| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005052800 | Incident Date: Dec, 08 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ROWLEY | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: ODYSSEY | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:coil springs |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2HKRL18581H | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 12 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 15 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: A potentially serious and deadly defect in the springs of 2001 honda odyssey mini-vans. on december 9, 2005 while driving 30 mph the driver-side spring of my odyssey suddenly failed and broke into two pieces. this caused my van''s steering to immediately pull hard to the left and into the other lane in front of oncoming traffic. fortunately i was able to maintain control and no other damage occurred to my van or to others. we replaced that spring at our expense and visual inspection of the remaining spring showed nothing unusual. we were told at that time that spring failure in relatively new cars with an normal or easy driving history was very rare. we chalked up our experience to a fluke. on january 12, 2006 the passenger-side spring suddenly failed and broke into two pieces. again, this occurred while at very low speed, i was able to maintain control while the steering pulled strongly to the right, and no other damage occurred. again, we are replacing that spring at our expense. to have a failure of a spring is a highly unusual event for a ''young'' car with low mileage and an excellent maintenance record. to have two such failures within one month of each other is deeply disturbing and leads me to believe that there is a manufacturing defect in the springs. this fact presents a grave threat to the safety of not only the drivers and passengers of honda odysseys, but of others who may by hit by a van which has careened into oncoming traffic or off the road. *nm |
