REPORT: NHTSA upgrading investigation into Honda Odyssey brakes
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/" rel="tag">Minivan/Van</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a></p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN239304920091024"><im g vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/odyssey_nhtsa_brakes.jpg" /></a><br />
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded their preliminary probe into an issue with the Honda Odyssey to an engineering analysis. The agency has received more than 500 complaints about a braking problem, with drivers saying the pedal gets soft or spongy. According to reports on ten crashes that have been submitted, the van in some cases hasn't stopped as it should.<br />
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The years in question are the 2006-2008 Odysseys. The problem being looked at is whether air entering the brake lines is degrading brake performance. Honda says air might enter the lines, but that wouldn't change the operation of the brakes. This is not a recall, merely an analysis, and there is no indication yet that a recall will be necessary. Later model vans are being looked at most closely, and NHTSA should release its findings soon.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN239304920091024">Reu ters</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/27/report-nhtsa-upgrading-investigation-into-honda-odyssey-brakes/">REPORT: NHTSA upgrading investigation into Honda Odyssey brakes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:59:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN239304920091024>Read </a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/27/report-nhtsa-upgrading-investigation-into-honda-odyssey-brakes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19208875/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/27/report-nhtsa-upgrading-investigation-into-honda-odyssey-brakes/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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