Honda Odyssey Complaints (2001)

619 consumer complaints on file.

#10260538March 3, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY AND I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME CAR WHO WARNED ME THAT AROUND 125 THOUSAND MILES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START TO ACT UP ON THE VEHICLE AND AT 125 IT DID. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AND THE DEALER TOLD ME IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE ODYSSEY THIS REPAIR COMES UP TO $3200 HUNDRED DOLLARS. I DON'T THINK THE CONSUMER SHOULD FITTING THE BILL FOR A PROBLEM THAT THE DESIGNER KNOWS ABOUT IN THE CAR, SO PLEAS CHECK THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND SEE IF SOMETHING CAN BE DONE THANK YOU *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10259673February 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY THAT HAD A TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN NOV 2006 BY LOCAL HONDA DEALER HERE IN NORTHERN ITALY. THE TRANSMISSION ONLY LASTED 2 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AND 32K MILES. THE 2001 ODYSSEYS WERE GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH COVERED THE FIRST ONE, BUT I'M BEING TOLD I'M OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY, SO THE NEXT TRANSMISSION ISN'T COVERED. AS OF TODAY, THE ODYSSEY ENGINE IS FINE BUT THE TRANSMISSION WON'T ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. IT'S HARD-BROKE. MY CHIEF COMPLAINT IS HONDA NOT REPLACING THE NEW TRANSMISSION THAT ONLY LASTED 2 YEARS. *TR
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0
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0
#10259158February 17, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE COME FROM THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE I WAS ABLE TO DO A VISUAL CHECK OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH LOOKED FINE.UPON STARTING UP AGAIN IT STARTED TO SOUND LIKE I WAS DRAGGING METAL. I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT RIGHT HOME AND CALL THE HONDA DEALERSHIP. AFTER THEIR INSPECTION THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING HAD CRACKED AND BROKEN. THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH AND SAID THAT WITH MY MILEAGE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AND IN FACT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AT ALL. UPON BEING GIVEN THAT DIAGNOSIS I DECIDED TO TALK TO OTHER CERTIFIED REPAIR PEOPLE AS WELL AS TWO OTHER HONDA DEALERSHIPS AND THEY AGREED THAT IT IS NOT A NORMAL ISSUE. UPON EVEN FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT NOT ONLY IS THIS COMMON, BUT ON ONE WEBSITE I FOUND 24 OTHERS WHO REPORTED THE SAME INCIDENT ON THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF IT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE THAT HAVEN'T REPORTED THIS ISSUE AND HAS ANYONE BEEN INJURED BECAUSE OF IT. RIGHT NOW MY VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE FINAL REPAIR WILL CONSIST OF OR IF IT WILL LEAD TO ANY OTHER ISSUES .THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258170February 10, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SLIPPAGE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE, STOPPED IN TRAFFIC.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10257241February 2, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE, WHICH WERE REPAIRED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN MAY OF 2008, THE TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY BEGAN SLIPPING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HONDA SHOULD REPAIR. HONDA EXPLAINED THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE PART, BUT NOT THE LABOR. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE HONDA TO PAY FOR THE LABOR AS WELL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89,000.
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256272January 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OUR 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY JUST REQUIRED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT 113,000 MILES, AND AFTER JUST 60 MILES OF DRIVING IT'S NOT WORKING AGAIN. READING A DISCUSSION FORUM I DISCOVERED THAT THE ODYSSEYS HAVE HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, SOMETIME LEADING TO SAFETY ISSUES. OURS HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS AND SMELLS TERRIBLE. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255903January 21, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TODAY, NOTICED SOME VIBRATION AND GRINDING COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE GRINDING WAS BAD ON BACKING UP OR TURNING RIGHT, AS WELL AS WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS. THE STEERING ALSO PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT. AFTER A MILE, I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC, AND THE SAW THAT THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD CUT INTO THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC STRONGLY SUGGESTED REPLACING THE STRUT ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS DOING THE DRIVER SIDE. SINCE I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT REPAIRING CARS, I WANTED TO RESEARCH PRICES ON THE INTERNET. MY SEARCH TURNED UP A RECALL ON THE PART FOR A 2001 ACURA MDX, BUT ONLY THESE COMPLAINTS FOR THE 2001 ODYSSEY. I DID REGISTER THE COMPLAINT WITH HONDA. THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255592January 19, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT
LAST WEEK ASS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR MINIVAN MADE A LOUD SNAPPING SOUND FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VAN APPEARED TO DRIVE OK, ALTHOUGH SHE ONLY DRIVES IT AROUND TOWN AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 40MPH. TODAY, THE DEALER TOLD US THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SPRING HAD SNAPPED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OUR VAN. THE DRIVER SIDE SPRING SNAPPED IN DECEMBER 2007. THE HONDA ODYSSEY FORUMS AT WWW.ODYCLUB.COM HAVE MANY INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10253853January 5, 2009
POWER TRAIN
2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH SEVERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN AT 56,000 MILES AND NOW AT 114,000 IT NEEDS ANOTHER NEW TRANSMISSION. WE GOT STUCK 1 1/2 HOURS FROM HOME AS THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT RUN - NOO WARNING AT ALL. WE KEEP UP WITH ALL MAINTENANCE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING FOR AMERICAN HONDA TO CALL US TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP. BECAUSE OF THEIR WINTER HOLIDAY, WE HAVE NOW HAD TO WAIT 17 DAYS WITHOUT THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10253220December 30, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $3,500. TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 156,000.
Crash:
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0
Deaths:
0
#10253095December 29, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT
ON MARCH 14, 2008, WHEN STARTING 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY, A LOUD BANG SOUNDED. VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING WHEN BANG SOUNDED. MILEAGE 39,139. VEHICLE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE, PULLING STRONGLY TO RIGHT. HUSBAND CHECKED VEHICLE, FOUND RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKEN. ORDERED NEW COIL SPRING AND STRUT AND REPLACED. ON DECEMBER 17, 2008, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE HEARD ANOTHER LOUD BANG, WHILE VEHICLE NOT MOVING, AND HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY DRIVING IT, AS IT WAS PULLING STRONGLY TO THE LEFT. HUSBAND FOUND LEFT COIL SPRING BROKEN. MILEAGE 43,743. TALKED TO HONDA USA, AND REPORTED PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER TO CONFIRM LEFT COIL SPRING BROKEN. BOTH BROKEN PARTS HAD NO CORROSION, IT WAS A CLEAN BREAK. PARTS CURRENTLY ORDERED THROUGH HONDA ESTORE. HONDA REVIEWING CASE. FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS FOR SAME PROBLEM ON YOUR SITE, AND OTHERS. HOW SERIOUS OF AN ACCIDENT MUST IT BE BEFORE YOU WILL FIND THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS? THANK GOODNESS MY CHILDREN WEREN'T IN THE VEHICLE, AND I HADN'T BEEN MOVING WHEN THE COIL SPRINGS BROKE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10253146December 29, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN SEPT 2002 WE PURCHASED A USED 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 12,500 MILES FROM A DEALER IN GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN. IN MAY 2008, WITH ABOUT 78,000 MILES ON IT (AND A VEHICLE INSPECTION BEFORE OUR TRIP)ON AN EXTENDED TRIP OUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND 'TCS' LIGHT CAME ON. WE DROVE IT BACK HOME. AFTER THAT WE WOULD NOTICE AFTER EXTENDED DRIVING TIME THERE WOULD BE SHIFTING ISSUES. WE THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD US WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, APPROX $3000. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, WE FOUND OUT RATHER QUICKLY THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAD BEEN A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THE 2001 ODYSSEY AND THAT NOT UNTIL AFTER A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, HONDA AGREED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD NEVER BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. WE THEN FOUND OUT BECAUSE OUR VEHICLE, WHICH HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN TITLED IN CANADA, BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT, WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL. WE CONTACTED HONDA AMERICA & WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR US. THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RETURN OUR CALLS. THIS IS A TOTAL SAFETY ISSUE - HONDA IS NOT STANDING BEHIND ITS PRODUCT. WE FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THIS TRANSMISSION - THEY BUILT IT ORIGINALLY - IT SHOULD NOT MATTER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY TITLED. CAN YOU HELP US?*TR
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10251175December 9, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
2001 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN POWER SLIDING DOORS KEEP FAILING ESPECIALLY IN ICY CONDITIONS. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE HAD MY CHILDREN IN MY CAR WHEN THE DOORS FAILED TO OPERATE FULLY. I HAD TO CRAWL TO THE BACK THROUGH MY FRONT DOORS TO REACH MY VERY YOUNG CHILDREN TO PUT THEM IN AND OUT OF THEIR CAR SEATS. THEN I NEEDED TO DRIVE HOME IN ICY CONDITIONS WITH THE DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN NEXT TO ONE OF MY CHILDREN. IN ADDITION, ONE OF MY CHILDREN HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT MAKES GETTING TO THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR SAFETY. THESE POWER DOORS ARE SIMPLY HAZARDOUS AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THESE. FROM THE DISCUSSIONS ON OWNER FORUMS, THIS IS HAPPENING TO QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS MODEL OF CAR ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF YEARS. AFTER SPENDING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH THE DEALER TO TRY TO FIX THIS, THE DEALER GAVE ME A NEW 'FIX'. I NEED TO REMOVE A FUSE FOR 30 SECONDS AND THEN REPLACE THE FUSE. THE DOORS NEEDS TO BE 'RESET' I.E. IT APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT IN A SENSOR RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL PART NEEDING REPLACED. I HAVE REPLACED NEARLY EVERY PART OF ONE OF MY SLIDING DOORS AND STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AFTER IT HAS BEEN ICY. USUALLY MY HUSBAND CAN MANUALLY OPERATE THE DOOR AFTER THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT I AM NOT AS STRONG AS HE IS AND I CANNOT FULLY OPEN OR CLOSE THE DOOR. RESETTING THE DOOR BY REMOVING THE FUSE FOR 30 SECONDS MAKES THE DOOR START WORKING AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT OCCURRENCE. UNTIL RECENTLY, MY DEALER DID NOT TELL ME THE TRICK WITH THE FUSE SO WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, I WOULD BE FORCED TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN HOME WITH THE DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN. *TR
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10249957November 26, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
2001 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10248080November 9, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY DISCOVERED 2 ERROR CODES - P1676(IGNITION SWITCH) AND P0740(TRANSMISSION), THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING IGNITION, WHICH I OK'D AND THEY DID FOR $286.58. THEY HOPED THE SECOND ERROR CODE WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT DIDN'T. NOW I AM LOOKING AT A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS EXPENSE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR ON THE DAY OF THE VISIT 9/26/2008 HAD 80,702 MILES ON IT. I AM LOOKING ONLINE AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE A LOT OF SUCH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OTHER PEOPLE HAD WITH HONDA ODYSSEY AND THERE WAS A SUCCESSFUL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN CALIFORNIA AGAINST HONDA FOR 1999-2001 ACCORD TRANSMISSIONS THAT SHOWED THE SAME MALFUNCTION CODE. I AM THINKING HONDA SHOULD PAY FOR ODYSSEY TOO, SINCE THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD IN THEIR VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10247704November 4, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
TRANSMISSION BROKE FIRST TIME AND REPLACED AT END OF 2005. LAST WEEK I AND MY TWO BABY WAS ENTERING IN INTERSTATE... CAR STOPPED AND FELT LIKE WAS IN NEUTRAL...CLOSER TO CAUSE A BIG ACCIDENT...AFTER INCIDENT,CHANGED THE SOLENOIDS, BUT DID WORK... NEED A TRANSMISSION REPLACE AGAIN!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245995October 18, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10243996September 30, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP OUR 2001 ODYSSEY IN MY SON'S SCHOOL PARKING LOT THE BRAKE PEDAL--WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING--WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I COASTED PAST MY INTENDED STOPPING POINT BY ABOUT 20 FEET. LUCKILY NO PERSON OR VEHICLE WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME AT THAT TIME. I WAS ABLE TO RESTORE BRAKE FUNCTION BY PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE NEXT DAY MY MECHANIC EXAMINED THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. HE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THE SEALS ON THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAK THE FLUID COLLECTS IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM HE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE MASTER CYLINDER. HE THOUGHT THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS VERY VERY UNUSUAL. HE SPECIALIZES IN IMPORTED VEHICLES AND HAD NEVER BEFORE REPLACED A LEAKING MASTER CYLINDER ON A HONDA ODYSSEY OF ANY MODEL YEAR. OUR ODYSSEY IS A 2001 MODEL, IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND HAS BEEN DRIVEN LESS THAN 64,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10241045September 5, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
INTERMITTENT "CHECK ENGINE" WARNING ACCOMPANIED BY "TCS" WARNING LIGHT ON DASHBOARD; SLIPPING TRANSMISSION DURING ROUTINE ACCELERATION BETWEEN 2ND/3RD GEARS AND 3RD/4TH GEARS. WARNING LIGHT PROBLEM STARTED IN AUG '07; RECURRING NOW IN AUG '08 WITH CONSISTENT TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE/FAILURES DURING NORMAL CITY/HIGHWAY DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10240832September 3, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2001 ODYSSEY, TRANSMISSION ACTED UP... SLIPPING AFTER STOP, AND HARD CHANGE FROM GEAR TO GEAR...LOUD NOISE IN REVERSED JUST NOTICED.*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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