Honda Odyssey Complaints

12,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10047228November 20, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
REAR HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP IS OUT AND INSTRUMENT INDICATOR FAILS TO LIGHT INDICATING BRAKE LIGHT IS OUT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047176November 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
REPEATED ENGINE MOUNT FAILURE. NO EXPLAINABLE CAUSE. VEHICLE IS NOT 3.5 YEARS OLD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044143November 18, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CONSUMER HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE FROM RIGHT REAR BRAKE AREA. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE NOISE CAME FROM THE RIGHT WHEEL AREA, WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. *JB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047021November 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM IN THE MILITARY AND THE OWNER OF A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX. IT'S TWO YEARS OLD NOW, BUT IT WAS NEW WHEN I PURCHASED IT. WHILE ON DEPLOYMENT, MY WIFE STARTED EXPERIENCING ERRATIC DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE STARTED PULSING ,SOME TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AND HARD UP AND DOWN SHIFTING OF GEARS, THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPORTED THAT THERE WAS AN EMISSION'S PROBLEM AND THE GAS CAP WASN'T SEATING CORRECTLY. THE GAS CAP WAS REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION SERVICED AND SERVICE LIGHT RESET. WELL, AT 40,000 MILES AND LESS THAN TWENTY DAYS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEMS SHOWED UP THIS TIME WITH THE TCS LIGHT. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER HOPEFULLY FOR SOME ANSWERS. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A TRANSMISSION CODE FROM THE COMPUTER, AND THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE. WELL, NOT HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER, I WENT TO A NATION WIDE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP, AGAIN SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. I WAS TOLD THAT, THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCHED I FOUND THIS TO BE TRUE. HONDA HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE OLDER MODEL ODYSSEYS AND WHILE AT THE DEALER ANOTHER CUSTOMER WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO MY OWNERS MANUAL, THE MANUFACTURER SUGGEST SERVICING THE TRANSMISSION AT 30,000 MILES. I HAD THAT SAME DEALER SERVICE MY TRANSMISSION AT 25,000 MILES AND 40,000 MILES AND FAILED TO MENTIONED ANY THING ABOUT DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR LATELY HONDA RECOMMENDS EVERY 15,000 MILES TO SERVICE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS NOT IN MY OWNERS MANUAL AND DON'T UNDERSTAND AFTER WAITING FOR MY ODYSSEY FOR THIRTY DAYS, HONDA HAS CHOSE TO IGNORE THAT THEY ARE SOLD POTENTIALLY A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE IN THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047029November 16, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
SINCE DAY ONE OF OWNING OUR 2000 HONDA ODYSSEY LX, BOTH SLIDING DOORS STICK. RECENTLY, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE. DEALER HAS ONLY GREASED THE DOOR, WHICH ONLY PREVENTS THE SEAL OR VACUUM OR WHATEVER FOR A SHORT PERIOD. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046830November 13, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN WHERE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THIS HAS CREATED AN UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION AS IT HAS OCCURRED WHEN MERGING INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC AND AT INTERSECTIONS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN MY OPINION AS IT IS VULNERABLE TO A CRASH SINCE IT CANNOT RESPOND AND MANEUVER TO AVOID INCOMING TRAFFIC OR TO MERGE SAFELY INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC. HONDA HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND IT HAS REJECTED THE REPAIR OF THIS TRANSMISSION. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046904November 13, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT DISENGAGES BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR AND RUNS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047898November 12, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE ON A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. *MR THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND DURING A MAJOR PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE WHERE THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNED. THERE WAS INTERMITTENT SLIPPAGE, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME WORSE, EVEN AFTER THE PART WAS REPLACED. *SCC ALSO THE AUTOMATIC DOORS DID NOT WORK AT TIMES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047901November 12, 2003
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION, TIRES, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
PROBLEMS WITH STEERING ON 2000 HONDA ODYSSEY. *MR THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEN GOING 65 MPH ALONG WITH BRAKE PULSATION (REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE TAPERED AND THE SHOES DID NOT APPLY PROPERLY), RIMS WERE OUT OF ROUND, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT, DRIVER'S WINDOW SQUEAKED WHEN GOING DOWN, BRAKES SQUEAKED, ONE TIRE WAS FOUND BAD WHEN THE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL OCCURRED AND WAS REPLACED. EVENTUALLY ALL THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BUT THE VIBRATION STILL OCCURRED. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042837November 12, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYED ON. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT, STAYED ON, AND EVENTUALLY ON FULL-TIME. THE LIGHT WAS RESET FIVE TIMES AND THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED TWO TIMES. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046713November 10, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WHILE DRIVING FRONT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER TO CLOSE THE DOOR. RECALL . THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045914November 10, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX, WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AT APPROXIMATELY 33,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION ENDURED PRONOUNCED SLIPPAGE; THE ENGINE WOULD REV AT HIGH RPMS WITHOUT ACCELERATING (AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND FROM STARTING FROM A STOP). UNEXPECTED DECELERATION WAS ALSO NOTED AT TIMES. BEING UNDER WARRANTY (BARELY), HONDA REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REMANUFACTURED ONE AT NO COST. UPON FURTHER INQUIRY, I DISCOVERED HUNDREDS (LITERALLY) OF OTHER COMPLAINTS, IDENTICAL TO MINE, IN THE 1999-2003 ODYSSEY. THE PROBLEM IS TWO-FOLD: 1) IF THE PROBLEM IS MECHANICAL FAILURE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW, WHY ARE THE TRANSMISSIONS BEING REPLACED WITH THE SAME RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION (REPLACED AS OPPOSSED TO REPAIRED) AND 2) DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTANTS (MANY OF WHOM CLAIM TO HAVE ENDURED COSTS) ABOUT ACUTE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IS INVOLVED THAT SHOULD BE PROACTIVELY ADDRESSED BY HONDA. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY ARE WILLING TO REPLACE WITH A REMANUFACTURED TRANNY AND A 12MONTH/12K MILE WARRANTY KNOWING THAT THESE TRANNIES ARE MALFUNCTIONING MORE IN THE 30K-60K MILE RANGE (COST OVER SAFETY?). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046586November 5, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
PROBLEMS WITH SLIDING DOOR LATCH ON 2000 HONDA ODYSSEY.*MR (NAR) *CB THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047826November 5, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE'S TIE ROD BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING TIRE TO TURN TO A 90 DEGREE ANGLE BREAKING THE AXLE AND DAMAGING FRONT FENDER.*MR WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 65 MPH THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP NOISE AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITH A SCREECHING SOUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046570November 5, 2003
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
2000 HONDA ODYSSEY SUFFERED AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE. *MR THE A/C WAS NOT OUT OF WARRANTY WHEN IT FAILED, HOWEVER HONDA REFUSED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE IT WAS 4 MONTHS OVER THEIR 36 MONTHS WARRANTY PROGRAM. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033170November 5, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NEW 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L VAN CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE STEREO/CD PLAYER. EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING, SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT TURN ON. LATER THAT EVENING AS WE WERE DRIVING, WE SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE CD PLAYER BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE BEGAN INSIDE THE CD SLOT. BLUE, YELLOW AND ORANGE FLAMES WERE SOON JETTING OUT OF THE PLAYER. AS WE PULLED OFF AND EVACUATED THE CAR, THE FLAMES WERE LICKING UP THE DASHBOARD, WITHIN MINUTES TOUCHING THE WINDSHIELD. EMERYVILLE CA FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046206November 3, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED EVERY 8,000-10,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS THREE TIMES, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM WHICH WAS CAUSING THIS EXCESSIVE WEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045356November 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SHIFT LEVER MOVES OUT OF PARK WITHOUT KEYS IN IGNITION. *LA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044916October 28, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE AUTOMATIC PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE THE CHILD WAS ENTERING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DOOR CLOSED ON CHILD'S HEAD, AND CHILD SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. THE MOTHER DROVE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR SOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10044779October 27, 2003
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HAD MANAGED TO PULL TO SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CHANGE TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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