2006 Honda Odyssey

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STEERING PUMP BECAME HOT THE WHEEL MADE A LOUD WINDING NOISE SIMILAR TO A SIREN, CAUSING THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT IT WAS NORMAL AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000.

STEERING WHEEL IN HONDA ODYSSEY 2006 MALFUNCTION. STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND GETS VERY TIGHT AT LOW SPEEDS AND CAUSE VAN TO GET STUCK IN A POSITION AND ONE HAS TO TURN THE WHEEL REAL HARD OR ACCELERATE TO CHANGE POSITION. ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT WHEN MANEUVERING THE VAN IN PARKING LOTS OR MAKING SHARP TURNS AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. AT LOW SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING PUMP DOES NOT PUMP ENOUGH FLUID ACCORDING TO DEALER. THE FAILURE OCCURS ALWAYS A LOW SPEEDS AND IT LEADS TO STEERING WHEEL GETTING STUCK OR BECOMING VERY TIGHT TO TURN THEREBY CAUSING THE CAR TO GET STUCK IN ONE PLACE. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO HONDA AND SAID THIS IS MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. ALL THEY DID WAS STATE IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I ALMOST COULD NOT TURN AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND COULD HAVE GOT HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME A FEW DAYS BACK AND ALSO COULD NOT TURN INTO A STREET IN TRAFFIC AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR BEHIND ME SINCE I COULD NOT MOVE. HONDA USA TELLS ITS CONSUMERS THAT THEY DO NOT COVER MANUFACTURING DEFECTS LEADING TO SAFETY ISSUES IF VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. SOON ENOUGH THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO A LOT OF STEERING ISSUES AND YOU CAN CHECK THE WEB WITH THE SEARCH TERM "HONDA ODYSSEY 2006 STEERING ISSUES" AND YOU WILL FIND MANY INCIDENTS AS RELATED TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP. STEERING IS THE CRUCIAL PART OF ANY VEHICLE AND SUCH CALLOUSNESS ON PART OF HONDA DEFINITELY CALLS FOR A INVESTIGATION BEFORE WE SEE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS DUE A STEERING WHEEL GETTING STUCK. THE DEALERS DIAGNOSIS AFTER CHECK UP WAS TO REPLACE THE STEERING PUMP SO THAT THE PUMP WILL PUSH ENOUGH FLUID AT LOW SPEEDS AND NOT CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET STUCK. THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THIS CAN ALSO OCCUR AT HIGH SPEEDS BUT FOR ME IT HAPPENS A LOW SPEEDS. HONDA ALSO DOES NOT ALLOW CONSUMERS TO TALK TO SENIOR PERSONS FOR RESOLUTION AND STATED CONSUMER HAS REACHED END OF LINE ONCE IT HITS THEIR PHONE SYSTEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A SHUTTERING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE CONTACT DROVE BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 97,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE POWER STEERING AFTER DRIVING MORE THAN 40MILES IN COLD TEMPERATURE (BELOW 45DEG F). ALSO EXPERIENCE STEERING STIFFNESS CAUSING DECREASED ABILITY TO STEER. HAD THE PS FLUID AND RESERVOIR REPLACED DEC12 2009 AND THE PROBLEM WAS TEMPORALLY SOLVED. NOISE AND STIFFNESS SOLVED BUT PROBLEM RETURNED NOV 21 2010. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH IN WHICH THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEFLATE AFTER DEPLOYMENT. AS A RESULT, THE PASSENGERS IN THE FRONT AND REAR SEATS HAD THEIR HEADS STUCK BETWEEN THE AIR BAGS AND THE WINDOW. THE PASSENGERS HAD TO OPEN THE DOORS IN ORDER TO FREE THEMSELVES. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS TOOK LONGER TO DEPLOY THAN NORMAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 85,696 UPDATED 3/7/11 *CN

I HAVE FOUND 1000+ PEOPLE WITH THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND YET CANNOT FIND THAT HONDA HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE AUDIO FOR THE WIRELESS DVD INPUT STOPS AFTER 10 - 20 MINUTES OF WATCHING A DVD. IT JUST STARTS TO BUZZ AND FAILS TO WORK. I HAVE FOUND THREADS WHERE SOME HONDA DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT CHARGING FOR THE FIX WHILE OTHERS ARE. THE AUDIO WORKS ON THE WIRELESS HEADPHONES ON ALL OTHER INPUTS (AM/FM, CD, AUX) JUST NOT DVD. *TR

OUR 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. SHE MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME, BUT BETWEEN THE POWER LOSS AND THE NOISE STARTING TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, SHE WAS NERVOUS. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A GENTILE HONDA IN RACINE WI. THEY REPORTED THAT THE SPARK PLUG WAS PULLED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD WHEN THE COIL-PACK "POPPED". I BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS A MATERIAL FAILURE IN THE CYLINDER HEAD WHICH CAUSED THE SPARK PLUG THREADS TO FAIL, WHICH RESULTED IN THE COIL-PACK SHORTING TO GROUND ON THE HEAD, AND CAUSING AN OVER-CURRENT CONDITION THROUGH THE COIL WHICH CAUSED THE COIL-PACK TO EXPLODE. GENTILE HONDA WANTS TO DO A MACHINIST REPAIR ON THE CYLINDER HEAD WHILE IT'S STILL ON THE ENGINE ($730.42). NORTH AMERICAN HONDA WANTS TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER WITH SOME MONETARY ASSISTANCE FOR A TOTAL OF $1500. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AT THIS TIME TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. I FEEL THIS IS A MATERIAL DEFECT CAUSED BY HONDA'S PART VENDOR. GENTILE HONDA CLAIMS THE COIL-PACK PULLED THE PLUG OUT OF THE ALUMINUM HEAD. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN AS THE TENSILE/SHEAR STRENGTH OF THE PLASTIC COIL-PACK IS FAR LESS THAN THE TENSILE/SHEAR STRENGTH OF THE ALUMINUM ALLOY HEAD. THE ATOMIZED FUEL BEING ADDED TO THE CYLINDER WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE BY BEING IGNITED AS IT WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER THROUGH THE SPARK PLUG HOLE. *TR