2005 Honda Odyssey

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 45 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WHEN SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR HAD IT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 101,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME ABNORMALLY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THEN STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO FUNCTION AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE PERSISTED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V039000 (STEERING:COLUMN). THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, HE WOULD NOTICE THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE POWER STEERING COLUMN AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000. UPDATED 3/14/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $2000. UPDATED 03/21/11*JB

POWERING STEERING ON 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN IS EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER AT LOWER SPEEDS. THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH STEERING PUMP AS EVIDENCED BY SERVICE BULLETIN 07-005. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MAKE WHINING, BUZZING AND STRANGE NOISES AND EVENTUALLY STOP FUNCTIONING. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND NOT JUST A SERVICE BULLETIN AS THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE AMONG 05-08 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVANS. *TR

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L - AROUND 50K MILES, THE POWER STEERING WAS INTERMITTENTLY HARD, ESPECIALLY IN PARKING LOTS. VERY LITTLE ASSIST. AROUND 64K, OUR MECHANIC PURGED THE P/S PUMP OF FLUID AND THE PROBLEM REMAINED. MECHANIC REPLACED OUR P/S PUMP WHICH SEEMED TO WORK INITIALLY, BUT PERHAPS BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS INTERMITTENT. PROBLEM RETURNED. WE NOW HAVE 104K ON THE CAR AND LIVE WITH THE ISSUE OF HARD STEERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN PARKING. HARD STEERING MEANS THAT I NEED TO USE BOTH HANDS TO TURN THE WHEEL IN THE PARKING LOT. *TR

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS A LOUD WHINING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED IN WEATHER TEMPS UNDER 35 DEGREES, DRIVING MORE THAN 15-30 MINUTES OR SO. STEERING WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING IS SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFICULT. THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER SAYS THE COST TO FIX IS APPROX. $210 FOR OUT OF WARRANTY SERVICE. THE DEALER CLAIMS THEY HAVE "REDESIGNED" THE RESERVOIR, WELL IF IT WAS "REDESIGNED" THEN IT SHOULD BE "RECALLED". *TR

HONDA ODYSSEY 2005 POWER STEERING PROBLEM: POWER STEERING FAILS TO WORK AT RANDOM TIMES. IT IS DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKING OR TURNING AT SLOWER SPEEDS. IT HAPPENS AT RANDOM TIMES AND WHEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD MAKES IT FRIGHTENING AND PHYSICALLY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. HONDA HAS RECOGNIZED THIS IS A PROBLEM IN THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN 07-005 FROM AUGUST 21, 2009 WHICH INCLUDES OUR MODEL YEAR. HOWEVER, HONDA IS REFUSING TO COVER THE $700 EXPENSE OF REPLACING THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND ACCESSORIES BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM IS WE HAD SYMPTOMS THEY DESCRIBE SINCE WE HAD THE VEHICLE AT THE BEGINNING BUT THEY NEVER COULD 'REPLICATE' WHAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING. THE FAULTY TUBING THEY USED IN THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY HAS RUINED THE PUMP OVER THE YEARS. HAD THEY RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM PREVIOUSLY WE MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SALVAGE THE PUMP, BUT WE DID GET AN ESTIMATE AND HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT THE PUMP AND THEY ADMITTED IT WAS NEEDING REPLACEMENT. WE USE THIS VEHICLE TO DRIVE OUR FAMILY AND ALTHOUGH IT GENERALLY HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AS WE WERE TURNING AND OUR CAR STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE TURN WE WERE MAKING. EVERYONE I TALK TO THAT HAS THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HONDA KNOWS THEY PUT IN FAULTY TUBING WHICH DEGRADED TO MAKE LITTLE PIECES LOOSE IN THE FLUID WHICH THEN RUINED THE PUMP. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND ONE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCIALLY. *TR

ISSUES WITH POWER STEERING. WHEN DRIVING LONG DISTANCES A LOUD NOISE WILL START EMITTING FROM POWER STEERING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OVER LAST FIVE YEARS. HAVE TAKEN MY HONDA TO AT LEAST TWO DEALERSHIPS ABOUT PROBLEM. NEVER DIAGNOSED UNTIL RECENTLY. WAS TOLD THAT POWER STEERING PUMP IS DEFECTIVE. HONDA STATES NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT HELP WITH COST. CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS OFFERED NO HELP WITH COST OF REPAIR. WILL NO LONGER DRIVE MY HONDA ANY LONG DISTANCES. ALSO HAVE HAD BRAKE AND PARKING BRAKE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR OVER PAST FIVE YEARS. *TR