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2011 Honda Odyssey service brakes problems

39 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2011 Honda Odyssey17% of all complaints for this model year.

39
Service Brakes complaints
17%
share of all complaints
30,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Brake pedal is soft and goes almost to the floor. Have had the master cylinder, brake pads, and calipers replaced at david mcdavid in 2018. Brake pedal remained soft and goes almost to the floor. Had master cylinder replaced again in 2021 at a private facility and brake pedal is still not firm as…

    filed Mar 25, 2021

  • Either the brake rotors warp or the pads deposit something onto the rotors. The car habitually goes through brakes, a single long descent will cause brand new brakes to jutter back and forth violently, which is unnerving feels like it decreases brake effectiveness. Even in light use the rotors have…

    filed Jun 21, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related service bulletins

  • Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2011-2016 CR-Zs, 2010-2014 Insights, & 2011-2017 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the brake pedal feeling soft or spongy when…

    APaS02262021902 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Feb 26, 2021
  • Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2011-2016 CR-Zs, 2010-2014 Insights, & 2011-2017 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the brake pedal feeling soft or spongy when…

    APaS02102021902 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Feb 10, 2021
  • Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2011-2016 CR-Zs, 2010-2014 Insights, & 2011-2017 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the brake pedal feeling soft or spongy when…

    APaS01062021907 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jan 6, 2021
  • Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2011-2016 CR-Zs, 2010-2014 Insights, & 2011-2017 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the brake pedal feeling soft or spongy when…

    APaS12102020902 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Dec 10, 2020
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Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.