2007 Honda Odyssey Brakes Problems

When I stop at the red light with my brake pressed, all in a sudden the brake drop lower and the vehicle move forward. When I look up the safety recalls on my type of vehicle, there is a brake master cylinder safety recall in 2010. However, when I look up my VIN, my vehicle is not on that list. Based on the problem, it looks like my batch of Odyssey also has this safety recall issue. Probably Honda hide it to minimize the recall repair cost. I am the first owner and the brake master cylinder has never been replaced and no recall notice is being sent to me. Please help to investigate it. I will pay out of pocket to fix this issue first because I almost died with this hidden uninformed safety issue until the problem comes up now.

NHTSA ID

11754561

Incident

Jul 30, 2026

I took this car for a test drive. The dealer said they had repaired a number of issues such as front end work, power steering hoses, and power steering fluid. They said it had passed a safety inspection. The dealer handed me a list of all the issues with the vehicle which they chose not to repair, which include: 1) vehicle driver door lock/unlock doesn't work 2) Driver sliding door doesn't work 3) beeping when turning on power sliding doors (Doesn't beep if you have it off), tpms light is on (needs sensors maybe? dont know), 4) rear wiper inop Those are direct quotes -- however, on the test drive I found several other issues which were alarming. 1) A bad wheel bearing in the right rear wheel was extremely loud, sounding like an airplane taking off on the highway, this was not mentioned in any way before test driving. 2) The brakes are weak and the rotors warped, pulsating during braking 3) The radio did not work and gave an "Error" code 4) the seat belts have very dark markings on them either from wear or mold 5) missing rear passenger side seat 6) broken rear ventilation (blower motor likely) I thought I should report this as it was not mentioned and upon checking online this is a serious safety issue. I am surprised they passed it. [XXX] This vehicle is STILL FOR SALE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11699728

Incident

Nov 16, 2025

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving 45-65 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and waited for two hours. The contact then continued driving 20-25 MPH. The contact stated that the VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist) and TPMS warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to Auto Zone, where it was diagnosed with battery voltage, brake sensor, ECM and PCM failures. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 238,133.

NHTSA ID

11660906

Incident

May 11, 2025

Mileage

238,133 mi

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, there was a burning chemical odor coming from the engine compartment. Upon inspection, it was discovered that the brake fluid reservoir was empty. The brake fluid reservoir was refilled but later the contact discovered that the brake fluid reservoir was empty again; however, there was no visible signs of a brake fluid leak. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 205,000.

NHTSA ID

11623395

Incident

Oct 1, 2024

Mileage

205,000 mi

Brakes locked up and broke off stud and pads

NHTSA ID

11472097

Incident

Jul 2, 2022

Recall no. 14V112000 Recall no. 13V500000 I’m having problem with Rough fuel system and electric system problem honda refuse to repair these problems

NHTSA ID

11453183

Incident

Jan 25, 2022

PEDAL IS VERY SOFT. REQUIRES HALF PEDAL OR MORE TO STOP. FIRMS UP IF PEDAL IS PUMPED. INCREASING STOPPING DISTSNCES & UNABLE TO GUAGE SAFE STOPPING DISTSNCES. MOST NOTICED AT CITY SPEEDS & EXITING THE HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ID

11416457

Incident

Apr 28, 2021

Mileage

250,000 mi

TIRES PRURCHASED FROM WALMART 10/6/18 WERE INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AND THEY CHANGED THE MANUFACTURES CALIBRATION. THE TPMS LIGHT CAME ON, I RETURNED THE VAN TO WALMART; THEY NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM AND I MADE FIVE VISITS. THE MANAGER DID NOT KNOW WHAT A TPMS SENSOR WAS; DID NOT HAVE ANY IN THE SHOP. I FREQUENTLY HAD THE AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRE CHECKS. TWO WEEKS AGO, DRIVING THE VAN THE TIRES SEEMED TO BE WOBBLY, I HAD THE AIR PRESSURE CHECKED AGAIN AND AGAIN. ON APRIL 15, 2021, I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH WALMART AT THE MAIN OFFICE AND TOOK THE SUV TO THE HAMMOND, INDIANA CAR CENTER. AFTER HAGGLING WITH THE STAFF FO OVER 4 HOURS, THEY REPLACED THE TWO TIRE. THE PROBLEM OF THE WOBBLING TIRES HAD NOT BEEN SOLVED. ONLY THE WOBBLING WAS LESS NOTICEABLE. I MADE OVER 20 TELEPHONE CALLS TO THE CAR CENTER WITHOUT THE PHONE BEING ANSWERED. TODAY I FILED ANOTHER COMPLAINT WITH WALMART HEADQUARTERS.MARTHA, THE PERSON THAT TOOK THE COMPLAINT STATED THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTED BY THE CAR CENTER. THIS CENTER SHOULD BE CLOSED; LIVES ARE AT STACK AND THE WORKERS ARE RUDE AND ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE TREAD ACT. I NEVER EXPERIENCED THE TPMS COMING ON UNTIL WALMART REPLACED MY TIRES. MY MECHANIC DRIVE THE SUV AND HIS OBSERVATION WAS "THE FRONT TIRES ARE OUT OF ROUND BY 1/4 INCH AND INNER SIDE WALL BULGING". HIS FIRST OBSERVATION WAS IN OCTOBER 2018, SHORTLY AFTER WALMART INSTALLED THE TIRES. ON 4/15/21, I CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND THEY GAVE NO INFORMATION ON TPMS . I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS SUV AD I BELIEVE THAT WALMART IS VIOLATING THE TREAD ACT. THEY RELUCTANTLY REPLACED THE TIRES, BUT EVEN WORSE THE TPMS LIGHT IS STILL ON. THERE WERE NO NOTIFICATIONS POSTED ON THE WALLS IN THAT CAR CENTER. IN ADDITION, MY SON RECENTLY PURCHASED TIRES FOR HIS SUV FROM THIS SAME WALMART HE WAS NOT GIVEN ANY INFORMATION ABOUT TPMS SENSORS AND NONE WERE INSTALLED.

NHTSA ID

11412862

Incident

Apr 15, 2021

MY VSA LIGHT WONT GO OFF AND NOW MY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON ALSO IM SCARED MY VAN IS GOING TO BRAKE OR STOP WORKING PROPERLY.

NHTSA ID

11402575

Incident

Mar 11, 2021

Mileage

193,400 mi

BREAK PUSH AUTOMATIC WITHOUT MY PUSHING,STEARING HARD TOWARD ONE SIDE AND MAY BE LEAKING,COLOUR PILLS,POWER DOOR ACTUATOR LATCH PROBLEM,PIPE UNDER ENGINE LOOK ROTTEN.TRANSMISSIONN NOISE.DURING DRIVING,CAR BREAK PEDDLE WORK AND NOT IN MY CONTROL.PAX TYRE ONE OUT OF 4 HAS LOST SURFACE,THREAD OF MICHELIN PAX TYRE AND IN WARRANTEE AND MICHELIN ASKED TO GO TO HONDA DEALER ONLY AND ONLY AS THEY ONLY SOLVE PAX TYRE PROBLEM.TURNING VEHICLE IN SLOW SPEED IS VERY HARD THOUGH POWER STEARING AND NOISE COME FROM POWER DOOR FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE ACTUATOR.RECALL WAS FOR THIS CAR HONDA ODESSEY 2007 BUT NOW WEB SAY NO RECALL OR 0 RECALL.I WANT HONDA TO HELP FIX ALL PROBLEM AS A COURTESY. IN LIFE MY FATHER,HUSBAND,GRANDPA USED HONDA SO PAID HUGE AND BOUGHT BEST CAR BUT GIVE PROBLEMS. TEL [XXX] OR [XXX] SHOULD BE CONTACTED PLEASE SIR INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

11373636

Incident

Nov 1, 2020

Mileage

150,000 mi

I PURCHASED THIS USED CAR IN MARCH 2020. THE ISSUE I AM HAVING IS WITH THE BRAKES. THE CAR REQUIRE A MORE THAN USUAL PEDAL PRESSURE FOR THE BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING IN HIGH SPEED. I HAVE ALSO RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF HONDA ODESSEY OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT SAME ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

11319610

Incident

Mar 15, 2020

VAN TAKES TOO LONG TO STOP. PEDAL FEELS HIGH, BUT STOPPING TAKES TOO LONG. NEW BRAKES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION. IT SEEMS MORE PRONOUNCED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

NHTSA ID

11302130

Incident

Apr 15, 2018

Mileage

56,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID NEEDED TO BE TOPPED OFF EVERY THREE WEEKS. THERE WERE NO LEAKS AND A WARNING INDICATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

NHTSA ID

11292063

Incident

Oct 1, 2019

Mileage

111,000 mi

BRAKE FEELS SPONGY WHEN YOU GO ON THE BRAKE .FRONT WHEELS SOMETIMES LOCKS UP. BRAKE FLUID LEVEL DROPS IN BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR NO SIGNS OF LEAKS

NHTSA ID

11292046

Incident

Oct 12, 2019

BRAKE FLUID IS DROPPING IN THE RESERVOIR AND NO SIGNS OF LEAKING BRAKE FLUID

NHTSA ID

11283097

Incident

Nov 10, 2019

Mileage

110,482 mi

BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS NEARLY TO FLOOR BEFORE BRAKING BECOMMES EFFECTIVE..OFTEN REQUIRES PUMPING PEDAL TO GET EFFECTIVE BRAKING. SEVERAL TRIPS TO REPAIR SHOPS REQUIRED EXPENSIVE BLEEDING AIR FROM BRAKE LINES AND FLUID REPLACEMENT. PROBLEM REAPPEARS AFTER A FEW WEEKS.

NHTSA ID

11207380

Incident

Jul 2, 2018

Mileage

98,000 mi

I DONE ALL NEW BREAK PADS ROUTER JOB AFTER ABOUT ONE MONTH MY BREAK PADDLE BECAME SOFT WEAN I APLAY BREAK CAR CAN'T STOP NEED LONG DISTANCE TO STOP. MY WIFE DRIVES THE CAR AND SHE IS SO SCARED TO DRIVE THIS PROBLEM I NOTICED EVERY TIME I DONE BREAK JOB AFTER SOME TIME I DIDN'T KNOW WATT TO DO! IT'S VEHICLE MANUFACTURING PROBLEM?

NHTSA ID

11161476

Incident

Dec 7, 2018

VSA LIGHT IS ON AND HAVING PROBLEMS BREAKING. AS WELL AS NOT WANTING SHIFT PAST GEAR 3 OR GO MORE THAN 20MPH.

NHTSA ID

11154180

Incident

Nov 27, 2018

Mileage

18,203 mi

ANY TIME I AM DRIVING AT A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED (45+) GOING DOWNHILL AND NEED TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE VIBRATES SIGNIFICANTLY. I LOOKED THIS UP AND IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH HONDA ODYSSEYS -- WARPED ROTORS, AND NOT DUE TO OVERUSE OR HIGH MILES. MY HONDA ACTUALLY HAS PRETTY LOW MILES. IT IS VERY CONCERNING WHEN I'M DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FEEL LIKE I ALMOST DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE CAR SINCE IT SHAKES SO MUCH. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE THIS IS EASILY A $500-1000 FIX. AS FOR THE DATE BELOW, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS, SO I JUST PUT IN THE MOST RECENT DATE. WE CAMPED LAST WEEKEND AND IT HAPPENED YET AGAIN. FINALLY PROMPTED ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT...

NHTSA ID

11120134

Incident

Aug 12, 2018

Mileage

80,000 mi

A VSA WITH A TRIANGLE WARNING SIGN IS ON IN MY DASHBOARD, I SCARE THE ABS BRAKES WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY AND IT DOESN'T WORK THE VSA SWITCH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH NEITHER TO SWITCH ON OR OFF, I CHECK TIRES AND LOOKS OK THE PRESSURE OF EACH, IS ANY RECALL ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS HONDA ODISSEY '07?

NHTSA ID

11118617

Incident

Aug 5, 2018

Mileage

137,591 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL MALFUNCTIONED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (TOM SCOTT HONDA, 603 11TH AVE N, NAMPA, ID 83687, (208) 466-3248) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD NOT MALFUNCTIONED AND NO LEAKS WERE FOUND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 229,000.

NHTSA ID

11115347

Incident

Jul 12, 2018

Mileage

229,000 mi

MY BACK PASSENGERDOOR BEEN ACTING UP SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY I WILL HIT THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE PASSENGERBACK DOOR IT WILL START OPENING AND ALL A SUDDEN IT WILL JUST START SHUTTINGON PEOPLEI HAVE TO HIT THE BUTTON TO STOP IT FROM SHUTTING ON PEOPLE AND WHEN MY FUELGET DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A TANK MY FUEL PUMP START MAKING A WEIRD SOUND UNTIL I FILL MY TANK UP WITH FUEL THEN WHEN IT GET LOW AGAIN IT START MAKING THE SOUND AGAIN AND I HAVE HAD MY 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE ALREADY CHANGE MY BRAKES 3 TIMES ALREADY AND CHANGE MY ROTORS ONCE

NHTSA ID

11114347

Incident

Jul 15, 2018

VSA LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE CAR WILL NOT GO OVER 2000 RPMS AND THE STEERING GETS HARD. THE BRAKES GO TO FLOOR MAKING HARD BRAKE FEEL. THIS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE.

NHTSA ID

11096911

Incident

May 3, 2018

Mileage

145,320 mi

WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED (5-10 MPH) AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THIS HAPPENED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. FEB 1, 2018 AND FEB 14, 2018. THE PROBLEM CAUSED MINOR ACCIDENTS IN BOTH CASES. ON FEB 1, THE CAR WAS IN A PARKING LOT, PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE CAR ACCELERATED AND RAN OVER A HANDICAPPED PARKING SIGN. ON FEB 14, IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE, AND THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO A TRACTOR-TRAILER CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ODYSSEY, BUT NOT TO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP MAINTAINS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES OR ACCELERATOR. AS THE OWNER, I AM CONVINCED THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, AND IN FACT WE HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE CAR AND BOUGHT A NEW ONE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT 22 OTHER PEOPLE HAD HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 ODYSSEY. I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE IS NEED FOR A RECALL, BUT HONDA IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

11088352

Incident

Feb 14, 2018

Mileage

165,000 mi

HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE ISSUES FROM HONDA OF AMERICA AND LOCAL DEALERSHIPS REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE ODYSSEY'S SAFETY. THIS VAN HAS HAD ISSUES SINCE NEW THAT HONDA HAS CONSISTENTLY ATTEMPTED TO AVOID DEALING WITH. VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS HAS SUDDENLY HEAVY AND TROUBLESOME STEERING AFFECTED STEERING RESPONSE AND VEHICLE DIRECTION WHEN TURNING. BRAKE PEDAL FEEL WHEN SLOWING IN ANY FORWARD/REVERSE DIRECTION IS UNRESPONSIVE INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE AND AFFECTING EMERGENCY MANEUVERS. DEALERSHIP/ HONDA HAS NOT AND WILL NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY!

NHTSA ID

11083403

Incident

Apr 5, 2018

Mileage

17,000 mi