2006 Honda Odyssey

POWER STEERING PUMP NOISE. LED TO HARDER STEERING DURING COLD TEMPERATURES. TWO INSTANCES: 1) OUTSIDE TEMP 20F DEGREES TRYING TO MAKE A U-TURN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, HAD TO USE MORE FORCE AND EFFORT THAN NORMAL TO STAY IN THE U-TURN. WOULD HAVE BEEN A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THERE WERE CARS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET. 2) OUTSIDE TEMP BELOW 30F DEGREES. DROVE TO THE MALL 20 MINUTES AWAY ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN ENTERING THE PARKING LOT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NOISE WAS LOUD. AS I TRIED TO PARK IN BETWEEN TWO CARS, ENCOUNTERED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EFFORT TO DIRECT THE VAN PROPERLY AND WITHOUT HITTING THE CARS ON EITHER SIDE INTO THE PARKING SPACE. WOULD HAVE BEEN A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THERE WAS SOMEONE STANDING TO GET INTO THE CAR ON EITHER SIDE. THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED SOMETIME IN DEC AND JAN NOT SURE OF DATES, BUT WHEN IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE. *TR

AFTER A 45 MIN DRIVE WE BEGAN TO HEAR A JINGLING WHINING SOUND. TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND THE NOISE WAS GONE. I WAS TOLD THAT WITH NO NOISE THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. AFTER A WEEK I TOOK IT IN AND SAID THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY VAN AND THEY NEEDED TO KEEP IT UNTIL THEY LOCATED THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE. I WAS INFORMED AFTER A FEW HOURS THAT MY POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $600.00. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION THEY AGREED THAT THEY HAD BEEN HAVING COMPLAINTS/PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMPS AND THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE PARTS IF I WOULD PAY FOR THE LABOR. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS HUGE DANGER BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING COULD COMPLETELY FAIL AT HIGH SPEEDS CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

THE POWER STEERING MAKES INTERMITTENT GROANING AND SCREECHING NOISES WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED. I'VE HAD 2 NEW POWER STEERING PUMPS INSTALLED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE PROBLEM RECURRING WITHIN SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES AFTER REPAIR. I'M SCHEDULED FOR YET ANOTHER REPAIR, AND THINK I MAY HAVE TO TRADE THIS VAN FOR A HYUNDAI BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES. THIS VAN HAS HAD THE COMMON PROBLEM OF A ROCK TAKING OUT THE A/C CONDENSER, A NON- WARRANTY $840 REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A GROANING SOUND WHEN MAKING A TURN. THE NOISE TYPICALLY OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE REACHED SPEEDS OF 40 MPH AND ABOVE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE REPORTS OF FAILURE WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMPS FOR THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE PUMP WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER STEERING ABILITY AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONTACT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 5,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED THE INVOICES FOR REPAIR. 05/21/07 *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY IN THE SPRING OF 2006, AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAKES AN ANNOYING WHINING NOISE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO HONDA DEALERS TWICE (ONCE IN NY & ONCE IN FLA), AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PUMP; THAT A "MINOR HUMMING NOISE IS NORMAL". THE TECHNICIAN SAID ONLY THAT IF ENOUGH CUSTOMERS COMPLAINED, A SERVICE BULLETIN WOULD BE ISSUED. SO I'VE RECEIVED NO SATISFACTION OR SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. THE WHINING CONTINUES, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT IT! *TR

ANY TIME WHEN OUSIDE TEMP DROPS BELOW 40 DEG FARENHEIGHT AND I DRIVE MY 06 HONDA ODYSSEY I GET A LOUD WHINING AT IDLE AND ACCERLERATION BUT MORE PREDOMINANTLY WHEN TURNING LEFT TO RIGHT. AFTER MANY VISITS TO THE DEALER BECAUSE WHICH THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE NOISE, I FINALLY TOOK IT IN FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMP WAS BELOW 40 DEG FOR THEM TO VERIFY THE NOISE. THEY CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS THE POWER STERING PUMP AND ORDERED A NEW ONE AND INSTALLED IT. THREE DAYS LATER IT WAS STILL MAKING THE NOISE AND AGAIN THE DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE NOISE. SO I AGAIN TOOK IT FIRST THING IN THE AM AND THEY AGAIN CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE SINCE RECEIVED A TSP BULLETIN ON THE PROBLEM AND ARE GOING TO TRY TO ORDER THE NECESSARY PARTS TO FIX MY PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR ME FOR MONTHS AND I WILL BE SURE TO COMMENT IF THIS PROBLEM GETS CORRECTED.

THE VAN HAS DROVE TERRIBLE ALMOST FROM THE TIME WE HAVE BOUGHT IT. IT PULLED VERY BAD ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO THE LEFT. IT CAN CHANGE LANES ALL BY ITSELF, LIKE AUTOPILOT. WE TOOK IT IN REPEATEDLY, AND ALL THEY WOULD DO IS GIVE IT A FRONT END ALIGNMENT, AND WOULDN'T TEST DRIVE IT OR ANYTHING. FINALLY OVER CHRISTMAS WEEK THEY TRIED AND TRIED TO FIX IT. THEY ADJUSTED THE ENGINE CRADLE SO IT WAS HEAVIER ON ONE SIDE THEN THE OTHER, THEY ADJUSTED THE TIRE PRESSURE OFF 2 POUNDS ON ONE SIDE AND TILTED ONE TIRE 10 DEGREES OFF FROM THE OTHER ONES. THEY ALSO PUT LONG CAMBER BOLTS IN THE ENGINE CRADLE. WELL THE VAN NOW DRIVE WORSE THEN EVER. THEY HAD A FACTORY REP. DRIVE IT AND BEFORE THAT THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO FLY IN A ENGINEER TO TRY TO FIX IT. HE TEST DROVE IT AND SAID OH IT DRIVE LIKE ALL 2006 HONDA ODSSEYS. THEN WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO. WE ARE NOW GOING THROUGH THE BBB TO GET OUR MONEY BACK. WE CANNOT BELIEVE HOW TERRIBLE WE WERE TREATED BY BRIGHTON HONDA DEALERSHIP AND BY HONDA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE. DON'T BUY A HONDA EVER!!! IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT EVER THEY WONT AND DON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES!!! I BOUGHT THIS VAN FOR SAFETY FOR MY 3 SMALL CHILDREN AND FEEL LIKE WE ARE DRIVING A DEATH TRAP. TRY DRIVING A VAN THAT PULLS TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT ON ICY ROADS. FUN!! *NM