1999 Honda Odyssey complaints

THE REMOVABLE BASE SECTION OF A CENTURY SMART FIT PLUS INFANT CHILD RESTRAINT, SER. # 4529, MANUFACTURED 11-21-97, SHOWS SIGNS OF COLLAPSE CAUSED BY NORMAL INSTALLATION. THE EXTENDABLE FOOT USED TO ADJUST THE BASE ANGLE HAS THIN PLASTIC GUIDES, WHICH THE FOOT MOVES UP AND DOWN ALONG. THESE GUIDES HAVE BENT TOWARD THE REAR OF THE SEAT, AND MAY COLLAPSE FURTHER, ALLOWING THE BASE TO SETTLE TO AN IMPROPER ANGLE. ALSO, THE BLUE PLASTIC FOOT ITSELF SHOWS WHITENING OF THE PLASTIC, INDICATING THAT THE PLASTIC HAS BENT OR DEFORMED. IT APPEARS THAT THE ASSEMBLY COLLAPSES BECAUSE OF THE DOWNWARD PRESSURE APPLIED DURING NORMAL, BUT TIGHT, INSTALLATION WITH THE CAR SAFETY BELTS. THIS DEFECT WAS FOUND BY, AND IS REPORTED HERE BY, OFFICER MARK BERGIN, ALEXANDRIA VA POLICE DEPARTMENT, 703-848-4763, WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER.

THE SLIDING DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES AUTOMATICALLY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK

RIGHT SLIDING DOOR OFTEN WILL NOT CLOSE AND LATCH SHUT, EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. ONE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSED, BUT IT SLID OPEN ON ITS OWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING.

THE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT OPEN BY REMOTE AND ITS "VERY HARD" TO OPEN BY THE SLIDING DOOR LATCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THERE IS SO MUCH PLAY WITHIN THE REAR SEAT BELT THAT THE REAR SEAT BELT WILL GET SO TIGHT THAT CONSUMER'S CHILD GOT STUCK IN THE REAR SEAT BELT. CONSUMER HAD TO USE A PAIR OF SCISSOR'S TO CUT THE CHILD OUT OFF THE REAR SEAT BELT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY PASSENGER 'S SIDE DOOR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT REASON. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

AT 1500 MILES LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM FRONT WHEELS. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPAIRED BOTH ROTORS/REPLACED BOTH PADS. LATER ON, BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES. DEALER FOUND CRACKS IN PADS, ,WHICH WERE REPLACED. LATER ON, REOCCURRING SQUEAKING NOISE WAS COMING AGAIN FROM DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

BRAKES FAILED. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR 3 TIMES. EMERGENCY BRAKE STOPPED THE VAN. RUMBLING/VIBRATION SOUND PROCEEDED THE FAILURE BY A FEW MINUTES. CAUSE OF THE FAILURE REMAINS UNEXPLAINED. DEALER SERVICE FOUND NO PHYSICAL PROBLEM OR COMPUTER EVENT TO DOCUMENT THE INCIDENT.

ELECTRONIC LEFT SLIDING DOOR CLOSURE MECHANISM CLOSES ON MY LEFT ARM, AND FAILS TO EMERGENCY STOPPING AND RETRACTING. *AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CONTAIN A SAFETY FEATURE TO STOP WHEN OPENING DOOR AS IT DOES DURING CLOSURE, RESULTING IN GAS CAP/NOZZEL GETTING JAMMED INTO DOOR. MJS

SLIDING DOOR CONTINUES TO OPEN AUTOMATICALLY WHILE DRIVING, UNABLE TO CLOSE PROPERLY AND OPEN PROPERLY. MJS

VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW WITH SIX MILES ON ODOMETER. AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 MILES, WE NOTED A SCREECHING NOISE AND DECREASED BRAKING. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SELLING DEALER, IMMKE HONDA NORTHWEST -- THIS DEALER PUT "MOLYKOTE" ON THE DISKS OR PADS, RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO US REPRESENTING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. AT 3,000 MILES, WE NOTED INCREASED METAL-ON-METAL NOISE AND SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED BRAKING. ANOTHER DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT DISKS AND ONE FRONT PAD, INDICATING THAT ALL WERE BAD. THIS IS REPORTED DUE TO DANGER OF REDUCED BRAKING AND THE OCCURRENCE AT LESS THAN 3,000 MILES (NORMAL USE).

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY STRONG SHOCKS AS A RESULT OF STATIC ELECTRICITY.

I TEST DROVE THIS VAN AND DID NOT PURCHASE THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CAR WAS STOPPED ON AN INCLINE OF ABOUT 35 DEGREES WHILE IN THE DRIVE POSITION THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS BETWEEN THE TIME I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND PUT IT ON THE GAS TO RESUME DRIVING. I FELT AS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL RATHER THAN IN DRIVE. NOBODY WAS BEHIND ME SO I LET IT KEEP ROLLING BACKWARDS EXPECTING THAT IT WOULD STOP ITSELF AFTER 2 - 4 SECONDS BUT IT JUST KEPT GOING. ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD BE FEW, IF ANY, OCCASIONS WHEN ONE DOES NOT HAVE THEIR FOOT ON EITHER THE BRAKE OR THE GAS WHEN STOPPED ON AN INCLINE, I WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THE CAR COULD ROLL BACK SO MUCH WHILE IN DRIVE. *AK

IF OPENING SIDE SLIDING DOOR, AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE IT, IT MAY OR MAY NOT CLOSE. DEALERS SAYS THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THE SLIDING DOOR STRIKERS. DEALERSHIP HAS ADJUSTED STRIKER TWICE. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FAILED DURING THE TRIP ON HIGHWAY, I BROUGHT THE VAN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. DRIVING WITHOUT SPEEDOMETER COULD BE DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IN WINTER CONDITIONS.

DESIGN OF THE GEAR SHIFTER INTERFERES WITH THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RADIO. WHENEVER THE GEAR IS IN DRIVE IT OBSTRUCTS THE CONTROL OF THE RADIO, AND CAUSES DANGER IN SHIFTING GEAR INTO ANOTHER . MANUFACTURER NOTIFED AND INFORMED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, IN WHICH AFTER THE IMPACT, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE THIS OCCURRED DUE A CRACKED BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WHICH LEAKED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK