general problems of the 2006 Honda Odyssey - part 2

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that after parking and exiting the vehicle it began to roll back. The contact mentioned that the vehicle rolled over her left foot and had to be taken to a hospital. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000 and the current failure mileage was 87. 039.

I was closing the right sliding door on my 2006 Honda Odyssey when it suddenly reversed pinching and crushing my right arm. I used the exterior handle, pulled it once, and moved to the right rear of the vehicle. As I was passing by the moving door, I was rubbing against the minivan slightly. It gave an audible alert and immediately revered pinching my right bicep between the door and the side of the van.

I bought a 2006 Honda Odyssey brand new with warranty and at 20,000 miles started complaining of a whining or humming noise after traveling distances over 30 minutes long. The weather did not seem to make a difference. I complained 5 separate times to the dealership, each time being turned away because they couldn't find an issue. After my warranty expired, they were able to tell me that my power steering pump had failed and after much talk with the dealership and Honda, they replaced it covering 75% of the cost. That was in October 2009. On March 15, the noise returned and I took it back to the dealership assuming it was my power steering pump. It was my power steering rack which after discussions with several other mechanics seems to be what the issue was all along. I now have to replace the entire power steering rack at a cost of $1500. I have tried to get help from Honda, but they claim it is not a warranty issue. There are hundreds of complaints about this very same issue online and Honda issued a service bulletin for all models 2005-2007 and some 2008 models for power steering pump failure. This is a larger issue and a recall of this entire system needs to be put out or more Honda owners are going to run into the issue I have. If I don't replace the power steering rack, fluid could pour out at any time and cause me to lose steering at any point. So that is why I am having it fixed immediately. I am looking for someone to take action on this. The Honda service bulletin which was revised in 2007, is bulletin number 07-005.