Engine problems of the 2006 Honda Odyssey

I went in to a huggins Honda, a local dealer in hurst, TX to service a recalled brake master cylinder replacement in my 2006 Odyssey exl with 80,000 miles, while at the van was at the dealership, the service manager called me to notify me that they noticed that two motor mounts also need to be replaced. The front and side motor mount can be replaced for about $1220 and $216 + tax respectively. He inidcated that this is very common on Honda Odyssey vans and not part of a recall or regular maintenance. I asked if it was "very" common in Honda vans and not part of normal maintenance, why is it not fix for free since it seem uncommon for motor mount to go bad that early in the vehicle's life? he indicated that he did not have the authority to fix it free on the vehicle but wanted to let me know that it does need to be fixed. I did a search on the internet and found that pre-mature motor mount failer is a common issue with Honda Odyssey vans dating back to early 2000 models. If this is a common issue, why did Honda not address the issue with the newer models and why not fix the issue for Odyssey owners? I think that Honda should fix the issue with current owners and address the issue with newer models.

Our 2006 Honda Odyssey experienced a loss of engine power while my wife was driving home from work. She managed to make it home, but between the power loss and the noise starting to come from under the hood, she was nervous. We had the vehicle towed to a gentile Honda in racine WI. They reported that the spark plug was pulled out of the cylinder head when the coil-pack "popped". I believe the cause of the problem was a material failure in the cylinder head which caused the spark plug threads to fail, which resulted in the coil-pack shorting to ground on the head, and causing an over-current condition through the coil which caused the coil-pack to explode. Gentile Honda wants to do a machinist repair on the cylinder head while it's still on the engine ($730. 42). North american Honda wants to replace the cylinder with some monetary assistance for a total of $1500. No action has been taken at this time to correct the issue. I feel this is a material defect caused by Honda's part vendor. Gentile Honda claims the coil-pack pulled the plug out of the aluminum head. I cannot understand how this could happen as the tensile/shear strength of the plastic coil-pack is far less than the tensile/shear strength of the aluminum alloy head. The atomized fuel being added to the cylinder while the engine was running could have resulted in an engine compartment fire by being ignited as it was blown out of the combustion chamber through the spark plug hole.

My husband and I purchased a brand new Odyssey van in June 2006. Absolutely love the van. We have had no problems until we realized our air conditioner wasn't working recently in may 2008. Our van only has 24,000 miles on it. I called fairfield performance Honda service and was told if it is a rock that damaged the condenser it is not covered. I said a rock and she replied yes rocks can damage the condenser. My husband and I never heard such thing. Without Honda even looking at my van they already knew exactly what was wrong. So that day I got a phone call from service and sure enough they said a rock has damaged your condenser and it would not be covered because that is consider road debris and it will cost you 800. 00. The service person said they see this every week and then he said I mean once a month so I was curious and got on the internet to see if anybody else have had the same problem and sure enough hundreds complaints with the same problem. I contacted Honda America corp and they said sorry it is not covered because it is road debris damage. It?s not my fault and thousands of other consumers fault that they poorly designed the Honda Odysseys and Honda accords. I noticed on the new 2008 vans and cars they have a protection on the front now. But that?s not fair for all the people who have purchased a van or car 2007 or earlier. I think that they should have a recall on this matter and fix the problem. I didn't pay $30,000. 00 for a van to have this problem. They need to put some kind of protection on the van so it doesn't happen again. I just want to let all other consumers beware of this so they don?t make the same mistake we did. I am contacting the consumer report, better business bureau all news media and papers until this problem is taking care of. Thank you, lisa.