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS OR A ROCK. SEEMS THAT THIS MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW BECAUSE THE EXTREME FORCE IT WOULD TAKE FOR A ROCK TO PUNCTURE METAL IN AN AC UNIT KIDS ARE NOW HOT AND MISERABLE IN BACK OF VAN. OVER $800 TO FIX AND HONDA WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER. TIMES ARE TOUGH FOR A CAR MANUFACTURER TO NOT FIX A DESIGN FLAW. LOOKS LIKE DESIGN WAS FIXED FOR 2009, BUT IGNORED BY MANUFACTURER FOR PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY AND ON A RECENT TRIP TO CALIFORNIA MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. I BROUGHT IT INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND WAS TOLD AT THE TIME THAT IF IT WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN CONTACTED ME TO TELL ME THAT SURE ENOUGH A ROCK HAS HIT MY A/C CONDENSER AND IT WOULD COST $700.00 TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN. I DECIDE TO GOOGLE MY A/C CONDENSER AND WAS NOT SURPRISED TO FIND COUNTLESS FORUMS WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALL STATING THE EXACT SAME STORY COMPLETE WITH THE SAME EXACT COMMENTS FROM THE TECHNICIANS. MY SUSPICIONS RAISED, THIS BEGINS TO SOUND LIKE A REHEARSED STORY OF "A ROCK HAS HIT YOUR AC CONDENSER PUTTING A HOLE IN IT" . IT WOULD APPEAR THAT HONDA NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE A SIMPLE GRILL IN THE AREA BENEATH THE LICENSE PLATE FRAME THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM OCCURRING. THE STOCK GRILL HAS TOO MUCH SPACE SO DEBRIS ARE ABLE TO GET IN. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BY HONDA AND FIXED SINCE IT'S THEIR MISTAKE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY LX MINIVAN. THE AC STOPPED WORKING. TWICE. WITHIN WARRANTY TIME/MILEAGE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE AC CONDENSER WAS DAMAGED BY STONE, CAUSING LEAKAGE OF CFC. I CALLED HONDA, THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. EVEN THE FRONT GRILLE THEY INSTALLED IN THEIR NEWER MODELS ARE "FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS, NOT NECESSARILY TO FIX THIS DESIGN FLAW". CFC KILLS OZONE LAYER. I FEEL BAD MY VAN DUMPED TWO TANKS OF CFC INTO THE (ALREADY BADLY POLLUTED) ATMOSPHERE . HONDA'S BAD DESIGN CAUSES BIG TIME POLLUTION, AND IT IS A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE FIXED WITH A TINY COST ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. HONDA CUTS CORNERS, AND THIS IS A BAD ONE. IT CAUSES CONSUMERS SO MUCH, BECAUSE HONDA WANTS TO SAVE A COUPLE OF BUCKS. OTHER CAR MAKERS MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE - THEY DO NOT COVER FRAGILE PART IN THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY AND JUST RECENTLY MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THE SERVICE MAN CAME TO ME TO TELL ME THAT A ROCK HAS HIT MY AC CONDENSER AND IT WOULD COST $820.00 TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE SERVICE MAN ALSO STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN. I DECIDE TO GOOGLE MY AC CONDENSER AND TO MY SURPRISE POPS UP THIS FORUM WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME STORY. SOUNDS LIKE A REHEARSED STORY "A ROCK HAS HIT YOUR AC CONDENSER PUTTING A HOLE IN IT" . AFTER READING OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES, WHAT THEY HAVE STATED IS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, THE GRILL HAS TO MUCH SPACE IN BETWEEN BY THE LICENSE PLATE SO DEBRIS IS ABLE TO GET IN. THIS SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY HONDA SINCE ITS THEIR MISTAKE. *TR

MY 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN DEVELOPED A HOLE IN THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER AFTER JUST 4 MONTHS OF DRIVING (8K MILES) AND I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THIS WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT OF A PEBBLE PUNCTURING THE CONDENSER THAT WAS COVERED UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY OR INSURANCE. THE WARRANTY IS SUPPOSED TO COVER ALL ITEMS THAT AREN'T NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T. I HAVE ALSO HEARD COUNTLESS PEOPLE CLAIM THE SAME DAMAGE TO THEIR MINIVANS SO IT SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW AND NOT A FREAK ACCIDENT. THERE ARE EVEN SPECIAL GRILL COVERS MANUFACTURED BY OTHER COMPANIES TO FIX THE HONDAS PROBLEM. I FEEL HONDA SHOULD STAND UP THEIR WARRANTY. *TR

FOUND MY A/C NOT WORKING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT A ROCK MUST HAVE HIT THE CONDENSER AND CAUSED A PIN HOLE. WAS ALSO ADVISED BY THE SERVICE WRITER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND WAS DUE TO THE CONDENSER BEING MOUNTED VERY LOW TO THE GROUND BEHIND THE BUMPER. I ASKED IF THERE WAS A SHIELD OR OTHER SOLUTION TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE; I WAS TOLD NO. I THEN RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF FOLKS WITH THE SAME EXPERIENCE. THE REPAIR COST IS $700.00 WITH NO ASSURANCE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN THEN MOMENT YOU LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW THAT HONDA IS WELL AWARE OF. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE REFERRING FOLKS TO CLAIM THE DAMAGE ON THEIR INSURANCE TO COVER THE REPAIR COSTS. HONDA HAS RESPONDED BY ADDING A "SHIELD" TO THEIR 2008 MODELS.....BUT HAS DONE NOTHING FOR PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR OWNERS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 EX-L HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 11000 MILES ON IT. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT MUCH YET. I'VE NOTICED THAT MY A/C HAS STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT A ROCK HAS HIT A A/C CONDENSER AND FREON HAS LEAKED OUT AND IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD COST ME $960. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009 TO COMPLAIN BUT THEY REJECTED MY CLAIM. I'M SEEING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH SAME ISSUE. I DON'T THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE, BUT RATHER A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN. *TR

I AM UNAWARE OF SPECIFIC EVENTS WHICH LED TO THIS OCCURRENCE. AT THE FIRST SIGN OF WARM WEATHER, I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE AIR CONDITIONER; IT WOULD ONLY BLOW WARM. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON 3/17/08, AND WERE TOLD SOMETHING HAD HIT THE CONDENSER AND RENDERED IT INOPERABLE. THIS DEALER QUOTED $773 TO REPAIR, AND WE DECLINED. WE TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER ON 4/4/08, AND WERE TOLD THE SAME THING. THE COST TO REPAIR WAS $829. AN ONLINE SEARCH REVEALED MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM; THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED BY HONDA. *TR