2014 Odyssey safety features question

LauraD · Jul 12, 2014

Hi there,
I'm planning on buying a 2014 Odyssey and I can't decide between the EX and the EX-L. I don't care about leather seats, but I kind of want the EX-L for the Lane Departure Warning and the Front Collision Warning. For those of you who have the EX-L (or higher), are the LDW and FCW actually useful? Do they work properly and do you think they actually help prevent a collision?
Thanks so much!
Laura

tl01 · Jul 12, 2014

LauraD said:
Hi there,
I'm planning on buying a 2014 Odyssey and I can't decide between the EX and the EX-L. I don't care about leather seats, but I kind of want the EX-L for the Lane Departure Warning and the Front Collision Warning. For those of you who have the EX-L (or higher), are the LDW and FCW actually useful? Do they work properly and do you think they actually help prevent a collision?
Thanks so much!
Laura

I just went from a 2013 to a 2014 2 weeks ago today and I really like the new safety systems. Sometimes they do warn you about an issue at random times... Like driving up a hill while turning... It thought I was going to hit a parked car but overall it isn't intrusive. Somehow one of the first days I had the new van I was looking at something... And missed that two cars ahead someone stopped almost completely in the middle of a fast parkway type road (45 mph speed limit ) because of one knocked down cone. I totally didn't expect that and it might have saved me from hitting the person in front of me who already had almost rear ended the person who should have just gone around the cone.

LauraD · Jul 12, 2014

Thanks, tl01. Does the LDW and FCW make the same noise? I'd be worried that the LDW would beep, and that I'd think it was the FCW and get alarmed and then brake instinctively. Makes me nervous that it would make driving potentially more dangerous.

tl01 · Jul 12, 2014

LauraD said:
Thanks, tl01. Does the LDW and FCW make the same noise? I'd be worried that the LDW would beep, and that I'd think it was the FCW and get alarmed and then brake instinctively. Makes me nervous that it would make driving potentially more dangerous.

I think it is the same beep but the FCW system also flashes the words brake on the screen where the speedometer is. I haven't been bothered yet by confusing them. Really it just makes sure you have all your focus on the road... If that makes sense.

SafeDad · Jul 13, 2014

The system in the Odyssey has only the alert I think, rather than the full autobrake system in the Acura MDX. Even so, it sounds like it can be effective. Here's an interesting read about the Honda system:

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/article/49/4/2

huntressxx · Jul 14, 2014

I love it, the safety features are well worth it, especially the blind spot system, the van certainly has enough of them.

DawgDad · Jul 14, 2014

The LDW can be annoying at times...especially on narrow residential roads.

MotoMommaNH · Jul 15, 2014

DawgDad said:
The LDW can be annoying at times...especially on narrow residential roads.

I totally agree and on a certain road near my house that I travel about 40 mph I tend to shut it off. Although on a late drive home on the highway from my parents with two kiddos (no hubby) I appreciated it being there to keep me from drifting just on case.

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