2006 Honda Odyssey

OUR 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY'S BRAKE PEDAL WAS FINE UNTIL THE DEALER REPLACE THE VSA MODULATOR DUE TO FAILURE ON OCT 8,2008.THE BRAKE PEDAL FEEL VERY LOW AND SPONGY WHEN APPLY BRAKE PRESSURE. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM CHECK FOR PROBLEM ON OCT 16, 2008.THEY FOUND SMALL AIR POCKET IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND BLEED THE SYSTEM BUT STILL LITTLE LOW. ON NOV 9, 2009, WE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A 15,000 MILES SERVICES AND HAVE THEM CHECK THE LOW BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN. THEY EVEN FLUSH THE BRAKING SYSTEM TWICE AND STILL FOUND PEDAL SLIGHTLY LOW. OUR QUESTION IS WHY DOES HONDA NOT INCLUDE OUR 2006 ODYSSEY IN THE 2007 & 2008 ODYSSEY RECALL AS WELL IF IT PRESENT THE SAME PROBLEM FOR OUR 2006. VSA MODULATOR WHERE SMALL POCKET OF AIR CAN GET INTO THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CAN CAUSE LOW BRAKE PEDAL AND LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE CONTACTS BRAKING ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED AS THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL FULLY INTO THE FLOOR PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER A FIVE YEAR SPAN AND HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

WE PURCHASED A NEW 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY SOMETIME IN EARLY 2007. ON MARCH 12, 2010 WE HAD TO RESURFACE THE ROTORS OF OUR BRAKES FOR THE 3RD TIME BECAUSE OF WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. RIGHT NOW THE ODYSSEY HAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000 MILES ON IT. SO BASICALLY, WE HAVE HAD TO RESURFACE OUR BRAKES ROTORS ON AVERAGE EVERY 23,000 MILES. BEFORE WE DO EACH RESURFACING, THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN WOULD SHAKE AND SHUDDER WITH BRAKING THAT OCCURS AT SPEEDS OVER 35MPH. WE HAVE HAD 6 DIFFERENT CARS IN OUR LIVES AND NONE OF THE CARS HAD TO HAVE THEIR ROTORS RESURFACED, EVER. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE ON HONDA ODYSSEY 2006 MODELS WHEN HAVING MORE THAN 5 PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE. VERY LOW BRAKING POWER AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. THIS HAS CAUSED A VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVING HABIT. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS INSPECTED AS GOOD CONDITION. HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES. THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS ON APPLICATION OF BRAKES EVERYTIME TO SLOW DOWN. TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING POWER WHEN DRIVING DOWN SLOPE. DRIVING DOWN SLOPE, THE BRAKES SQUEAL (METAL GRINDING OVER METAL). THIS INCIDENT OCCURS WHEN DRIVING LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES DOWNHILL WITH CONSTANT APPLICATION OF BRAKES. SHIFTED THE GEAR TO THE LOWEST, AND YET THERE IS NO BRAKING POWER. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 4 MONTHS OLD. DEALER CHECKED THE VEHICLE TO BE FINE. *TR

I HAVE OWNED A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY FOR THREE YEARS AND THE BRAKE PADS HAVE A SEVERE GRINDING NOISE ONCE THEY HEAT UP. THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE THE BRAKES TO GRIND IS TO PERFORM THREE OR FOUR SUCCESSIVE STOPS, LIGHT, HARD, MED, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. BOTTOM LINE, ONCE THE BRAKES GET HOT, THE GRINDING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE COOLED. THE DEALER NOTED THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY AND REPLACED/RESURFACED THE PADS AND ROTORS. ONE YEAR LATER AND THE PROBLEM WAS BACK. I HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT THE STOPPING DISTANCE TENDS TO INCREASE WHEN THE GRINDING IS TAKING PLACE. I HAVE ALSO NOTED THE SOFTENING BRAKE PEDAL IN MY 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. *TR

DRIVING CAR AND THE STEERING STARTED TO WHINE AND SCREECH VERY LOUDLY. TURNED WHEEL IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND NOISE CONTINUED. SHUT CAR OFF AND STARTED AGAIN AND THE NOISE CONTINUED. WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF 06' MODELS HAVE ISSUES WITH THE STEERING RESERVOIR DESIGN CHOKING THE STEERING MOTOR. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, 50K ON MY VAN, AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE TECH NEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT IS WAS AND SUGGESTED I REPLACE THE STEERING RESERVOIR SO HAS NOT DAMAGE THE MOTOR FURTHER AT IT WAS A $700 FIX VS $85. ASKED HOW COME THIS WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AS THE RESERVOIR HAD THREE (3) TECH BULLETINS ISSUED AND 3 REDESIGNS TO SOLVE THE STEERING PROBLEM. SAID TECH BULLETINS DON'T MEAN RECALLS AND I WAS OVER THE 36K WARRANTY SO I WAS ON MY OWN. I PAID FOR THE REPAIR AND THE NOISE STOPPED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY EX ON SLIGHT SLOPES AT APPROXIMATELY 25-35 MPH UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION, MY VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHUDDER STRONGLY ENOUGH THAT I CAN FEEL IT THROUGH THE FOOT PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY IN MY IN-TOWN DRIVING FOLLOWING FREQUENT STOPS, AND CONTINUES FOR A FEW SECONDS UNTIL I INCREASE SPEED AND RPM. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A STRONG FORWARD JOLTING MOTION WHEN MY VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS AS I AM SLOWING BEHIND OTHER CARS OR AS I AM SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN OF MY OWN. THE JOLT FORWARD HAS BEEN SO STRONG THAT IT FEELS LIKE I'M HITTING THE ACCELERATOR, AND I HAVE HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO KEEP FROM OVERSHOOTING MY TURN OR REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

AN OBJECT, MOST LIKELY ROAD DEBRIS LIKE ROCKS OR PEBBLES, IMPACTED THE A/C CONDENSER CAUSING THE A/C TO LEAK RENDERING THE SYSTEM INOPERABLE. DUE TO HONDA'S DESIGN OF THE FRONT BUMPER, THE A/C CONDENSER IS COMPLETELY EXPOSED TO DEBRIS. IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE CONDENSER MUST BE REPLACED WHICH WOULD COST AN ESTIMATED BILL OF CLOSE TO $1000 IN PARTS AND LABOR. EVEN AFTER THE FIX, THE CONDENSER STILL REMAINS EXPOSED AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS EVENT HAPPENING AGAIN REMAINS HIGH DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE FRONT BUMPER. THIS PROBLEM WAS OBVIOUSLY FIXED BY HONDA IN THE 2008 YEAR BY INSTALLING A "HONEYCOMB" TYPE GRILLE TO COVER THIS AREA TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF DEBRIS IMPACTING THE CONDENSER. *TR