1999 Honda Odyssey. Consumer writes in regards to ignition issues. The consumer stated the manufacturer refused to assist due to the consumer no longer owning the vehicle.

- New York, NY, USA

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while stopped and secured in park. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic, who diagnosed that the ignition switch was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 185,598.

- Itasca, IL, USA

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Odyssey. Five years ago there was a recall on for the ignition switch which was repaired. While driving 45mph on 8/20/07 she observed smoke coming from the ignition key and her began to shut down prior to reaching her destination. The dealer stated that they will not repair it again. The current and failure mileage was 97,000.

- Elgin, IL, USA

I was traveling down highway 1999 into crescent city, ca on a winding mountain road downhill in 1999 Honda Odyssey van pulling a small camping trailer. The vehicle had 102,606 miles on the van - just short of the 105,000 maintenance period when the spark plugs would be replaced. A spark plug had come loose and starting pinging up against the ignition coil. This caused the ignition coil to fail and blew the ig coil fuse causing the engine to completing stop. The engine check light did not come on until the engine failed. I was about 20 miles ouside crescent city where I was towed into crescent city. The van was serviced by ken's automotive repair, 1250 6th street, crescent city, ca 95531, (707) 464-4955. There was no Honda dealer in town and getting parts was difficult. A new ignition coil was to be delivered to the Honda dealer in eureka, ca on Friday June 10. Ken's replaced the fuse and detached the burned-out coil and I was going to make my way to redwood national park to camp on 5 cylinders on then on to eureka on June 10 to have the Honda dealer fix the van. However, just outside of crescent city the spark plug was blown right out of the cylinder take the remaining part of the ignition coil with it. The threads for the spark plug were completed stripped out. I hobbled back to ken's. ken had to install a thread replacement while I rented a car to get the new ignition coil from the Honda dealer. The Honda dealer could not re-route the part (they claimed) and could not get the part to ken's until Saturday June 11. Ken's successfully rethreaded for a new spark plug, evacuated a piece of the old spark plug or coil that fell into the cylinder, put on the new coil and got me back on the road. Ken's reprted to me that 2 other spark plugs were loose. The maintenance period for replacement of spark plugs of 105,000 mile is too long. I could have had a serious accident with fatal consequences for my family.

- La Crescent, MN, USA

The consumer was able to remove the key completely from the ignition, when the gear was in reverse, neutral or drive. Related investigation PE03-013.

- Atlanta, GA, USA

Consumer has experienced, what he feels are, danger in an unsafe vehicle with ignition safety problems. Dealer (gerald jone Honda) refused to repair, when consumer told them that there local repair shop diagnosed the problem. Consumer is expecting to be reimbursed for not only the amount they paid to get vehicle repaired, but also for the mailing of the defective part, the two days they were without the vehicle when dealer said nothing was wrong with the vehicle, and the refusal to repair the ignition switch. (the owners manual stated that this was andis a warranty item) consumer then decided to take vehicle to the dealer. Honda said that they could not find a problem. Consumer then had taken the vehicle to their mechanic (mannys) and the problem was fixed and the vehicle has not cut off yet. Consumer expects Honda to refund the full amount paid to mannys for the warranty part.

- Augusta, GA, USA

Reporting a complete shutdown of vehicle when coming to a stop, vehicle towed to dealer, and informed that nothing could be found. Feel free to provide any further details.

- Mount Airy, MD, USA

Was driving approximately 55mph odometer rolled to 50,000 miles. When this happened, vehicle just stalled out. There was no prior warning of problem. Vehicle started to roll backwards. Placed vehicle in neutral & vehicle started right. Pulled to side of road & turned vehicle off. Will be taking vehicle to dealer to check out problem.

- Canton, MI, USA