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The car is absolutely fantastic in every other concievable manner. Our second car is a 01 Toyota Echo, and we love it as well.
Just got our Ody about 3 weeks ago and really like it. One thing I haven't figured out, but probably just haven't tried the right permutation:
When using the climate control system in "manual" mode (e.g., in vent mode), I cannot seem to select the fan speed, even by turning the fan knob. Is the fan speed controllable in manual mode, or only when in "auto" mode?
Thanks much,
Roger
From fully automatic, you can override any component. You can set a constant fan speed by moving the fan speed knob. The remaining functions (temperature, A/C on/off, and which vents are used) will remain automatic. By pressing the Mode button, you can direct which vents are used. Pushing th AC button will toggle the AC on/off. The middle button allows you to select outside air or recirculate the interior air. Various combinations of manual/automatic operation are possible utilizing the buttons and knobs, but it all starts with the system on in full automatic mode. Hope this helps.
What I really want to be able to have is just the normal, outside air coming into the van (not heated/cooled to a particular temperature)...it seems like if I have the system on "full auto" and then press mode to get vents, adjust fan speed to my liking, I still haven't overridden the automatic temperature. I must be missing something really simple.
Thanks again for any help!
After pressing the proper mode, press the AC button to off, then set the temperature dial down to 60. This should insure that the heater will not come on, and with the AC off, it won't cool either. You should be getting the outside air temperature.
Well, now I have a new problem. Just today, my wife got scared when she smelled burning odor, and saw smoke coming from under the hood. My van is now out of power steering. In fact, it is unsafe to drive because I can hardly steer my van.
I am basically very frustrated with my van. Like half of Odyssey owners, I also had the sliding door problem. I am a point where I would like to declare my van, a lemon. Afterall, I have two small children, and I am very concerned.
Any advices?
If I were you, I'd buy an extended warr. I'm going to when my van is about your cars age.
After visiting and talking to various dealerships on the net, by fax, by fax and by email, I ordered a 2002 EXL-NAV on July 6 at a local dealership. I was told that I would get the van no later than October, but probably in September, 2001. The dealership informed me a few weeks ago that the order had gone in for October production and I should have the van anywhere between October 15 and November 10 (did not mention the possibility of September, now that I had given my deposit and ordered the van through them!).
I just got a call saying that Honda had changed the order without informing the dealership why (they say this is the first time they have had this happen since 1999, when the current method of ordering Odysseys came into being) - they have got an allocation for a MB EX without leather or the NAV!
This is terrible especially since I sold my previous van 2 months ago. The dealer says they have talked to Honda's regional rep and others but have not come up with any answer on why this happened. They also do not know if they order again for November production if the same thing will happen! I believe this is a good dealership but am without words to express my disgust at Honda.
Has anyone heard of something similar? Any recommendations on what I can do (besides getting a different vehicle, which I am now considering)?
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
he would never have said that to my husband
Does anyone else have this problem?...and what is the fix?
I took my 2001 Ody in for service at 5 months, 5400 miles, to fix this tick noise. Honda service drove the car with me and heard the noise. They replaced the front left strut and the W-S/ABS unit (whatever that is). This did not eliminate the tick sound.
Again, I took the van to Honda service at 6 months, 6400 miles. The service tech drove the car with me and heard the noise. This time they tightened lower control arm bolts, lubed front brakes, door tracks and rubbers. This did not eliminate the noise.
I paid a lot of money for this van and expect a quiet ride. It doesn't bother my wife (she listens to the radio and can't hear it), but it bothers me.
Honda service tells me there is no fix. No way!
Thanks
Second, many dealerships keep track of that stuff since many times they need to disconnect the battery when doing some work. If this is not the selling dealership, contact them to see if they have it.
Third, there is a sticker on the inside of your glove box. IIRC, that is your radio serial number but I am not completely certain of that. But it is worth a shot.
Anyone ever heard of this? I'm just so disappointed!
Elaine
KarenS
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If your dome lights were on overnight because the sliding door button on your key fob was accidentally pushed (as has happened to me many times), then they should have turned off after about 3 minutes - according to the manual. Our Odyssey came with the dome lights malfunctioning. They didn't turn off if a door was left open. We discovered this after our battery died. Luckily, our radio didn't require it's code to be re-entered. Hope this helps.
The first thing to go wrong on our Odyssey (EX 18,000 miles) was the driver's side sliding door. It wouldn't latch shut after it had closed. I ended up pushing on the door and got it latched so that I could drive it to the dealership (an hour away). It dented the door - but they repaired the dent under warranty.
A month later, the window on the door suddenly shattered. We were driving on the freeway with no cars around us (we live in rural Utah). And with a loud bang, the whole window was cracked. It stayed in one piece and we got out to look at it. No marks on the outside of the window. But by the time we got to the dealership, pieces of the window had fallen out and they claimed that a rock hit it! (Has anyone ever heard of a rock breaking a side window on a car? Without leaving a mark on the outside?) After a lot of phone calls to the regional manager and a lot of complaining, they finally agreed to cover half of my insurance deductible to repair the glass. (Oh yes, during the replacement process they spilled glass in the sliding door tracks - that crunching sounded great! I wonder what damage it's done to the motor in the door?)
Shortly after this the fuel gauge started registering full when the car was turned off and on occasion we could watch the needle moving up and down as we drove. We were so fed up with repairing this van, that we just watched our miles and didn't bother to repair it until the next breakdown - which happened about a month later.
Now the passenger's side sliding door wouldn't latch. I didn't dare push on it this time, and the trick they told me (just turn off the automatic doors and close it manually) didn't work. My husband had to hold the door closed on the hour drive to the dealership (yes, it's the closest one)! To repair the gas gauge, they had to install a new circuit board which reset our miles to zero. So now we have to remember to always add 18,161 miles to our odometer reading - lovely!
After our third experience with rental cars (and it being just a couple days before Christmas), you may understand why I've opted not to take my car back in for the malfunctioning dome light (it usually won't come on when you open the driver's door) and the dash that was improperly put back after the circuit board was changed to fix the fuel gauge so that now all the lights on our instrument panel are crooked and improperly illuminated - oh, and they cracked the dash, too. I'm now negotiating with Honda about selling this possessed car (as our service manger called it) back, and getting a new one that wasn't built on a 'three-day-weekend Friday' or a 'hang-over Monday.'
By the way, my brakes also squeak when backing up. One of my seat belts wouldn't retract even after messing with it for an hour while at a drive-in movie (but the dealer couldn't duplicate the problem). My transmission thunks when shifting out of Park on an incline (putting the parking brake on before you release the foot brake helps with this). And I've noticed an annoying clicking sound in the engine area in front of the steering wheel on occasion - anyone know what that is?
If we don't buy a Toyota Sienna instead, we hope that our next Odyssey will be relatively trouble free. I've had experience with numerous Honda's, both mine and my extended families (my sister's had three new Odysseys, one every year) and no one's ever had anything beyond maintenance. So I think I've just got a dud.
After looking through posts and seeing similiar complaints, I was thinking something was defective from the factory. It turns out the 'problem' was the middle row seatbelt(s) being twisted a half turn so that the metal part of the clip was touching the plastic armrest of the rear seat!. After turning the belt a half turn so that is hung untwisted from the retractor, the knocking noise from the door disappeared. As we usually had booster seats with the seatbelt threaded through the shoulder of the booster, the noise was intermittent. Just had the traction control light and engine light come on, thanks for maintaining this discussion site, it's nice to be able to get information from someplace other than my dealer (he stinks!).
I have been told that there are 300 fuses within the car 150 of them run the doors alone. I have 32,000 miles on it now, still love the car -- hate the dealership -- the owner is rude and HATES children! Hard to get service when you feel un-welcomed! I do not recommend FIFE HONDA to anyone -- shop wisely, and really look into TRUE OLD FAHSION CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! Hard to find it these days! I am sorry I didn't purchase somewhere else -- like Renton Honda -- Next time I will....
I was never sure what to do about it but yesterday I had the van into the dealer for it's 15k service and explained the problem to them. They said I could have the SPEAKERS replaced under warranty if I wanted. The thing I'm worried about is just getting another set of the same sub-par speakers put in. The dealer said the part number of the speakers had not changed since 2000 indicating that Honda has not changed the speakers available for the 2000 Ody.
So I'm just wondering if anyone has experience with getting the sound system fixed through the dealer? If you had speakers replaced did it help? I guess I have nothing really to lose by letting the dealer replace the speakers since there is no cost to me but it might be just a waste of time.
Please share your experiences with fixing the sound system in the Ody especially if done through the dealer.
BTW, why is the "Honda Odyssey and Sound" board marked 'read only'? I would think this post would belong there. Yes, I'm new.
has anyone had the following problem:
Rear Air - turn the fan on high, ac compressor button off. Fan speed in the rear sometimes fluctuates as you are driving around town. This only happens when the fan speed for the rear is on high.
Fluid levels- Both power steering and coolant levels were at high with cold engine. Now after 400 miles with engine cold, levels have dropped about 1/2 inch from the high mark. Is this normal during the break in?
AlSO:
Any break in tips.
I hear that there is special break in oil in the engine and one should not change this oil until the first 5k miles or 5 months whichever comes first.
Thanks all for your help!
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I'd like to put the infant in the 2nd row right seat pushed to the middle and my 2 year old in the 2nd row left seat. My 10 year old can basically sit anywhere.
I like this arrangement because it allows me to use the 3rd row magic seat without having to touch the childseats. Is safety a concern? Should I have one of the children (probably infant) in the center seat of the 3rd row? Or is anywhere but the front row more or less equally safe. (Especially considering this is about as safe of a vehicle as you can ride in).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Lots of information on all Odysseys!
Scott
I have 2000 Honda Odyssey EX. I have driven about 18000 miles for two years.
Welll, it has started about 6 months ago that my driver side sliding door wasn't closing. So, I took to the dealer, and guess what. They already had plenty of part ready for my problem (sliding door latchet? I remember that I had to wait a week to get my climate control switch for my old Dodge Caravan). Anyway, this guy told me that Honda had a recall on 1999, which is same as my car but year older. He told me that my passenger side will go bad as well.
Guess What!!!
It happend about two months later. Oh well, now I have brand new door latchet for both of my sliding door.
Is my problem over? Nope.
About Month ago, (two months after they fix them), my drive side sliding door goes nut. This time, it stop working completely. Oh well, dealer told me that my computer stop working for the door. Hmmmmmm. Now Computer?
Anyway, I am on his watch out list. He asked me to call him directly, if I have same problem.
Hmmmmm. What happen if I ever moved to other city after the warranty expires?
Anyway, I think HONDA should recall the sliding door and should extend our warranty. Because it's not the mechanical problem (?), rather it's a design fault.
By the way, I have tried to put some review on this site, and it's not showing up (I did twice).
Do they only accept a good review for Honda?
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Just read previous post (#91)... maybe this is the problem...
Had a problem with wind noise in roof rack at first but thanks to Edmunds, not the Honda dealer, problem solved. Now I need help.
As a grandparent of young grandchildren, I need to purchase a new car seat. We already have went through 2, but want one that can be anchored
into the seats of our Odyssey. I understand using the togls (or whatever they are called)in the rear of the seats, it is not necessary to have to use the seatbelts to run through the car seat to secure them.
Has anyone purchased these new car seats that can
be used in the Odyssey. I need one that will hold a child 20-30#s to 75-80#s. I know they are out there, but havent had luck in finding. Could anyone pleezzzzzze give me a name and model(& possible store where purchased) of one that they have purchased recently that is made for the Odyssey & newer vehicles. Thanks
I took it to a dealer and had transmission fluid replaced, but doesn't seem to help much at all. What should I do?
I've tried duct taping various spots with no success and welcome ideas, especially if someone
has fixed the problem.