1995 Honda Odyssey

AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND VALVES THAT WERE ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD. WE HAD TWO TIRE VALVE STEMS FAIL WITHIN ONE WEEK. I NOTED RUBBER CRACKING/FAILURE AT THE BASE OF THE VALVE STEMS ON BOTH THAT FAILED. I IMMEDIATELY REPLACED ALL THE VALVE STEMS ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHO MADE THE VALVE STEMS, POSSIBLY MAKE IN CHINA? MY DEALER COULDN'T TELL ME WHAT HE WAS USING AS VALVE STEMS THREE YEARS AGO. CONSUMER REPORTS HAD RECENTLY ISSUED A WARNING ABOUT DEFECTIVE CHINESE TIRE VALVE STEMS. . MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON YOUR WEB SITE. THANKS! *TR

VEHICLE, 1995 HONDA ODYSSEY, RANDOMLY AND SUDDENLY STALLED--ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT AND DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART, THEN WOULD START BUT IMMEDIATELY QUIT WHEN IGNITION KEY WAS RELEASED FROM START POSITION. ALSO, DASH LIGHTS BEHAVED ABNORMALLY WHEN TRYING TO RESTART-- THEY ALL BLINKED TOGETHER IN RANDOM FASHION, OR TOGETHER DIMMED AND WENT OUT, OR SIMPLY WOULD NOT COME ON AT ALL. THIS STALL, OR FAILURE TO START AND RUN, HAS OCCURRED WHETHER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WARM AND RUNNING FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE, OR HAS BEEN PARKED AND COLD OVERNIGHT. THIS RANDOM STALL HAS NOW HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH SPEED HEAVY TRAFFIC. BUT FOR A FORTUNATE OPENING AND QUICK MANEUVER TO A SAFETY LANE, WE AND PROBABLY OTHER MOTORISTS WOULD HAVE CRASHED, BURNED AND DIED. WE ARE NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR FEAR OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING AGAIN BUT WITH TRAGIC RESULTS. WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THERE HAVE BEEN SEPARATE GOVERNMENT ORDERED RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM YEARS AGO IN AUSTRALIA AND IN CANADA. WHERE HAS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEEN? OWNED BY BIG BUSINESS AND BIG MONEY? ON AN EIGHT YEAR VACATION WITH GEORGE (WORTHLESS) BUSH? BOTH, I'M SURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ON SR 405, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. HOT MELTED SOLDER FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH DRIPPED ON MY FOOT BURNING ME AS I WAS TRYING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND COME TO A SAFE STOP OFF THE ROAD. THE CAR COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD FAILED, OVERHEATED, MELTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM

FIRST PURCHASED FOUR PEPBOY TIRES (SE P205/65R15) ON 05-17-2002, WITH A 80,000 MILE WARRANTY. ON 03-29-2004, WITH ONLY 34,000 MILES ON THE TIRES, THE TOP LAYER OF RUBBER LIFTED FROM THE TIRE AND PEELED OFF, ALMOST CREATING AN ACCIDENT. 6,000 MILES LATER, THE OTHER TIRES BEGAN TO BUBBLE LIKE THE FIRST AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH NEW TIRES. TODAY, 02-27-2006 WITH REPLACED TIRES 30,000 MILES ON THEM, THE FIRST TIRE IS STARTING TO BUBBLE AND SEPARATE. I BELIEVE THESE TIRES ARE INTENTIONALLY MADE TO ONLY WITHSTAND ABOUT THIRTY-THOUSAND MILES OF WEAR AND THEY BEGIN TO SEPARATE, WHICH CAN CREATE A FATAL ACCIDENT. THESE TIRES PEPBOYS "FUTURA PLUS TOUR SE," WITH THE 80,000 MILE WARRANTY NEED TO BE RECALLED AND PEPBOYS BE FINED FOR FALSE ADVERTISING AND CREATING A DANGEROUS TIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF FOUR TIRES THAT HAVE LIFTED WITH ONLY THIRTY-THOUSAND MILES ON THEM WITH AN 80,000 MILE WARRANTY.....*NM

ABS WARNING LIGHT ON. TAKEN TO DEALER MANY TIMES OVER SEVERAL YEARS. BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED, DEALER TOPPED-OFF FLUID. PROBLEM RETURNED IN A FEW WEEKS AND REPEATED VISITS TO DEALER RESULTED IN SAME REMEDY. EVENTUALLY, DEALER ADVISED REPLACEMENT OF OUT-OF-WARRANTY ACCUMULATOR FOR $498.98. AFTER REPLACEMENT, PROBLEM RETURNED LESS THAN A WEEK LATER. DEALER FURTHER ADVISED REPLACING THE REST OF THE ABS SYSTEM AT A COST OF OVER $1000. BRAKES OTHERWISE WORK FINE. *NM

WHILE TRAVELING 80 MPH ON INT 95 BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED. THIS RESULTED IN THE ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING THE AXLE TO COME OUT AND FOLD UNDER THE CAR, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND I WAS ABLE TO DECELARATE WITHOUT ANA CCCIDENT. WE THEN WERE TOWED TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER. VEHICLE IS A 1995 HONDA ODYSSEY.