Driving Miss Crazy

Feb 24, 2008 - That Annoying Honda Gas Tank Slosh

I have a 2003 Honda Odyssey with the annoying sloshing in the gas tank.  Yes, when you back up with a 3/4 tank it's like driving with a giant fish bowl in the back - swish, slosh, swish, slosh.  Thank goodness I have screaming kids to drown (pardon the pun) out the noise.

Now, I wasn't the first to hear the slosh.  Many other Honda owners heard it in their Honda's and you can even find Technical Service Bulletins on the Odyssey and other earlier model year Hondas (Pilots, MDX, etc.).

So why 5 years later are Honda owners still experiencing this swish, slosh mosh?  Honda Pilot owners and members of the forums are reporting a sloshing sound coming from the gas tank. Apparently, baffles are absent in the gas tank and the gas tank is missing acoustic insulation.  Some report having the gas tank replaced and the problem is fixed.

The question appears to be why Honda hasn't fixed the problem after so many complaints and so many years?

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