Honda Recalls 412,000 Vehicles for ‘Soft’ Brake Feel

Honda Recalls 412,000 Vehicles for ‘Soft’ Brake Feel: March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. recalled 412,000 U.S. vehicles including the Odyssey, the country’s best-selling minivan last year, to fix a brake-system flaw that spurred driver complaints of pedals feeling “soft.”

A part called a vehicle stability assist modulator should be modified on 344,000 Odysseys and 68,000 Element wagons from the 2007-2008 model years, Honda, Japan’s second-largest carmaker, said yesterday. The company is reviewing at least three reported crashes in which brakes were cited, none of which involved deaths, said Chris Martin, a spokesman.