2001 Honda Odyssey Brakes Problems

“I had a 2001 Honda Odyssey with 169,000 miles on it. I was the only owner, and it was in very good condition. On jan, 6, 2011 at 12:50 in the afternoon I was southbound on I-43 in milwaukee and exited at the mckinley/fond du lac exit. Despite repeatedly pumping and pressing on the brakes, I was unable to stop the van. I was able to slow it down with great effort, but was unable to fully stop it. In order to avoid driving into cross-traffic on fond d lac ave. At the light at the bottom on the exit ramp, I turned up onto a sidewalk/grassy area. …”

“While attempting to stop our 2001 Odyssey in my son's school parking lot the brake pedal--without any prior warning--went to the floor and I coasted past my intended stopping point by about 20 feet. Luckily no person or vehicle was directly in front of me at that time. I was able to restore brake function by pumping the brake pedal. The next day my mechanic examined the brake master cylinder and found brake fluid leaking into the brake booster. He explained that when the seals on the master cylinder leak the fluid collects in the brake booster. …”

“The car started slipping between 1st and 2nd, 2nd and 3rd gear and later the check engine light and tcs light came on and d4 was flashing. The was turned off and restarted minutes later. Tcs light was off and d4 stopped flashing, but, the check engine light was still on. I went to a dealer and was told that the transmission was bad.”

“The transmission began slipping between the 2nd and 3rd gears. The vehicle would slowly move forward with very little apparent thrust then would suddenly kick into the next gear and lurch forward, then slowly move into the next gear. Also the tcs light came on and stayed on and the green drive (d) indicator began to flash. This problem is primarily with the drive gear and not so much the reverse gear. The check engine light came on two weeks ago and has remained on. …”

“Very noisy squeal rear brakes when not worn. Startling when braking. So loud that they mask the warning noise that the brakes would make when they were actually worn, thus making warning noise ineffective. Local Honda dealer acknowledged that this is an obnoxious problem on 01 odysseys. Honda american acknowledged the problem and issued a TSB but refused to pay for any repairs on grounds that it was a characteristic of the vehicle .”