| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007091353 | Incident Date: Jan, 07 2007 |
| Consumer's City: WHITTIER | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: ODYSSEY | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5FNRL18934B | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 09 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 09 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I had a long wait at a pharmacy drive up window so with the engine running, i put the shift in park and set the foot brake. on an attempt to move forward i put my foot on the brake pedal, released the emergency brake and attempted to move the shift lever from park but it was locked in the park position and would not move. i quickly looked in the owners manual and read the instructions on page 185-6 which described removal of a trap access door and inserting the ignition key to unlock the park condition. if i would have been in traffic and would not have had a pen knife i would never have been able to correct the condition. the trap door was almost indiscernible designed into the top of the dash above the steering wheel and difficult to even get the sharp blade of a pen knife in the crack to pry open. the service personnel checked my brake lights to see if they were working and they were ok. apparently there is a relationship to the park condition. i ask what a woman is supposed to do if that were to happen and they had no suggestion. why can't the controls be designed so all you have to do is remove the key from the ignition and restart the engine to unlock the locked condition. i can see this condition as a disaster on a jammed freeway. putting a remedy in the drivers manual is not the answer to this rather perplexing situation, especially for non mechanical drivers with poor perception skills and in emergency situations. *jb |
