Hello,
9 days ago my wife drove our 2014 Odyssey for the first time in several days. Within less than a minute of leaving our house, the dash lit up with warning lights (ABS/LDW/FCW/VSA). She quickly returned home and took my car to her appointment. The van seemed to be idling/driving fine. Since I noticed nothing else acting strange that I could troubleshoot myself, I called and made an appointment at the local Honda dealer, but on the way there I drove Advanced Auto thinking that I'd have them check the 3.5 year / 30K miles old battery as sometimes a going bad battery can do strange things. Within a few minutes of leaving my house, the all the lights went out. I continued on to Advanced Auto who checked the battery and said it was good. They also said they couldn't read any codes since the check engine light wasn't on. I restarted the car and decided to drive home and see if the problem returned instead of going to the dealer (in the hopes of saving the time and money of taking it in). We've used the van for several short local trips in the last week without any issues.
This morning, I went to drive the van to work. It had been siting outside overnight and the temperature got down to about 25 deg F, from 60s a couple days ago. Within less than a minute of pulling out of my driveway, all of the warning lights came back on. In addition to all of the same lights from the first time, the TPMS light was also on, which wasn't on the first time. I parked the van at at my house and drove my car to work.
I came home this afternoon and checked the tire pressures. All were low (between ~ 25 & 30 PSI vs. 33 PSI recommended pressure). I inflated them to 33-34 PSI and drove the car and all of the lights went back off. The van is a 2014 Touring with ~ 63K. It's been virtually trouble free in the ~7 years we've owned it (since new).
From what I've seen on this forum and elsewhere is that these faults can trip for a number on reasons on Honda vehicles, many of which are very different and seemingly unrelated. When I called the Honda dealer, the service advisor wasn't able to tell me if they'd be able to get fault codes if the lights weren't on when I brought it in. I really don't want to waste my time taking it in if it's not going to provide new information and I'm not at the point yet where I want to play trial and error with new parts as the van seems to be operating ok as far as I can tell, if I was to ignore the fact that the dash lights were all illuminated.
Any ideas if the dealer can get the history for intermittent warning lights like this? Any other general guidance on how to sort this out? I checked under the hood today and saw nothing obviously wrong. Fluids were all at appropriate levels, and there were no signs of broken wires, missing/loose fuses, worn/damaged components). I'm still thinking about just buying a new battery and seeing if that keeps the gremlins at bay. My only other idea at this point is to see if the dealer can help.
We have no immediate plans to get rid of the van yet and it's our primary family hauler (pre-COVID when we used to do things) so I'd like to have confidence that's it's still reliable. Thanks!
9 days ago my wife drove our 2014 Odyssey for the first time in several days. Within less than a minute of leaving our house, the dash lit up with warning lights (ABS/LDW/FCW/VSA). She quickly returned home and took my car to her appointment. The van seemed to be idling/driving fine. Since I noticed nothing else acting strange that I could troubleshoot myself, I called and made an appointment at the local Honda dealer, but on the way there I drove Advanced Auto thinking that I'd have them check the 3.5 year / 30K miles old battery as sometimes a going bad battery can do strange things. Within a few minutes of leaving my house, the all the lights went out. I continued on to Advanced Auto who checked the battery and said it was good. They also said they couldn't read any codes since the check engine light wasn't on. I restarted the car and decided to drive home and see if the problem returned instead of going to the dealer (in the hopes of saving the time and money of taking it in). We've used the van for several short local trips in the last week without any issues.
This morning, I went to drive the van to work. It had been siting outside overnight and the temperature got down to about 25 deg F, from 60s a couple days ago. Within less than a minute of pulling out of my driveway, all of the warning lights came back on. In addition to all of the same lights from the first time, the TPMS light was also on, which wasn't on the first time. I parked the van at at my house and drove my car to work.
I came home this afternoon and checked the tire pressures. All were low (between ~ 25 & 30 PSI vs. 33 PSI recommended pressure). I inflated them to 33-34 PSI and drove the car and all of the lights went back off. The van is a 2014 Touring with ~ 63K. It's been virtually trouble free in the ~7 years we've owned it (since new).
From what I've seen on this forum and elsewhere is that these faults can trip for a number on reasons on Honda vehicles, many of which are very different and seemingly unrelated. When I called the Honda dealer, the service advisor wasn't able to tell me if they'd be able to get fault codes if the lights weren't on when I brought it in. I really don't want to waste my time taking it in if it's not going to provide new information and I'm not at the point yet where I want to play trial and error with new parts as the van seems to be operating ok as far as I can tell, if I was to ignore the fact that the dash lights were all illuminated.
Any ideas if the dealer can get the history for intermittent warning lights like this? Any other general guidance on how to sort this out? I checked under the hood today and saw nothing obviously wrong. Fluids were all at appropriate levels, and there were no signs of broken wires, missing/loose fuses, worn/damaged components). I'm still thinking about just buying a new battery and seeing if that keeps the gremlins at bay. My only other idea at this point is to see if the dealer can help.
We have no immediate plans to get rid of the van yet and it's our primary family hauler (pre-COVID when we used to do things) so I'd like to have confidence that's it's still reliable. Thanks!
