2007 Honda Odyssey: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Mar 13, 2017 · Lights · 125,000 miles · OH

Both clear glass covers ["lenses"?] over the headlights have developed a spiderweb network of cracks, very thin, over the entire lens. The car was never hit. It occurred gradually over time. It is a safety issue, because it diminishes the light output, and leads oncoming traffic to at times flash ther headlights as if my brights are on.

Filed Dec 27, 2016 · Lights · 139,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the low beam lights intermediately failed. The vehicle was taken to a independent mechanic where the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 139,0000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Dec 18, 2016 · Lights · TX

My low beam headlight goes on and off intermittently. High beams work fine. After researching I found that honda has had low beam headlight recalls in the past. Is there any way to get help fixing this?

Filed May 7, 2016 · Driver assistance · 98,000 miles · WI

I received a letter detailing the reacall on my 2007 honda oddysey' s vsa module. I brought in my vehicle to have the problem fixed. The vehicle did not have any observable issues, before I brought it in to the racine, wi honda dealership. After the work was preformed I observed that when the vehicles headlights were on, the cruise control, and rear brake lights were no longer operational, and the vsa light would illuminate on the dashboard after the light switch had been engaged for 7 literal minutes. This issue only occurs when the headlight switch is engaged. I have brought the vehicle back to the dealership on 4 seperate occasions, and they have been unwilling, and unable to fix the problem. When they observed the problem with my vehicle, the honda mechanic says that the error codes that are showing up are impossible to be occuring, and that he's never seen anything like it before. They then try to upsell me, on various components on the vehicle, that have no observable defects. I purchased this vehicle because I have three young children, and was under the impression that honda oddysey' s were reliable. After getting pulled over several times by local law enforcement for driving without brake lights at night, I have been forced to park the vehicle. I brought the vehicle to the kenosha honda dealership, and they said that they would not perform the necessary repairs, since the recall work was done at another dealership. As a single father of three, I am beyond frustration with honda's indifference to this issue, and "catch us if you can" attitude. Because of the defective remedy to the vsa recall, I am unable to drive this vehicle which I still owe $6000 on ($315 monthly). Because of this issue the vehicle only has a resale value of about $800, ,and the toyota dealership said that they were essentially uninterested, in taking this vehicle in as a trade-in. Help!!!

Filed Feb 24, 2009 · Lights · CA

My complaint regarding my honda odyssey may be more of a manufacturer oversight that may not pose an immediate harm to its occupants/other drivers, but rather potential harm to its occupants other drivers. The problem is with the lights. The interior dash lights are on continuously, but the headlights only go on manually. While this is fine during the day, it poses the potential harm at night when the dash lights go on and they headlights do not. I live in a city and a few times at night while leaving a very lit area, I have failed to turn on my headlights because with the dashlights on I have forgotten. While these occurrences were my error, I feel that with car lighting it needs to be all or nothing. While the manufacturers may see this feature as a convenience I see it as a hazard. If the dash lights are on all of the time, then the headlights should be on. Driving without headlights on at night is hazardous to all around and as I said, I live in a city where it is brightly lit and many times the streets are so bright my headlights do not make that much of a difference for my lighting but rather just make me noticeable to others. I feel that this issue needs to be addressed and rectified. I know that other cars have an auto function, where the headlights can be left on all of the time to go on when it gets dark and this would be a safer feature than having them manually operated when the dash lights are on all of the time. Or they can make it so that the dash lights go on when the headlights are turned on. Like I said, with lights is needs to be all or nothing (all manual or all automatic, not half and half). It is just too confusing and in my case, likely to be forgotten. While this issue may not have caused harm yet, I do believe that it has sufficient potential to cause harm and therefore should be addressed. This is a failure on the manufacturers part to save money, but it has made a mini van (which is known for safety) to feel unsafe. Estimated date.