NHTSA recall 13V500000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	13V500000
Manufacturer's number	JC5
Manufacturer	Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported	2013-11-01
Owners notified	2014-04-29
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Units potentially affected	344187

Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
Report	Quarterly report 8, for 2015 quarter 3
Filed with NHTSA	2015-10-22
Vehicles in the campaign	344187
Reported remedied	258613 (75%)
Reported unreachable	2470
Reported removed	0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.

What is wrong

American Honda Motor Company (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 Honda Odyssey vehicles manufactured August 8, 2006, through September 8, 2008. Due to a combination of system components and software, the Vehicle Safety Assist System (VSA) may apply the brakes unexpectedly.

What can happen

The vehicle may suddenly and unexpectedly brake hard, and without illuminating the brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash from behind.

The remedy

Parts to remedy these vehicles will not be available until the spring of 2014. Honda will send owners an interim letter notifying them of the issue and instruct them how to prevent unintended braking. A second notification will be sent when the parts become available. Interim notification was mailed in December 2013. The recall began on April 29, 2014. Owners may contact Honda at 1-800-999-1009 or visit their website at www.recalls.honda.com. Honda's recall number is JC5.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2007 HONDA ODYSSEY	Built 2006-08-08 to 2007-10-20.
2008 HONDA ODYSSEY	Built 2007-10-02 to 2008-09-08.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as PE13024

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE13024	Preliminary evaluation, opened 2013-06-25, closed 2013-11-04. Inappropriate autonomous braking. ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
A13-080	2018-07-02. Service bulletin. Service bulletin - American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al.v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12-cv-1377-SI (N.D. Cal.). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on.
DLR MSG - Safety	2018-03-05. Service bulletin. Dealer message - On October 31, 2013, American Honda notified NHTSA of a Stop Sale order and Safety Recall for all 2007-08 Odyssey vehicles. Any used vehicles in dealer stock must be repaired prior to sale per S/B 13-098, Safety Recall: 2007-08 Odyssey VSA System Unexpectedly Activates. Refer to VIN Inquiry status to determine which vehicles in your inventory are affected.
AJA48014	2017-01-05. Service bulletin. "JOB AID - DO YOU HAVE AN ODYSSEY IN YOUR SHOP THAT HAS A POWER SLIDING DOOR THAT WON’T OPEN OR CLOSE BY USING THE FOLLOWING? • POWER SLIDING DOOR MAIN SWITCH ON THE DASH • KEYLESS TRANSMITTER • B-PILLAR SWITCH (IF EQUIPPED) • EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE CONNECT THE HDS TO THE VEHICLE. USING THE INFORMATION FROM THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DATA LIST, FOLLOW THE STEPS IN THE FLOWCHART BELOW TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM."
A13-080	2016-11-04. Service bulletin. SERVICE BULLETIN - THE PISTON RINGS ON CERTAIN CYLINDERS MAY ROTATE AND ALIGN WHICH CAN LEAD TO SPARK PLUG FOULING. SPARK PLUG FOULING MAY REUSLT IN ROUGH ENGINE IDLE AND/OR ENGINE MISFIRE.
IN-15-2013	2014-02-06. Service bulletin. HONDA: A STOP SALE/SAFETY RECALL. DUE TO A MISINTERPRETED YAW RATE SENSOR READING, THE VSA SYSTEM MAY ACTIVATE, BY APPLYING BRAKES, WITHOUT TURNING ON BRAKE LIGHTS AND INCREASING RISK OF A CRASH. MODEL 2007-2008 ODYSSEY. *PE
SB-09-053	2011-02-03. Service bulletin. HONDA: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. PCM UPDATE FOR LOCK UP CLUTCH FUNCTION. A JUDDER FROM TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK UP CLUTCH MAY BE FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-45MPH. TO MINIMIZE OPPORTUNITY FOR JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE. THE FIRST SOFTWARE UPDATE DID NOT ADDRESS ALL TRANSMISSION CONCERNS. *PE

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.