2006 Honda Odyssey - 9194 km - Brake repair under warranty

-
I went in to the Honda dealership to get the brakes checked on our 2006 Honda Odyssey today.

I found a service bulletin about the brakes on OdyClub.com and even though my VIN number didn't fit within the range of the ones given in the service bulletin, my symptoms were very similar. If any repairs needed to be made under warranty, I wanted to make sure that it got checked out before we left. Also, I just didn't feel confident going on a long road trip with the brakes making noises like that....

What the dealership ended up doing was turn and machine both the front and rear rotors under warranty. The service adviser said the cause was "excessive braking" and told me not to ride the brakes when going down a hill. I didn't say anything right then, but thinking back, I should have. I should have told him that I never ride my brakes and since we live on top of a mountain I always shift into "2" when I'm going down so that I don't have to use the brakes too much. They did not replace the pads as specified in the service bulletin, and now I'm worried that if it's the pads that caused the problem, and the pads were not changed, then the problem will re-occur :o(







April 15, 2008 UPDATE: The grinding brakes on my 2006 Honda Odyssey have reoccurred.

Comments

  1. r32argentWednesday, June 27, 2007 8:36:00 PM

    You could always phone the service advisor to ask about your concerns and the pads/TSB, explaining that you're planning a long road-trip, and see what he says.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousFriday, August 08, 2008 5:47:00 PM

    exactly, simply call the service and they will take care of all your questions and concerns.

    Cheers,
    Annie

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousMonday, August 06, 2012 4:20:00 AM

    good information. Thanks
    fort worth towing

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownSunday, April 21, 2013 11:17:00 PM

    I can feel you. That's what happened to me before until I met brakes-4-less.com They've fixed my brakes for very little money and their mechanics are one of the best in the world. brake repair

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2006 Honda Odyssey Navigation Screen Hack

-
Image
Honda Navigation splash screen hack Originally uploaded by istargazer . UPDATE: 2008 Honda Odyssey Navigation Screen Hack I received this information from Brian who was successful in completing this mod on his 2008 Odyssey: I was able to Hack my new '08 Odyssey Navi with help from your blog and other sources. I used the new DumpNavi " bysin.exe " http://guicide.com/cars/2006civic/nav/hacks/Bysin.zip instead of CEbin. The '08 has a couple other bmp files you have to modify to match your picture. I had to modify move and match these four files: Navi_Title.bmp Honda_emblem.bmp Opening1.bmp OpeningBase.bmp Just thought I'd leave that bit of information for anyone else trying with an '08. ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS: I originally posted my success with modifying the startup splash screen on our 2006 Honda Odyssey navigation system here but I never actually put down all the steps in one place. Until now :0) My thanks go out to the people at OdyClub and AcruaZine wh
Read more

Wheel-Tire size comparer

-
Image
Wheel-Tire size comparer - RIMS-N-TIRES This is an awesome site to compare how different wheel and tire sizes will affect fitment and the speedometer on your car. The image above shows the difference between the stock BBS wheels that come with the 2006 STI and the new WedsSport Weds TC105N that I have on order. The link to the actual data is here .
Read more

2006 Honda Odyssey - 9229 km - V1 radar detector installed

-
Image
I finished installing the Valentine1 radar detector into the van today. The hardest part was finding a spot to ground the negative wire in the cramped area under the dash. These are the steps I followed.... First, for power I like using a piggyback fuse connector like the one pictured below. It's made by the Littelfuse Company and it's called Add-a-Circuit. Because I simply took out the hard-wire kit that I was using in the Subaru, everything was all set to go. This allows me to connect into power without having to splice into any wires. I like being able to remove it easily. The driver's side fuse panel is fairly compact and it was easy to fish the wire behind the panel so that it would look nice and clean: DO NOT DO WHAT I DID IN THE PICTURE ABOVE and put the radar detector with the RADIO (#5), or the INTR LIGHT (#6), or the BACK UP (#7), or the DAY LIGHT (#3). I tried each one of those locations, looking for a spot that would give me switched power. Surprisingly, each o
Read more