Good morning all. First off, thank you to everyone who puts this site together as well as all of you who participate in it. I've really enjoyed reading and learning so much about this great van.
The birth of our son last year prompted my wife and I to recently take delivery of a 2012 Touring Elite (silver over grey) and to be honest, I'm a bit overwhelmed. The technology in this car is stunning and while I'm trying to get through the owners manuals, it's a bit daunting with the challenges of our expanded family.
We've only got about 200 miles on the van so far but it's already made a huge difference in carting our son, all his stuff, and our dog around town, to Grandma's house, etc. What an incredible piece of packaging.
I've done a search here and haven't found any answers to a few, hopefully quick questions that I have.
1) When cold, the transmission in our van seems to act a bit weird. The first few shifts seem "elasticy" with an odd sound that accompanies it. After driving a few miles this seems to disappear and doesn't manifest itself again until the van is stone cold and driven again. We live in S. CA so the weather isn't that cold and the vehicle is garage kept. We don't warm the motor in the garage, we follow the manual and drive "gingerly" until the water temp, etc. is up to snuff. Any thoughts/ideas? I'm a little leery given the transmission problems in earlier Odysseys.
2) I have a pretty good wind leak around the top of the driver's door when I'm up to freeway speeds. It's not horrible but I can definitely hear it. I expected the van to be a bit louder due to the size, etc. but I'm surprised with the wind noise/leak. Has anyone else experienced this?
3) Our power tailgate seems to have a mind of it's own. (BTW - big thanks for the post about struggling to open the liftgage in the garage as we have the same problem). Neither the key fob nor the in dash button always seem to open the liftgage. I've fooled around with the custom settings in the MDI but that only seems to prevent the door from opening without unlocking the other doors first. Any thoughts/ideas?
I'm hoping someone else has experienced some of these issues before I run it back to the dealer.
PS - I can't wait to check the interior illumination on the van tonight.. another great post here.
Thanks everyone.
Christian
The birth of our son last year prompted my wife and I to recently take delivery of a 2012 Touring Elite (silver over grey) and to be honest, I'm a bit overwhelmed. The technology in this car is stunning and while I'm trying to get through the owners manuals, it's a bit daunting with the challenges of our expanded family.
We've only got about 200 miles on the van so far but it's already made a huge difference in carting our son, all his stuff, and our dog around town, to Grandma's house, etc. What an incredible piece of packaging.
I've done a search here and haven't found any answers to a few, hopefully quick questions that I have.
1) When cold, the transmission in our van seems to act a bit weird. The first few shifts seem "elasticy" with an odd sound that accompanies it. After driving a few miles this seems to disappear and doesn't manifest itself again until the van is stone cold and driven again. We live in S. CA so the weather isn't that cold and the vehicle is garage kept. We don't warm the motor in the garage, we follow the manual and drive "gingerly" until the water temp, etc. is up to snuff. Any thoughts/ideas? I'm a little leery given the transmission problems in earlier Odysseys.
2) I have a pretty good wind leak around the top of the driver's door when I'm up to freeway speeds. It's not horrible but I can definitely hear it. I expected the van to be a bit louder due to the size, etc. but I'm surprised with the wind noise/leak. Has anyone else experienced this?
3) Our power tailgate seems to have a mind of it's own. (BTW - big thanks for the post about struggling to open the liftgage in the garage as we have the same problem). Neither the key fob nor the in dash button always seem to open the liftgage. I've fooled around with the custom settings in the MDI but that only seems to prevent the door from opening without unlocking the other doors first. Any thoughts/ideas?
I'm hoping someone else has experienced some of these issues before I run it back to the dealer.
PS - I can't wait to check the interior illumination on the van tonight.. another great post here.
Thanks everyone.
Christian