EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Honda “Odyssey” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1946/13
Summary
null The Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) system may under certain circumstances build up hydraulic pressure in the braking system. When this happens, the vehicle undergoes severe and sudden braking of up to some 8 m/s². Because there is no accompanying flash of brake lights, following vehicles may not recognise the situation until too late, or even not at all, leading to rear-end collisions.
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Product
Passenger car — Honda
- Brand
- Honda
- Name / model
- Odyssey · Type: RL3 NATO vehicles (no EC type approval number) Year of manufacture: 2007 to 2008
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: Year of manufacture: 2007 to 2008
What is the risk?
- null The Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) system may under certain circumstances build up hydraulic pressure in the braking system. When this happens, the vehicle undergoes severe and sudden braking of up to some 8 m/s². Because there is no accompanying flash of brake lights, following vehicles may not recognise the situation until too late, or even not at all, leading to rear-end collisions.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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