2001 Honda Odyssey complaints

TIRE SIZE P21565R16, DOT NUMBER M30D99JX0101, MICHELIN TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, HONDA, ODYSSEY WITH 3000 MILES ON THEM. WHEN DRIVING AT 70 MPH, FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT AROUND SIDEWALL AREA OF TIRE. *AK *SLC

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL DOORS ON THE HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. SEVERAL TIMES MY DAUGHTER W. *AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 6,000 THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO EMIT A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHILE IN FOURTH GEAR TRAVELING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR AND ABOVE. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERESHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NO NOISE. THE NOISE PERSISTED AND BECAME LOUDER. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE SECOND TIME AND POINTED OUT THE NOISE DURING A TEST DRIVE WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

CONUSMER WAS REAREND BY A VEHICLE THAT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS RECLINED BACKWARDS, CAUSING BACK PAIN AND WHIPLASH. VEHICLE IS STILL BEING FIX , CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

TWO SLIDING DOORS OPERATE ERRATICALLY. TWO SLIDING DOORS WILL OPEN WITHOUT CONSUMER USING REMOTE KEY PAD. ALSO, DOORS WILL BEGIN TO CLOSE ON THEIR OWN. IN ADDITION, EXPERIENCES DIFFICULTY WHEN OPENING DOOR BECAUSE OF DOOR JAMMING/LOCKING. *AK BOTH THE SLIDING DOOR LATCHES WERE REPLACED ON WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN AND THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE OPEN/CLOSE SWITH AND ADJUST THE LEFT DOOR STRIKER. *YH

A THUMPING SOUND EMINATES FROM INSIDE THE FUEL TANK WHEN IT IS FULL TO HALF FULL. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WAS NOTIFIED. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. MANY OTHER ODYSSEY OWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. HONDA CLAIMS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AS THIS IS PART OF THE DESIGN. A VEHICLE IN THIS PRICE RANGE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANNOYANCES OF THIS SORT.

I'VE CAME CLOSE 3 TIMES IN A CRASH BECAUSE I CANT SEE CARS COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN AT A STOP SIGN. I LOOK AND LOOK AND I THINK THERE NO CARS COMING BUT WHEN I PROCEEDED I CUT OFF THE ON COMING CAR BECAUSE I DIDNT SEE IT. HAS THERE BEEN OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE?.*AK

FUEL TANK IS KNOCKING AROUND AND CONSUMER CAN HEAR FUEL SPLASHING INSIDE TANK WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS NORMAL, AND ALL ODYSSEYS DO THAT. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE HAD DEFECT AND WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *YH

THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED FROM A STANDSTILL TO MOVE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, FOR EXAMPLE. ONCE UNDERWAY, THE PROBLEM IS NO LONGER NOTICEABLE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A NORMAL OCCURANCE IN THIS VEHICLE AS IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. HONDA SAYS THERE IS NO NEED FOR CONCERN. I FEEL THIS IS A CONCERN. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AFTER MANY MONTHS OF RESEARCH AND FEEL THAT I WAS NOT FULLY INFORMED BY THE LITERATURE THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. NO WHERE WAS IT WRITTEN THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURENCE IN THIS VEHICLE. HAD IT BEEN, I MAY HAVE CONSIDERED A DIFFERENT VEHICLE TO SUIT MY NEEDS. NO SAFETY DEFECT DESCRIBED. *AK

BRAKE SYSTEM OVERHEATED AFTER REPEATED APPLICATION OF BRAKES. THIS RESULTED IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE AND ERRATIC OPERATION OF BRAKES. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE EX MODEL HAS AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC DOORS THAT DO NOT STOP CLOSING TO PROTECT SMALL CHILDRENS BODIES, FINGERS, ETC. THE DOOR STOPS WHEN AN ADULTS STRENGTH CAN PUSH IT BACK. HAVEN'T WE LEARNED FROM AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR OPENERS. PLEASE WORK HARD TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN OR HANDICAPPED. THIS MINIVAN VEHICLE IS MEANT FOR CHILDREN.*AK

THE POWER SLIDING DOORS ON THIS VAN DO NOT STOP CLOSING VERY EASILY IF AN OBSTRUCTION (IE A PERSON) IS IN THE WAY. THE REMOTE DOOR OPEN/CLOSE IS VERY SENSITIVE AND EASILY TRIGERRED. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE SOMEONE IS IN THE WAY OF THE DOOR AND A SERIOUS INJURY COULD RESULT. THIS HAPPENED TODAY TO MY WIFE AND WHILE SHE WAS ONLY BRUISED FROM THE INCIDENT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL IF ONE OF OUR SMALL CHILDREN WAS IN THE WAY OF THE DOOR. IF YOU TURN OFF THE POWER CLOSER, THE DOORS ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE BY HAND. I FEEL THAT, LIKE AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOORS, THESE DOORS SHOULD BE MUCH BETTER AT DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS AND STOPPING ACCORDINGLY.*AK

TRANSMISSION GEAR WHINE @ 50MPH. WHEN COMMING TO A STOP OR START FROM STOP FUEL SPLASH(LOUD) IN THE TANK. BAFFLES IN THE TANK MAY BE BROKEN.*AK

SLIDING DOOR HAD TOO MUCH RESISTANCE BEFORE DOOR RETRACTED BACK. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CONSUMER WEIGHS 220 POUNDS , AND DOOR STARTED TO HURT BEFORE IT RETRACTED BACK. IF DOOR RETRACTED ON A SMALL CHILD IT COULD SERIOUSLY INJURE HIM/HER. *AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THE SLIDING DOORS SHOULD RETRACT WITH MUCH LESS RESISTANCE. *YH

SLIDING DOOR FAILS TO CLOSE PROPERLY IF ANYTHING IS IN DOORWAY. DOOR WOULD CLOSE TO APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES, IF ANYTHING WAS IN THE WAY, BEFORE IT OPENED BACK UP. ADULT ARM WAS CAUGHT, AND DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE UNTIL REQUIRED INCHES WERE MET. THEN, DOOR OPENED UP. MECHANIC CANNOT CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK

CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, SUSPENSION PARTS INSTALLED BUT VAN STILL HAD CLUNKING NOISE, ON 2/1/01 NOISE WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY WELDING BREAKS IN THE FRONT SUB-FRAME. CJ

VEHICLE STALLS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STEERS TO RIGHT WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE, BUT THERE IS A TSB ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER PERFORMED REPAIR FOUR TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED. *YH

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHETHER YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT LANE.*AK