2007 Honda Odyssey: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Apr 13, 2020 · Seat belts · 233,000 miles · FL · crash · 5 injuries

My daughter & her friend were in an auto accident. The friend was in the passenger seat. Upon impact, the seat belt mechanism apparently broke and did not keep the passenger from being thrust forward & having impact with the vehicle resulting in a concussion.

Filed Oct 3, 2011 · Seat belts · 66,000 miles · NC · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, she crashed into another vehicle and the driver seat belt failed. The air bags deployed and the contact struck her face on the steering wheel. The contact was transported to the hospital for treatment. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed and the insurance company was to be contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 66,000.

Filed Aug 22, 2010 · Seat belts · 52,014 miles · WI · 1 injury

Seat belt malfunction, 2007 honda odyssey, far back passenger seat belt locked up around child in a twisted manner slowly crushing the passenger. Seat belt could not be loosened. Child and parent tried to retract seat belt by raising child only resulting in tighter seatbelt and the suspension of child in seatbelt. Visual - child head is at head rest level and waist of child about 6-7 inches from top of seatbelt retraction unit. Child is in a back arch trying to keep legs touching seat to relive pressure from strap. Solution - parent was unable to get seatbelt to release and efforts resulted in tighter seatbelt. Parent had to utilize pocket knife to cut the seat belt strap. Side note - internet search shows others running into same problem.

Filed Apr 14, 2009 · Seat belts · 8,900 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. While driving approximately 65 MPH on normal road conditions, an occupant was secured in a seat belt and located in the third row of the vehicle. The seat belt retractor failed to operate and the occupant was unable to disengage the seat belt. The seat belt webbing was cut to release the occupant. The seat belt has not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 8,900 and current mileage was 9,500.

Filed Dec 11, 2007 · Airbags, Brakes · 9,400 miles · FL · crash

While parking at daycare, turn into parking spot, brakes fail. Brakes are pumped to the floor 5 times before hitting a large boulder causing major damage to suspension and frame. Also, airbags did not deploy, yet seatbelt locked in place. Dealer is doing repair since there is potential safety issue with the brakes. However after 55 days, still waiting for return of vehicle. Turns out computer regulating airbags failed as well. 2 defects that if the brakes had failed just 3 minutes sooner would no doubt have been a fatal accident on an interstate highway.