Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings problems of the 2007 Honda Odyssey

Brake pedal travels nearly to floor before braking becommes effective. . Often requires pumping pedal to get effective braking. Several trips to repair shops required expensive bleeding air from brake lines and fluid replacement. Problem reappears after a few weeks.

Car brakes spontaneously several times. The first time this happened, I took it to the Honda dealership and they said the brake line was clogged. They cleaned it and did something to the rotors, and I had no trouble for a year. Then today, 7/24/13, it happened again several times on my way home. It was really scary because I was going about 45-50 and the brakes just slammed on all by themselves! I am taking it back to dealer tomorrow, but since there is no recall, I will have to pay for it again.

Driving the car the brake pedal gets very soft and the vehicle fails to stop in a normal time. This car was already serviced for Honda's 2010 soft brake repair on the 2007-08 Odyssey. It seems the symptoms of the original recall are still evident as this recall relates to air in the brake line over time.

Brakes with soft pedal and front noise. Problem was first taken to the dealership on 02-02-08. Through research from contacts at Honda I found out that they are having a problem with a proportioning valve or abs modulator. The flaw is allowing air to get into the brake lines causing soft pedal and decreased performance. It appears that most of the air in the lines is affecting the rear brakes performance. I'm experiencing very hot front brakes and I feel this is causing glazing and the noise. I first noticed the problem around the 4,000 mile range. Honda has a technical bulletin in their system with instructions for bleeding the system in an attempt to correct the problem. They are also recommending the replacement of this valve/unit also. In my case, I'm still experiencing a problem with soft brake pedal and front brake noise. I have filed a 'lemon law" claim for my vehicle with the bbb and Honda. I can provide copies of these technical bulletins upon request. I have also done a "google" search for Honda brake problems and I have found numerous others with the same exact issues on the postings I found.

On 12/26/07, I had a very bad accident hitting 2 cars and all of the air bags in our new 07 Honda Odyssey deployed. My wife was in the car, I was driving and we were exiting the highway with the cruise control on and turned onto the off ramp when the brakes completely failed; I stepped on the brakes repeatedly and they were so soft they went completely to the floor board and the car would not stop and the cruise control would not turn off. The ramp was about 100 yards long, so we would have had plenty of time to stop if the brakes worked. The ramp was uphill and because the cruise control did not go off, the car started to accelerate and we were going faster and faster up the off ramp. We had no previous warning and did not experience any problem with the brakes prior. At the top of the ramp was a light that stopped traffic on the road, we were the first off the highway onto the ramp and because I could not stop, we reached the light (green) for us, crossed over a median and hit two cars on other side waiting for light to change and crashed. I could not turn due to the speed and we would have rolled if I did. Every air bag in our ody deployed, the seat belts held us back and fortunately we were not hurt. Driver of one of the cars was taken to the hospital; unsure of her injuries. After 7 months of our car being repaired, the car was taken to a Honda dealer who finally tested the car and brakes and determined that the abs/vsa modulator circuit needed to be replaced under warranty and brake lines had air in them. They replaced the assembly, bled the brake hydraulic system. There is definitely a problem with the 2007 Odyssey brakes. We had taken the car into dealer for oil change and checkup just 2 days before accident happened. Our brakes went out with absolutely no warning whatsoever -- we or someone else could have been killed, as the accident was bad. The car was repaired, rather than being totaled at time of accident.