NHTSA Complaint #10156189 — 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY

CONDENSER PROBLEMS.. IN HOT JUNE - THE FIRST DAY THAT TEMPERATURES WERE ALMOST 100 DEGREES WE EXPERIENCE OUR FIRST SET OF MANY PROBLEM WITH THIS VAN. WE HAD OWNED VEHICLE FOR 2 MONTHS AND ONLY PUT 2700 MILES ON IT. WE HAD EXPERIENCE A CONDENSER EXPLOSION. WE WERE SITTING @ STOP LIGHT AND I HEARD A POP AND STEAM ROLLED ALL AROUND VEHICLE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP TO FIND OUT THAT CONDENSER HAD A BAD SPOT IN IT AND WOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. BEFORE IT WAS DECLARED THAT IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY - WE KEEP BEING THREATEN BY SERVICE WRITER IF IT'S NOT WARRANTY RELATED THAT I WOULD OWE CHECKOUT FEES, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO FIX IT AND THE COMPLETE RENTAL BILL. APPEARS THAT FRONT BUMPER AND CONDENSER DESIGN WAS NOT THOUGHT OUT. I AGREE WITH THE OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT A GRILLE OR A MESH AREA SHOULD COVER THE LARGE OPENING. FYI, WE WERE TOLD, BY DEALERSHIP, THAT MOST OF THE VEHICLES HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY - BUT OURS APPEARED TO HAVE A WEAK SPOT IN THE CONDENSER. *NM