2003 Honda Odyssey: rotors or pads wearing out early

Filed May 15, 2014 · Seat belts · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the driver's side seat belt prematurely frayed. The contact took her vehicle to the dealer who stated that the entire seat belt was prematurely worn and needed to be replaced at the contact's expense. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but decline to provide further assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Nov 3, 2011 · CA

This vehicles came equipped with p225/60r16 tire sizes. The normal load index of this type of tire 98, which can carry a maximum load of 1653 pounds. The maximum load the front two tires can carry is 3,306 pounds. The curb weight of honda odyssey is 4.509 pounds. Normally 70 % of the gross vehicle weight is on the steering axel. That means that front of the vehicle should have about 3,200 pounds of weight without any driver or passenger in this vehicle. A normal driver and passenger would weigh about 350 pounds together. Thus it can be seen that honda odyssey tire sizes was selected inadequately to meet its loading requirements. The tire size were designed inadequately to carry the design load of this vehicle resulting in premature wear out of tires or possible tire busting due to continuous over load on designed capacity. This vehicle should be recalled for corrective actions. For your information new honda odyssey now comes standard with 235/65r17 tires, appropriate tire size of loading capacity. Why consumers of 2003 honda odyssey are punished for manufacturing defects and possible harm in operating it.?

Filed May 9, 2011 · Brakes · 85,000 miles · WA

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 honda odyssey. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, she applied the brakes and the brake pedal depressed to the floor. The vehicle continued to move until rolling to a stop. The contact noticed premature wear of the brakes and stated that the brakes had been replaced numerous times in the past. An authorized dealer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where the contact was advised to replace the master cylinder. The vehicle was repaired. Approximately six months later, the failure recurred and the contact was again advised to replace the master cylinder. The failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 114,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 06/29/11*lj

Filed Mar 16, 2010 · Wheels · 60,000 miles · IL

2003 honda odyssey (VIN [xxx]) both front wheel bearings have failed at 60k miles, resulting in excessive droning noise at highway speeds. Per the local shops, this is way too premature wear. The repair is yet to be done given >$650 projected expense at the local honda dealer. Honda has recalled the same parts on 2005 honda odysseys but is yet to acknowledge this problem on 2003 models. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Jun 16, 2008 · Brakes · 66,000 miles · CA

A scraping noise in the rear prompted removal of the tires for inspection. I found that the inside brake pads on both wheels were worn completely away, despite the fact that the outside pads still had 3-4 millimeters of pad material left. Now, the outside pads can be easily inspected through the wheel spokes, and since both pads should wear at similar rates, visual inspection should have provided a reasonable indication of the condition of both pads. Well, the wear indicators are on the inside pads, but they were silent because the wear indicators had broken off on both inside pads, leaving no indication that the inside pads were worn out. Clearly there are two defects here: pad wear should be reasonably balanced to both pads, not biased such that the pads that cannot be inspected without removing the wheel wear much faster, and second, the wear indicators should have been designed so that they did not break off on both pads, leaving no other warning of excessive pad wear.