Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings Problems of 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.

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I recently bought vehicle have not made first payment. Salesman told me soft brakes are common on Honda. Brakes have failed three times at very slow speeds. Have service report for this vehicle. . . Brakes have been replaced often. This vehicle is not safe. There's air in the brake lines.

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The brake rotors have warped very severely at less than 20k miles of light to normal brake usage. When braking from highway speeds the steering wheel shakes very hard and has surprised my wife who became very concerned for her and our three children's safety. Honda dealers already know of the substandard brake rotors ability to warp so quickly. All they want to do is put them in a lathe and turn/ smooth them. This is a very short term fix as I have read over and over. Yes, the shaking goes away for a short time but returns quickly, as the underlying cause ( inferior rotor) is not addressed. As for being a safety issue I would think that brake rotors as well as any other parts of the brake system should a big concern, we are not talking about weather stripping, seals or paint quality etc, this is the system that is used every time we want to stop! I also understand that brake rotors, pads, brake line fluid are wear items, however, we are not using this vehicle on race tracks, or even abusing these parts regularly. I believe that under normal usage conditions which I have observed in the many vehicles I have owned that brake rotors should last at a minimum 50k, before having to lathe them for the first time or replace them if they have been on a high powered performance vehicle. Less than 20k miles of light to normal use on a family minivan is ridiculous! I only hope no one has had an accident caused by the steering wheel shaking severely and surprising the driver causing them to panic thinking a wheel has or is falling off while trying to come to a stop.

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The contact owns a 2013 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that there was an air pocket in the brake system. As a result, the brake line had to be drained and refilled in order to repair the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 8,000 and the current mileage was 18,000.

With less than 27,000 miles of driving the brakes continue to accumulate air into the brake lines through the vsa module. Bleeding the brakes reverses this problem. I took the car to the dealer 3 times. Twice the performed the "recall" service which temporarily restored the brake pedal to like new service. The recall fix bled the brake lines to purge the air and cover the cap which admitted the air with a silicone substance. The third time the dealer said the soft pedal was "normal" despite the fact that bleeding the brakes reversed the problem. Now the van with recurring bad brakes problem has a failed vsa module, the source of the problem. The module now needs replacement at a cost over $1400. This is a faulty part which the dealer or Honda did not correct. I have several close calls when pressing the brake pedal to the floor barely stopped the vehicle before an accident occurred. After several frightening near accident incidences I have been driving the van as though there was a problem with the brakes and increased stopping distances. The failed vsa module also affects steering the vehicle. It works in the background and I don't know how much the steering has been affected. I know minivans are hard to stop. My Dodge caravan had a long stopping distance and wore the brake pads down in 15,000 to 20,000 miles. There never was a soft pedal problem with those brakes. I was very pleased to buy a van that had "good brakes" but am disappointed that this Odyssey defect has jeopardized myself, my family and others by repeated problems with the brake functions and Honda's inability to acknowledge this recurring problem or to fix the issue by replacing the integral but faulty part of the vehicles safety systems. Taking the air out of a hydraulic system without preventing recurrence is irresponsible. Placing customers lives at risk is shameful.

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.

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while depressing the brakes on an intermittent basis, the pedal would go straight to the floor board without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. After diagnosis, the contact was informed that they would change the fluid in the brake lines. After having the repairs were performed, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000. The current mileage was approximately 14,500. The VIN was unavailable.

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2008 Honda odessey - brakes engage by themselves. This has happpened 3 times. Traveling at speed limit (~45 mph) and suddenly the vans brake pedel engages and stops the car by itself. Dealer flushed brake line and refilled - said it coulod be caused by air in the line. Dealer said there was nothing else they could do unless they could duplicate the problem.

Brakes automatically applied during acceleration from 20-50 while entering busy highway slowing vehicle nearly to a stop. Managed to avoid approaching traffic and limp off the highway at the next exit. Problem reoccurred as I took side road back home. Problem also reoccurred as I took vehicle to dealer to diagnose the following morning. Dealer was unable to recreate the problem or provide solution. Problem persisted and vehicle was returned to the dealership two more times in 2011 with no resolution as well. Now 2013 with over 40,000 miles on the vehicle (out of 36,000 mile warranty), problem persists. Driver has learned to pull over and turn engine off to reset electronics necessary to temporarily overcome the issue. Still no diagnosis or resolution by dealership or Honda. This is not an issue caused by warped brake rotors, worn brake pads, or air in brake lines. Ecm/pcm software updates in Apr and may 2011 were fruitless. I suspect that the problem is in either a sensor, a primary control unit, or software operating such.

2006 Odyssey with 55,000 mi was taken to dealer for power brake module replacement recall campaign. When vehicle was returned, brakes were mushy and soft. Additional stopping distance was required to stop van safely. Dangerous braking condition existed. Can not believe dealer returned vehicle in this dangerous condition! when van was returned to dealer they said van had been road tested prior to customer pick up and that it was fine then. Not possible! no service technician would release a vehicle in that dangerous condition if it had been road tested. Dealer corrected condition by bleeding brake lines at no cost to owner.

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Continue to have soft brakes even after vsa recall. Brake did tighten up and the became soft again. Brakes still continue to become soft after recall work. Brakes have been replaces along with new brake fluid and bleeding of brake lines. No change after work was completed.

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.

I own a 2008 Honda Odyssey minivan with 35,000 miles on it. I purchased the vehicle new from gillman Honda of houston, texas in July of 2008. The reason I am writing is that we have had on going problems with the vehicle and Honda keeps assuring us there is nothing wrong with the vehicle. The problem is that when I apply the brakes, even for a semi hard stop, the brakes sound like they are grinding metal on metal and the brake pedal almost hits the floorboard. I have taken the vehicle in three (3) times to the local Honda dealership and each time they have given me a different story. What has not changed is that they advise all Odyssey van owners report the same problem. What I would like to avoid is being the owner that leads a major recall because a crash resulting from defective brakes. I did receive a recall notice last week reporting a defect in the breaking system that was allowing air to enter the brake lines resulting in a soft break petal but again, I was reassured the brakes were in good working order with plenty of pads remaining. Again, I would like to summit this letter in an effort to determine just how many other complaints have been reported and if a fix can be made to this problem. Thanks,.

My wife purchased a new vehicle and took possession of our 2006 Honda Odyssey van. I immediately noted a very soft brake pedal. When pressure is applied, the pedal goes all the way to the floorboard while stopped at a stop sign or traffic light. The vehicle has not rolled forward while the brake was set but I feel it may if it sat long enough with the brake pedal depressed. No repair has been attempted as I'm not certain of the cause. Brake fluid is not low so I assume air has somehow gotten into the brake lines.

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.

In cold weather the brake line freezes up. This causes the brakes to be inoperative, as a result of brake fuel not following freely. The dealership has been contacted. Please provide more details. Mr.

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