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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 4 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 72,493 miles
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01-017 brake petal soft goes almost to the floor while driving.
- Nashville, TN, USA
Dangerous braking due to soft brake pedal; relative to NHTSA campaign number 10V098000. This recall has been previously addressed on this vehicle, however, the problem persists. Increased stopping distance, vehicle has a tendency to roll through stop signs or stop lights if driver is not careful to begin stopping earlier than normal. Vehicle has a new master cylinder installed yet the problem remains. Elevated vehicle on jack stands to check caliper function. Discovered only two wheels are braking. With engine running, while on jack stands, I had my wife press and hold the brake pedal while I attempted to roll each wheel; the left front and right rear wheels rolled freely with brake pedal pressed, and the right front and left rear were unable to be rolled with brake pedal pressed. With brake pedal pressed and a proper bleeding sequence, I opened the bleeder valve on the calipers. The left front and right rear calipers exhibited no fluid pressure. It is known this vehicle braking system is made up of two hydraulic circuits linking the left front with the right rear, and linking the right front with the left rear. Something linked to the previous recall is causing the brake system to fail and continue to exhibit the same problem as before.
- Arlington, TX, USA
Brake pedal has become very soft and stopping distance is increased. This happens in all driving conditions. Local mechanic cannot find anything wrong with brakes or brake system.
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Odyssey. While driving and depressing the brake pedal, the contact had to depress the brake pedal approximately 2/3 of the way down before the vehicle began to slow down or stop. The contact had the vehicle repaired in 2010 for an unknown recall regarding the vsa modulator control; however, the failure recurred. The contact called brown Honda (located at 6155 w central ave, toledo, oh 43615, 888-531-7712) and was informed of tsb 10-017, NHTSA id number. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. The VIN was unknown.
- Temperance, MI, USA
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Odyssey. While driving various speeds, the ABS would erroneously activate and caused the vehicle to suddenly decelerate. During the failure, the vehicle stability control warning indicator illuminated. The cause of the failure was not determined. Huntington Honda (1055 E. jericho turnpike, huntington, NY) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 234,000. The VIN was unknown.
- New Hyde Park, NY, USA
My car make nusa when I had the brake I just fixed
- Antioch, TN, USA
While driving between shift change and slow down you will feel a jerking feeling or it feels like something is pulling the car back behind and pushing it at the same time, a friend who is a mechanic test drove my van and he said that the transmission is the giving up, I research about the Honda mini van it has been notorious to have transmission problem, my van only has 108274miles on it and it is considered low mileage to his age, and it can cause an accident because of sudden jerking while running on 40mph to 60mph
- Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA
Vsa recall. Breaks by it self every day and make the steering wheel shake. Its an ongoing problem that comes and goes since I own the van 2016
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
2008 Honda Odyssey. Bed break gets soft on the floor. Today I pass red light. Brake pads all good liquid good. I see on net most owners have same problem.on that model and year.
- Naples, FL, USA
Vehicle has a soft brake, my wife has been complained that the brake pedal feels soft and would go low to the floor for some years now, I continued to service the brakes, pads and rotors and shortly after she would say the pedal is low again. I started to look into this and see if there is any complaints on it and found a NHTSA recall number: 10V-098 that describes exactly whats going on and my local Honda dealer says my VIN shows no recalls. My Honda was made in Nov of 2007 and falls into the years that is affected. Can you look and see if there are any more complaints in this? and this is while vehicle is moving or stationary the pedal gose way to low to the floor.
- Fairfield, NJ, USA
Soft brakes. I bled the brakes, put new brake pads rotors and bled the brakes again same problem. These are the softest brakes that I've ever felt in a vehicle. I bought a 2015 Honda Accord and the brakes on that feel like they're high performance compared to this Honda Odyssey. These brakes are terrible and I will not buy another Honda minivan because there are many many Honda Odyssey owners out there with the same problem and Honda says its normal.
- Kewaskum, WI, USA
Brake peddle goes to floor before brakes are engaged.
- Seminole, FL, USA
My van has soft brakes. I am the second owner. From online, I found that there are many customers with the same issue. When I checked with the dealer, they said it is quite normal for Odyssey. When I checked with Honda customer care, they aid there was a recall and they fixed it and since I am not the original owner, they cannot do anything. Obviously the fix that they did is not working now. I feel very unsafe to drive the van with wife and two kids. Can anything be done for this issue?
- Mount Laurel, NJ, USA
I have read that a lot of 2008 Honda Odyssey have a brake pedal that goes to the floor and my brake pedal does the same. I had to drive very slow so the car will stop, pedal goes to floor before slowly stopping. Honda dealer replaced the master cylinder $600 drove home, went back next day because it was not the right fix. Dealer had it all day, said he talked to Honda tech dept. On phone checked computers and other things as per tech advice, every thing is working as it should, no cost to me but brake pedal still goes to the floor. My wife can not drive this car, it is parked till you can tell me how it can be fixed and safe for us to drive and every one on the road. I could not live with myself if my family were hurt or if this 2008 Honda Odyssey could not stop and hurt or killed other people. Please make Honda fix these brakes.
- Rochester, NY, USA
Soft brake pedal have to drive extra cautious pedal goes way down before brakes start to grab, was taken in for vsa recall but brakes still dont feel right, most likely will never buy another Honda due to this experience. Planning on contacting Honda to see if they have a fix yet for this big safety issue car only has 60K.
- Calimesa, CA, USA
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.
- Rockport, TX, USA
Even after repair break few tiimes and when apply break is not stop as required many time give us dam hard time to stop immideatly, and stearing is getting hard and jam even under warrnty replaced
- Mira Loma, CA, USA
My 2008 Honda Odyssey was involved in a crash today because when I applied the brakes it did not want to stop. My pedal was to the floor but my van did not stop. I was only going about 25 mph but had no stopping power. I have experienced this on a few other occasion but my vehicle was not included in the past recall.
- Arcadia, FL, USA
Persistent problems with the brake system since the 2010 vsa/ABS modulator recall. They system continues to have a soft pedal which requires pumpung the pedal to get effective braking, resulting in extended stop distances. The system requires periodic bleeding of the brakes despite repeated assurances from Honda dealers that the system is/was fixed correctly under the recall. The vsa modulator has now failed and Honda is quoting over $1,600 to repair the system despite ongoing service documentation illustrating the system apparently was not fixed under the recall - at least not effectively.
- Mattawan, MI, USA
- Fort Myers, FL, USA