2001 Honda Odyssey

CENTER PASSENGER SEAT BACK DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE ENDANGERING OCCUPANT DURING A ROLL OVER OR SUDDEN STOP / ACCIDENT SITUATION. SOMETIMES IT LOCKS, SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT, AND ALSO DURING HARD IMPACT FORCE ON THE SEAT BACK THE SEAT BACK WILL START TO MOVE FREELY . DEALER REFUSED TO ENTERTAIN DEFECT REQUEST TO ADDRESS. DEALER ALSO REFUSED TO PROVIDE A PART INFORMATION THAT SHOWS THE LOCKING MECHANISM SO THAT A REPLACEMENT COULD BE OBTAINED. THE APPARENT DEFECT APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN AND/OR MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. PLEASE EMAIL ME FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS.

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. (HONDA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2000 ACCORD COUPE, 2000 ACCORD SEDAN, 2000 CIVIC COUPE, 2000 CIVIC SEDAN, 2000-2001 CR-V, AND 2000-2001 ODYSSEY VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT DRIVER FRONTAL AIR BAG MODULE AS PART OF A VEHICLE REPAIR. DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ISSUE, THE REPLACEMENT NADI INFLATOR MAY ABSORB MOISTURE, CAUSING THE INFLATOR TO RUPTURE OR THE AIR BAG CUSHION TO UNDERINFLATE. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH NECESSITATING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, AN INFLATOR RUPTURE MAY RESULT IN METAL FRAGMENT STRIKING THE DRIVER OR OCCUPANTS.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V027000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. O' DANIEL HONDA OF OMAHA LOCATED AT (123 BEVERLY DR, OMAHA, NE 68114, (402) 393-7801), AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *BF*JB

I WAS DRIVING ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IN MY LANE AND DIRECTION I WAS TRAVELING, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURN RED, WHICH IMPLIES MY VEHICLE TO STOP. I STOPPED. WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURN GREEN, WHICH IMPLIES MY VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD, MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL FORWARD. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE, WITH SOUNDS AND FEEL OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, SLIPPING AND AT TIMES NOT MOVING. I BARELY MADE IT TO A SAFE PLACE , A NEAR STORE PARKING LOT, TO GET MY VEHICLE OUT OF DANGER OF A BUSY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. I HAD TO BE TOWED TO A FRIEND'S HOME SOME 40 MILES FROM THE VEHICLE OCCURRING PROBLEM OF NOT OPERATING IN A SAFE MANNER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT RAN SINCE. IF YOU PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE PERIOD. THE VEHICLE IS AND HAS REMAINED IN MY YARD AT MY RESIDENT.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V027000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED HONDA OF ANNAPOLIS LOCATED AT (1736 WEST ST, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401), AND WAS INFORMED PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS SHAKING AND WHEN I WOULD SHIFT IT IN GEAR AND WOULDN'T SHIFT AND IT WOULD DRIVE ROUGH. I CHANGED ALL THE SOLENOID BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. NOW I'M JUST GOING TO JUNK IT I CAN'T AFFORD PUTTING A NEW TRANSMISSION IT ONLY HAS 112,000 MILES. I ONLY USED MY HONDA TO GO TO WORK AND HOME IN THE CITY STREETS.