FOOT ON GAS PEDDLE WHEN CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF AND THEN THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE CAR MOVED TO THE RIGHT. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND IT FELT AS THOUGH I WAS BRAKING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT DID THIS ABOUT FIVE TIMES IN THE DISTANCE OF ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE. IF SOMEONE WHERE TRAVELING CLOSE BEHIND ME THEY WOULD HAVE REAR-ENDED ME. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALER NOW, BUT I GUESS IT'S CALLED THE "EVA" (?) LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY THE LIGHT DID NOT SHOW. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS WITH US IN THE CAR AND LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM ON HER PHONE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING AND SAW THAT HONDA ODYSSEY HAD THIS BREAKING PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THIS WHERE TO OCCUR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I LUCKILY WAS A FEW MILES FROM HOME AND LIMPED HOME, BUT WAS ON THE INTERSTATE SHORTLY BEFORE THIS BREAKING PROBLEM. PLEASE ADD MY VEHICLE TO YOUR OTHER COMPLAINTS. *TR
2004
POWER TRAIN
AFTER COMPLYING WITH HONDA'S MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, EVEN AFTER TAKING IT IN FOR THE RECALL IN 2004 BEFORE IT HAD 15K ON IT. I SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND THE RPM'S INCREASED BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE (YES THE PARKING BRAKE WAS OFF). I SHIFTED IT INTO PARK AND AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES I SHIFTED IT TO DRIVE AND THANKFULLY WAS ON MY WAY. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STARTED TO SKIP/STUTTER WHEN THE GEARS SHIFTED. ULTIMATELY ARRIVED AT A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. *TT