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I thought the main reason for locking your door when driving was to prevent car-jackers from jumping in at stop lights.
...or not.
Check www.cheapesthondaparts.com and search by Honda Factory part number. I found these:
2005 ODYSSEY HITCH HARNESS - $110.26
COOLER KIT ATF - $169.46
COOLER COMP, P/S OIL - $92.50
AIR DUCT - $43.66
I just ordered the Hidden Hitch and will be ordering these soon. I delay because I want to check if third party ATF coolers would be better. Other posts have pointed me to etrailer.com and their solutions etrailer.com
I had a catalog, I can't remember the name of the mfg. but I believe it was Draw-tite. They offered all kinds of Honda wiring harnesses including for the Odyssey up to 2004 since that was the date of the catalog. They probably have a harness cheaper than Honda's.
My harness is visible in the wheel jack storage compartment in the trunk (EXL). using ready made harness should make the wiring easier and maybe you can do all in the jack well. YOu need to also go to the right tail light.
If you consider adding oil coolers etc. consider the potential load. For occasional mulch hauling I wouldn't bother. I would feel that going up to 1000 lbs I wouldn't bother with any of this added complexity.
Over 1000lbs. you will have other considerations such as trailer brakes. I just had a brake controller installed with additional wiring and it was a pain in the butt to do so. Honda provides no help or guidance even though they recommend towing capacity up to 3500 lbs. Anyway, with an electric trailer brake you will need at least a 6 prong plug (you would use the wiring from the 4 prong plug and add two more from the front of the vehicle, battery + and brake controller and circuit breakers).
Over 1850 lbs you would need a weight distributing hitch, at least according to the Honda manual. This is a sore point with me since the Advertisement clearly states 3500 # but only the fine print in the manual mentions the weight distrib. hitch.
I wanted to know a small information back from the experts. I can see a small scratch on the rear bumper of my new Ody 2005. I'm wondering if I can take the car to the dealer to fix this scratch as they claim that the Car is covered for bumper to bumper till 36000 Miles/3 Years. What is your opinion about it? will the dealer entertain it or he will show me the doors to go with Insurance?
Likely your insurance won't cover it either if you have any kind of deductible.
Knicks and scratches are part of the price you pay for actually driving your pristine new vehicle.
No, not even close. Personally I find auto locking doors annoying and so do many others who just don't share your views. The doors are no more likely to open in a collision.
If I'm in a wreck, I want people to be able to get me out!
If I'm in a wreck, I want people to be able to get me out!
Quoting the 2005 Odyssey ownrs manual:
"Locking the doors reduces the chance of someone being thrown out of the vehicle during a crash, and it helps prevent passengers from accidently opening a door and falling out.
Locking the doors also helps prevent an outsider from unexpectantly opening a door when you come to a stop"
The only reason I read this is because I read the manual top/bottom dumbfounded that this "feature" was only on the touring.
Windows usually bust during a crash of any severity.
I have eight vehicles sitting around here and the '05 Odyessy and '63 Impala are the only two that don't have auto-locks. As far as i know, they can all be turned off if you so desire. I know my jetta can because i reprogrammed them to lock when put in gear, and unlock when the key is removed. They used to lock/unlock both with shifting in/out of park. The funny thing is, it wouldn't have cost a dime more to have included it with the lx/ex models.
I miss my 1962 Impala SS but I guess I'm lucky I never got it in a wreck.
I didn't lock the doors on it either.
Which is why you (should) have the option of turning them off. Everybody's happy. I still think a dealer service shop should be able to figure out how to turn this on. I have a friend that's an engineer for Honda in Marysville, maybe he can rustle something up.
I've figured out how to get the DVD to play up front....$40 in parts from radio shack. Very simple things that were left out of these vans. Next mod is to fix the lights staying on if someone manually turns on a light or leaves the back hatch partially open. Don't really want a dead battery because Honda couldn't include a $.10 relay on the light circuits.
Regards
They also said that they haven't heard of problems with the Pax Run Flat tires, and that all of the Hondas are going to move to Pax over the next few years. Does anyone know if that's true?
Is there anyone out there who's had a positive experience with the Pax tires?
Thanks.
They also said that they haven't heard of problems with the Pax Run Flat tires, and that all of the Hondas are going to move to Pax over the next few years. Does anyone know if that's true?
Is there anyone out there who's had a positive experience with the Pax tires?
Thanks.
Seriously, did you hit your refresh button on your browser trying to see if you got a response? That's what causes that repost, I think. You might want to go out to the topic list fist, and see from there if anyone has answered. Then, when you come back in here again, you will not see another copy of your post posted.
It avoids that sense of deja vu again, again.
It avoids that sense of deja vu again, again.
Their job is to do one thing: move product.
Its been done. I'm waiting on a replacement OEM rocker switch for the dash (plugging in next to the VSA shut-off) and it will even look factory. The toggle sticking out of the dash looks a bit utilitarian
I was in San Francisco last week and checked a family members 05 Odyssey and they too had the same noise. I guess it's on all the Odyssey... we'll just have to live with it.
I haven't notice anything of the sort on my Touring (which has automatic climate control that has always performed flawlessly). The best mileage I've gotten was while running with the air conditioning on in Florida.
It MAY have been in the stereo manual...can't remember now.
I have only now started to use the A/C and I can't say that it puts out a lot of cool air in an '05 EXL. If there is such a leak by (poor) design it would mean that the A/C needs to work harder.
I and others have complained that in the winter the drivers side floor outlet blows minimal air that leaves one with cold feet despite a fan that sounds like it is going like a bat out of hell but actually blows little air to the feet. It makes me wonder if more cold air comes in to the system than what the designers intended.
If i may ask, under what circumstances would you be doing that?
If i may ask, under what circumstances would you be doing that?
I would think someone who does not like to use the air conditioning (preferring "fresh" air), would do "that" at almost every traffic light they must stop for, when dropping off/picking up kids to/from school, when waiting briefly for someone to come out of a store, and many other situations when the car must be stopped but it isn't efficient nor wise to turn the engine off.
The major issue with a PAX-equipped vehicle that I see currently are:
#1 The support infrastructure is still shaky -- we're still hearing stories of dealers who don't know how to handle PAX issues.
#2 PAX is not available in Canada, presumably also in other places outside the US (Canadian Tourings do not come with PAX).
#3 A couple of ppl had problems getting their PAX replaced because it had minor damage... I'd hate to be out $700 just because I dented the rim a bit...
#4 Many dealers don't currently stock PAX tires so you could have to wait 1-2 days to get one if you get a flat...
#5 Can't (currently) replace PAX with a winter tire.
#6 What if your tires are 2+ years old and you need a new one? I wouldn't want to have one new PAX and 3 half-used tires -- you should really replace in pairs.
Issues #1 - #4 would be addressed if PAX becomes more common with a better support network. Issue #5 will only go away if they come out with a PAX winter tire. I'm not sure about #6 -- it seems like they'd have to offer to replace the PAX in pairs if necessary...
ETA
Or buy a Touring from Canada (no PAX on those)...
ETA
This makes no sense whatsoever! If they prefer "fresh" air, they'd have their windows open, not have ventilation turned on. The only reason to run ventilation and force AC to Off position is to try to save couple pennies worth of gas. Which is a fairly dumb thing to do, if you bought a $30,000-$40,000 vehicle.
As far as the general matter, I've never owned a car that wouldn't heat up external air using Ventilation only. The air's going through the very hot engine compartment for Pete's sake! How can it not heat up??? I'm going to test this on my Ody, but I highly doubt the claim of heating up the air by 40 degrees.
Maybe they aren't thinking of that, and they certainly don't agree with me (who has his air-conditioning or heat on and windows closed except for very short periods of time reaching out for something). But, they aren't dumb just because they'd rather not use the air-conditioning and don't want to open and close their windows every time they stop.
Besides, a careful read will tell you that the temperature is not just warm, but downright hot! I have never had a car that would generally heat up the incoming "fresh" air above ambient air temperature when no heat was selected.
Now maybe this is an oddity, or maybe most folks use the very desirable convenience of climate control and never notice, but it sure sounds like there is some problem with at least this one vehicle.
And incidentally, most vehicles, and I'm sure the Odyssey is no exception, have their air intakes at the base of the windshield. This is done specifically to avoid bringing in air "through the very hot engine compartment for Pete's sake!." But another reason is that the air pressure at that point on the vehicle tends to be fairly high, allowing a really nice air flow with a minimum use of the blower. And we've now gotten so used to seeing those little slots there that many (ahem!) don't realize what they are (though I will admit that the Odyssey has gone to some pains to disguise the intakes under the overhanging rear edge of the hood).
Wouldn't we have this situation in summer anyway? Air temps here can be in the 90s and the temp coming off asphalt roads is probably more than that. s a result, I would think the Honda AC system could handle it.
I encourage all those with the said problem report to Honda and file a complaint at the web site www.nhtsa.dot.gov or call 1-888-327-4236. This government department told me that they need more complaints to come in order to have a case for investigation. Before that happens, they would not notify Honda or even ask Honda to recall the affected.