Honda Odyssey Complaints

12,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10004583January 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER STATED THAT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE A HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004446January 22, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES WHEN TOUCHING THE DRIVERS DOOR HE GETS A ELECTRIC SHOCK. DEARLER NOTIFIED . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003158January 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ROUGH AT 55K MILES. DEALER FOUND METAL IN TRANS FLUID RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT. TRANSMISSION REPLACED 60K WITH REBUILT UNIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003186January 22, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN. THE MANUAL SLIDING DOORS STICK IN WET OR SNOWY WEATHER. SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THE DOORS OPEN BUT IT TAKES SEVERLA MINUTES. MANYL TIMES I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OPEN EITHER SLIDING DOOR AND HAVE HAD TO PULL MY KIDS OVER THE FRONT SEATS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD WHEN YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOORS TO GET YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD ON HONDA ODYSSEYS. MY SISTER HAS A 2000 ODYSSEY AND PULLED THE ENTIRE HANDLE OFF THE DOOR TRYING TO GET THE DOOR OPEN. HONDA HAS 2 SERVICE BULLETINS DETAILING A FIX FOR REPLACING THE WEATHERSTRIPPING BUT THEY WON'T COVER THE COST FOR ME BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT THESE DOORS SHOULD BE RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003084January 21, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. MANY HONDA MECHANICS HAVE INPUT TO THIS PROBLEM. CHECK CODE INDICATES THAT THE SOLENOID BYPASS AND THE TWO WAY VALVE WITHIN THE EMISSION SYSTEM HAVE GONE BAD. WE WERE BEING BLAMED FOR OVERFILLING THE GAS TANK. WE DO NOT DO THIS. FINALLY MECHANICS FIND ANOTHED CHECK CODE INDICATING THE FUEL FILLER NECK HAS A VACUUM LEAK. ONCE THEY REPLACED FILLER NECK, NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED. DEALERSHIP WAS VANN YORK HONDA IN HIGH POINT NC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003031January 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
1995 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 56,000 MILES. ABS LIGHT WENT ON INTERMITENTLY. TOOK THE CAR TO HONDA DEALER. WAS TOLD THERE IS A LEAK ON MODULATOR AND ACCUMULATOR. WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE MODULATOR ACCUMULATOR AT $1365. THIS HAS ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 20% OF THE COMPLAINS ON 1995 HONDA ODYSSEY ON NHTSA SITE. THERE WAS ALSO A SIMILAR DEFECT INVESTIGATION ON 1995 HONDA ACORD ABS. CALL FOR AN DEFECT INVESTIGATION ON HONDA ODESSEY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002840January 17, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP AND TCS LAMP TURNED ON. CODE# P0740 WHICH IS TORQUE CONVERTER WAS THE PROBLEM. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002854January 17, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. ENGINE RACES AND DOES NOT WANT TO GO INTO 3RD GEAR. HAD TRANSMISSION REPAIRED, AND FOUND THAT THE 2ND GEAR CLUTCH PLATES HAD SEVERE PREMATURE WEAR, AND THE CLUTCH PLATES WERE GROOVED (NOT SMOOTH LIKE THE 3RD GEAR CLUTCH PLATES, AND NOT WHAT WAS SHOWN IN THE REPAIR MANUAL). THE REPLACEMENT CLUTCH PLATES WERE SMOOTH, AS SHOWN IN THE REPAIR MANUAL. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002794January 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING. VERY SLOW TO KICK IN GEAR. HAZARDOUS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC OR ON FAST MOVING HIGHWAY TRAVEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002746January 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
APPROXIMATELY 250 MILES AFTER THE 15,000-MILE MAINTENANCE, AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES PER HOUR ON I-95, THE ODYSSEY BEGAN JERKING, LUNGING AND CLUNKING. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TELEPHONED AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER CARE. WE WERE TOLD TO PROCEED TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP IN FAYETTEVILLE, NC. A MECHANIC TOOK A FIVE-MINUTE TEST RIDE. THE VAN DID NOT REPLICATE THE JERKING AND CLUNKING AND WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND WE SHOULD PROCEED ON OUR WAY. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS A INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT LOOK UNDER THE HOOD OR CHECK ANY SYSTEMS. TEN MINUTES LATER ON I-95, AT 60 MILES PER HOUR, THE JERKING AND CLUNKING RESUMED. WE CALLED AHMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AGAIN. AT SPECIFIC REQUEST (THE REPRESENTATIVE HAD NO CLUE WHICH DEALERS WERE CLOSE TO US) WE WERE GIVEN PHONE NUMBERS FOR OTHER DEALERSHIPS FURTHER ALONG OUR ROUTE, BUT, WHEN WE CALLED THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS, THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENTS WERE CLOSED. WE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WAS NO TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE DIPSTICK. WE CALLED EAST COAST HONDA AND SPOKE WITH GUY EMERSON. WE ASKED GUY WHAT WAS DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION. ''WE DIDN''T TOUCH THE TRANSMISSION'' WAS GUY''S RESPONSE. WE CALLED AHMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AGAIN AND WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP US THOUGH WE WERE 70 MILES FROM HOME. THE GAS STATION DID NOT HAVE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID RECOMMENDED IN THE OWNER''S MANUAL AND AHMC CONCLUDED THAT WE COULD USE ''TYPE A'' TRANSMISSION FLUID AS A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT. WE PUT IN SOME OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THE STATION STOCKED, AND GOT BACK ON THE ROAD. SOON THE VAN CONTINUED TO JERK, LUNGE AND CLUNK UNTIL WE GOT OFF I-95 AND PROCEEDED ON BACK ROADS IN THIRD GEAR (D3). WE MADE OUR WAY SLOWLY HOME AND, THE NEXT MORNING, WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT HAD SERVICED OUR ODYSSEY LESS THAN 48 HOURS AND 400 MILES EARLIER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003835January 14, 2003
AIR BAGS, SEATS
THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AND PUSHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE FRONT SEATS COLLAPSED ALONG WITH THE MIDDLE ROW SEAT BACKS, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB *SCC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#10002518January 10, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
CONSUMER STATES, VEHICLE'S REAR SIGNAL LIGHT HAS MINIMUM VISIBILTY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER NOTIDIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002571January 10, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000933January 10, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
POWERTRAIN: TRANSMISSION FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002440January 9, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRYING TO PULL VEHICLE INTO REVERSE IT MAKES A LOUD NOISE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *NLM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006801January 6, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WE OWN THE LX MODEL WITH THE MANUAL SLIDING DOORS. THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR SEALS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES ON BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS. THEY STICK MOST OF THE TIME TO THE POINT WE HAVE BROKEN THE DOOR HANDLES OFF WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOORS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY WILLING TO REPLACE SEALS ON THE DOORS AT NO CHARGE, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IF THERE WERE A NEED TO GET OUR CHILDREN OUT OF THE CAR IN A HURRY, THAT THE DOORS MIGHT NOT OPERATE AT ALL. THERE ARE TIMES I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS AT ALL. THIS IS A FRUSTRATING PROBLEM - AS WELL AS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO FATHOM WHAT IT IS GOING TO COST ME TO HAVE THESE SEALS REPLACED AFTER THE WARRANTY IS UP. YET ONCE THE SEALS FAIL, THE DOORS DO NOT OPEN. WEB SITES LIKE EDMUNDS.COM HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF ANECDOTAL REPORTS OF ODYSSEY OWNERS WITH CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH THESE DOORS. SOMEONE COULD EASILY BE TRAPPED IN ONE OF THESE CARS AFTER AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AND ENCOURAGE HONDA TO FIND A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. *PH **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770820
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002104January 6, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
AFTER THE SLIDING DOORS WERE CLOSED, THE DOOR CHIME WOULD SOUND OFF WHILE DRIVING. BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS DID NOT LATCH AND THE DOORS WOULD UNLATCH WHILE DRIVING. PH SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002144January 6, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL PULL TO LEFT, DUE TO A FAULTY POWER STEERING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED SEVERAL TIME AND COULD NO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001947January 3, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
VEHICLES SLIDING DOORS ARE INOPERATIVE IN COLD WEATHER. DOORS UNLOCK BUT DON'T SLIDE OPEN, AND THE DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHTS COMES ON, BUT CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO LOCK THE DOORS BACK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY CANNOT. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006567December 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED---OR A MAJOR ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IN MY OPINION. (I HAVE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER FOR OVER 18 YEARS). ******DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*******770793. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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