2005 Honda Odyssey

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH AN 8 YEAR OLD CAR. VAN SHOOK BAD ENOUGH WHERE I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE OR SOMETHING. I DIDN'T PANIC BUT IT SCARED ME ENOUGH WHERE I COULD SEE SOMEBODY HAVING A ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. HONDA WANTS $1300 TO REPLACE, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TT

WE TOOK OUR VAN IN FOR SERVICING AND COMPLAINED TO THE HONDA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VEHICLE VIBRATIONS THAT BECAME WORSE DURING REGULAR HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE VARIABLE CYLINDER MANAGEMENT (VCM) SYSTEM SHIFTED FROM 6 TO 4 CYLINDERS AND BACK AGAIN. WE ALSO STARTED EXPERIENCING A DISTINCT "CLUNK" SOUND DURING OUR VACATION TRIP IN LATE JUNE. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THREE MOTOR MOUNTS ("FRONT, REAR AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS") HAD FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACING. THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, AS WELL AS AN OIL/FILTER CHANGE, AND VEHICLE MULTI-POINT INSPECTION. THE SUBTOTAL COST FOR JUST THE MOTOR MOUNT REPLACEMENT PARTS AND LABOR WAS $987.13. WE DISCOVERED SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REAR MOTOR, HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES BY OTHER 2005, 2006, & 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY EXL & TOURING MODEL OWNERS. WE ARE NOW SEEKING "GOODWILL CONSIDERATION" FOR ALL, OR MOST OF THE MOTOR MOUNT REPLACEMENT COST, SINCE LEARNING THAT THE ODYSSEY HASN'T BEEN RECALLED FOR CHECKS SINCE THE 1 DECEMBER 2006 SERVICE BULLETIN 06-083. *TR

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY HONDA ODYSSEY. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD HONDA CARS AND HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE RELIABLE UNTIL NOW. AFTER READING ALL OF THE RECALLS ON MY PERSONAL VEHICLE, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT 90% OF THE RECALLS OR COMPLAINTS HAVE HAPPENED WITH MY CAR AS WELL. MOST FRUSTRATING IS THE ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS. BRAKES, TIRES, AND VIBRATION WHEN REACHING 60 MILES PER HOUR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. AFTER SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY ON THESE ISSUES OVER THE YEARS, IT SEEMS THAT TWO BROKEN ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS AS WELL AS ONE MORE CRACKED ONE COULD BE THE REASON. MY CAR DOESN'T SEEM SAFE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HONDA WILL NOT LISTEN TO THE COMPLAINTS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THE MORE I TALK WITH OTHERS, THE MORE I REALIZE HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM THIS IS. I HOPE THAT SOMEONE DECIDES TO TAKE THIS ISSUE FURTHER. IT IS A SHAME THAT A CAR MANUFACTURER CAN NOT OWN UP TO SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY THEIR FAULT LIKE INADEQUATE ENGINE MOUNTS. WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CAR, SINCE MINE NOW NEEDS BRAKES AND ROTORS AGAIN, TIRES AGAIN, AND PRICEY ENGINE MOUNTS THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD. FROM A SAD AND DISAPPOINTED PREVIOUS HONDA CONSUMER. *TR

BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO A VIBRATION. THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME THAT I'VE BROUGHT IT IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. LAST TIME THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS AN ALIGNMENT / WHEEL BALANCE ISSUE. THIS TIME THEY HAVE CLAIMED THAT 2 OF THE 4 ENGINE MOUNTS ARE BROKEN. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR HONDA ODYSSEY'S. RESEARCH ON VARIOUS MESSAGE BOARDS AND COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA SITE DO INDICATE THAT THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. IF THIS IS REGULAR OCCURRENCE, WHY ISN'T THIS COVERED UNDER A RECALL? *TR

I HAVE VERY LOW MILEAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT. ALSO THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS BLOWN. THE MECHANIC SAYS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION IT AFFECT THE REAR SEAL. I KNOW HONDA HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH ITS TRANSMISSIONS AND THEY HAVE HELPED SOME PEOPLE AND NOT OTHERS. I FILED A CLAIM AND WAS DENIED YET IT SEEMS THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE THE SAME AS OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPED. *TR

ONE OWNER OF A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. VEHICLE USED TO DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO WORK, GENERAL ERRANDS, OCCASIONAL DRIVE OUT OF TOWN. WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, MY WIFE NOTICED SEVERE SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL WHEN ACCELERATING AT 65 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO SHOP, HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED: USUAL TIRE ROTATION, ALIGNMENT, BALANCING PERFORMED; HOWEVER PROBLEM PERSISTED, AND REPLACED TWO NEW TIRES. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO SAME SHOP, ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING RE-DONE; HOWEVER, PROBLEM PERSISTED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DIFFERENT SHOP--PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES, AND HAD ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING PERFORMED ONCE AGAIN; HOWEVER, PROBLEM PERSISTED. HAD TIRES REPLACED AND ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING PERFORMED YET AGAIN; HOWEVER, PROBLEM PERSISTS. ADVISED BY SHOP MANAGER THAT HE IS 95% SURE BASED ON DRIVING TEST THAT MOTOR MOUNTS ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE PREMATURELY FAILING, AND THUS DEEMED TO BE FAULTY, AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED BY HONDA A THEIR EXPENSE. TOO MANY OTHER HONDA ODYSSEY OWNERS WITH SAME ISSUE, AND EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. *TR

FRONT AND REAR ENGINE MOUNTS ARE CRACKED. DEALER QUOTED ME $1200 TO FIX. OUTSIDE CAR REPAIR SAID ABOUT $900 BUT I CAN STILL DRIVE IT AND IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. THE PROBLEM IS THE HONDA ENGINE MOUNT IS DOUBLE THE PRICE OF OTHER ENGINE MOUNTS AND WE CANNOT SUBSTITUTE WITH GENERIC ENGINE MOUNTS! I EVEN HAD MY BROTHER WHO IS A PART-TIME MECHANIC IN ANOTHER STATE CHECK IF HE CAN GET BETTER PRICES FOR THE HONDA PART ... BUT NOPE. OF COURSE IF HONDA DOES A RE-CALL IT WOULD COST THEM $$$. ALSO, IF THEY MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO ONE CASE, THEY WILL NEED TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO OTHERS. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED THAT HONDA IS TURNING THEIR HEAD TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS MY 4TH HONDA BUT IT MAY VERY WELL BE MY LAST. *TR

TODAY I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT MY FRONT AND SIDE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. I WAS STUNNED BECAUSE MY MINIVAN IS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD BOUGHT BRAND NEW. I ONLY DRIVE THE VAN UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS TO AND FROM SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR MY KIDS. IT SEEMS TO ME A SUBSTANTIAL CAR PART SUCH AS THE ENGINE MOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING AT 87,000 MILES. SUBSEQUENTLY, I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW FRIENDS THAT HAVE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THEIR ODYSSEY AND I SEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND DISCOVERED A LARGE NUMBER OF CAR FORUMS NOTING THEY HAD SIMILAR ENGINE MOUNT PROBLEMS WITH THEIR HONDA ODYSSEYS THAT WERE UNDER 100,000 MILES. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE MUST BE SOME SORT OF DEFECT OR POOR QUALITY CONTROL OF THESE ENGINE MOUNTS. I AM FORMALLY REGISTERING A COMPLAINT OVER THE QUALITY OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS. THANK YOU. *TR

HAD OUR 05 ODYSSEY EX-L IN FOR STANDARD SERVICING AND WAS TOLD REAR AND PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS REQUIRED REPLACING (AT A COST OF $1200+)! VAN EXPERIENCES NOTICEABLE NOISE AND VIBRATION AS IS SHIFTS IN AND OUT OF THE ECO PHASE OF ENGINE OPERATION. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE THAT REQUIRED MOTOR MOUNT REPLACEMENT AND AFTER RESEARCH, A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS APPARENTLY ISSUED BACK IN 2006 ON THIS ISSUE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE ON THE 2005 TIME FRAME ODYSSEYS. THIS IS CLEARLY AN ENGINEERING ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THRU HONDA VIA RECALL! *TR