NHTSA Complaint #10535586 — 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY

I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM DEALER WITH MINIMAL PROBLEMS UNTIL ABOUT 85,000 MILE WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR TWO DAY AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THIS PROBLEM I HAD THE TIRES BALANCED TO ENSURE THAT THIS WAS NOT THE ISSUE. MY SISTER-IN-LAW DROVE THE CAR AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN TO HER, SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE VEHICLE SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AT 65 MPH. I THEN STARTED TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM TO FIND MANY ARTICLES ON HOW THE REAR MOTOR MOUNT FAILS ON VEHICLES WITH AS LITTLE AS 50,000 MILES. THE DEALER STATES THIS IS A DRIVABILITY ISSUE AND THE VEHICLE WILL BE FINE WITH A NEW MOTOR MOUNT AT THE TUNE OF $700. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD A MOTOR MOUNT ISSUE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM WHEN THE MOUNT FAILS THE ENGINE DOES NOT JUST RISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BUT BEGINS TO VIBRATE WITH THE VEHICLES TIRES IN MOTION. *TR