general problems of the 2012 Honda Odyssey - part 1

My break petal went soft - as in goes all the way to the floor - it has been looked at by 2 different mechanics - no warning lights, no sounds, just all of a sudden no breaks - it has all new break pads, master cylinder, rotors, etc… the break petal is as soft as can be. I can not stop suddenly.

My 2012 Honda Odyssey brake suddenly failed today. I felt the brake paddle was very soft and had to push all the way to the floor and the vehicle would slowly stop. I had to push very fast repeatedly to feel enough pressure on the paddle to stop the vehicle quickly. There is no indications on the instrument panel indicating the failure at all. My car is maintained regularly.

Without warning the breaks will not work. You have to push them all the way down and it sometimes lurches forward after breaking. I’ve had it looked at and they can find nothing wrong. This is a serious problem and needs recalled.

False abs activation at speed above 45mph.

When applying the brake fro my 2012 Honda Odyssey I feel my steering shaking that may cause an issue while driving on freeway. I have done the wheel balancing on new tires again too. . . But still I fee the same.

I scanned my vehicle with a foxwell 624elite and found the following: 1. Anti lock brake traction vehicle (fault i2) abs/tcs/vsa 2. Battery voltage high 62_1 permanent dtc 3. Battery voltage low61_1 permanent dtc 4. Bode electrical integrated control system (fault i1) 5. Rear communication failure permanent dtc b2965.

My wife's 2012 Odyssey touring was parked on the ramp to our garage, with the emergency brake on. I released the brake and applied slight pressure to the accelerator with the car in reverse gear: it lurched backward and the brake could not stop it, though a neighbor's garage did. When I drove it forward to park it the car sped forward thirty feet or so before it obeyed the brake. The garage will need a new door -- at least -- but the car suffered minor damage, except that the taillights will not go off.

When braking at high speeds or going down hill get vibration through steering wheel making it hard to control vehicle, literally shakes whole car.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving at 30 mph. The vehicle started to vibrate while braking. No warning lights illuminated during the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer bob lindsay Honda 900 w pioneer pkwy, peoria, IL 61615 who diagnosis the vehicle as warped rotors. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified about the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000. VIN not available. Hk.

Very violent vibration when brakes applied even at relatively slow speeds, especially going downhill. Vehicle becomes hard to control. High safety concern considering it is a family vehicle and children are often present in the car. Dealerships and Honda us do not cooperate on the issue. They solution is to re surface font brake rotors or replace them with newer version. The fact that there is a newer improved version of rotors is an admission by Honda that original brake rotors are either defective or have design flaw. I hope NHTSA acts before someone gets injured in the crash.

Problem with front brakes. While traveling on vacation driving down a long incline while applying brakes to stay in the speed limit my front end started shaken so bad I had to pull over. While home I search this on the web to show I'm not the only one with this probelm. Rotors get warped. This is dangerous and scary. This car needs a saftety recall. 22,000 thousand miles. A $30,000 van.

The rotors wrap from overheating resulting in severe vibration to the vehicle. This occurs especially when braking during inclines. The vehicle becomes difficult to brake & control due to severe vibration of the front wheels. The problem reoccurs a short time after resurfacing the rotors. Honda has issued new replacement ventilated rotors but has not issued a recall for free replacement of the original front rotors.

1. Brakes and rotors are undersized and warped causing a massive vibration when you break. Honda dealers worked 3 times on it but the problem continued until I purchased after market parts and replaced them. 2. I received no warranty letter or warning about an engine failure (piston recall warning) letting me know that the engine needed repairs. I was on a trip when the car almost stalled on the freeway and I had to take evasive actions to prevent a devastating accident.

"takata recall" I am driving and when I have to brake at a turn, the brakes don't want to work. I was pressing way down, almost pushing at the floor then they take a grab. That's ridiculous. I drive on a road where views near turns are not visible at all. Someone drives out and you have to brake in a second, and brakes don't want to grab. With four kids, you are putting everyone in danger between life and death.

Honda Odyssey are not manufacturing or fabricating quality products. . Read more...

Vibration when braking. . Had taken it to the Honda service twice, they said the rotors were warped and fixed it twice and still the issue is repeating.

Rotors have warped in a time frame outside the scope of normal. Rotors are designed in such a way they can get overheated and warp due to being unable to cool off between uses. Vehicle weight combined with poor design of rotors create wear and tear that happens more quickly than what should be acceptable therefore creating a safety hazard.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while parking the vehicle , the gear was put in park and the van began to roll back unexpectedly. The brake pedal was depressed and traveled to the floor board. The contact also stated that she was able to put the vehicle back into the park position to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it could not be diagnosed or repaired. The dealer informed the contact that the previous owner had the vehicle repaired under NHTSA campaign number 13v143000 (power train), but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 71,000. Ec.

After making a right turn after a full stop, I accelerated to about 5 mph and was about to park (less than 20ft from stop sign) when the vehicle suddenly accelerated to a high speed. I was unable to break after repeatedly applying pressure on the brake pedal. I was unable to avoid a head on collision. Airbags deployed including the side bags next to my 6 year old son. The vehicle was purchased 2 months ago from grossinger Honda on western Ave. In chicago, a certified Honda dealer.

I have had to replace the brakes on my 2012 Honda Odyssey multiple times. The brakes vibrate excessively when the brakes are applied at normal highway speeds. This occurs frequently when I am driving down long hills or mountains. The vehicle is hard to control and the vehicle's steering wheel shakes excessively and is hard for my wife to control. I thought I may have had a unique problem but have read that many other have the same problem. In fact hnda has state that the disc design does not allow for the heat from braking to dissipate thus warping the disc. Honda considered it as maintenance issue and part of the braking system, but that is not true. Request assistnace in making this a recall issue for this critical safety issue!.

Noticed vibration of steering wheel around 27500 miles and was told there was warped front rotors at the front.

When doing down hill on the fwy about 65 miles the brakes start to shake and vibrate. Which is very scary. I have read online everyone is having the same issue problem and Honda is refusing to fix it. They stated the router needs to be resurface but this is only 16000 miles on the car. . Which makes no sense.

Whenever you press the brakes the steering wheel shakes a lot.

When driving at highway speeds the steering begins to shake as soon as brakes are applied (even lightly). This is my second Honda minivan and I did not have this problem with my previous one. I've only had the car for 2 years.

We are on our way to ft. Jackson south carolina to attend our daugthers basic combat training graduation, with 4 adults and 2 children on board with bags at cargo rear. When driving at the speed of 70mph and every time I applied the brakes I felt a pronounce shaking, vibration and pulsation of the steering wheel, and front part of the vehicle, and also my seating infront notice it and she was terrified of what gonna happened. This is happening the entire round trip from cleveland ohio to south carolina. Im risking the life of my family. When I tried to replacate it by myself the car will not shake. The dealer examine and stated that front brake rotors are slightly out of round. And to replace it will charged me 379. 95 as what they said its past beyond 12,000 miles. Very unreliable parts they put, very poor metal quality of brake rotors cant withstand normal friction.

Steering wheel vibrates severely when brakes are applied at highway speeds. The brakes were hot due to steep descents while mountain driving. Steering was seriously impaired due to extreme shimmying effecting the entire front end. Braking was nearly impossible.

At around 5:20pm on 11/15/13, I was on santomas expwy @ monroe and the traffic light had just turned green. Vehicles had started moving including mine. Suddenly one of the cars ahead of me stopped suddenly (not sure why). The card in front of me was successful in stopping. But, my car (Honda Odyssey touring 2012) did not stop. I applied brakes, but the brakes were not successful in making the car stop. I didn't have enough time to apply other brakes. I tried to turn the vehicle to get a width for stopping, but the brakes still did not work and my car hit the back of the car in front which then created a chain reaction to two more cars ahead. There was no passenger in any of the cars affected and just the driver.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving 55 mph, when the brakes were applied they vibrated without warning. When the brake pedal was released the vibrations stopped. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed the rotors were warped and needed to be replaced. The failure was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000. The VIN was unavailable. Jb.

This is the second Honda Odyssey. The first was a 2005 that I owned for 7 years and did not need the rotors resurfaced until the van had 70000 miles on it. I now own a 2012 and with only 20000 miles on it they need to be resurfaced. Honda is not covering stating that it is driving habits, however I drive the same as I did with my 2005 Honda Odyssey. When I google a 2012 Honda Odyssey there are several other individuals that are experiencing the same issue with their 2012 Odyssey having to replace the entire braking system. If the braking system is failing that it is opening Honda up for lawsuits, especially when enough people have the same issue. Honda used to be a very different company.

My 2012 Honda Odyssey shakes violently when you brake at high speed including the steering wheel as if you will lose control of the vehicle. This was reported to the hamilton Honda dealer for first time in 28 Sep 2013 who re-surfaced the front rotors under warranty at 12428 miles. The issue went away for about 7000 miles and reappered at 19963 miles in July 2014. When I reported this to the same dealer they again re-surfaced both front and back rotors + balanced all wheels under warranty. However the issue came back again in 2700 miles currently at 22645 miles. The mechanic went with me for the test drive and I was able to show him how the vehicle shakes when you brake in speeds excess of 55 miles. The dealer checked and said all the rotors are within specs and cannot be further re-surfaced. I never had this kind of issue in any of my other vehicles I owned so far. This issue is showing up for 3rd time but it is more severe now. What is my way forward since american Honda is not coming back with any resolution even after complaining to them (it is more than 9 business days today). I reported to american Honda on 22-oct-2014 after servicing from dealer.

After 12k miles my vehicles brakes were completely warped despite no brake abuse or abnormal driving. High speed stopped is affected by lack of stability. Reviewing numerous publications, online publications etc I have found that this particular model car has extremely high rates of severe brake warpage with normal use. The manufacturer is aware of the problem but has not changed their brake design or material to counter act the issue.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, she applied the brakes and felt a vibration in her foot. The vehicle did not decelerate properly and there was an increase in stopping time. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the front rotors would need to be resurfaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 24,855. Kmj.

Brakes vibrate after a few stops or when the weather is very hot. More noticeable on normal freeway driving.

The vehicle shakes violently during highway speed braking when going downhill. Took it to dealer, and they were able to verify the problem, but claimed that this is wear and tear. The brakes have 8mm on both front brakes.

At highway speeds while applying the brakes the car has extremely bad vibration and the car has trouble slowing down. I first noticed this was occurring at about 22000 miles. When the brakes got warm and while going highway speeds or driving down hill the car would vibrate so bad it shakes the steering wheel and my arms. I took it to the dealer and they said the breaks were warped, but that it was ok to drive. I drove the car a little more but took it back to the dealer to look at again because it just doesn't feel safe. They recommended new brakes and rotors, the breaks were only half way worn. As with the time before they said it was my driving, but I don't drive bad, and I would have to pay for it. If this was normal wear I would pay, but I feel like this is a defect and needs to be looked into further. Honda needs to correct this defect.