Honda Odyssey Complaints

12,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10446332February 2, 2012
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM ON MY 3RD FAILED TRANSMISSION FROM HONDA WITH MY 2001 ODYSSEY. IT SEEMS THEY GO OUT EVERY 60,000-80,000 MILES. THE FIRST TWO WERE REPLACED WITH A FIGHT ALL THE WAY, BUT NEVERTHELESS REPLACED. NOW THEY ABSOLUTELY WONT REPLACE IT BECAUSE THEY GO BY THE CARS MILEAGE AND YEARS, NOT THE TRANSMISSIONS. I'M SO FRUSTRATED AND DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT IF IT EVER COMES TO BE. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL FAMILY CAR, AND ASSUMED RELIABLE SINCE IT'S HONDA, BUT I HAVE BEEN HUGELY DISAPPOINTED. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN ACTUALLY DO. IT'S NOT FAIR FOR A LARGE CORPORATION TO MAKE THE CONSUMER WHO BELIEVED IN THEIR PRODUCT SUFFER AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF A CAR WITH 3 CHILDREN, INCLUDING AN INFANT, FOR 9 MO NOW. VERY SAD THIS CAN HAPPEN WITH NO REPERCUSSIONS. I WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT TO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. *KB
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#10446528February 2, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NO WARNING SIGNS. ONE SECOND MOVING JUST FINE, NEXT NOTHING. NO POWER.
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#10446139February 1, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
FRONT AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNT. THIS WILL BE SECOND REPLACEMENT OF FRONT MM. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS APROX. 500 MILES AND UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
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#10446211February 1, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
ON 1/23/12 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DRIVERS SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR WITH REMOTE, IT WAS NOTED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE, SAID DOOR CLOSED ABOUT HALF-WAY AND THEN REOPENED. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CLOSE ABOVE DOOR UNTIL IT FINALLY DID CLOSE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED AT THIS TIME THAT WHEN IT DID CLOSE IT MADE A THUMPING NOISE. "THUMP... THUMP... THUMP..." WHILE THE DOOR WAS CLOSING. IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES THIS PAST WEEK, HOWEVER NOT ALL THE TIME. THE THUMPING NOISE WAS NOTED ALL THE TIME THOUGH, ONLY UPON CLOSING. ANNOYING, BUT NOT TERRIBLE. TONIGHT, 2/1/12, HOWEVER IS A DIFFERENT STORY. I OPENED THE ABOVE DOOR USING THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, THE DOOR BEGAN TO OPEN. WHEN IT (SLIDING DOOR) WAS JUST ABOUT COMPLETELY OPEN (MORE THAN 3/4 OPEN BUT NOT FULLY), MY SIX YEAR-OLD SON ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB INTO THE VAN (SOMETHING HE HAS DONE BEFORE WITHOUT THERE EVER BEING A PROBLEM) WHEN THE DOOR BEGAN TO CLOSE ON ITS OWN! THANKFULLY, I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL HIM OUT OF HARMS WAY AND STOP THE DOOR FROM CLOSING ON HIM. THE DOOR THEN OPENED, WHEN I PHYSICALLY STOPPED IT FROM CLOSING ON MY SON, AND THEN BEGAN TO CLOSE AGAIN AND THEN OPEN, TO WHERE IT STAYED. IT WAS THEN THAT I TURNED OFF THE POWER SLIDER AND CLOSED THE DOOR MANUALLY. I REALIZE NOWHERE ON THIS FORM DOES IT ASK FOR POTENTIAL INJURIES, HOWEVER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING. A NECESSARY COMPONENT (A DOOR) THAT ONE BELIEVES TO BE SAFE IS NOT ONLY UNRELIABLE BUT HAZARDOUS. *TR
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#10446087February 1, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THREE ENGINE MOUNTS ARE BROKEN ON OUR HONDA ODYSSEY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. WE HAVE HAD AND CURRENTLY HAVE OTHER CARS THAT ARE AND WERE OLDER THAN THIS ODYSSEY AND YET THE MOUNTS REMAINED IN TACT. HONDA CURRENTLY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A MODEL DEFECT. I HAVE HAD TO SHELL OUT CLOSE TO $1500 TO CORRECT THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS. I AM APPALLED THAT THEY ARE REFUSING TO RECALL THESE PARTS AND ON TOP ARE CHARGING SUCH HIGH PRICES TO CORRECT IT. *TR
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#10446042January 31, 2012
ENGINE
DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE YESTERDAY, MY WIFE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND NEEDED REPLACED. THIS SEEMED ODD SINCE IT HAD NOT BEEN OBSERVED DURING PREVIOUS VISITS AND FOR THE MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER GOING ON LINE, IT APPEARS THERE ARE MANY OTHERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND THAT THIS IS A QUALITY ISSUE WITH HONDA. I ONLY HOPE THAT NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENS TO ANY OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES INCLUDING MINE. *TT
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#10445799January 30, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN
OUR BRAND NEW 2012 HONDA ODYSSEY TOURING ELITE JUDDERS BETWEEN 25-40 MPH BETWEEN SHIFTS. THE JUDDER CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM MILD AND VERY TRANSIENT TO ROUGH BUCKING THAT LASTS FOR OVER 2 SECONDS BEFORE IT SMOOTHS OUT. UNDER MILD OR HEAVY ACCELERATION, I HAVE NOT NOT NOTICED THE JUDDER. IT SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN UNDER MODERATE ACCELERATION. IT ALSO SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE VIOLENTLY WHILE GOING UPHILL. IT HAPPENS AT LEAST 90% OF THE TIME DURING THE SHIFT BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS UNDER MODERATE (TYPICAL) ACCELERATION. THIS JUDDER RESULTS IN A LOSS OF EXPECTED ACCELERATION AND DECREASED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE AND FEEL THAT HONDA MUST RECALL THESE VEHICLES TO PERMANENTLY REPAIR THE UNDERLYING ISSUE. THIS ISSUE AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST THE 2012 MODEL YEAR. *TT
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0
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#10445724January 29, 2012
POWER TRAIN
VIBRATION AND NOISE FROM ENGINE OR TANSMISSION WHENEVER CAR GOES INTO ECO MODE. DOES IT AT ALL SPEEDS. DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE CAR NEEDS NEW ENGINE MOUNTS. SEEMS LIKE EX-L AND TOURINGS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE!!!! FAULTY MOUNTS, BAD DESIGN! DEALER QOTED $2000 TO FIX. DONT HAVE MONEY TO COVER THE COST AS I JUST HAD A BABY. *TT
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10445781January 29, 2012
POWER TRAIN
FRONT AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE. *TT
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No
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#10445669January 28, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. IN OCTOBER, 2007, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 99,860 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE, WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $4500.00. I GAVE THE DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE WORK.THE NEXT DAY I WAS INFORMED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC THAT AMERICAN HONDA HAD ENTERED INTO A COURT SETTLEMENT WHICH RECOGNIZED THE DEFICIENT TRANSMISSION DESIGN AND THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE SETTLEMENT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY REGISTERED NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH A SETTLEMENT. UPON MY INSISTENCE THEY AGREED TO CHECK WITH AMERICAN HONDA. MY CLAIM WAS SUBSTANTIATED AND I RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION AT NO COST. UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION CONTAINED THE SAME DESIGN FAULTS AND FAILED THIS WEEK WITH 57,000 MILES RECORDED. THE DEALER AND AMERICAN HONDA HAS REFUSED TO COMPENSATE ME FOR A SECOND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IN SPITE OF THEIR AWARENESS OF CONTINUOUS DESIGN FLAWS WHICH CONTINUE TO LEAD TO INEVITABLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I BELIEVE THAT HONDA SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE DUE TO A DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS REPLACEMENT. TO DO OTHERWISE WOULD REPRESENT A TOTAL LACK OF CONCERN FOR COMPLETE CUSTOMER SAFETY AND PROTECTION, PARTICULARLY CONSIDERING THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF THE KNOWN DEFECT AND SAFETY HAZARD OF A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10445668January 28, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS, CAUSED ENGINE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING, WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OR OUT OF GEAR. *TR
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Injuries:
0
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0
#10445595January 27, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED HE HEARD A LOUD HUMMING SOUND UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT, RIGHT, AND REAR MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,270.
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0
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0
#10445462January 26, 2012
POWER TRAIN
@ 74560 MILES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. TOOK IT DEALERSHIP BUT COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM TWO WEEKS AND DUE TO BEING AWAY FROM HOME ON VACATION COULD NOT WAIT AROUND. TOOK TO DEALER IMMEDIATELY AFTER GETTING HOME BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS OVER MILEAGE FOR RECALL. SINCE I HAD TO PAY FULL PRICE TOOK IT TOO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AFTER @ 5000 MILES DEALERSHIP BLAMED OUTSIDE MECHANIC WHO SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH CONVERTER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING THE WHOLE TIME BUT THE DEALERSHIP NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT A RECALL. NOW IT IS OVER 140000 THE TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY SHOT EVEN AFTER I HAVE KEPT REFILLING IT TO MAKE SURE THE FLUID STAYED AT PROPER LEVELS AND I HAVE TO EITHER HAVE TO REPAIR IT MYSELF OR TRADE IT IN. THE DEALER NEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT NEVER INFORMED ME WHEN I WAS IN THERE. *TR
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#10445526January 26, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I WAS DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL OFF AT A CONSTANT SPEED OF 45 MPH ON LEVEL GROUND. BRAKES SPONTANEOUSLY ACTIVATED WITH MODERATELY HARD FORCE, SLOWING CAR TO 30 MPH, THEN RELEASING. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, AND ALL FOUR WHEELS APPEARED TO BE INVOLVED. ENGINE RPM DID DECREASE DURING THIS EVENT. THE SPONTANEOUS BRAKING RECURRED TWICE WITHIN TWO MILES WITH THE SAME FAIRLY SPIRITED DECELERATION EXPERIENCED. THE VSA WAS SWITCHED TO THE OFF SETTING, AND NO OTHER EPISODES OF SPONTANEOUS BRAKING WERE NOTED FOR THE REMAINING ONE MILE OF THE JOURNEY. FUEL LEVEL AT 80%, CAR IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. NO ABERRANT SOUNDS WERE GENERATED. UPDATED 03/09/12 *TR
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0
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#10445166January 25, 2012
POWER TRAIN, WHEELS
2012 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS A SHUTTERING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THIS SEEMS MOST PREVALENT AROUND 40+ MILES PER HOUR, HOWEVER, IT CAN HAPPEN AT VARYING SPEEDS. I HAVE SET AN APPOINTMENT WITH HONDA DEALER (LEHIGH VALLEY HONDA FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 31. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE CONSULTANT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS AT THIS TIME. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA MOTOR CORPORATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THIS VAN IS APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS OLD AND EXPERIENCING THIS SHUTTERING PROBLEM. YOU CAN FEEL THE VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. ADDITIONALLY, YOU CAN HEAR IT AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN A QUIET ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS OTHER CONSUMERS SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE REGARDING MODEL YEARS 2011 & 2012. THANK YOU. *TR
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#10445230January 25, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THE A/C UNIT SHOULD NOT FAIL IN A 4 YEAR OLD CAR THAT IS HARDLY USED. WE STILL HAVE NOT REPAIRED IT BECAUSE IT COSTS AROUND 1,000.00. *TR
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0
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0
#10445233January 25, 2012
POWER TRAIN
1ST TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF MY 2001 ODYSSEY CAME AT 73,900 MILES. GOT WARRANTED NEW TRANSMISSION. AT 84,000 MILES 3RD GEAR PRESSURE RELATED TO TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE FIXED. NOT WARRANTED. AT 107,443 INTERNAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. FULL REPLACEMENT REQUIRED. SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT AGREED TO CHARGE ME 50% OF THE $4800.00 DOLLAR COST SO I ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY $2410.35. IMAGINE, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURES ESPECIALLY FROM MY RESEARCH, FOR THE YEARS 1999-2002. MANY HONDA ODYSSEY OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF HAD TO REPLACE MULTIPLE ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS. IMAGINE I HAVE ONLY GONE 107,443 MILES AND I'M ON MY THIRD TRANSMISSION. HONDA HAS TO KNOW THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW ETC., IN THOSE TRANSMISSIONS, BUT DIDN'T RECALL THEM AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OF THE ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS FOR THE YEARS 1999-2002. I SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE HAD TO PAY HALF THE COST OF MY THIRD LATEST ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION. HONDA HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH MURDER. AT LEAST TOYOTA RECALLED THE MANY CARS THAT SEEM TO BE DEFECTIVE. HONDA SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING FOR ITS ODYSSEY CUSTOMERS. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10446409January 25, 2012
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLL WAY AT 65 MPH THE TCS & ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE D (DRIVE) INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING. AS THIS WAS HAPPENING THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING SPEED AND PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR INCREASED THE ENGINES RPMS BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL SLOWING DOWN. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND DISCOVERED NO FORWARD OR REVERSE MOVEMENT WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A HONDA DEALER THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I WAS CONTACTED BY THE SERVICE ASSOCIATE AND TOLD THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND PCM WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $6100.00.
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10444956January 23, 2012
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000. UPDATED 02/22/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION HAS A VIBRATION AND SHUDDER. UPDATED 02/24/12
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10444961January 23, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I HAD ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, NOW MY SECOND ONE AT 3.5 YEARS OLD IS SOMETIMES GOING OUT OF REVERSE AND INTO DRIVE ALONG WITH DRIVING ALONG IN DRIVE AND ALL THE SUDDEN DOES NOTHING WHEN YOUR FOOT IS ON THE GAS. *TR
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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