2004 Honda Odyssey Seat Belts Problems

Your SRS (airbag) warning light stays on when you start the vehicle, sometimes for a week or two. A Honda dealer diagnosed the problem as a faulty driver's seat belt buckle and ordered a replacement part to install for free. You're concerned whether your airbags were working properly while the light was on. The fix involves replacing the driver's seat belt buckle assembly.

NEED A RECALL TO BE ISSUED BY NHTSA OR PROPER GOV ORGANIZATION. THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT TENSIONER AND THE BUCKLE WERE REPLACED AFTER THE SRS LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. NOW THE DRIVER-SIDE BUCKLE AND SEAT BELT TENSIONER IS CAUSING A PROBLEM AND SRS LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. HONDA IS USING DELAY TACTICS. WANT TO SCAN THE CAR FOR $100 TO RE-CONFIRM THE SAME PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS SCANNED IN THE PRIOR WEEK! SRS LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER ENGINE START (OBVIOUSLY STATIONARY)

I AM VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE TREATMENT I HAVE RECEIVED AS A HONDA OWNER. I OWN A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE SEATBELT RANDOMLY STOPPED WORKING AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX IT UNDER THE LIFETIME WARRANTY. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING HONDAS MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. CORPORATE MADE ME JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GATHER MY REGISTRATION INFORMATION FROM 2000! THEY SAID IF I COULD SHOW LOYALTY TO THE BRAND THEY WOULD FIX IT UNDER THE "GOOD WILL PROGRAM." THEY SAY THE CAR WAS WRECK BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND THAT IS WHAT MESSED UP THE SEATBELT. HOWEVER, I PURCHASE THE CAR IN 2013. IT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 5 YEARS AND THEN RANDOMLY GOES OUT BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT MORE THAN 5 YEARS AGO?! WHERE IS THE LOGIC?!!! WELL, SHOWING THAT I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A HONDA ACCORD WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR CORPORATE TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE IT SERVICED AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP. I WAS LIVING IN BFE MISSISSIPPI AT THE TIME. HOW WAS THAT MY FAULT? THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN ROCKWALL, TEXAS IS A JOKE. THEY DETERMINED THEY WEREN'T GOING TO FIX IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, IT SEEMS HONDA SKIMPS OUT ON SEATBELTS. THIS IS WHERE THEY CUT COSTS. I HAD NEVER HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH A HONDA UP UNTIL THIS POINT. THIS ISN'T FIXING SOMETHING THAT IS NO BIG DEAL: LIKE THE SPEAKER THAT FADES IN AND OUT OR THE LOCKS THAT DON'T ALWAYS UNLOCK TOGETHER. THIS IS MY LIFE THEY ARE PLAYING WITH! IT IS DISGUSTING! DO NOT BUY HONDA! I NEVER WILL AGAIN. TOYOTA WOULDN'T TREAT A LIFE LONG CUSTOMER LIKE THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SRS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

THE BACK SEAT BELT GOT TWISTED AROUND MY 14 YEAR OLD'S WAIST AND WOULD NOT LOOSEN. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET OUT AND COULD NOT BREATHE, AS THE SEAT BELT WOULD ONLY TIGHTEN EVERY TIME SHE TRIED TO SQUEEZE OUT. WE MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP AT A GAS STATION AND HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT OFF OF HER. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT WITH THE SAME VAN BUT THE OTHER SEATBELT. MY 10 YEAR-OLD ALSO GOT STUCK ONCE BEFORE BUT SINCE HE WAS SMALLER, I WAS ABLE TO HELP HIM TWIST AROUND AND SQUEEZE OUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; UNEXPECTEDLY, THE REAR THIRD ROW PASSENGER SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE SHOULDER BELT WEBBING WORN BY THE OCCUPANT FAILED TO CORRECT ITSELF. THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE OCCUPANT WAS ABLE TO EXTRACT THE WEBBING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RE-OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 4/5/10 *CN UPDATED 05/10/10*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT WAS TWISTED AROUND THE OCCUPANT. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE THEREFORE THE SEAT BELT HAD TO BE CUT. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED NO INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

DRIVE SIDE SEAT BELT CONSTANTLY LOCKING UP AND WILL NOT RELEASE IMEDIATELY, CAUSING DISCOMFORT AND SHOULDER INJURY. *AK

PASSENGER SEAT BELT TENSION EXCESSIVE, CAUSING SHOULDER INJURY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN THE CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES SEAT BELT LOCKED. THE BELT WILL RELAX AFTER THIRTY SECONDS OR SO. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED THREE HUNDRED TIMES, AT LEAST TEN TIMES A DAY. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT WHEN THE BELT LOCKED IT CAUSED PAIN. *AK

SEAT BELT TENSION EXCESSIVE, CONTINUES TO LOCK UP, CAUSING SHOULDER DISCOMFORT, POTENTIAL SHOULDER INJURY. *AK