Honda Odyssey Complaints (1999)

518 consumer complaints on file.

#10572988March 17, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD, THE SYMPTOMS ARE EXACTLY HOW HONDA EXPRESSED IN THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ONCE AT A HONDA DEALER AT OUT OF POCKET COST WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD 124K MILES. I CALLED THE HONDA PRODUCT & CONCERN DEPARTMENT, AND FILED A CASE # [XXX]. THERE ARE SEVERAL FORUMS AND SITES WITH CONSUMERS HAVING TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON ODYSSEY 1999-2003 OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HONDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FAULTY DESIGN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557291December 26, 2013
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY AND COULD NOT BE SECURED. THE CONTACTED ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR BECAME JAMMED AND COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 00V119000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 01/08/14*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546801October 4, 2013
POWER TRAIN
OUR 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE (~125000 MILES) AND IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AGAIN. WHEN IT ONLY HAD ABOUT 30000 MILES, IT HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND ITS REPLACEMENT WAS COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY AT THAT TIME. WE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS A VERY COMMON FOR HONDA VEHICLES. WE CONTACTED AMERICA HONDA AND THEY TOLD US IT HAS ALREADY PASSED THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR. WE PAID FULL STICKER PRICE FOR THIS VAN 14 YEARS AGO AND WISH IT CAN LAST UP TO 200000 MILES. NOW WE ARE RELUCTANT TO PAY FOR THE HIGH REPAIR COST OR WE COULD NOT SELL IT AT A SATISFACTORY PRICE. WE ARE VERY UNHAPPY WITH AMERICA HONDA'S RESPONSE AND TOTALLY LOST OUR TRUST IN HONDA VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545006September 23, 2013
POWER TRAIN
MY ODYSSEY FIRST HAD A TRANSMISSION ISSUE BACK IN AUGUST, 2003, ONLY 4 YEARS AND 42,000 MILES AND THE DEALER COMPLETED THE REPAIR WITHOUT ANY COST SINCE IT IS STILL WITHIN THE MANUFACTORY WARRANTY. THE SECOND TIME THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN IN 2008 AT 96,000 MILES. I WROTE A LETTER TO AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR AND THEY AGREED TO COVER IT WITH NO COST. HOWEVER, THIS ISSUE RESURFACED AGAIN. THE VERY SAME SYMPTOMS HAVE REOCCURRED AND MY CAR BROKE DOWN ON THE FREEWAY AT 126,000 MILES LAST WEEK. HAD A MECHANIC CHECKED IT AND IT IS THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THIS VAN IS MY WEEKEND CAR AND I HARDLY DRIVE IT SO I HAVE ONLY ADDED 30,000 MILES AFTER THE LAST TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IN 2008. THIS PROVES TO ME THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION CAN ONLY SUSTAIN ROUGHLY 40,000 MILES BEFORE BREAKING DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536508August 21, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED EIGHT TIMES. IN 2007, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V423000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE CONTACT THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000....UPDATED 10-21-13 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535763August 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FROZE (LOCKED-UP). THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE, THE FIRST WAS REPLACED UNDER A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST HONDA. FORTUNATELY, DRIVER WAS NEAR SIDE OF ROAD AND RECOGNIZED A PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE COMPLETE LOCK-UP, OTHERWISE THE VAN WOULD HAVE SKIDDED TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. HONDA INFORMS THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE WITH ANY REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION AND WILL ONLY OFFER A 1 YEAR WARRANTY. IT COSTS OVER $4000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE. HONDA IS COMPLETELY UNSYMPATHETIC TO THE POTENTIAL RISKS THEY ARE FORCING ON ODYSSEY OWNERS. THIS HAD HAPPENED TO THOUSANDS OF ODYSSEY OWNERS AND HONDA NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532244July 28, 2013
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE STOP SHIFTING GEARS FIRST, UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR. SLIPPING CONSTANTLY AS IT STARTED MOTION. SECOND GEAR NOT WORKING AT ALL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND EMERGENCY LIGHT WENT ON. CAN ONLY OPERATE ON L1 GEAR. AT THE TIME WAS MOVING TO COSTA RICA. DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FIX IN US. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN COSTA RICA. MADE FLUSH AND REPAIRS BUT IT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. PARKED MOST OF THE TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525231July 16, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513505May 25, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VAN SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. NUMEROUS TIMES. HONDA REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL PORTION OF IGNITION SWITCH. THEY SUGGESTED WE PUT NEW WIRING HARNESS ALSO. SO WE DID AND PAID FOR BOTH REPAIRS. NOW IT HAS STARTED DOING IT AGAIN, THREE TIMES TODAY WHILE DRIVING. I FILED A COMPLAINT IN 2007 BECAUSE I SAW THE SWITCH PROBLEM ON THIS WEBSITE AND GOT NO RESPONSE. CASE ID# [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511745May 13, 2013
ENGINE, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, POWER TRAIN
MOTOR MOUNTS BROKEN. FIRST TIME WAS WHEN I GOT MY TRANSMISSION DONE AT ABOUT 100,000 MILES OF WHICH I NEVER GOT REIMBURSED FOR PER CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. SECOND TIME WAS A FEW YEARS BACK. NOW I'M TOLD THAT MY MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BROKEN AT ST. LUCIE BATTERY IN JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA. THESE MOTOR MOUNDS THAT HONDA IS PUTTING IN THEIR VANS DON'T HOLD THE ENGINE WELL WITHOUT BREAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503687March 19, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND TORQUE CONVERTER BAD? HAD THE TRANS REPLACED ONCE BEFORE? THIS PROBLEM GOT DANGEROUSLY WORSE WHEN THE IGNITION RECALLED SWITCH CASED EXCESSIVE STALLING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. PLEASE HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491701January 7, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR AND THE DOOR OPENED PARTIALLY BEFORE BECOMING STUCK. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE DOOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490299December 28, 2012
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE CAR SEEMS TO CONSUME MOTOR OIL AND I HAVE TO ADD MOTOR OILS AFTER CERTAIN MILES. I DID OIL LEVEL CHECK EVERY MONTH OR BI-MONTHLY AND I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT I WAS DRIVING THE VAN WITH VERY LOW OIL LOW LEVEL. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT COULD BE BECAUSE THE CAR IS OLD BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER MUCH OLDER CAR, OIL CONSUMPTION HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE. CHECK WITH THE DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS AND THEY ALL GAVE ME THE SAME EXPLANATIONS THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE MILEAGE OF THE CAR (GETTING OLD). AT THE TIME I STARTED TO REALIZE THE ISSUE, THE CAR HAD ONLY APPROXIMATELY 80K MILES... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10488092December 12, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION KEY COULD BE REMOVED WHENEVER THE GEAR SHIFT WAS PLACED IN THE DRIVE POSITION. THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S VOLUNTARY RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH INTERLOCK PERTAINING TO THE 2003 AND 2004 MODEL YEARS. THE VEHICLE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10474333September 8, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, MY 99 ODYSSEY ENGINE DIED AND EVERY THING TURNED OFF !! OF COURSE THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME TOO HARD TO OPERATE AND STEER. FORTUNATELY I WAS AT FAR RIGHT LANE. THAN IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING MORE OFTEN. I WONDER IF THE HONDA DEALERS WOULD FIX THAT FREE OF CHARGE, SINCE I HEARD THAT WAS A RECALL ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10466741July 20, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD BE TURNED OFF AND THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT LOCKING THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V423000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION: SWITCH) AND OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10466817July 20, 2012
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING THRU THE MOUNTAIN FROM KANAB UT TO FLAGSTAFF AZ ON HWY 89 (SCENIC ROUTE) THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO WHINE AND TACH OUT AT 7000-8000 RPMS IN D4. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND, AS IF SLIPPING. THEN DOWN SHIFTED TO D3 AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THEY LIMPED INTO FLAGSTAFF AT D2 AND 40 MPH. NOTIFIED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HONDA REFUSES TO ASSIST WITH REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE KNOW ABOUT THEIR DESIGN FLAW FOR YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462931June 25, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AS I MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM THE RAMP THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. I WAS SO SCARE! LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VAN TO THE SHOULDER BUT MULTIPLE START THE ENGINE THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AGAIN. AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES I AM ABLE TO START THE VAN AND RUN FINE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. AFTER 15 MINUTES DRIVING ON THE RIGHT LANE OF THE HIGHWAY AND I GOT OFF TO THE RESIDENTIAL STREET FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND AT THE STOP LIGHT THE ENGINE STOP AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10459638May 25, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN FROM THE SCENE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10459102May 21, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSED AS EARLY STAGE OF FAILURE. NO HELP FROM HONDA TO COVER COST OF REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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