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2007 odyssey "lemon" and no help from corporate. Please advise
I have a 2007 Odyssey touring.
I have the car slipoing backwards when at a stop on a hill and I start to drive. I was told initially by my dealership that they drove it with no results. I have spent 2 years battling this issue that has become increasingly worse. I now slip a foot backwards and have bumped into cars stopped behind me. I was told that it is a "known problem, but they cannot fix what is part of the car". When asked for it in writing, corporate said they would not. I am afraid of bumping into the wrong person and do not want to be sued over something that is not my fault.
I have had many issues like fighting to replace a dead battery for 2 months after owning the car for 4 months. I have had to replace the tires every year and replaced the brakes when the car was one year old. My navigation is not working periodically when I am on trips with my 4 small kids solo and when I bring it in, of course it works. Again, they refuse to replace it and I am out of luck if I am stuck in a big city looking for gas or the onramp. I also recently had my A/C compressor go out suddenly this week when it was 110 out and my kid had an asthma attack from the heat. Who would expect that out of a 2 year old car????
I bought a new Honda for it to be reliable and safe. Corporate says that under the extended warranty, they will fix what comes up, but I cannot cross my fingers and hope my car will be safe for me to drive. I have no recourse according to them if I am in another city and something happens. I would have to stay in the city until it's fixed.
Does anyone have any suggestions?? Do these issues seem excessive for one car???
I have the car slipoing backwards when at a stop on a hill and I start to drive. I was told initially by my dealership that they drove it with no results. I have spent 2 years battling this issue that has become increasingly worse. I now slip a foot backwards and have bumped into cars stopped behind me. I was told that it is a "known problem, but they cannot fix what is part of the car". When asked for it in writing, corporate said they would not. I am afraid of bumping into the wrong person and do not want to be sued over something that is not my fault.
I have had many issues like fighting to replace a dead battery for 2 months after owning the car for 4 months. I have had to replace the tires every year and replaced the brakes when the car was one year old. My navigation is not working periodically when I am on trips with my 4 small kids solo and when I bring it in, of course it works. Again, they refuse to replace it and I am out of luck if I am stuck in a big city looking for gas or the onramp. I also recently had my A/C compressor go out suddenly this week when it was 110 out and my kid had an asthma attack from the heat. Who would expect that out of a 2 year old car????
I bought a new Honda for it to be reliable and safe. Corporate says that under the extended warranty, they will fix what comes up, but I cannot cross my fingers and hope my car will be safe for me to drive. I have no recourse according to them if I am in another city and something happens. I would have to stay in the city until it's fixed.
Does anyone have any suggestions?? Do these issues seem excessive for one car???
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BTW - also have a 2003 Ody with transmission issue at about 83K. Got a new one - they paid 90%, I paid the rest. And yep, they know about that issue.
I'm ready for a new van and leery about buying a new Honda Ody. Especially, first or second model year. New Toyota is boring, Nissan looks good, but dealer is over 20 miles away. Ugh.