2011 Honda Odyssey

PUTTING BRAKES ON AT HIGH SPEED, LIKE AT INTERSTATE SPEED, VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE, AND VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. WARP FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT, BUT HAS BEEN DOING IT SINCE ABOUT 30,0000 MILES. USUALLY NOT A PROBLEM SINCE MOST OF MY DRIVING IS IN THE CITY, BUT WHEN USING THE INTERSTATE IT IS SCARY IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP. FEELS LIKE YOU CAN LOOSE CONTROL.

2011 HONDA ODYSSEY EXL AS I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY TWO BABYS ON THE FREEWAY 65 MILES ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE THE VSA LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VAN BREAK BY ITSELF ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED, I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS A EXIT TO THE LEFT AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE LEFT FAST LINE. I TOW TO THE HONDA DEALER THE WANT TO CHARGE ME $123+ TAX FOR DIAGNOSIS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPEN. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE WITH TO BABY IN THE VAN, AFTER SOME ONLINE SEARCH I FIND OUT THAT ALOT OF HONDA OWNER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, DEFECTS VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA) THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 12000 MILE, WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. CAN SOMEONE HELP BY THE HONDA OF AMERICA IS RESPONSIBLE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS IT IS MANUFATURED DEFECTIVE VEHICLE WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

IN 2011 AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WE TOOK A TRIP TO COLORADO WHERE OUR BRAKES FAILED, I WAS PUSHING THE BRAKES GENTLY DOWN A HILL AND AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT SO I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED BUT THE TIRES WERE FINE, THAN I REALIZED THAT THE DISC BRAKES HAVE WARPED MAKING THE CAR DIFFICULT TO SLOW DOWN, AFTER WE MADE IT BACK HOME WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WERE THEY TURNED THE BRAKES TO SMOOTH IT OUT AND TOLD US IT WAS FINE. IT WAS FINE FOR A LITTLE WHILE 2-3 MONTHS WHEN IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN, WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE DISCS IN THE FRONT BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WE JUST HAD TO FIGHT WITH THEM TO GET IT DONE. IT DIDN'T TAKE BUT ABOUT 5000 MILE WHEN IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING, THIS TIME I CALLED OTHER FRIENDS WHO OWNED THE SAME STYLE MINIVAN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE BRAKED, THIS TIME I ORDERED A SET OF HIGH PERFORMANCE DISC BRAKE SET FOR THE FRONT TO SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND IT DID. I HAD THOSE DISC BRAKES ON FOR 2 YEARS AND THE CAR IS FINE, THE ISSUE IS THAT THE BRAKES ARE NOT MADE WELL ENOUGH TO HOLD UP ON THE LONG TERM, BECAUSE AFTER BRAKING DOWN HILL FOR ABOUT A MILE THE DISC BRAKES IN THE FRONT WARP AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, I TOLD MY FRIENDS WHAT I DID TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM AND THEY ALL FOLLOWED MY LEAD TO CHANGE OUT THE FACTORY FRONT DISCS WITH A BETTER QUALITY ONE, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR NOW. I STRONGLY SUGGEST SOME TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER BECAUSE HONDA SHOULD HAVE UPGRADED THE BRAKES ON THEIR OWN WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY TO HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE LIKE THIS FIXED. I CAN TELL YOU THIS THAT I WILL NOT BE OWNING ANY HONDA PRODUCT IN THE FUTURE, I HAD TOO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS ONE.

VIBRATION IN BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING, EXTREMELY NOTICED AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MILES PER HOUR. DEALER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM AT 09/12/2012, BUT FOUND AND 'FIXED' WARPED BREAK ROTOR AT ABOUT 45000 MILES ON 7/9/2013. PROBLEM (VIBRATION AND PULSING OF STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL) SOON REAPPEARED AND ON 7/27/2015 RETURNED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT WARPING HAD AGAIN OCCURRED. CALLED HONDA, WHO SAID THAT THE THEY WERE NOT RECALLING THE ORIGINAL BRAKE ROTOR (PART NUMBER 45251-TK8-A01 EVEN THOUGH IT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY 45251-TK8-A02. THE NEW BRAKE ROTOR NOW BEING PUT ON 2011 AND LATER HONDA ODYSSEY HAS INCREASED INTERNAL THICKNESS (MORE MASS AND SMALLER AIR VENTS) AND OTHER CHANGES. FOR MY CAR, THE OLDER ROTOR IS DEFECTIVE, WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN RECALLED?

MY 2011 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS RECENTLY STARTED TO EXHIBIT EXTREME STEERING AND WHEEL WOBBLE WHEN BRAKING. IT STARTED TO WOBBLE INITIALLY AT SPEED. NOW IT WOBBLES AT ALMOST ANY REASONABLE SPEED. HONDA DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY RECALL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. AT SPEEDS IT IS SEVERE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A LOSS OF CONTROL SPECIALLY DRIVING DOWNHILL ON CURVES. IT IS VERY HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE BRAKING, THE STEERING BEGIN TO SHIMMY. CHECKS BY A TIRE/BRAKE SHOP VERIFIED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. ROTORS WERE REMOVED AND TURNED TO REMOVE WARPING. SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF BRAKING WAS RESTORED BUT AT 60,000 MILES PROBLEM BEGAN TO REOCCUR . I INTEND TO REPLACE ROTORS AND PADS WITH QUALITY MATERIAL (NON HONDA PARTS) TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I'M GREATLY DISAPPOINTED WITH HONDA AND THEIR POOR MATERIAL QUALITY.

SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE BRAKING AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 45 MPH. I'M REPORING THIS PROBLEM MAY 2015, HOWEVER I HAVE NOTICED THIS GOING ON FOR ABOUT 2 YEAR AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE, THOUGHT IT WAS ROAD CONDITIONS. SINCE I DON'T DRIVE FREEWAYS VERY OFTEN (VERY LOW MILES ON MY 2011 HONDA ODYSSEY) I DIDN'T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT, HOWEVER NOW THAT I'M DRIVING MORE FREQUENTLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON VARIOUS ROADS, THERE IS DEFINETELY A VIBRATION UPON BRAKING.