Brakes Failed problems of the 2007 Honda Odyssey

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the brakes failed. The vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign id number: 10v504000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The contact had the brakes repaired by an authorized dealer however, the failure recurred. The contact was also included in a second recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 10v098000 (service brakes, air) and was awaiting parts from the authorized dealer. The vehicle was not further repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 69,000.

Brakes failed causing a crash. We bought the vehicle brand new in 2007 and have noticed spongy, soft, hard to stop brakes from the beginning. Dealerships, we have taken it to more than one, always say it's fine, no failure, no problem can be repeated. We had the brakes replaced just in case and have had both recall jobs fixed, one just last week. This week cars stopped short in front of my husband while he was driving, he could not stop, tried to slam brakes and the van would not stop, he put the pedal to the floor and nothing. He hit the car in front of him. We have had a few problems with trying to stop short in the past but have avoided a crash before. A recall is just not enough, it didn't fix the problem for our van. Also the airbag did not deploy.

1. Driver in stop and go traffic applied brakes to stop vehicle, however, vehicle did not stop in time and resulted in a rear-end collision. This occurred on 11/30/2009. 2. Vehicle owner reported that when the brake pedal is depressed, there is a lack of response. Braking time and distance became significantly longer than normal. This problem was first observed by the vehicle owner on 11/27/2009, however, the driver was able to stop in time on that date, and the vehicle then functioned normally until the collision that occurred on 11/30/2009. 3. Immediately after the accident on 11/30/2009, the vehicle owner reported that the vehicle brakes had failed to the auto insurance carrier, and took the vehicle to the dealership for a diagnosis. Upon arriving at the dealership, the service representative acknowledge that Honda was aware of the braking issue, and even though the vehicle was out of warranty, they offered to cover the repair at 90% and instructed the owner to collect the remaining 10% of the cost directly from Honda. The dealership diagnosis was that the abs module was leaking air into the brake system. All other braking components were operational. The dealership replaced the abs module, and bled the brake system to remedy the problem. The old parts were disposed of by the dealership prior to insurance carrier being aware of issue. Service records indicate that the vehicle owner had vehicle braking system maintenance completed on 8/19/2009 at the same dealership.

Our 2007 Honda Odyssey experienced rear brake failure at 2,700 miles due to rust build-up on the rotors. They were replaced by the dealer. The rear rotors again failed at 17,820 miles and had to be resurfaced. We are concerned about the braking system and the potential for continued failure creating an unsafe condition.

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Odyssey. The contact experienced failures numerous times with brakes, and steering. While the brakes were applied the brake pedal extended to the floor which required him to apply additional pressure to the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. The steering wheel was hard to control causing the vehicle to swerve from left to right. He had to apply additional force to the steering wheel in order to keep the vehicle in a straight line. The vehicle was taken to the dealership numerous times for the failures. The dealer removed air from the hydraulic fluid, but the repair didn't correct the brake failure. The wheels were aligned several times, but the steering failure wasn't corrected. The manufacturer advised the contact to take the vehicle to a different dealership. The failure mileage was 15,000 and the current mileage was 36,000.

Brakes are too soft/mushy. Brakes don't work properly most of the time. It takes increasing pressure to stop vehicle. Sometimes the vehicle lurches forward after it stops which causes you to be out in intersections, past stop signs and possibly hit another vehicle. On Friday June 6, 08 the brakes failed again, this time at 60-65 mph. Another vehicle driving too fast swerving in & out of traffic pulled in front of me that required me to brake in order to avoid another accident. When pressure applied the vehicle did not slow down until brake pedal nearly touched the floor. W/ some great defensive driving an accident was avoided. A recent test drive by the dealership and they were unable to recreate the brakes problem. Upon taking the keys back, I had to depress the brake pedal nearly to the floor in order to shift into drive. I put the vehicle in park and returned to the service mgr to have him go on a test drive w/ me. He refused. I asked him 4x's to please test drive it with me driving. He said that he drove the vehicle, the district somebody drove the vehicle as well as a technician. He again stated nothing wrong w/ brakes. I left the dealership with the following information : 10dpsm/sm drove vehicle testing brakes. Competed panic stops at 40 mph, 20 mph. Brakes operated as designed. Tech drove vehicle while testing brakes and pedal stiffness. Panic stops at 10, 20, 30, 40 & 45 mph. Swerve side to side to test vsa as well. All systems operate as designed. I want to note that only 11. 5 miles were put on the van during their "test" of it . They did not test it under my normal driving conditions. I don't feel the vehicle was adequately test driven. The brakes will work off an on, but the longer it is driven and the more the brakes are used during that drive, the less reliable they become. Honda refuses to acknowledge that there may be problems with the brakes on their 2007 model vans despite all the info sent to them from the nhsta site.

While parking at daycare, turn into parking spot, brakes fail. Brakes are pumped to the floor 5 times before hitting a large boulder causing major damage to suspension and frame. Also, airbags did not deploy, yet seatbelt locked in place. Dealer is doing repair since there is potential safety issue with the brakes. However after 55 days, still waiting for return of vehicle. Turns out computer regulating airbags failed as well. 2 defects that if the brakes had failed just 3 minutes sooner would no doubt have been a fatal accident on an interstate highway.