Honda Odyssey Complaints (2018)

1,011 consumer complaints on file.

#11360098September 20, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2 DIFFERENT TIMES I HAVE COME TO A STOP AT AT STOP LIGHT AND WHEN I GO TO START AGAIN THE CAR TURNS OFF AND GOES INTO PARK. LUCKILY IT HAS HAPPENED AT NO SPEED BUT VERY TERRIFYING TO THINK YOU ARE IN DRIVE THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND YOU ARE IN PARK. ALSO ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS I HAVE COME OUT IN MY GARAGE (AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN OFF AND PARKED FOR A FEW HOURS) AND MY CAR IS IN ACCESSORY MODE AND THEN THE BATTERY IS DRAINED. I HAD THE KEYS OUT OF THE CAR AND NO ONE ELSE WAS HOME BOTH TIMES. SO CAR IS GOING INTO ACCESSORY MODE WITHOUT KEYS OR A PERSON IN THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353578September 7, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEM AND BLIND SPOT SYSTEM PROBLEM MESSAGES AND ISSUE SURFACED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE, I WAS UNABLE TO BACKUP THE VEHICLE AT SERVICE PLAZA AND ALSO WAS UNABLE TO BACKUP VEHICLE WHILE PARKING ON OUR HOME DRIVEWAY! NOT ABLE TO BACKUP VEHICLE IS A HUGE SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUE. I TRIED CALLING HONDA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, BUT WAS TOLD TOW TRUCK WAS RESTRICTED ON OHIO TURNPIKE. ISSUE SURFACED SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER LOOKED AT THE ISSUES AND PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE. DEALER DETERMINED ' AFTER CODES WERE CLEARED, ISSUE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED'. I AM NOT CONVINCED THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY KNOWN ISSUES LIKE THIS ON 2018 ODYSSEY'S WITH 10 SPEED AUTO, ELECTRONIC PRESS BUTTON TRANSMISSION! A CASE 11543835 HAS ALSO BEEN OPENED WITH HONDA , BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353434September 6, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
POWER SLIDING DOORS SITTING ON THE EXTERIOR BODY WHEN OPENED. DOORS OPEN AGAIN RIGHT AFTER PRESSING CLOSE BUTTON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351207August 25, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKING NOISE AT MORNING CALLS START
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348760August 12, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, MULTIPLE ERROR MESSAGES WERE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILURE MESSAGE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SEVERELY SHAKE AND VIBRATE. IN ADDITION, THE BACK-UP CAMERA WOULD NOT OPERATE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER DCH HONDA LOCATED AT 1101 U.S. 9, OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11343812August 7, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR POWER LOCK DOES NOT FULLY CLOSE RESULTING IN AN INABILITY TO UNLOCK THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AFTER CLOSING AND THEREFORE INHIBIT ENTRY THROUGH THAT DOOR. MANUALLY PUSHING IN OF THE LOCK RESTORES THE ABILITY TO POWER-UNLOCK, HOWEVER IT DOES NOT RESTORE FUNCTION TO THE POWER LOCKING MECHANISM. ADDITIONALLY, THE EFFECT APPEARS TO BE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE, WHERE WARM WEATHER INCREASES THE CHANCES OF FAILURE OF THE POWER LOCKING MECHANISM. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11343813August 7, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE IN MOTION AT A SPEED WHERE THE VEHICLE AUTO LOCKS THE DOORS, THE DRIVER'S DOOR POWER LOCK WILL ATTEMPT TO REPEATEDLY LOCK THE CAR DOOR. THE LOCK APPEARS ENGAGED, HOWEVER IT IS NOT CLOSED AS FAR AS THE PASSENGER SIDE LOCK. THE LOCKING ATTEMPTS CAN BE REDUCED BY PUSHING THE LOCK MANUALLY TO A FULLY CLOSED POSITION. THE LOCK STILL FUNCTIONS AND THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED, HOWEVER ANY ATTEMPTS TO UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE POWER LOCKING MECHANISM ARE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE DOOR MUST BE MANUALLY UNLOCKED FROM THE INSIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11343124August 4, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, AFTER CLOSING THE REAR DOOR. THE DOOR LATCH WILL NOT ALWAYS HOLD THE REAR DOOR IN A FULLY CLOSED CONDITION, CAUSING A DOOR OPEN WARNING CONDITION. IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FORCEFULLY SLAM THE REAR DOOR CLOSED BEFORE IT LOCKS CORRECTLY. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES EACH MONTH. ON VEHICLE WITHOUT AUTO CLOSING REAR DOOR OPTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11329618June 18, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE PINCH SENSOR KEEPS BREAKING WHICH THEN CAUSES THE DOOR PANEL TO SEPARATE AND THE WINDOW TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE BOUGHT IT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317771March 12, 2020
POWER TRAIN
2018 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION IS DANGEROUSLY UNPREDICTABLE WHEN ACCELERATING. ESPECIALLY FROM FULLY STOPPED CONDITION. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER ADVANCING STRAIGHT AHEAD OR TURNING INTO EITHER DIRECTION. TERRAIN CONDITIONS DO NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THIS BEHAVIOR. THE DRIVER MAY EXPERIENCE WIDELY VARIABLE RESPONSES TO A CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF THROTTLE. VEHICLE MAY, WITHOUT ANY WAY FOR THE DRIVER TO PREDICT, 1) ACCELERATE WITH A NORMAL PREDICTABLE RESPONSE TO THROTTLE PRESSURE, 2) RESPOND TO THE SAME THROTTLE INPUT BY VERY SLOWLY ACCELERATING (EVEN IF THE DRIVER SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THROTTLE INPUT) OR 3) IMMEDIATELY. NOT MOVE AT ALL WHILE ENGINE REVS, THEN MOMENTS LATER, THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE SO RAPIDLY THAT IT LAUNCHES INTO TRAFFIC OR THE TIRES FIRST LOSE TRACTION BEFORE IT LAUNCHES. IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE CONDITION IS EXACERBATED INTO AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS LACK OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317109March 9, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE CAME HOME FROM THE MOVIE THEATER (WHICH WAS ONLY 5 MILES AWAY) AND PARKED OUR CAR IN THE OUR DRIVEWAY. WHEN MY HUSBAND TURNED OFF THE CAR, WE IMMEDIATELY SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. WE SEE SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR. MY HUSBAND, KIDS AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SEE WAFTS OF SMOKE RISING FROM THE HOOD. WE SEE FIRE AT THE UNDER BED OF THE CAR. WITHIN 3 MINUTES FIRE WAS COMING UP THROUGH THE HOOD OF THE CAR. THE ENTIRE HOOD OF MY CAR WAS UP IN FLAMES (4-5FT TALL) WITHIN 5 MINUTES FROM SMOKE TO FULL FIRE. FIREFIGHTERS THANKFULLY PUT OUT THE FIRE WITHIN 8 MINUTES FROM WHEN IT STARTED. THE HOOD HAD DISINTEGRATED AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND ALL THE PARTS IN THE HOOD WERE BURNT AND MELTED. MY WINDSHIELD SHATTERED FROM THE HEAT. THIS CAR WAS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD, 37,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS BOUGHT AND SERVICE LOS REGULARLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE CAR WOULD JUST COMBUST OUT OF THE BLUE. CALLED HONDA OF AMERICA WITH NO AVAIL. AND REFUSAL OF ANY INVESTIGATION. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED ON OUR SECURITY CAMERA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11316560March 6, 2020
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE LAGS AND SLIPS REGULARLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO A HONDA DEALER TO SERVICE THIS PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY AND WERE TOLD THAT THE PERFORMANCE WE ARE EXPERIENCING IS NORMAL FOR THIS SPECIFIC TRANSMISSION. IT US UNACCEPTABLE THAT HONDA WOULD ALLOW THIS TRANSMISSION TO BE USED BY SO MANY IN SUCH AN UNSAFE WAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11316579March 6, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT ABOUT 2 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WENT FROM DRIVE TO PARK WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GENTHE HONDA DEALER, LOCATED AT 15100 EUREKA RD, SOUTHGATE, MI 48195, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311987February 28, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE 2018 ODYSSEY HAS MANY PROBLEMS ON THE FUEL INJECTORS SYSTEM THAT CAUSED ALL CHECKING ENGINES LIGHTS ON. THE COSTS TO REPAIR IS TOO EXPENSIVE. COSTS ME 1650.00 AT MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311710February 26, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
METAL BAR ON THE SIDE SLIDE BACK CAUSING CAN'T CLOSE TAIL GATE OR HARD TO OPEN. HONDA DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSE IT. I AM NOT SURE WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH SLIDING DOOR RECALL THAT IT NOT LATCH (WHICH ALREADY FIXED) OR SLIDE DOOR PUSH THIS SIDE METAL BAR BACK WHEN OPEN. HONDA TECH SAID THEY SAW IT IN MORE THAN 5 VEHICLES, IT CATCHED IT BEFORE 35K, HONDA WILL COVER UNDER WARRANTY. BUT MY CAR IS OVER 35K SO IT NOT COVER EVEN UNDER EXTEND WARRANTY. IT COSTS $140 TO REPLACE. I AM MORE CONCERN FOR MY KIDS SAFETY, IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSE IT. IT HAPPENED AFTER I COME IN FOR RECALL OF POWER REPLACEMENT IN THE BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310330February 20, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BOUGHT NEW IN OCT 2018. HAS 39,000 MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES ON VAN NOW. FEB 17, 2020 - VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY. FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO "REVERSE" TO ACTIVATE THE CAMERA. NO IMAGE WAS DISPLAYED, BUT A BLANK (BLACK) SCREEN WITH MESSAGE: CAMERA SYSTEM FAILURE. HOW IS THAT FAILURE EVEN POSSIBLE - NO EXTERIOR DAMAGE TO CAMERA WHATSOEVER? THE CAMERA ISN'T A STRESSED PART LIKE ENGINE PARTS. WHY IS THE CAMERA FAILING SO SOON?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309781February 18, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CABIN WATCH SAFETY FEATURE FOR PASSENGERS MALFUNCTIONING PERIODICALLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309802February 18, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE REAR CAMERA SYSTEM HAS 'CAMERA SYSTEM FAILURE' ERROR. ANYTIME THE CAR IS PUT IN REVERSE, INSTEAD OF THE REAR CAMERA VISIBILITY, THE SCREEN GOES BLACK WITH AN ERROR MESSAGE OF CAMERA SYSTEM FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309082February 13, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION, FIRST TIME BRAKE PEDAL GETS SOFT AND GET PRESSED EXTENSIVELY TO FLOOR WITH LOSS OF BRAKING POWER, IF U HIT BRAKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER FIRST PRESS, BRAKE PEDAL WORKS NORMAL. AGAIN ONCE U HIT ACCELERATION, AND TRY TO HIT BRAKE, FIRST ATTEMPT OF BRAKING GETS VERY SOFT AND ALMOST BOTTOM OUT WITHOUT MUCH BRAKING POWER THEN IMMEDIATELY SECOND PUSH TO BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES MORE NORMAL AND HARDER BRAKING. WHOLE CYCLE KEEPS REPEATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308699February 12, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I STOP CURBSIDE FOR SCHOOL CARPOOLING (I HAVE 5 CHILDREN AT 3 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS) TO ALLOW PASSENGERS TO EXIT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR, I THEN CANNOT GET IT TO CLOSE. THE DOOR WILL SLIDE ALL THE WAY TO WITHIN 1 INCH OF CLOSING AND POP BACK OPEN. REPEATEDLY. DRIVING WITH THE SLIDING DOOR AJAR IS NOT SAFE. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THE DRIVER'S SIDE BUTTONS TO STOP THE DOOR, AND START IT CLOSING AGAIN. IF I DO THIS STOP/START ACTION REPEATEDLY (NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO SLIDE ALL THE WAY BACK OPEN) I CAN ALMOST ALWAYS GET THE TIMING RIGHT TO GET IT TO CLOSE...BUT OFTEN IT TAKES 3-5 MINUTES TO GET THE STOP/START COMBINATION TO CLOSE THE DOOR ENTIRELY. I AM USUALLY UNABLE TO REMAIN IN THE CARPOOL PULL THROUGHS THAT LONG SO I SEAT MY BABY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SO WHEN WE PULL AWAY WITH THE DOOR AJAR, THERE IS LESS OF A SAFETY CONCERN UNTIL I AM ABLE TO PULL TO ANOTHER SPOT AND DEAL WITH THE DOOR. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND EVEN MORE SO, UNSAFE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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