2005 Honda Odyssey

I PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY OCTOBER 2004. WITHIN WEEKS AND TO THIS DAY I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM; THIS IS AFTER NUMEROUS REPLACEMENTS OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THE FRONT BRAKES REPEATEDLY MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING A HARD STOP OR STOPPING ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE, NOTICED MORE IN THE SUMMER. THE DEFECT IN THE BRAKES FEEL AS IF THE BRAKES ARE GOING TO FAIL; I HAVE TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE BECAUSE I FEEL THE PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE REAR BRAKES ALSO ARE DEFECTIVE AND ARE NOISY WHEN APPLIED AND THE CAR IS MAKING A TURN. I HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WITH THE DEALER. INITIALLY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE FAULTY AND WOULD BE REPLACED. AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED, THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. THE DEALER HAS ADMITTED THAT THE ODYSSEY AS BRAKING PROBLEMS, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED SO THEIR HANDS ARE TIED, I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, TO BEING TOLD MY BRAKES MUST HAVE BEEN DUSTY, AND/OR THAT THEY JUST NEEDED AN ADJUSTMENT. ONE THING THOUGH, THE BRAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN REPLACED BEING THEY WERE WORN TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPLACEMENT. I KNOW I AM NOT THE FIRST TO COMPLAIN IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. WHY DOESN'T THE NHTSA ENFORCE ITS AUTHORITY AND DEMAND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED IN THE 2005 ODYSSEY MINIVANS? *TR

AT LEAST SEVERAL TIMES MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN SCARED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF MY BRAKES ON HONDA ODYSSEY 2005. THERE IS NO RECALL, SO NOTHING I CAN DO. WHEN GOING DOWN THE HILL AND STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN (PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL), BRAKES SEEM TO GRAB AT FIRST AND THEN LET GO FOR ABOUT A SECOND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON. AFTER THIS BRAKES GRAB AGAIN AND SEEM TO WORK JUST FINE, AS THOUGH NOTHING HAPPENED. THIS REALLY SCARES ME AND MY WIFE WHEN IT HAPPENS. *TR

WHEN TURNING INTO PARKING SPACES OR MAKING OTHER SHARP TURNS, VAN MAKES LOUD GROANING NOISE. HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING DONE: BRAKE DUST BLOWN OUT, ROTORS RESURFACED AND PADS REPLACED, ALL OF WHICH HELPED FOR AWHILE BUT THEN NOISE RETURNS. CAR WAS SHIMMYING WHEN STOPPING FROM FREEWAY SPEEDS BUT THAT HAS STOPPED WHEN BRAKES WERE REPLACED. HONDA CLAIMS NO KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE REFERRED THEM TO THESE WEBSITES. I HAVE AN '05 EX WITH ABOUT 45K ON IT. *TR

WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT OR A SLOW TURN ON THE ROAD WAY I GET A LOUD NOISE LIKE THE BRAKES ARE BAD. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 39,000 MILES ON IT AND HONDA NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS WEAR PROBLEM. THESE SEEM TO BE A USE OF POOR MATERIAL IN THE MANUFACTURING OF WHAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF A VEHICLE AND THAT IS THE BRAKES. IT SEEM LIKE THIS IS A FAILURE WAITING TO HAPPEN AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF HONDA DOES NOT NOTIFY US AND GET THE PROPER BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE. HONDA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO JUST PASS THIS OFF AS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND PASS IT OFF AS NORMAL BREAK WEAR. PLEASE HELP US HONDA OWNERS GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED AND ASAP IF NOT TOMORROW. *TR

VAN ALWAYS HAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN YOU PUT THE BRAKES ON HARD. IT APPEARS TO BE ONLY ON THE FRONT. WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER, THE TECH RODE WITH US TO HEAR THE NOISE AND REPLACED THE ROTORS & RESURFACED THE DISCS BASED ON THE HONDA TECH LINE. THE TECH INDICATED THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA VANS, AS THE FRONT OF THE VAN IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE BRAKES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY HONDA. IN LESS THAN 10,000 MORE MILES, IT WAS MAKING THAT NOISE AND STILL IS. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE MULTI POINT INSPECTION, THEY ALWAYS INDICATE THAT THE BRAKES HAVE PLENTY LEFT. IT GRINDS EVERYTIME YOU PUT THE BRAKES ON AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE OLDER CARS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE WORN DOWN COMPLETELY. *TR

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY TOURING HAS SOFT BRAKES AT LOW MILEAGE AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 25,000 MILES SINCE THEY WERE RUSTED OUT, EVEN THOUGH BRAKES HAD BEEN SERVICED BY HONDA AT ALL PRESCRIBED SERVICE INTERVALS. HONDA REPLACED ALL 4 ROTORS AND PADS AT MY COST, CLAIMING THAT THIS WEAR WAS NOT ABNORMAL AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COVERED EVEN IF THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER ORIGINAL 3-YEAR WARRANTY. MY CONCERN (WHICH I SHARED WITH THEM) IS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE PARTS FAILED AFTER A VERY SHORT INTERVAL EVEN THOUGH THE VAN WAS SERVICED AT THE INTERVALS PRESCRIBED BY HONDA AT A HONDA DEALER. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT THE BRAKING DISTANCE WITH THE RUSTED-OUT ROTORS INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE DRAMATICALLY, EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

PURCHASED A BRAND NEW HONDA ODYSSEY 2005 EX-L FROM FREMONT HONDA IN 2005. JUST AFTER TWO YEARS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE HOT AND ARE APPLIED SHARPLY E.G. WHEN COMING DOWN A HILL THEY MAKE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. SOUND SEEMS TO COME FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CAPITOL HONDA FOR A REGULAR OIL SERVICE AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE SOUND IS NORMAL, IT IS THE ABS KICKING IN. THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AS I FEAR THE BRAKES WILL FAIL ONE DAY AS IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL ON METAL AND MAY HAVE AN ACCIDENT ONE DAY. I HAVE RAISED THIS CONCERN WITH AMERICAN HONDA WHO HANDLES CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH ONLY 21,000 MILE ON THE VAN. THEY STATED I AM OUT OF WARRANTY OVER 3 YEARS/ 36,000 MILES AND TO TAKE IT BACK AGAIN TO THE DEALER. I WILL TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN ON 10/31/08. I WANT TO ELEVATE THIS ISSUE/ CUSTOMER CONCERN TO NHTSA TO INVESTIGATE GRINDING BRAKE NOISE OF 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. ALSO CONDUCT A GOOGLE SEARCH ON HONDA ODYSSEY GRINDING BRAKE NOISE AND YOU WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES - THERE IS CLEARLY A FAULT THAT HONDA NEEDS TO RESOLVE AND RECALL ITS VEHICLES AND FIX FREE OF CHARGE BEFORE LARGE SCALE ACCIDENTS OCCUR. *TR

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR SURGES FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I TOOK IT INTO MAHWAH HONDA AND THEY CHECKED THE CAR AND THE ERROR CODES AND FOUND NO PROBLEM.. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE ACCELERATOR WAS BEING PRESSED. BOTH MY WIFE AND I EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES WHEN WE WERE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP. *TR

SHIMMY IN FRONT END WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON DOWNHILL. HONDA ADVISED: CAUSED BY BRAKE WEARING. HONDA REPLACED FRONT BRAKES AND RESURFACED ROTORS , 32,310 MILES. NOW, 14,000 MILES LATER, SHIMMY OCCURRING ON DOWNHILLS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY TO OLDER OR INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 55 YEARS; I'M 74 YEARS OLD...AND I DO KNOW CARS AND ENGINES, AND HAVE NOT HAD A VEHICLE WITH A SHIMMY SINCE I WAS A KID! FIRST OCCURRED JUNE 07 AND STARTED AGAIN 828/08..YESTERDAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE AT 10 MPH, THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD SQUEAKING SOUND WHEN THEY WERE DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT IS STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS FAILURE AS WELL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 07/15/08. *LJ UPDATED 07/15/08