Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||||
| 04045 | 09/17/2004 | 04045 | 10011249 | Srs indicator comes on with no diagnostic trouble codes stored. update. *tt original received. *tt | 01/12/2005 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 11/07/2010 | 88600 | ||
| Problem: srs light has been on since 11/07/10. at initial visit to honda dealer on 11/11/10, problem diagnosed as faulty seat belt buckle. honda stated part on back order until 11/24/10. now honda says part on back order until approximately 12/09/10. with srs light on it is questionable as to whether air bags will deploy in a crash. | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| The consumer believes the positioning of the seat belt in the middle seat of the back row, which comes down from the ceiling to buckle into the seat, is unsafe and uncomfortable. *nm the seat belt comes down, across on the torso and usually across the neck. *sc *jb | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 11/05/2002 | 3000 | 1 | 06/01/2002 |
| On nov 2nd, my 5 year old daughter inserted her finger into the buckle of the seat belt next to her. her finger became lodged into the opening and would not come out. she was hysterical and became ill in the back seat. we tried unsuccessfully to remove her finger. it was too swollen. we had to contact the chicago fire department. they had to cut the seat belt out of the car. they were going to have to cut the buckle of her finger, when a ingenious fireman decided to wrap her finger with dental floss. after about 15 minutes he was able to remove her finger from the buckle. i am disappointed that honda engineers have designed a seat belt with such a small opening in which a child's finger could become stuck. i have noticed on some other vehicles that this hole is much larger. granted, this is something that a child should not do, but at the age of 5 they do not know any better. we sincerely believe this should be redesigned so as to avoid the experience that we had with this. **** dims 11 ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****769326.*ak | |||
| 08/30/2002 | 08/01/2002 | ||
| My wife was braking to come to a stop at the preston-legacy lights. it was not a hard emergency brake, but a quicker stop due to traffic ahead. our 4 yr old was riding in the front facing car seat in the rear seat (second row) properly anchored with the lap and shoulder 3 point belt as well as his carseat harnesses. however, when my wife braked, the seat belt became unlatched and the car seat fell behind the driver side seat with my son still anchored. the seat belt fully retracted at that time. as a result of the fall, my son received two deep lacerations behind his lower lip from his teeth. the doctor advised watching him for 24hrs for signs of head injury. we were incredibly lucky that he escaped without serious injury. i shudder to think what may have happened in a accident situation and the am unsure about the security of the other belts in this 1 month old van. my wife is sure about the belt being latched correctly since she drives to work without the child in the seat. any braking or turns would have toppled the seat during her commute since it is quite lightweight. we called the honda motor company but they are not available on the weekend. i will be taking the van to the nearest honda dealer for an inspection too. please let me know if you need further information.*ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES | |||
| 06/01/2005 | 3 | 10/01/2001 | |
| Dt: contact states the airbag light keeps coming on. the airbag sensor has been replaced twice. the service dealer stated when the airbag light illuminated the airbag became inoperable. *ak the consumer discovered the problem was with the seat belt system. *jb | |||
| SEAT BELTS - REAR | |||
| 06/02/2006 | 34000 | 1 | 01/05/2002 |
| Upon buying a 2002 honda odyssey, we expressed concern that the 2nd-row passenger-side seat belt would not lock at the shoulder/frame point (the device responsible for locking the seat belt in place so as to restrict feed and keep a passenger from flying forward.). this was necessary to properly anchor our infant/toddler safety seat. three dealer employees tried to properly tighten the safety seat, but despite a metal safety-seat locking clip also being used, the seat belt still loosened up when the infant/toddler seat was jiggled. the dealer employees gave up claiming that 1-inch play between the toddler seat and the van seat was legal and promised the belt would lock in place in the event of an accident and my child would be safe. on this assurance, we left the dealership with the van. for over 3 years i tightened that seat belt anchoring the safety seat every week or two. i complained to the dealership at least twice during that time when the van was in for maintenance. they never checked it out, only told me not to worry as the seat belt would work properly if we were in an accident. the toddler seat was recently replaced with a child booster seat using the seat belt standard over the shoulder. on june 2, 2006, on impact with another car, that same shoulder-belt locking device did not engage. the feed to that seat belt was not restricted, and as a result of this failure to engage, my child, sitting in that 2nd row passenger van seat was thrown toward the front side seat (approximately 2-3 feet away). she hit the front seat face first with her booster seat now on top of her and was then thrown back, incurring numerous injuries. the vehicle is being held at the collision shop awaiting inspection by someone from your organization to examine the seat belt and, hopefully, determine why it failed. *jb | |||
| 04/19/2002 | 46000 | 3 | 11/27/2001 |
| The right rear seat belt has been replaced twice for tightening on a child. now the middle rear seat belt buckle has come off. *jb | |||
| 07/21/2004 | 11024 | 1 | |
| When trying to remove her child from the booster seat, the seat belt became attached to his foot and it was impossible to unlatch the belt and it had to be cut off. *jb | |||
| 04/23/2004 | 23000 | 1 | 05/01/2002 |
| 3rd row passenger rear seat belt lock up, seatbelt will not retract. seat beat was not buckled but a small child managed to get entagled in the seat belt. the seat belt cinched tighter when attempting to release seat belt around the child's abdomen to the point where the child had difficulty breathing. seat belt could not be pulled down or retracted to release child from the seat belt. seat belt had to be cut to release child. *ak | |||
| 03/20/2003 | 2 | 07/01/2002 | |
| The first failure resulted in the belt not retracting, the second failure resulted in the belt not locking after being retracted. (both incident occurred in the same seat) *jb *scc *jb | |||