Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle decelerated independently and without warning. The vehicle was not taken for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 56,000.
2008 Honda Odyssey acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle decelerated without warning. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 78,000 and the current mileage was 78,656.
Car brakes apply abruptly and with great force without driver input. Occurs at speeds of approximately 40 MPH and rpms between 1500-2000. Usually happens as transmission is in the process of downshifting from 5th to 4th gear. When condition occurs, vehicle will slow approximately 20-30 MPH from original speed prior to braking. This condition has presented itself several times in the past year. Honda dealer examined vehicle and found no defect.
My husband, myself and my 3 children (ages 7, 4, and 1) were coming home from the phillies game at approximately 10:30 pm saturday, september 7th, 2013. Upon entering the on ramp for a major roadway, my husband began accelerating to approximately 50 MPH. He had his foot on the gas pedal, when the van braked spontaneously. In a matter of seconds, our speed decreased from 50 to 25-30. Our seatbelts all locked as we were lunged forward. There was a car directly behind us, who had to swerve into another lane to avoid rear ending us. It was as if someone slammed on the brakes, however no one did. This happen 3 or 4 more times within a 5-7 minute time frame, so we immediately pulled over to try and figure out what was happening. I immediately googled this issue and found that there was an ongoing investigation for 2007 and 2008 odysseys for the same issue. I read that this has something to do with the vehicle stability system, so we pressed the vsa off button and drove home at a speed of 30 MPH in case it happened again. No further spontaneous braking occurred once the vsa was off. I took the car into hamilton honda this morning and spoke to service manager. They are currently evaluating the van. I am waiting to hear what they find.
The vsa light has been on and off for about two weeks, but user manual says it is okay for "normal driving". When I was driving about 40-45 MPH, the vsa lights was on. I kept driving normally. Then we I tried to apply brake to slow down, the brake light turned on. After I released the brake, the car seemed to applied brake on itself even harder. It happened many times during the past few weeks and this time I definitely felt it.
As I accelerated onto the road, my odyssey braked hard and suddenly. The vehicle behind me, also accelerating, jerked and swerved around me to avoid collision (this seen in rear view mirror). I pulled over and stopped, restarted and listened to the engine, and looked for indicator lights. I resumed driving only to have the sudden braking recur a mile up the road. At that point I spoke with my husband on the phone and turned off the automatic braking system. No further incidents so far.
So far, on 3 separate occasions while applying the gas pedal the brakes were engaged and nearly stopped the vehicle. On each occasion it happened during acceleration and speeds went from nearly 40 to 10-15 MPH each time. No pressure was applied to the brakes in any of these incidents.
When reaching 2000 RPM's, during cooler weather, the odyssey makes a very loud humming/vibration. It appears to be coming from the engine compartment under carriage.
About 2 weeks ago...october 1, 2012, I took my honda back in to honda. My car had been accelerating on its own. I left my honda there for 3 days, at which point they determined there was nothing wrong with it, and they would like me to bring it back in to drive it "with them." there is 100% something wrong with my van again! In addition a few days ago, I was putting books in the back of my van, and the hatch struts failed, and the back hatch door fell down on my head.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. The contact was entering a parking space and as the brakes were applied, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. She was able to place the vehicle in park and turn the vehicle off to stop the failure. The vehicle was towed to the contact?s residence and was not taken to the dealer for repairs or inspection of the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileages were not available. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. The contact stated that as she removed her foot from the brake pedal to attempt to proceed from a traffic stop, the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 60 MPH. The accelerator pedal independently moved toward the floorboard and became stuck. In addition, the steering wheel seized abnormally. The contact was able to shift gears and remove the key from the ignition but the vehicle continued to accelerate. After applying the emergency brake and continually depressing the brake pedal with extreme force, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continued to drive without further issues. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 70,400.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. The contact stated the vehicle surged forward while the brakes were depressed. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic test that was able to duplicate the failure. The dealer advised the contact to drive the vehicle more often in order to remedy the surging and high idle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 2,400 and the current mileage was 70,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle abnormally accelerated while the brakes were depressed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer yet they were unable to duplicate the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred and the contact crashed into another vehicle. A police report was available. The vehicle was towed to the dealer but the dealer was again, unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer advised the contact that they were unable to assist if the dealer could not duplicate or diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 38,800 and the current mileage was 39,000.
Unintentional acceleration for my 2008 honda odyssey.
Accelerator sticks on when applying brakes.
While stopped at a light my 2008 honda odyssey's engine began accelerating with the RPM indicator exceeding 7000 rpms. I had to stand on the brake and shift into park to avoid any further movement. As the engine was still racing I turned the ignition off. I restarted the car in park and the engine again accelerated past 7000 rpms. Once again I shut the engine off, waited a while longer and restarted without incident. The car has under 16,000 miles and just prior to the incident was driven on the highway but had traveled about 4 miles from the exit point. Cruise was on but not engaged since leaving the highway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving at speeds of 20 MPH, the vehicle would accelerate without driver intent. When depressed, the brake pedal would fall 1-inch below the accelerator pedal, causing the contact to simultaneously depress both pedals without intent. The dealer stated that he could find no failures in the vehicle. There were no repairs made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 11,457. Updated 05/07/10. *lj the consumer stated when he applied the brake, it would go way beyond the accelerator pedal. Updated 07/13/10
I own a 2008 honda odyssey purchased in 2009. A couple of months after we purchased the brand new mini van, the accelerator /throttle stuck as I was driving my children to school, ( the throttle kicked on somewhere between 30 & 40 MPH). The brakes were not slowing us down much at all as the engine raced ( foot was off the gas pedal) and we nearly crashed in the elementary school parking lot. ( I put the van in neutral and turned off the engine along with the emergency brake to get us to stop.) we towed the car to honda & they had it for four days. I did not want it back ! Honda said they could not reproduce the problem and that the computer sensors didn't track the disturbance. We ended up paying out of our own pocket for a completely new computer system to be installed. ( we have the old computer part.) we reported this to honda. I am writing to tell you about this because toyota is not the only car with an acceleration problem ! Our honda dealer swept it under the rug but I am sure there has to be other honda owners who have had the life threatening same issue.
2008 honda odyssey accelerated suddenly.*cw the consumer she crashed into a guardrail.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 honda odyssey. Whenever the contact drove the vehicle she had to apply pressure to the accelerator pedal; although, the vehicle failed to increase in speed beyond approximately 25 MPH. The dealer replaced the torque converter replaced; however, the failure continued to occur. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 45000.
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