Product Liability – Defective Car : Honda is recalling 344,000 Odyssey Minivans for brake issue

Because a defective sensor may cause the car to brake on its own, Honda is recalling its Odyssey minivans from the 2007 and 2008 model years. Honda will install a new sensor on all recalled models. However new sensors will not be available until the spring of 2014.

In the meantime Honda recommends to minivan owners to start their vehicle with the wheels facing straight ahead, allowing the system to properly recalibrate. Drivers who experience unexpected braking should stop and restart the minivan. Tapping on the brake pedal “will immediately stop the self-braking action,” Honda said.

So far no injury or crash has been reported.

In September Honda had to recall more than 400,000 Odyssey Minivans from model years 2003 and 2004 because of a defective Airbag system, see our previous blog on this subject.