Honda Odyssey Complaints

12,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10078644June 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
INAPPROPRIATE GEAR SHIFTS AND INCREASES IN REVS REGARDLESS OF THROTTLE POSITION. DISCOVERED TRANSMISSION RECALL AND HAD INSPECTION AND LUBRICATION MODS MADE. VAN STILL DISPLAYS REVS SURGES AND INAPPROPRIATE UP AND DOWN SHIFTING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078416June 18, 2004
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
ANOTHER CAR TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF ME, WITH NO SIGNAL OR NO NOTICE. I HIT HER AND MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND MY SEAT BELT HELD ME FINE. MY KIDS WERE IN THE SECOND ROW SEAT WITH SEAT BELTS ON. THEY BOTH HIT THE SEAT IN FRONT OF THEM. I THINK THE HANDLES THAT ARE ON THE SEATS (BAD DESIGN). MY SON LOST 4 PERMANENT TEETH AND HAD LACERATIONS TO HIS FACE. MY DAUGHTER HAD A CONCUSSION AND NOW HAS A HUGE SCAR ON HER LIP AND CHIN. I GUESS THE SHOULDER STRAPS FAILED TO LOCK?*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10079468June 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND REPLACED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT DEALER EXPENSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079433June 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. THEN, AFTER SEVERAL HOURS THE VEHICLE STARTED AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TWICE BUT, COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079359June 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH TRANSMISSION FAILED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS FAILURE INTERRUPTED THE VEHICLE'S MOVEMENT WITH ENGINE STILL RUNNING. DEALER STATED THEY WILL REPLACE THE PART WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076227June 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD AND FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. THERE IS ALSO HESITATION AND THE ENGINE REVVED WAY UP. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT ONE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075328June 14, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
IN MAY OF 2002, I PURCHASED A USED 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY FROM A REPUTABLE HONDA DEALER IN CONWAY, AR. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, THE CAR HAD 48,680 MILES. THE CAR WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS LATER, I NOTICED TWO THINGS: MY GEARS WERE SLIPPING AND MY POWER STEERING FLUID GETTING VERY LOW. ON 10/29/02 (AND 57,163 MILES), I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE I RESIDE IN MONROE, LA. IT WAS DETERMINED FROM THE TECHNICIAN THAT MY POWER STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING AND THAT I HAD TO REPLACE MY ENTIRE STEERING RACK. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY! RACK WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075329June 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE TCS LIGHT ONE YEAR AFTER HAVING MY ENTIRE STEERING RACK REPLACED. ON 10/06/03 (AND 81,372 MILES), I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER. I TOLD THE TECHNICIAN THAT AGAIN I FELT MY CAR DRIVING ROUGH AND SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATIONS. THEY ASKED ME WHAT KIND OF GAS I WAS USING.(?) FOUND CODE P0420 "CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD. INTERMITTENT CODE". THE DEALER RESET THE LIGHT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075331June 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ON 10/16/03, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WOULD GO DEAD WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS AFTER I HAD BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE "CHECK ENGINE WAS ON" DUE TO "CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD. INTERMITTENT CODE". AND THE DEALER RESET THE LIGHT. IT WAS DETERMINED THIS TIME BY MY HONDA DEALER THAT THE CAUSE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL (02-031). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075332June 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
ON 12/17/03, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE HONDA DEALER BECAUSE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 MONTHS THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. I TOLD THEM THAT I AM STILL FEELING SOME HARD SLIPPAGE ON DOWNSHIFTS. WITH APPROXIMATELY 82,500 MILES ON MY CAR, THE TECHNICIANS BELIEVED IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE ESTIMATE WAS $701.90. THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PART AND I WOULD HAVE TO PREPAY. I WAS UNEASY ABOUT THIS (AND NOT TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF MONEY), SO THEY RESET THE INDICATOR AND SAID THAT "IT WOULDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE CAR IF I DIDN'T FIX IT NOW. ALL THAT WOULD HAPPEN WOULD BE THAT THE LIGHT WOULD CONTINUE TO COME ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075334June 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WELL, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID COME BACK ON LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THREE MONTHS. ON 01/07/04, THEY CHECKED THE CAR AGAIN AND SAID THAT IT WAS THE CONVERTER AND THAT WHILE THEY WERE IN THERE I SHOULD ALSO REPLACE THE O2 SENSOR. I AGREED TO IT AND MY ESTIMATE (FOR PARTS) WAS NOW $742.83. AFTER TEN DAYS, I CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE IF THE PARTS WERE IN AND THEY WERE, BUT NO ONE BOTHERED TO CALL ME. ON 1/21/04 WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON AND AT 88,846 MILES, MY CONVERTER AND SENSOR WERE REPLACED FOR A TOTAL OF $857.81.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075336June 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE MY LAST CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ON 05/10/04, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS IS THE FORTH TIME SINCE 10/06/03. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE PERSON, DALE, TOLD ME IT COULD BE NUMEROUS THINGS (E-VAL, TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER OR SHIFT SOLENOIDS). WOW! DID SOMEONE SAY TRANSMISSION? BUT HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE COMPLETELY SURE, I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE MY CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS TO RUN THE "THOROUGH" TEST AND THEY WOULD CHARGE ME APPROXIMATELY $70. SO, WHEN THEY REPLACED MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOUR MONTHS AGO (AND DIDN'T DO THE 5 HOUR TEST), WERE THEY COMPLETELY SURE IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER? UPSET ABOUT THIS NEW DISCOVERY, I TOLD THEM I JUST SPENT OVER $800 FOUR MONTHS AGO ON SOMETHING THAT THEY "THOUGHT" WAS WRONG AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME TO LOOK AT THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. DALE LATER CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD RESET THE LIGHT TODAY AND IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO COME BACK RIGHT AWAY AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO "NARROW IT DOWN." *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075339June 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WELL, OF COURSE, WOULDN'T YOU KNOW...ON FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2004 AT 5:00 PM AND APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER (FROM 05/10/04), MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIFTH TIME SINCE 10/06/03. DALE AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO CALL IF IT CAME ON AGAIN AND BRING IT IN ASAP. THE EARLIEST THE DEALER COULD SEE ME IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004. MY MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY 99,383. HONDA HAS EXTENDED THEIR TRANMISSION WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. LOOKS LIKE 100,000 MILES WILL BE HERE BEFORE I KNOW IT. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE SHARING A VEHICLE BECAUSE I REFUSE TO PUT ANYMORE MILES ON THIS CAR. CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE? IT SEEMS THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075340June 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
02/25/03-CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT 65,654 MILES. DEALER INSTALLED NEW EGR PIPE KIT. TCS LIGHT IS ON AS WELL. DEALER SAID IT WAS RELATED TO JOB #1. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075209June 11, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE LEFT AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR NO LONGER CLOSES ALL THE WAY ON ITS OWN (MISSES BY ABOUT 1/32") AND TO KEEP THE BUZZER FROM SOUNDING CONTINUOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO "BUMP" THE DOOR CLOSED WITH YOUR HIP. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL, SHARP POINT THAT IS TRYING TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THIS DOOR FROM THE INSIDE, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. I TOOK IT TO HONDA AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'VE SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND FIXING IT WOULD COST APPROX. $700. I ASKED "IF YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, HOW COME THERE'S NOT A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM?", AND THEY SAID TO TALK TO THE MANAGER (WHO WASN'T THERE AT THE TIME), AND HE NEVER RETURNED MY CALL. ANYWAY, I NEVER GOT THE REPAIR DONE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. THEN THE NEXT WEEK MY OTHER DOOR STARTED BUZZING CONTINUOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CLOSED ALL THE WAY. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THAT BUZZING WAS TO DISABLE THE DOOR ENTIRELY (USING THE DASHBOARD DOOR SWITCH). FOR SOME REASON, THAT PROBLEM STOPPED ALL BY ITSELF ABOUT A WEEK AFTER IT STARTED, AND HASN'T COME BACK....BUT I'M STILL STUCK WITH THE DOOR FROM HELL ON THE OTHER SIDE. SINCE THEN, I'VE GONE TO OTHER CAR COMPLAINT WEBSITES AND SEEN JUST HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS WITH ODYSSEY SLIDING DOORS, AND THAT EVEN WHEN PEOPLE GET THE PROBLEM FIXED, IT SOMETIMES RETURNS WITH THE NEW INSTALLED EQUIPMENT TOO -- REQUIRING ANOTHER FIX FOR $700. CAN'T HONDA JUST RECALL THIS MODEL AND FIX THE PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL AT HONDA'S EXPENSE, IF IT'S SO WIDESPREAD?? I LOVE MY ODYSSEY, BUT THIS MAKES ME THINK TWICE ABOUT GETTING ANOTHER ONE (MY VERY FIRST ODYSSEY, A 1999 FIRST-YEAR MODEL, HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS (INCLUDING THE SAME SHARP POINT COMING THROUGH THE DOORS) THAT I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER A YEAR AND 1/2 AND SAID THEY'D BETTER SWAP ME OUT WITH SOMETHING BETTER BECAUSE I WAS FED UP. THAT'S HOW I GOT MY "NEW IMPROVED" ODYSSEY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075010June 8, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, FIRST IN JANUARY 2004, AND MOST RECENTLY ON MAY 24, 2004, MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY LX LURCHED VIOLENTLY, CAUSING DRIVER AND PASSENGERS TO BE THROWN FORWARD. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR ON ALL OCCASIONS. ON EACH OCCASION, THE CAR WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 40 MPH. DESPITE TWO VISITS TO TWO DIFFERENT HONDA DEALERS, NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. AMERICAN HONDA CORP. ALSO REFUSES HELP. DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE FEARS THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD RESULT IF THE CAR IS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS LURCHING OCCURS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075745June 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING FOURTH GEAR INDICATOR FLASHED, FLOWING ENGINE. TRANSMISSION SHIFTED SLOW. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075855June 4, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
PROBLEMS WITH POOR OPERATING SLIDING DOORS. *MR THE PROBLEM EXISTED DURING 10 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. THE DEALER SPRAYED THE DOORS WITH LUBRICANT, PLACED BLAME ON COLD WEATHER, THE KEY WAS USED, LOCK SWITCH, ROLLERS, USER ERROR AND PLACED REPAIR COST RESPONSIBILITY ON THE CONSUMER. NONE OF THE ATTEMPTS WERE SUCCESSFUL. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072094June 4, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOORS DID NOT CLOSE AND LOCK PROPERLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED INDICATING THAT THE DOORS WERE NOT SECURED. A RECALL (#00V-119000) WAS ISSUED FOR THE PROBLEM THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075673June 3, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CONSUMER HAD TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM IS A FACTORY PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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