2005 Honda Odyssey complaints

I HAVE A 2004 HONDA ODDYSEY. I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MILES PER HOUR AND CONTACTED A PARKED VEHICLE WITH THE BACK RIGHT CORNER OF MY VEHCLE. I HAD A CHILD SAFELTY SEAT LOACTED ON THE LEFT OF THE 3RD ROW OF SEATS WHICH WAS TETHERED TO THE BACK LEFT TETHER ATTACHMENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUMPER. UPON IMPACT, THE BOLT ATTACHING THE TETHER STRAP TO THE BUMPER CAME OUT, BASICALLY MAKING THE TETHER USELESS IN A CRASH. I HAD THE BOLT REPLACED AS IT WAS STRIPPED BY THE IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SINCE THE COLLISION ONLY HAPPENED AT ABOUT 5-10 MILES PER HOUR, BUT I IMAGINE THING WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IN A HIGH SPEED COLLISION.

WHILE ON A ROADTRIP, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. DEALER REPLACED EGR VALVE BECAUSE THERE WAS A PIECE OF METAL STUCK ON IT. ON THE RETURN TRIP, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN. MECHANICS AT THE DEALER HAVE FOUND LARGE QUANTITIES OF METAL IN THE ENGINE. MECHANICS HAVE NOT SEEN THIS PROBLEM PREVIOUSLY AND IS CURRENTLY COMMUNICATING WITH HONDA ENGINEERS REGARDING THIS MATTER.

WIRELESS HEADPHONES OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ON AUDIO SOURCE, E.G., CD IS PLAYING ON THE FRONT CHANNELS AND THE DVD IS SELECTED FOR THE REAR CHANNELS. FAILURE OCCURS APPROXIMATELY 30-90 MINS AFTER THE SPLIT SOURCE IS SELECTED. WHILE THIS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A MAJOR ISSUE FOR A VEHICLE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD THAT USES THE DVD TO REMAIN CALM AND, THE SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY LIMITED IN ITS CURRENTLY DEFECTIVE CONDITION, PREVENTING US FROM A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES. HONDA ACKNOWLEDGES THE ISSUE, BUT HAS NO RESOLVE AT PRESENT. THEY EXPECT APPROXIMATELY 50% FAILURE RATE TO THIS ISSUE ACCORDING TO THEIR TECHLINE.

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DT: THE FAN IN THE VEHICLE IS BLOWING HOT AIR. WHEN VENT IS USED (110 DEGREES) OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 70 DEGREES. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE AIR COMING FROM VENT HAS BEEN HEATED. THE ENGINE OR HOT AIR FROM ENGINE HAS LEAKED INTO THE AIR INTAKE. IN ORDER TO BE COMFORTABLE IN VEHICLE, AIR CONDITIONER MUST BE USED EXCESSIVELY IN ORDER TO COOL DOWN CONSTANT FLOW OF HOT AIR COMING FROM VENT PIPE. THE PROBLEM IS MOST APPARENT WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED OR AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER REPORTS THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING SINCE THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. THIS LEADS TO DECREASED FUEL EFFICIENCY. *TT *NM

THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES COME ON BY THEMSELVES. WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO TURN THEM OFF, THEY CONTINUED TO OPERATE. THE SWITCH DIDN'T APPEAR TO WORK PROPERLY. *JB *SC *JB

AT 9.974 MILES MY 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSOR LEAK. THIS IS DUE TO THE WIDE OPEN, LOW PROFILE OPENING ON THE FRONT OF THE VAN. THIS WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR! I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A MESH INSTALLED THERE BY THE MANUFACTURER TO PROTECT THE CONDENSOR.

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY EXL - 4500 MILES. LEFT SIDE PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE AND LATCH COMPLETELY. INDICATOR ON DASH BOARD SHOWS DOOR IS OPEN. DOOR OPEN BUZZER WENT ON WHEN DRIVING. TURNED OFF POWER MECHANISM. DOOR SLID AJAR WHEN DRIVING UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH CHILDREN ON BOARD FORTUNATELY WITH SEAT BELTS ON. PUSHING DID NOT HELP CLOSE AND LATCH THE DOOR - THE DOOR CLOSES BUT POPS OUT IN A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THE LOCK DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. YET TO VISIT DEALER TO RESOLVE THIS SERIOUS ISSUE.

DRIVER SIDE 2ND SEATING ROW POWER DOOR FAILS TO CLOSE. PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR DIFFICULT TO CLOSE AND LATCH. VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATE AT 1500-1600 RPM @50-55MPH, AND ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE. STOPS WHEN FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR OR WHEN OUT OF INDICATED RANGES.

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT UNLATCH WHEN BUTTON PRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES.

DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR OCCASSIONALLY REMAINS AJAR. THIS OCCURS PRIMARILY DURING RAINY AND OR EXTREMELY COLD DAYS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY TOURING WITH 3000 MILES. THE LEFT SIDE PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENED COMPLETELY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION TODAY 05/21/05. THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND LOCKED BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE DOOR OPEN INDICATOR ON THE MID DID NOT GO ON BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE DOOR OPEN INDICATOR ON THE MID SHOWED ONLY WHEN THE DOOR FLEW OPEN. THE POWER MECHANISM HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. MY EIGHT YEAR OLD SON WAS SITTING IN THE LEFT SIDE SECOND ROW SEAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT. NO PERSON OR THING FELL OUT OF THE CAR. WHEN I BEGAN THIS TRIP THE DOOR OPEN BUZZER WENT ON WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE BUT NOT WHEN IN PARK. THE BUZZER SHUT OFF WHEN THE POWER DOOR MECHANISM WAS TURNED OFF EVEN IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE. I CHECKED ALL THE DOORS AND THEY LOOKED CLOSED, SEATED AND LOCKED. THE DOOR OPEN INDICATOR NEVER SHOWED EITHER ON THE DASHBOARD OR ON THE MID UNTIL THE DOOR FLEW OPEN. AFTER THIS INCIDENT I COULD NOT GET THE LEFT SIDE DOOR TO CLOSE AND LATCH MANUALLY. USING THE POWER MECHANISM THE DOOR DID NOT SEEM TO CLOSE COMPLETELY UNLESS I HELPED IT BY PUSHING. BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS THE DOOR SEEMED TO POP OPEN A BIT AND IT OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT LATCHED. THE LOCK DID NOT HOLD AT ALL. ONE MONTH AGO THE OPEN DOOR BUZZER WAS GOING ON WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE EVEN THOUGH THE DOORS WERE CLOSED. THE BUZZER SHUT OFF IF I TURNED THE POWER DOOR MECHANISM OFF. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD SOME PROBLEMS CLOSING THE LEFT SIDE DOOR

THE LAP/SHOULDER BELT IN THE CENTER POSITION OF THE THIRD ROW SEAT WAS ANCHORED WITH THE ANCHOR LATCH. MY 2 1/2 YR OLD CHILD PULLED THE SEAT BELT DOWN; SOMEHOW IT WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK. THE SEAT BELT HAD BEEN PULLED OUT COMPLETELY, SO IT WAS LOCKED. THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT TENSIONER WAS ACTIVATED AND THE BELT WAS TIGHT AROUND HIS NECK. THANKFULLY, HE MADE ENOUGH NOISE TO AROUSE ATTENTION FROM A PERSON SITTING IN THE SECOND ROW. THERE WAS BARELY ENOUGH ROOM FOR MY FINGERS TO FIT BETWEEN THE BELT AND HIS NECK - WITH HIM LEANING COMPLETELY BACK ON HIS CARSEAT. THE ANCHOR CAN ONLY BE RELEASED USING THE LATCH PLATE, BUT THE BELT WAS TOO TIGHT. WE WERE FORCED TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO RELIEVE THE TENSION ON HIS NECK. HE RECEIVED WELPS ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES OF HIS NECK. WE IMMEDIATELY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL INCIDENT AS I AM ALMOST ALWAYS BY MYSELF WITH MY TRIPLET CHILDREN AND WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE SEEN NOR HEARD HIM!!! AT THE VERY LEAST, PARENTS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THIS POSSIBILITY.

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. DRIVING IN WINTER ON FREEWAY. WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID NOT COMING OUT. UNABLE TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD; POOR VISIBILITY. TURNS OUT THAT "LOW WINDSHIELD FLUID LEVEL WARNING" NOT INSTALLED BY MANUFACTURER. OWNER'S MANUAL INDICATES THAT "WARNING" IS AVAILABLE. HONDA INDICATED THAT ONLY CANADIAN MODELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THIS SAFETY FEATURE. ARE CANADIAN LAWS STRICTER THAN OURS? I HAD THAT FEATURE ON EVERY CAR SINCE 1983.

THE PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR BY PRESSING THE OPEN BUTTON ON CONSOLE AND KEYLESS THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED ABOUT 6 INCHES THEN RECLOSED WITH A LOUD POP SOUND AND MY TWO AND HALF YEAR OLD SONS HAND ALMOST GOT COMPRESS BY THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR.

THIS CAR HASN'T WORKED SINCE WE FIRST GOT IT ON THE LOT. ALL THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ELECTRICAL. FIRST PROBLEM NOTED WAS THE RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR NOT OPENING WHEN THE BUTTON WAS PRESSED. IT WOULD OPEN ABOUT 1/4 INCH AND THEN START BEEPING. IT THEN IS STUCK AND THE ONLY WAY TO OPEN IT IS TO MANUALLY PULL THE DOOR OPEN. SIMILAR PROBLEM ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS ON THE LEFT PASSENGER DOOR, THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FREEZES UP - CAN'T OPEN OR SHUT THE DOOR, CAN'T LOCK/UNLOCK DOORS. MUST SHUT CAR DOWN AND RE-START. SPARE TIRE CAME LOOSE AND CAUSE LOUD RATTLING IN BACK LEFT PART OF CAR. SIX WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, WENT ON TRIP. RETURNED TO AIRPORT & CAR WAS DEAD. GOT A JUMP. NEXT DAY NOTICED THAT BACK-UP BEEPERS/SENSORS NOT WORKING. AT ONE POINT, A TROUBLE LIGHT ON THE DASH LIT UP FOR NO REASON & DIDN'T GO OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS. JUST TRIED OUT THE CRUISE CONTROL A FEW WEEKS AGO - IT DOESN'T WORK. THIS CAR IS A LEMON.

CONSUMER INQUIRY REGARDING DELLA HONDA'S BUY BACK TRADE IN OFFER.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *JB

VERY LOUD PUSATING SOUND WHEN REAR WINDOWS OPEN. IT VIBRATES AND IS SO LOUD I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. MY EARS AND MY CHILDRENS EARS HURT. IT OCCURS WHEN WE ARE DRIVING 35-40 MPH.*AK

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L IN OCTOBER 2004, AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE INCIDENTS IN WHICH THE BRAKES MAKE A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE WITH MEDIUM HARD BRAKING. THE GRINDING OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY WITH PROLONGED STOPS, SUCH AS WHEN DRIVING DOWNHILL. THE GRINDING HAS NOT RESULTED IN ANY APPARENT LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY OR LOSS OF CONTROL, BUT I AM AWARE OF QUITE A FEW OTHER NEW ODYSSEY OWNERS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED OF THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING, ENGINE RACING AND SHUTTING OFF. THERE ARE ALSO PROBLEMS WITH DOOR EQUIPMENT NOT LOCKING OR UNLOCKING, AS WELL AS PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR.*MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION LOCKED IN PARK. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THREE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THROTTLE IN ADDITION TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOOR (DRIVER'S SIDE), POWER LOCKS AND AIR BAG SENSOR. *NM

PROBLEM WITH A BRAND NEW HONDA ODYSSEY STREEING WHEEL - IT SHAKES. CAR PICKED UP WITH THE PROBLEM - TAKEN BACK THREE TIMES WITHIN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS TO THE DEALER FOR REAPIR. PROBLEM REAMIN THERE.*AK

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE BACK UP SENSOR SYSTEM.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURE USES A SMALL HIGH FREQUENCY SPEAKER AT THE TAILGATE. THE CONSUMER STATED IT DOESN'T SERVE A PURPOSE FOR THOSE WITH A FREQUENCY HEARING LOSS OR IF THE CONSUMER INADVERTENTLY TURNS IT OFF. *JB

CONSISTANCE STEERING SHIMMY EVEN AFTER TIRE BALANCE ROTATION ROAD FORCE VARIATION BALANCE AND POWER STEERING PUMP EVEN A NEW TIRE

CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE WITH ENGINE RUNNING. WHILE BEING IN PARK VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVERSED AND CRASHED INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.*AK

HONDA ODYSSEY EX 2005, PROBLEM WITH ADJUSTMENTS STRAPS. *BF THE THIRD ROW SEATS ARE EQUIPPED WITH TWO ADJUSTMENT STRAPS ON EACH SIDE TO ADJUST THE ANGLE OF THE SEAT BACKS. WHEN THE STRAPS ARE PULLED WITH THE SEAT EMPTY, THE SEAT WILL SLAM SOWN ON THE SEAT BOTTOM WITH INCREDIBLE FORCE. *JB

I JUST PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY ABOUT A MONTH AGO, IT CURRENTLY HAS 500 MILES ON IT. LAST WEEK, THE ABS, VSA, AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT TOWED INTO THE KOONS HONDA DEALERSHIP IN MANASSAS FOR REPAIR. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE VSA CONTROL UNIT WAS BAD, HOWEVER THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT BECAUSE THE PART IS ON INDEFINITE BACKORDER FROM HONDA. THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA IF THE PART WOULD TAKE DAY, WEEKS, OR MONTHS TO GET IN. THE DID STATE THAT MY CAR WAS 'SAFE' TO DRIVE, HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT HAVE ABS, VSA, BRAKING ASSIST, OR TRACTION CONTROL UNTIL THE VSA MODULE IS REPLACED. THIS DOES NOT REFLECT 'SAFE' IN MY EYES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE WEATHER WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TOMORROW. COULD THIS NOT POSE SOME TYPE OF LIABILITY ISSUE FOR HONDA IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN PREVENTED IF THE SAFETY FEATURES WERE ACTIVE. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF THERE WAS ANY PROBLEMS GETTING NEW ODYSSEYS FOR SALE AND THEY SAID 'NO', THAT THEY HAD A REGULAR FLOW OF THEM COMING IN. SO HONDA, OBVIOUSLY PRIORITIZES THAT THE VSA CONTROL UNITS ARE FIRST SLATED FOR NEW VEHICLES, AND HAS NOT ALLOCATED ENOUGH FOR POSSIBLE ISSUES ON SOLD VEHICLES. I HAVE CONTACT HONDA THROUGH THERE 1-800 NUMBER AND THE CASE HAS BEEN ESCALATED TO A CALL MANAGER THAT I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM. *AK

THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING A LOUD NOISE AND SHAKING WHILE THE WINDOWS ARE OPEN AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THERE IS TREMENDOUS AIR PRESSURE INSIDE, WHICH IS MAKING THE OWNER HAVE EAR PAIN DISTRACTING HIM FROM THE ROAD WHEN DRIVING. OWNER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *JB AIR PRESSURE ABRUPT CHANGES WHEN WINDOWS OPEN IS A JOLT TO DRIVER. *EH

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE METAL RUBBING METAL. *NM THE NOISE SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE BRAKES AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VIBRATIONS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE SEAT BELT CAME OUT OF THE DOOR JAM WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS LEANING FORWARD. THE PASSENGER DOOR MAKE NOISE WHEN OPENED OR CLOSED.

I PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA ODESSEY. I REQUESTED A MOON ROOF AS A HONDA OPTION. I WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT AN OPTION ON THE MODEL THAT I HAD SELECTED. I WAS GIVEN AN AFTER MARKET MOON ROOF. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE AN OVER HEAD DVD PLAYER INSTALLED AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE MAIN OVERHEAD BEAM WAS CUT TO INSTALL THE MOON ROOF AND THAT WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE BEAM WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE DVD PLAYER. I BEGAN TO QUESTION THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT WAS DONE TO INSTALL THE MOON ROOF AND I WAS THEN TOLD IT WAS AFTER MARKET. I ASKED THE DEALER AND HONDA TO CERTIFY THAT THE INSTALLATION WAS SAFE. THEY BOTH REFUSED. I HAVE SINCE EXPLAINED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE ESPECIALLY IN TURN OVER SITUATIONS. HONDA AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. I AM VERY CONCERN ABOUT THE INSTALLATION AND I WANT HONDA TO TAKE BACK THE VEHICLE SINCE I BOUGHT HONDA BUT I WAS SOLD A HONDA VEHICLE WITH AN AFTER MARKET MOON ROOF. NOT ONLY THIS BUT I DON'T HAVE A HONDA WARRANTY ON THE MOONROOF. THE ONLY WARRANTY I HAVE IS WITH THE DEALERSHIP. I AM CURRENTLY PREGNANT AND I ALREADY HAVE 2 CHILDREN. THE MINIVAN IS A VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY. I DON'T THINK THE MINI VAN IS SAFE IN CASE OF A CRASH OR ROLL OVER. I SAY THIS BECAUSE IF THE BEAM IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD A DVD PLAYER THEN IN CASE OF A ROLL OVER OR CRASH THE ROOF WILL COME IN ON ME AND MY CHILDREN. *AK *BF *NM

THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING 45 MPH OR GREATER THE RPM'S DROPS DOWN TO ABOUT 1400 RPM'S. WHEN SHIFTING INTO OVER DRIVE. THE ENGINE BEGINS TO VIBRATES AND WILL CONTINUE UP TO 55 MPH. WHEN ACCELERATING ABOVE 55 MPH THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARS. OWNER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAS ALSO CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. NEITHER HAS A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB