2006 Honda Odyssey

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE MINUTES LATER AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED A SECOND TIME AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED INTERMITTENTLY ONCE THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000. UPDATED 04/06/11*LJ

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS HARD TO TURN AND WOULD SPORADICALLY EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,356.

SINCE EARLY 2010, THE STEERING PUMP IN MY 2006 ODYSSEY HAS BEEN MAKING AN INTERMITTENT WHINING NOISE. WHEN IT MAKES THIS NOISE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES DIFFICULT TO TURN. A FEW DAYS AGO IT BECAME BAD ENOUGH TO TAKE IN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. PRIOR TO TAKING IT IN, I NOTED THAT HONDA HAS 2 TECH SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS ISSUE, ONE TO THE REPLACE THE PUMP (DEC 2010) AND ONE TO REPLACE THE STEERING FLUID RESERVOIR (2009). THE BULLETIN FOR THE PUMP SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THE PUMP DESIGN WAS INSUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ENOUGH POWER FOR THE STEERING SYSTEM, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BY A HIGHER POWER PUMP WITH A NEW PART NUMBER. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA TO TRY TO GET THIS COVERED BY HONDA AS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A KNOWN DESIGN DEFECT (BAD STEERING), THEY OFFERED TO PAY FOR $250 OUT OF A $750 TOTAL REPAIR BILL. MY CAR IS APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 YEARS OUT OF WARRANTY TIME LIMIT, BUT UNDER WARRANTY MILEAGE (35000). I FEEL THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE (STEERING) AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL BEFORE A STEERING FAILURE AND SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR WORSE. *TR

I BROUGHT MY 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY INTO THE DEALER FOR A BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RECALL. UNBEKNOWNST TO ME I WAS INFORMED THAT 2 MOTOR MOUNTS ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $1350. THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE ODYSSEY AND NOT PART OF REGULAR MAINTENANCE. AN ONLINE SEARCH REVEALS THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VAN ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME SITUATION. I THOUGHT HONDA WAS KNOWN FOR SAFETY BUT IT APPEARS IT HAS ALSO EARNED THE REPUTATION FOR DEFECTIVE MOTOR MOUNTS. AT WHAT POINT WILL HONDA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW THAT JEOPARDIZES THE SAFETY OF ITS RIDERS? MY VAN HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AND IS JUST OVER THE 5 YEAR MARK, SO IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. AS LONG AS HONDA IS ALLOWED TO DEFER THE COST OF THIS REPAIR TO ITS OWNERS IT WILL. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T TAKE SOMEONE TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION IS TAKEN. ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS A RECALL IS LONG OVERDUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND AS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED, IT EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL WHINING AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED AND WOULD OCCUR WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RACK AND PINION LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HER CHILD BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE THIRD ROW PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT BUCKLED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT WITH A KNIFE IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE THE CHILD COULD NOT BREATH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UPDATED 03/10/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HONDA PAID FOR 90% OF THE REPAIRS. UPDATED 03/14/11

I WENT IN TO A HUGGINS HONDA, A LOCAL DEALER IN HURST, TX TO SERVICE A RECALLED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACEMENT IN MY 2006 ODYSSEY EXL WITH 80,000 MILES, WHILE AT THE VAN WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME TO NOTIFY ME THAT THEY NOTICED THAT TWO MOTOR MOUNTS ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FRONT AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNT CAN BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $1220 AND $216 + TAX RESPECTIVELY. HE INDICATED THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON ON HONDA ODYSSEY VANS AND NOT PART OF A RECALL OR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. I ASKED IF IT WAS "VERY" COMMON IN HONDA VANS AND NOT PART OF NORMAL MAINTENANCE, WHY IS IT NOT FIX FOR FREE SINCE IT SEEM UNCOMMON FOR MOTOR MOUNT TO GO BAD THAT EARLY IN THE VEHICLE'S LIFE? HE INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO FIX IT FREE ON THE VEHICLE BUT WANTED TO LET ME KNOW THAT IT DOES NEED TO BE FIXED. I DID A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT PRE-MATURE MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH HONDA ODYSSEY VANS DATING BACK TO EARLY 2000 MODELS. IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE, WHY DID HONDA NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THE NEWER MODELS AND WHY NOT FIX THE ISSUE FOR ODYSSEY OWNERS? I THINK THAT HONDA SHOULD FIX THE ISSUE WITH CURRENT OWNERS AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH NEWER MODELS. *TR