Two problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2000 Honda Odyssey. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Honda Odyssey based on all problems reported for the 2000 Odyssey.
I was driving on a rural 2-lane road when my Mini-van started to slid across the road due to an ice/snow covering. My van slid across the lane and slammed head-on into a large tree. The entire front-end of the van was destroyed, but my air-bags never deployed. Both the police officer and tow-truck driver were dismayed at this. Fortunately, I only have a slight concussion and whiplash (thanks to my safety-belt).
When I bumped a metal sign in the walmart parking lot on Feb 18 2002 driving 5 mph, my airbags deployed and the seat belts froze. I found in the manual that they are only suppose to deploy upon moderate to severe impact. I along with 3 other body shops and my insurance, state farm, felt that the air bags deployed faulty and never should have gone off. There was no other damage to the vehicle, demonstrating how lightly the sign was hit. This was an expensive defect that I would like to report, in case it should happen to someone else. ****dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis****760765.