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I have a 2006 Honda Odyssey, after one summer the a/c stopped working. My Honda dealer said it was hole in the condenser caused by a rock and that it was not covered by my warranty. So now I am stuck with $700.00 bill.
When I came back home, I did some research on-line and I found out that so many owners had the same problem. I don't think it's a coincidence, but rather a problem with the design.
I think it's time for a class action suit.
I agree.
"I think it's time for a class action suit."
So how does that fix your car?The only people who gain anything are the lawyers.
I never heard of a honda odyssey DVD, are you restricted to what region you can drive it in? Sorry, had to be said.
I also had the condenser damaged by a rock twice within the first year of purchase. Honda was nice enough to replace the condenser both times. But it seems to me that although this is not covered under warranty, it's still a huge design flaw worthy of a class action suit. It really would not have been hard for them to put some sort of grille in front of it.
I love lawyers... they jump in at the right time to make money and screw us over in the long run... maybe I might get a new condenser fan and a free Ipod, but who friggen cares.
I too, had a "rock" hit my condenser causing system failure. The car is not even a month old at this point and it has happened again! Clearly, this is a flaw in the manufacturing of the car, and should be reviewed by Honda. The dealer told me that this is a fluke and it was just my bad luck. It just doesn't happen. Evidently, he was wrong or he was lying to me.
A class action lawsuit may make more money for the lawyers than the consumers in the short run, it may inspire Honda to take notice and correct the design flaw.
Live in Arizona, rock hit my compressor this weekend. $700.00. Dealer says insurance might pay... great I have a $1,000 deductible. Don't think so. I'll be sending a letter to Honda to complain. Based on this forum, it's not an isolated incident.
Just FYI, this problem affects other Hondas as well.
I just traded in my 2005 Honda Civic because the condenser has a "pin" hole cause by a "rock." I was told by the dealership that this problem is no different or less common than a rock hitting the windshield. I was also told that although the part was covered under warranty, the rock "voided the warranty."
I called American Honda. The representative told me that Honda is "working on improving" this problem in newer models, but for "liability reasons" this was a "customer pay" issue.
My advice is to trade your car in while the resale value is high -- once word gets out about this defect, the value of the cars will plummet. Not to mention, the overall quality of my 2005 civic seems less than the Honda I owned previously.
The only thing that matters to large companies is money, so let's get the word out and decrease their sales, then and only then will they improve their product.
I had a problem with debris hitting my A/C condenser - We complained to Honda and they agreed to fix it under warranty. As an engineer I can concur that this problem is a design deficiency that could be easily solved by adding a grille.
We just traded our 2005 Odyssey on a 2007 Toyota Sienna due to Honda's position on this issue. This is absolutely ridiculous that Honda can say with a straight face that this is a normal "road hazard". BTW, the Sienna has a mesh covering in this area that is wide open on the Hondas.
The service manager here even admitted to me that he had not ever heard of such a thing until he began working for Honda, and sees it fairly regularly there. They even went so far as to advise me to add some "chicken wire" to fabricate a mesh grille myself...yeah, I'm going to put chicken wire on the front of my $30k van... why doesn't Honda just design a $5 plastic mesh to fill in this area, and issue a TSB for the fix?!
Hope you have fun with your Sienna. I know it is much more vanilla than the Ody. But maybe that is your preference.
I have Honda Odyssey with only 16K and I have been with the dealer almost every second month for AC repair, sliding doors and you name it.
Now I am being asked to pay 1000 and was told that rock had put a hole in the condensor!
I think this is my worst investment of $30K.
Atul.
We have an 05 Odyssey EX-L, and we had to do the rock-in-the-AC-condenser repair twice in 2005, once in 2006, and now it has happened again. Each time they have called it a warranty repair, so we have kept the van. Now I am faced with my standard warranty expiring next year, so I refuse to pay for this each summer. We are selling the Odyssey and buying another Toyota SUV. I already have a 2003 4runner and it has been a dream to own compared to the odyssey and my previous Accord. Honda is off their game. As long as Toyota is out there, I see no reason to buy a Honda.