Honda Odyssey Complaints (2002)

960 consumer complaints on file.

#10241897September 11, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH ONLY 83,000 MILES FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BY THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION HAD MAINTENANCE SERVICE BY A HONDA DEALER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING NOISES AND SLIPPING. I BROUGHT IT TO THE HONDA DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CODES INDICATED I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION!!! A COSTLY PROPOSITION. I AM AWARE OF NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS. THE EARLIER RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ADDITIONAL MODEL YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10241636September 9, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10241204September 6, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT 49000 MILES, WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND ACCELERATING, VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO ACCELERATE FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT WOULD ACT AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. WOULD HAVE TO EASE OF GAS AND ALLOW VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT BEFORE ACCELERATING AGAIN. ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT DUE TO PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PICK UP SPEED. HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. VEHICLE RAN OKAY, THOUGH STILL WOULD EXPERIENCE ROUGH DOWNSHIFTING FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR 3.5 YEARS, NOW HAVING SAME TROUBLE AND HAVING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. SITUATION IS DANGEROUS AND IS GOING TO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF NOT FOR US, THEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10239763August 26, 2008
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX - LEFT (DRIVER'S SIDE) SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH 4 CHILDREN IN THE CAR. AT THE TIME I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT A SLOW SPEED, FORTUNATELY THEY WERE ALL BUCKLED IN, BUT THEY WERE NONE THE LESS TERRIFIED BY THE EVENT. MY SON, WHO WAS CLOSEST TO THE DOOR, IS REFUSING TO RIDE IN A CAR. THE CAR IS AT THE HONDA DEALER IN KEENE, WHERE THEY SAY THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE TWO SLIDING DOOR HINGES FOR AROUND $500. I HAVE CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA, AND THEY SAY THAT THERE IS NO TSB FOR THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY SLIDING DOORS (THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS ONE FOR THE 1999-01 MODELS). I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THE SLIDING DOORS OPENING WHILE DRIVING ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY'S ON WEBSITES SUCH AS CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND CARSURVEY.ORG. THIS WAS A FRIGHTENING EVENT AND THERE NEEDS TO BE, AT THE VERY LEAST, A TSB IN REGARDS TO THIS DEFECTIVE DOOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10239490August 23, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY'S TRANSMISSION STARTED DOWNSHIFTING ON IT'S OWN WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS AT 70,500. THIS DECELERATION USUALLY OCCURS WHEN GOING INTO SECOND GEAR, BUT HAS ALSO HAPPENED AT HIGHER SPEEDS. IT OCCURS SEVERAL OR MORE TIMES EVERYTIME WE DRIVE THE CAR (WHICH IS EVERYDAY). WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO TRAVEL IN THIS VAN DAILY, AND AFTER READING ALL THE REPORTS ON THE INTERNET, WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. IN ONE RECENT INCIDENT A SEMI TRUCK WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BEHIND US. AS I ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH LANES TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED, OUR HONDA DECELERATED, AND WHEN I PUSHED HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR, IT DID NOT RESPOND. LUCKILY A CAR IN THE NEXT LANE SLOWED DOWN TO LET US OVER, AND WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE HAVE TAKEN OUR HONDA INTO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY STATED THEY WERE "UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM" WHEN THEY DROVE THE VAN. THE VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN ON TWO OCCASIONS , AND THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR (8-07), ALTERNATOR BELT -DUE TO BROKEN BRACKET (6-08). RIGHT BEFORE IT BROKE DOWN ON THESE OCCASIONS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OTHER DASH LIGHTS WERE FLASHING, AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WAS BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER ON 8-21-08 DUE TO ANOTHER BREAKDOWN AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THEY CLAIM IT NEEDS A NEW BATTERY , ALTERNATOR BELT, AND TWO NEW ALTERNATOR BRACKETS. HONDA IS OBVIOUSLY BUYING THEMSELVES TIME BY FIXING THE "MINOR ISSUES" IN HOPES THAT WE WILL BE ANOTHER CUSTOMER WHO CRAWLS TO THE 100,000 MILE MARK WHEN OUR WARRANTY EXPIRES AND WE'RE INFORMED OUR TRANSMISSION MYSTERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE KEEP THIS VEHICLE WE'LL BE PAYING FOR IT SINCE IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO HOLD HONDA ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT BEFORE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.`*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238966August 20, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO DISENGAGE AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING AND DOES THE SAME THING GOING AROUND A TURN OR THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT. CAR HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT AND TO KNOWLEDGE NO ONE HAS WORKED ON THE TRANSMISSION AND SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS SUPPOSED HAVE A MODIFICATION DONE ON IT AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER BUT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE SO I TOOK IT TO MY HONDA DEALER AND THEY TELL ME IT WILL COST $3983.00 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION , NOW FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HIS ALL HONDA ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM SO WHY ISN'T HONDA REQUIRED TO REPAIR THESE IF THEY ARE ALL GOING BAD , JUST LOOKING ON THE INTERNET I MUST HAVE SEEM HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT HONDA TRANSMISSIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238887August 19, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING CAUSING THE CAR TO COAST UNTIL IT "SLAMMED" BACK INTO GEAR. THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 60K MILES AND IS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR SERVICE. THIS TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE OCCURS ON A REGULAR BASIS MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SLIPS WHILE MERGING INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM THAT THEY DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AS SOON AS I DROVE THE VAN OFF THE LOT, IT BEGAN SLIPPING AGAIN. THE 1999 - 2001 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES WERE RECALLED, BUT THE DEFECT WAS NOT CORRECTED FOR THE 2002 MODEL YEAR, THEREFORE THE 2002 SHOULD BE ALSO BE RECALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238700August 18, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. DEALER SAYS TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH COMPUTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238605August 17, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CODE P700, SLIPPING OUT OF 2ND GEAR AND HIGH ACCELERATION. TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $800 - $4000 AND THEY ALSO REFERENCED THE BULLETIN ON HONDA ODYSSEY'S. WILL TAKE IT IN FOR A 2ND OPINION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238535August 17, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 HONDA ODYSSEY - TRANSMISSION DRIVE LIGHT BLINKS INTERMITTENTLY. RESETS UPON RESTARTING VEHICLE. VEHICLE HESITATES/BUCKS ON OCCASION AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. MILEAGE AT 102,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AS DIRECTED. HONDA RECALL ON TRANSMISSION PROBLEM INVOKED WITHIN SEVERAL MONTHS OF INITIAL RECALL NOTICE. I AM HEARING AND READING THAT ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD OF FAILURES, BEGINNING WITH THE RECALL NOTICE. IT'S A KNOWN AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238563August 17, 2008
AIR BAGS
SRS LIGHT ON CONTINUOUSLY FOR ONE YEAR. RESET ONCE BY REPAIR SHOP. CAME BACK ON A WEEK LATER. STILL ON. AIRBAG THUS INOPERATIVE, WHICH I JUST BECAME AWARE OF. I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT IN MANY SUCH CASES THE HONDA DEALERS COULD NOT FIND A LASTING FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON PARTS/LABOR THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING UPON IMPACT. MAYBE IT IS CHEAPER FOR HONDA TO PAY THE LAWSUITS FOR INJURY/DEATH THAN TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE MONEY ON "FIXES" THAT DO NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I WANT MY CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHER (ME) TO BE REASONABLY SAFE IN OUR CAR, WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THE HONDA ODYSSEY IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WILL BE SELLING THE VAN AS SOON AS I CAN AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE DO NOT LET HONDA GET AWAY WITH THIS. I WILL BE FILING A SEPARATE COMPLAINT FOR THE POWER DOORS SPONTANEOUSLY OPENING WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. I HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE TRANSMISSION RECALL; MINE WAS REPLACED. A LOCAL MECHANIC SAID HE HAS AN AMAZING NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH ODYSSEY'S AND WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THEM. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A HONDA VAN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238295August 14, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TIRES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A HALT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE TRANSMISSION, DRIVESHAFT, AND FRONT TIRES ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238168August 14, 2008
POWER TRAIN, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TRANSMISSION WENT ON THE WAY HOME FROM VACATION AT 44,000. BROKE DOWN ON NY THRUWAY - VERY DANGEROUS AND VERY INCONVENIENT. $2900 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WENT ON THE WAY TO VACATION AT 87,000. BROKE DOWN ON EXIT 2 OF NJ TURNPIKE. VERY DANGEROUS AND VERY INCONVENIENT. HAD TO LEAVE CAR AND RENT ONE TO CONTINUE ON OUR VACATION. WILL GET FIXED THIS WEEKEND - $3300. HONDA ODYSSEYS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THIS, AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU BREAK DOWN, THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. WE HAVE 2 KIDS UNDER 10, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITH THEM IN THE CAR ON HIGHWAYS WITH CARS RUNNING AT AN AVERAGE OF 75 MPH. HONDA IS REALLY TAKING CHANCES WITH PEOPLES' LIVES TURNING OUT FAULTY PRODUCT. IT'S A CRIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237879August 12, 2008
POWER TRAIN
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE THIRD GEAR WAS CRACKED. THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THERE IS NO RECALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237890August 12, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST AT 37800 MILES THE SECOND AT 102,000 MILES OR 64,000 MILES ON SECOND TRANSMISSION. NOT OURS BUT SOME OF THESE TRANS. FAILURES LOCK UP VEHICLE SO THAT IT HAS TO BE DRUG ON TO THE TOW TRUCK, BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND CAUSING HAZARDS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237889August 12, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILED LEAVING US STRANDED ON 118 FWY. THIS WAS WITH ONLY 37800 MILES ON VEHICLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THESE HONDA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS FAIL AT VERY LOW MILEAGES OFTEN LOCKING UP WITH THE CAR BEING IMMOBILE IN TRAFFIC. HONDA SELLING DEALER REPLACED TRANS. AT NO COST EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OVER WARRANTY.(THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A FAULTY PRODUCT) THE SECOND TRANS. WENT FOR 64000 MILES BEFORE IT QUIT WITH HOWLING NOISES AND OIL LEAKING OUT OF THE OUTPUT LEFT SHAFT SEAL. HONDA IS TRYING TO COVER THIS UP WITH TREATING CASE INDIVIDUALLY AND TRYING TO GET EACH CUSTOMER TO FOOT THE REPAIR BILL UNLESS PERSUADED TO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237644August 11, 2008
STRUCTURE
THE MANUAL SLIDING DOORS FOR THE REAR SEATS OF OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY STOPPED CLOSING SECURELY SO WE HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE RED LIGHTS ON THE PANEL AND THE INABILITY TO CLOSE THE DOOR TIGHTLY CAUSE PARENTS DRIVING CHILDREN QUITE A BIT OF ANXIETY. INTERNET CHAT ROOMS INDICATE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237772August 11, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 60,000 MILES. REQUIRED COMPLETE REBUILD AT COST OF $2,800.00. ACCORDING TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, HONDA IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS YET ISN'T RECALLING THEM. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD, SOME TRANSMISSIONS ARE LOCKING UP, WHICH MAKES THEM A UN-SAFE. A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A RECALL FROM HONDA ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BY ADDING A TRANSMISSION COOLER. I HAD THE CAR SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL AT THE TIME, BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237550August 9, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND IS PERIODICALLY UNABLE TO PROPERLY CHANGE GEARS. HONDA DEALER REPORTS THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. ONLY 79,000 MILES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER :04V176000) WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED BY DEALER. FOLLOWED REGULAR RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE TWICE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237280August 6, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L FAILED ON 7/24/08. IT HAD DONE 77.5K MILES. HONDA REFUSED TO REPLACE IT WITHOUT ANY COST TO ME. I ENDED UP PAYING $2K FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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