general problems of the 2009 Honda Odyssey

Front brakes and rotors were changed several times. Last with drilled/slotted rotors. Vibration is less with those, but still there. This seems to be a problem with other people as well. So speed little vibration, higher speed increases vibration. Has been going over the years, is worse when in the mountains.

Soft brakes: car does not stop unless brakes are pumped very hard to the floor.

The vehicle, a 2009 Honda Odyssey, has a soft spongy brake pedal that occassionally goes all the way to the floor, resulting in the vehicle rolling past stop signs and red lights while the pedal is fully depressed. The most recent episode occurred in a private development, where the vehicle was traveling at less than 25mph. Upon approaching a stop sign, the brake pedal went all the way to the floor and there was uncommanded engine acceleration, resulting in the vehicle traveling well past a stop sign. Operator took the vehicle to the local Honda dealership and discussed possible brake problems, including reports of faulty vsa modular pumps, and possible accelerator linkage problems. The dealer inspected the vehicle, said the brakes were in good working condition, and that the operation is "normal. " the operator has owned many cars, including other Honda products, and never experienced this condition in the past.

I bought 2009 Honda Odyssey, but in 3 months, whenever I push brake on the down hill road, the brake will have very big noise and can not stop the car right away. I send to Honda dealer for repair, they told me that 2009 Odyssey has this kind of issue and can not be fixed, it is designed issue, so I hope you can do further investigation.

2009 Honda Odyssey, problem started on Monday 04/26/10. Early morning as I was leaving my place for work, I noticed that the brakes were 'soft'; at the first stop sign, it took the brake to stop the van a longer distance than usual, speed is below 20mph. I was still able to drive to work without further incident that time. Then at noon I went out to have lunch, I drove to a nearby place about 10 miles, while I'm driving the vsa off signal lamp came on, driving speed at 35mph, good driving/weather condition, road is well paved; when I got to my destination, I turned off the engine, waited a few minutes, and started the engine again, the vsa signal lamp is now off. No further incident that time again. The next instance that the vsa signal lamp went on while I was driving on my way home, it stayed on for a few minutes, then it went off. I brought the vehicle to the dealer/service shop to have it check, left it there overnight and got it back the next day; I was told that the problem was a faulty steering angle sensor. I'm now suspecting that the recent recalls regarding my07/08 Odysseys is also affecting certain my09.

The contact owns a 2009 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the brake pedal went down so far that it touched the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was taken to two authorized dealerships where the contact was informed that they could find nothing wrong with the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 5,000. The current mileage was approximately 10,600.

Drive over 65 mph, steering vibration brake over 40mph, noise.

2009 Honda Odyssey lx. 2 times I was stopping and pushed the brake and accelerator at same time. Motor was racing and abs was coming on - very frightening as I did not know what the problem was and motor is very powerful. Almost rolled into busy 55 mph intersection first time and almost hit basketball post in driveway second time. Have never had this problem with a vehicle and have been driving for over 30 years. Plain sneakers were being worn - not winter boots. Seems to be little difference in height or location of brake pedal with respect to gas pedal.

Driving on highway felt strong vibration on the steering wheel when stepping on brakes at 50 mph. The vibrations is felt stronger at 50 mph or above. It causing a high vibration on the steering wheel. No crashes at this time. Took vehicle to the dealer because is on warranty, dealer informed defective rotors and rotors were uneven and need resurface, rotors are covered by warranty for just 10kmiles, vehicle has 20k miles, dealer blames bad rotors on bad driving. I believe they are wrong I have two other Honda and I have no problems with rotors at that early stage of driving mileage.

My brakes went completely out on my new 2009 Honda Odyssey ex-l while on vacation with only 2,000 miles on the vehicle. On a few occasions over the last month and a half that I have owned my Odyssey the vsa light (vehicle stability assistance) has come on for no reason and could not be turned off. Normally the vsa is on all times but the light does not come on unless the conditions are bad. (ice, snow, rain, rocks) when this light has come on I have been traveling at approx. 50mph, not braking, and the conditions were sunny and dry. Then the horrible day, with my 5 year old in the back seat I was turning left at a light at approx. 20-25 mph when I pushed down my brake and heard a grinding sound and no brakes. I began pumping the brakes, and the pedal went to the floor. After a few seconds (maybe 5) the brakes engaged. I immediately pulled over and looked under the car. Nothing, and nothing at the intersection where I had just turned. The local dealership had to call Honda engineering which said that there must be an issue with the vsa system (that this same issue has happened to other owners) and all they needed to do was unplug the vsa it, wait a few seconds and then plug it back in. I will be returning to ohio from hilton head in a few days which will require driving through some very steep mountains with my 5 year old and 1 year old. I don't feel confident in their diagnoses. Honda will not issue a loaner for me to drive home and then tow my vehicle 600 miles to me.

The contact owns a 2009 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that when depressing the brakes she would feel a vibrating sensation. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they advised her that the rotors failed and would need replacing. The vehicle was repaired yet the failure recurred 8,000 miles later. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000.