1999 Honda Odyssey

I SPOKE WITH ERIC AT HONDA RECALL AND CAMPAIGN DEPARTMENT--I TOLD HIM THAT MY CAR WAS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL. THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED WHILE THE CAR IS IN GEAR AND IT HAS ROLLED ALREADY. HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS ALREADY REPAIRED AND EVEN THOUGH IT APPEARS THE REPAIR FAILED AND THE CAR IS STILL AT RISK--HE SAYS THAT HONDA MUST EVALUATE IT FIRST AND THEY MIGHT REPAIR IT. OR THEY MAY NOT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRUNK WOULD INDEPENDENTLY OPEN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE SLIDER BUTTON HAD TO REMAIN DEACTIVATED IN ORDER FOR THE ALERT FOR THE SLIDER DOOR TO DEACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 213,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 30 MINUTES, IT WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT SPUTTERING OR OTHERWISE INDICATING A PROBLEM ALL GAUGES AND ENGINE CUTS OUT, I CAN PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND USUALLY IT WILL RESTART AND GO, BUT LATELY NOT ALL THE TIME. IT MAY TAKE GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PUTTING IT IN PARK AND RESTART 3 OR 4 TIMES AND THEN STAY RUNNING AND NOT HAVE A PROBLEM FOR A FEW DAYS. WHEN IT DOES THIS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WITH NO WARNING, THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR THE PERSON BEHIND ME. WHEN IT STOPS RUNNING AND I LOSE POWER STEERING, BRAKES AND COASTING TRYING TO RESTART WHILE IN NEUTRAL PRAYING I DON'T GET HIT FROM BEHIND AS I NAVIGATE DECELERATING CUTTING ACROSS TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER. SCARY. CHANCES ARE MY AIRBAG WON'T WORK EITHER AT THIS CRITICAL TIME IF THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP ME. ALL THE BUILT IN SAFETY FEATURES ARE NOT WORKING.

OUR 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS HAD THE P0740 TORQUE CLUTCH CONVERTER SOLENOID CIRCUIT (OPEN) CODE DISPLAYED NUMEROUS TIMES, WE THOUGHT SINCE IT WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED WITHIN 20,000 MILES THAT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY TAKE IT TO THE DEALER IN MARYSVILLE, WA AND HAVE THEM DO A TRANSMISSION FLUSH THEN A SUPERVISOR AND SAID NO YOU SHOULD HAVE US RUN A DIAGNOSTIC BY ONE OF OUR MASTER TECHS. AFTER REITERATING THIS SERIOUSNESS OF OUR TRANSMISSION ISSUE THE CODE COMING ON AND DELAYS IN SHIFTING MOSTLY JUST BARELY NOTICEABLE, THEY ASSURED US IF WE PAID $129 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC THAT A MASTER TECH COULD GET TO THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THEY LATER TOLD US AFTER WE GOT THE CAR BACK AND CALLED ON THE ISSUE THAT AN APPRENTICE (NOT A MASTER TECH) HAD DONE THE ENTIRE INSPECTION AND CAME UP WITH NO PROBLEMS EXCEPT A DIFFERENT CODE HAVING TO DO WITH UP BAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE AND TOLD US WE MAY NEED TO GET THAT REPLACED SOON. THE TRANSMISSION CODE P0740 CAME UP ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I TOLD THEM OF THE CODE AND THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE AND ASKED WHAT ELSE TO DO AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE THAT IS A TRANSMISSION DEATH CODE AND WE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, TO WHICH I ASKED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST REPLACED 20,000 MILES AGO AND HE SAID MAYBE YOU GOT A BAD TRANSMISSION. Q: ARE THEY JUST ALL BAD FOR THIS VEHICHLE?

IN 2008 WE BOUGHT THIS VAN FROM THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER IN GRESHAM, OR. SHORTLY AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WE FOUND OUT THAT OUR VAN WAS ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED FOR SALE IN CANADA, AND IT WAS IMPORTED BACK IN 1999 WHEN THE VAN WAS NEW. THIS INFORMATION WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO US THROUGHOUT THE SALE, AND WE ONLY FOUND OUT WHEN WE TRIED TO HAVE A SECOND KEY MADE AND THE HONDA DEALER SAID THAT THE VIN NUMBER DIDN'T EXIST IN THEIR SYSTEM. HONDA REFUSES TO DO ANY RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS VEHICLE IN THE USA OR CANADA. THIS HAS LED TO THE VEHICLE DYING MULTIPLE TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEED DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN REPLACED BACK IN 2002 WHEN IT WAS RECALLED IN BOTH CANADA, AND THE US.