2007 Honda Odyssey

CAR HESITATES ON DOWNSHIFT AT 40 AND 20 MPH. ON 6/26/11 I BROUGHT CAR INTO LOCAL HONDA DEALER TO HAVE A MANUFACTURER PRODUCT UPDATE ADDRESSED THAT WAS TARGETING THIS TRANSMISSION JUDDER ISSUE. DEALER PERFORMED A SOFTWARE UPDATE WHICH PROVED TO BE INEFFECTIVE. ON 9/7/11 I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM CHECK THE SOFTWARE UPDATE AGAIN SINCE THE TRANSMISSION JUDDER WAS STILL PRESENT. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CHARGE ME $115 TO LOOK AT THE CAR, NOT INCLUDING COST OF ANY REPAIRS. SINCE HONDA'S PRODUCT UPDATE NOTIFICATION INDICATED THIS UPDATE SHOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE AND THE DEALER WAS INTENDING TO CHARGE ME, I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP IN ANGER WITHOUT HAVING THEM LOOK AT THE CAR. ON 11/19/11 I BROUGHT CAR BACK IN BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS STILL PRESENT AND AGREED TO PAY THEIR DIAGNOSIS FEE OF $115. THEY RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO TRY TO RESOLVE. ON 12/17/11 THE ISSUE WAS STILL NOT CORRECTED SO I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AGAIN. THE DEALER RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT SAID IT WAS "SLIGHT" AND THAT I SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THE PROBLEM BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED. THIS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HONDA'S DOCUMENTATION SAYS DRIVING THE CAR WITHOUT HAVING THIS ISSUE FIXED COULD DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. HONDA'S PRODUCT UPDATE LETTER TO THE DEALER INDICATED TORQUE CONVERTER SHOULD BE REPLACED IF SOFTWARE UPDATE WASN'T EFFECTIVE, BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO THAT. 12/19/11 I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AGAIN OUT OF DISSATISFACTION WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE 12/17/11 VISIT. DEALER AGAIN ATTEMPTED A SOFTWARE UPDATE, WHICH AGAIN PROVED TO BE INEFFECTIVE. ON 2/6/12, I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA TO EXPLAIN THE HISTORY. I AM NOW BEING ASKED TO PAY FOR PART OF THIS REPAIR, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FREE OF CHARGE TO ME HAD THE DEALER ADDRESSED IT DURING ONE OF MY INITIAL VISITS. I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD INCUR ANY COST FOR THIS UPDATE. *TR

I AM GETTING A THUD SOUND FROM THE BACK OF MY 2007 ODYSSEY MINI VAN. WE CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME IN WITH THIS. THEY FOUND THAT THERE IS A GLAZING THAT HAPPENS WITH THE BRAKES AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE TO GRIND THE DRUMS AND IT MAKES IT GO AWAY FOR AWHILE. THEY SAID IF THE BRAKE SHOES ARE OK IT WOULD RUN ABOUT $200.00. THIS IS CRAZY IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES OTHER THAN WEAR AND TEAR THEY SHOULD FIX IT FOR FREE. I HAVE PUT TWO SETS OF BRAKES ON THIS VAN SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND I HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKES GO SO FAST. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A VERY POOR DESIGN. IF I HAD NOT BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT 1000 OF DOLLARS WITH ALL THE PROBLEM THIS 2007 HONDA HAS HAD. IF I HAD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN I WOULD NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA. THE WINDSHIELD WHISTLES, THE TRANSMISSION PART HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE COMPRESSOR MELTED, THE BATTERY WENT DEAD ON A TRIP BEFORE A YEAR WAS UP. THE BEARINGS IN THE WHEELS WENT BAD. THE AXLE WENT BAD. THE RIGHT REAR DOOR MOTOR WENT BAD. THE LEFT REAR DOOR WILL OPEN PART WAY AND SHUT. ALL IN ALL HONDA HAS GONE DOWN HILL. $37,000 AND ITS A PIECE OF JUNK. THANK GOD OTHER THAN THE BRAKES THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY VERY GOOD AND HAS FIXED EVERYTHING AT LEAST ONCE. *TR

BOUGHT THE 2007 ODYSSEY EX-L RES NAV NEW IN 2007, DID NOT NOTICE THE 40~50MPH JUDDER DURING THE 10 MINUTES TEST DRIVE. I DID NOTICE THAT WHILE DRIVING IT BACK HOME, BUT THAT WAS TOO LATE AND THE MONEY WAS WITH THE DEALER ALREADY. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN FIND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS FROM INTERNET. I SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE RESEARCH BEFORE I MADE THIS PURCHASE. TOO MUCH PENALTY TO TRADE IN FOR OTHERS. FROM THAT ON, I JUST AVOID THAT SPEED RANGE AS MUCH AS I COULD. AFTER DEALER UPDATED THE TRANSMISSION CODE LAST YEAR, THE VIBRATION STILL EXISTS AND JUST SLIGHTLY IMPROVED. BUT THE DOWN SHIFT IS KIND OF ROUGH WHEN CRUISING TO SLOW DOWN. SOMETIMES IT EVEN STUCK AT UNEXPECTED LOW GEAR WHEN DRIVING ON A DOWN HILL WHILE GAS IS OFF. EVEN THOUGH I ONLY HAVE 38K MILES ON IT SO FAR, BUT WORRY IT MIGHT NOT LAST LONG ENOUGH TO WORTH THE MONEY I PAID. ANY WAY, I JUST TOLD ALL MY FRIENDS GO GET A "TOYOTA SIENNA" AND DEFINITELY NOT HONDA ODYSSEY. HONDA/ACURA HAVE LOTS OF TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND THEY NEED TO RECALL ALL THOSE CARS. THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST HONDA FOR ME, NO MORE HONDA ....! *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER BEFORE DOWN SHIFTING ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

I NOTICED THE VIBRATION ON OUR HONDA ODYSSEY ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. THEN A MONTH AGO, HAD OUR PREPAID SERVICE DONE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE VIBRATION AND THEY SAID IT'S NORMAL. THEN AFTER THAT I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VIBRATION AND THAT THE VAN NEEDED A COMPUTER UPDATE. SO HAD THAT DONE 3 DAYS AGO (6/27/11) AND STILL VIBRATED. BROUGHT IT BACK AGAIN TODAY (6/30/11), TOLD THEM IT NEEDED A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER AND IF THEY CAN CHECK THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED NEW TIRES AND A COMPUTER UPDATE AGAIN TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SO, DID THAT AND STILL HAD THE VIBRATION ISSUE. I AM SO FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY. SO I BROUGHT IT BACK AFTER DRIVING IT FOR ABOUT 1 MILE AND TOLD THEM AGAIN, THAT IT'S NOT FIXED. SO NOW I'M SEEKING SOME SORT OF ASSISTANCE AND COMPENSATION FOR ALL THE TIME AND MONEY WASTED..THANKS *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS ON HILLS WHEN HE RELEASES THE BRAKE AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MET SPECIFICATIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000. UPDATED 05/26/11. *JB UPDATED 06/02/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK ON A SLOPED PARKING LOT AND CAUSED AN INDENTATION TO THE MIDDLE REAR DOOR. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE EDGE OF A FENCE RAILING. UPDATED 07/08/11 UPDATED 08/19/11

EXTREME PRESSURE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO THE BRAKES, IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN ON A DOWNHILL ROAD AT THE SAME TIME THE CLUTCH SHUDDERED, IT NOT ONLY SHUDDERED, BUT IT MADE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKE AND RATTLE AS IF IT WERE FALLING APART. SCARED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE ON LONG RUN. ALSO VEHICLE SHAKES SOMETIMES DURING NORMAL BRAKING ACTION. *TR

I OWN A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L. LAST MAY, I RECEIVED TWO SEPARATE RECALL NOTICES FOR PCM UPDATE FOR LOCK-UP CLUTCH FUNCTION AND FOR LOW AND SOFT BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WAS A DELAY IN TAKING MY VAN TO A DEALER BECAUSE I WAS ON A MILITARY DEPLOYMENT. MY DEPLOYMENT ENDED LAST MONTH AND THAT'S WHEN I TOOK MY VAN TO GET SERVICE (RECALLS). A MONTH HAD PAST SINCE I TOOK MY VAN FOR THE RECALL BUT THE BREAK PROBLEM STILL PERSIST AND I THINK IT'S GETTING WORST. THE BREAKS IS VERY SOFT AND THE PEDAL IS VERY LOW WHEN I STEP ON IT. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PUMP MY BRAKES TWICE JUST TO FEEL THE BRAKE. I SENT HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE A LETTER REQUESTING ANOTHER AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE MY BRAKES CHECK AND SERVICE AGAIN. HONDA'S SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM DID NOT WORK. THE HONDA DEALER BLED, SEAL AND CAP THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY VAN BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE LOOK AT AGAIN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR LOSE THEIR LIVES. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 34K AND MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE 5 TIMES TO GET FIX AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. IM AFRAID TO GO ON LONG TRIPS WITH THE FAMILY. I HAVE A NEW BORN AND A 4 YR OLD AND DON'T WANT TO BE BROKEN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I PAID $25,000 FOR THIS UNRELIABLE VEHICLE. HONDA TOLD ME THEY ARE AWARE OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL. I REALLY HOPE THIS PROBLEM GETS FIXED. HONDA ODYSSEYS HAVE A HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR