HONDA OF CLEAR LAKE IN WEBSTER, TX INFORMED ME THAT ALL THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 61,711 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE DEALERSHIP WROTE $$$$$$$$$$$$ FOR THEIR ESTIMATE. I'VE READ ONLINE MANY OTHER HONDA ODYSSEY OWNERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS. THE MOTOR MOUNT DESIGNS ARE DEFECTIVE TO HAVE FAILED SO SOON. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. I REPLACED THE MOTOR MOUNTS ON MY TOYOTA COROLLA AT 180,000 MILES FOR A COMPARISON. *TR
1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NEW MODEL YEAR IN '99. GAS TANK IS PLASTIC. HAS A "MINOR" SCRATCH DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE TNK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. RESULTED IN SEEPAGE FROM THE FUEL TANK. NTICEC STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE AND BROUGHT TO DEALER (NOT WHERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED). ASVISED BY DEALER THT WAS DUE TO A ROAD HAZARD AND TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EASE WITH WHICH THE TANK WAS DAMAGED AND CONCERNED THAT THE NEXT TIME THERE MIGHT BE A FIRE OR FATALITY. THERE IS NOT A SHIELD OR OTHER PREVENTATIVE MECHANISM ON THE ROADSIDE, UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICVLE TO PREVENT THIS FROM RE-OCCURRING AND THE VISIBLE DAMAGE IS NEGLIGIBLE...SINCE IS A NEW MODEL YEAR, I DONT WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO MAKES THE NIGHTLY NEWS AS THE FIRST FIRE FATALITY.!! THE DEALER SO FAR HAS NOT CONCEEDED THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. RATHER HAS QUOTED THEIR ENGINEERS AS HAVING SAID THAT THIS VAN HAS PASSED ALL GOVERNMENT TESTS ANT THERE IS A SHIELD BUT IS LOCATED ON THE VAN SIDE NOT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TANK. FRANKLY THIS DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT IT WILL OFFER MUCH IN THE WAY OF PROTECTION SHOULD THIS RE-OCCUR. AGAIN, THE DAMAGE IS BARELY VISIBLE TO THE EYE. A SLIGHT SCRATDH TAHT IS NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO CAUSE A LEAK, BU RATHER A SEEPING OF GAS. NO PUNCTURE, DENTS, BANGS ETC APPEAR ON THE TANK...HELP! THANKSDHEIDPS THEBRRBVEUAAHA ROAD HASSEOD