2008 Honda Odyssey airbags complaints

Filed Jun 21, 2009 · Airbags · 2,000 miles · OH

Air bag cover on passenger side of dash board buckles. This has been replaced twice and honda now calls it an "acceptable production defect".

Filed Feb 13, 2009 · Airbags, Brakes · 500 miles · FL

New 2008 honda odyssey with less than 200 miles, when the problem first occurred 1. Vibration in the steering wheel while braking. Happened every time when stopping at stop light or when slowing down. The honda service dept. Identified it to be a warped motor and they had to resurface it. They mentioned that this problem has been noticed in some other vehicles too, but they didn't know what caused the problem. 2. Passenger air bag light comes up while driving even when there is no passenger in the seat. The honda service dept. Has looked at it twice now, as recent as 2/13/2009 and have mentioned that they don't know why it happens... That it also happens in one of the service tech's odyssey van. Their solution to address this problem was to place a heavy object on the passenger seat! On both issues, I had opened a case with honda customer service case #: n012009-01-0701207. The first time, the cust service representative tried to shrug off the vibration issue as not an issue. On the second incident, the representative sounded concerned and mentioned that he would also be upset about these multiple issues on a new van. He assured that within 2 days, a honda representative will contact me to follow-up on this issue. But, never did I receive any call back. Due to poor response from honda customer service, I haven't called them back as I don't get any proper response from them. I feel that I have been sold a "lemon" and that the honda company should take this vehicle back and provide a new/different odyssey van.