NHTSA Complaint #10350209 — 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY

VEHICLE HAD MEMORY STEER. WANDERED LEFT QUICKLY IF WHEEL IS NOT HELD TIGHTLY. MAY PULL RIGHT IF LAST TURN WAS TO THE RIGHT. HARD STEERING IN GENERAL. SORE WRISTS AFTER DRIVING 60 MINUTES ON FREEWAY DUE TO HOLDING ON TO WHEEL TIGHTLY TO STAY IN LANE ON FREEWAY. OWNED THE VAN LESS THAN 1 MONTH AT TIME OF TRAVEL. PURCHASED USED. TWO ALIGNMENTS PERFORMED AND NO CHANGE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND UPPER STRUT RUBBER COMPONENTS NOT CORRECTLY INSTALLED ON OEM STRUTS ON VEHICLE. DISASSEMBLED STRUTS AND RE-INSTALLED COIL SPRING RUBBER ON STRUTS CORRECTLY, REALIGNED TIRES AGAIN, AND PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. NO NEW PARTS NEEDED TO CORRECT AS OLD PARTS WERE FUNCTIONAL BUT HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO HONDA TECHNICAL SERVICE MANUAL. *TR