2008 Honda Odyssey Wipers & Visibility Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW TWENTY DEGREES, THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID SYSTEM WOULD FREEZE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO CLEAN SNOW OFF THE VEHICLE DURING A SNOW STORM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FREEZING WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID WAS NORMAL DURING FREEZING WEATHER. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

EXPLODING SUNROOF. GLASS SUNROOF EXPLODED OUTWARD WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. NO OTHER VEHICLES OR OVER PASSES NEARBY. RURAL AREA. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 83 DEGREES. AC/C WAS SET AT 73 DEGREES. CAR HAD BEEN H AND-WASHED ONE DAY EARLIER. NO FLAWS WERE OBSERVED IN GLASS SUNROOF WHILE WASHING OR DRYING THE VEHICLE. HAD SUNROOF INTERNAL SLIDER BEEN OPEN AT THE TIME OF THE GLASS EXPLOSION, THE DRIER AND FRONT PASSENGER COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED AND WE COULD HAVE EASILY HAD AN ACCIDENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE GLASS SUNROOF. A COMPUTER SEARCH REVEALED OTHER REPORTED INCIDENTS WHICH WERE NEARLY IDENTICAL ON SOME HONDA VEHICLES AND SOME OTHER MAKE AND MODELS. NOTE: VEHICLE ROOF WAS NOT STRUCK BY ANY OBJECT PRIOR TO INCIDENT... UPDATED 04/11/13 *BF

2008 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER STATES DESIGN DEFECT RELATED TO WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE WIPER BLADES ON HIS DAUGHTER VEHICLE, ONE OF THE WIPER ARMS THAT HAD ITS BLADE REMOVED CAME DOWN ON THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKED IT.

2008 HONDA ODYSSEY WINDSHIELD WASHER SYSTEM / NOZZLES DO NOT ALLOW FOR WINDSHIELD TO BE CLEANED WHEN DRIVING OVER 40 MPH. WIND BLOWS THE WASHER FLUID BELOW THE WIPER BLADES. SAFETY CONCERN DURING WINTER TIME PERIODS IN THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET THE WINDSHIELD CLEANED. SERVICE CENTER SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE NOZZLES BUT, THIS DIDN'T DO THE TRICK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE REAR GLASS EXPLODED INTO TINY PIECES. GLASS SPRAYED ALL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STRIKE ANY OTHER OBJECTS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO FILE A CLAIM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

REARVIEW CAMERA: NO ALARM AND NOT DISCLOSED OF NOT HAVING ALARM (MOST MANUFACTURERS HAVE AN ALARM SYSTEM AND THIS IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED BY GENERAL POPULATION); CAMERA DISTORTS TRUE DEPTH AND SENSE OF DISTANCE BETWEEN OBJECTS. *TR