2005 odyssey with 10k miles experiencing loud grinding upon medium to hard braking. Mostly occurs with in town driving after brakes have warmed up. Will occur multiple times in a row and then not be heard again for weeks. This has happened several times and I have taken in into honda 2x's to fix the problem. They said they have driven it and heard nothing. They checked pads and rotors and everything looks great. After being treated like I was crazy I returned to the dealership and asked to have a service manager ride with me when the problem was apparent. He heard the problem and after consulting with a shop foreman stated that honda was aware of the problem but there was nothing they could do about. The problem continues and I have no options of fixing this until honda figures out what to do.
2005 Honda Odyssey brakes complaints
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I purchased a new 2005 honda odyssey lx in september 2004. I have experienced multiple incidents in which the brakes make a very loud grinding noise with normal braking that seems to be coming from the front brakes. The sound and feel is like there is metal grinding metal from the steering wheel. When the grinding occurs, braking power is minimal. The grinding occurs more frequently in city driving after using the brakes more often. Its almost like they heat up and get sticky??? The scarcity experience was coming down a hill to a red light at 15 MPH, my family within, coming to a major road, and the feeling of the van not stopping scared me to death. The grinding issue has resulted in loss of braking ability but no loss of control. As I have found here, I am part of a growing complaint from other new odyssey owners who have complained and experienced this same problem. Do not know if this matters or not, when this occurs, I can go and cool the brakes with water and the sensation will diminish at least for a little while. It seems to be getting more common as time is continuing. I have brought this issue to my dealer, but they always just say that they did not hear anything. Same ole same ole....
(1) we were driving today about 35 MPH and the signal light turned red. We proceeded to stop and our brakes started making a grinding/clunking sound. It also prevented us to slow down our van normally....in other words....increased the distance before our van stopped. (2) we just about went into the 4-way intersection, but we didn't. (3) our dealership has looked at our brakes a couple weeks ago and did not find a problem. They spoke to a couple honda engineers who were aware of this issue with other 05 odyssey minivans. They stated honda is working on a solution to fix this issue and the issue does not effect the vans stopping performance. This is not true as I have had slam on my brakes a few weeks back due to someone pulling out in front of me and it did the samething with the grinding/clunking. I almost hit the other car due to the increased braking distance. There are a lot of other 05 odyssey on http://www.odyclub.com/forums that have the same braking issue. We have had this issue about 7 times now. Honda needs to recall these brake pads/calipers or whatever is causing this before someone gets hurt or killed!!!
When braking, severe grinding noise right front. Dealer said calipers were leaking on to pads causing noise. Replaced calipers and pads. Lasted a week, same noise, dealer again replaced pads and calipers. Said they have had a lot of complaints but don't know why it is happening. Not a safe condition.
Brake and transmission failure of honda odyssey. We leased a 2005 honda odyssey from honda west in las vegas on the 21st of june 2005. This is 2005 model. The VIN # is: [xxx] in a week, we found a defective brake that was causing a significant problem to stop the car. I immediately informed the dealer and it appeared they did not pay that much attention. I myself was very confused as I was under the impression that honda makes one of the safest cars in the world. My wife is the primary driver and she is a 1st year resident at the university medical center, las vegas, nv. After working she was driving the car to home and she tried to stop the car at red light and the car did not stop. She ran red light and by the grace of god a disastrous accident was avoided. This is a matter of life and death. So, she went to the dealer immediately and they were not polite and were not in a position to look into the problem. However, she forced them to look into it and after two days of investigation they found that the brake was not installed properly at the manufacturing plant. The transmission also has the similar kind of problem, when trying to accelerate will not accelerate but when trying to push the brake will accelerate. We have already informed american honda and unfortunately they will not listen.the car is still with the dealer. As a responsible citizen of the country I feel obligated to let you know the safety issue of honda. It is ironic that the american car manufacturers easily admit their safety problem whereas the japanese makers will not admit such because of business issue. My question is: which one should come first the safety of the citizens or the money? I will highly appreciate that you look into this matter as soon as possible to prevent a disastrous accident else where in the country. I hope that no one has to either die or injured before the investigation starts. Sincerely, [xxx] *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
I purchased a new 2005 honda odyssey ex-l in december 2004, and I have experienced multiple incidents in which the brakes make a very loud grinding noise with medium hard braking. The grinding has not resulted in any apparent loss of braking ability or loss of control however this is a concern to me since I drive with a 5 year old in my care. I took the odyssey to the service center in may o5 for this issue and they replaced the brake pads and resurfaced the rotors. Again this month (july) I noticed the problem again, I took it in two days ago and honda refuses to fix the problem saying that I have to wait until september to have the issue resolved. They tell us that they won't have the parts in until then. I feel that they are avoiding the fixing the problem as to avoid the lemon law since this is their second time fixing this problem. I have brought the vehicle in for several other issues before this such as broken cd player....slow draining of battery, and problems with dvd and vehicle interior. Overall I am very concererned when my car is having problems with the brakes and this company refuses to fix the problem.....I am scared to drive this vehicle but do not have the money for a rental until september.
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.
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.
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