Honda Odyssey Complaints (2025)

447 consumer complaints on file.

#11770461October 11, 2026
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The 2025 Odyssey Elite van randomly will completely stop at stop signs and traffic lights. This happens when the Automatic Idle Stop system is activated. The van will not restart once the brake is released. Instead, we have to go through various start/stop cycles to finally restart the van. This issue has been reported by countless owners and it is time for Honda to do a recall.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11770467October 11, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
Vehicle: 2025 Honda Odyssey Component: Electrical System / Engine / Powertrain (Auto Idle-Stop System) Description of Incident: While driving my 2025 Honda Odyssey, the vehicle experienced a dangerous failure of the Auto Idle-Stop feature. Upon coming to a complete stop at a traffic intersection, the system engaged normally and shut off the engine to conserve fuel. However, when traffic moved and I released the brake pedal to accelerate, the vehicle failed to restart. The engine stalled completely, the vehicle remained entirely immobilized in the middle of active traffic, and the engine could not be restarted automatically by the vehicle's computer systems. To get the vehicle moving again, I had to manually shift the transmission into Park (P) and repeatedly cycle the ignition via the Engine Start/Stop button. This delay left my family and me dangerously exposed to oncoming traffic and vulnerable to a rear-end collision. Diagnostic and Repair History: The vehicle is well within its 3-year factory warranty period. I took the vehicle to an authorized Honda dealership to address this specific defect. The dealership technicians diagnosed a voltage issue and replaced the 12V battery, claiming this would resolve the problem. However, the exact same failure occurred again shortly after leaving the dealership. The battery replacement did not fix the root cause. Safety Concern: Local dealership technicians do not currently possess a viable or permanent corporate fix from Honda for this issue. This creates a severe and unpredictable safety hazard where the vehicle can randomly stall and immobilize itself at busy intersections, highway off-ramps, or left-turn lanes. Honda must issue an immediate safety alert and an official recall to replace the defective starter motor components or update the Engine Control Module (ECM) software before an injury or fatal accident occurs.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11770325October 10, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
At 10 AM on Saturday, October 10, 2026, I experienced an issue with my 2025 Odyssey Touring while stopped at a traffic light waiting to turn left. The auto start-stop feature failed after around 1-2 minutes when I was about to go forward. The car was automatically put in accessory mode and I had to power cycle the car (park, turn off, restart) in the middle of a green turn. Had hazards on. Thankfully, I got it restarted before the next green but this is not acceptable. Serious safety issue. I am concerned this will happen again, so this feature will stay disabled until addressed by Honda.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11769775October 8, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I purchased a brand-new 2025 Honda Odyssey in June 2024. The vehicle currently has approximately 18,000 miles. The Auto Idle Stop system has repeatedly shut the engine off at traffic lights and failed to restart it. When this occurs, the engine does not crank, the dashboard remains illuminated, the radio and other accessories shut down, and the display instructs the driver to press the brake to start the engine. Pressing the brake and attempting to restart the vehicle does not work. The vehicle may remain disabled for several minutes before eventually restarting normally. This has happened multiple times. The vehicle has been taken to Honda dealerships twice specifically for this problem, but the technicians have been unable to duplicate the failure. On a separate oil-change visit, the battery tested low and was replaced. The restart failures have continued. Approximately two months ago, my wife experienced this failure while stopped at a traffic light. While the Odyssey was immobilized and unable to restart, a motorcycle struck the rear of the vehicle and fled the scene. The vehicle sustained damage. No police report was filed at the time. I am extremely concerned that this intermittent failure creates a serious safety hazard for my family and other motorists. I request that NHTSA investigate this recurring failure, including its potential connection to previously reported Honda Auto Idle Stop restart problems.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11769790October 8, 2026
ENGINE
2025 Honda Odyssey. The auto idle-stop shuts the engine off at red lights as designed, but the engine intermittently fails to restart when the brake is released. Some days it happens, some days it does not; on occasion twice in one day. Restarting requires pressing the start button repeatedly. No warning lights appear before or during the failure. The vehicle is left stalled in active intersections when the light turns green, creating a risk of rear-end collision. The issue occurs only with auto idle-stop enabled.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11769624October 7, 2026
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
While at a red light or complete stop, the car completely shuts down and often have to manually restart it. Sent it in for repairs twice. Once they replaced the battery. That did not help. Brought it in again and they worked on it. It seemed to help for awhile but now the car randomly will turn off at a stop sign or have a very slow start. It is very dangerous because traffic can be going or a light can turn green and the car needs to be restarted and often cannot be done quickly. Going to take it in again but googled this problem and it seems there are multiple complaints of an auto stop/start issue. It seems if I turn the auto start/stop off, it may help resolve the problem, but I cannot permanently do this. This is a dangerous situation
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11769421October 6, 2026
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The idle auto stop is designed by default, multiple times the engine stopped in front of a red light and couldn’t start the engine right away. Sometimes need multiple times to restart the engine
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768955October 5, 2026
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Auto Idle Stop feature wouldn't restart vehicle while at an intersection. The vehicle eventually restarted, but not without causing traffic disruption. It took the entire light cycle(red-> green -> red) for my wife to be able to manually(had to push the start button several times) for the car to eventually restart. Warning light on dash said something to the effect of "unable to engage "something"(wife cannot remember, she was panicking due to being stalled in the middle of the road) This not the firs time this has happened, and we have had it in for this before but the the dealership has not been able to find any issue to date. Honda factory also is aware of the issue(maybe for over a year now, but still has not found a fix)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11769056October 5, 2026
ENGINE
My Honda Odyssey shuts the engine off at a stop under Auto Idle Stop and then fails to restart when I release the brake. I have to shift to Park and press the start button. This has happened at least 5 times, including today, while stopped at a traffic light at a busy intersection. The van was immobilized in active traffic. Extremely dangerous situation.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768788October 4, 2026
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The car’s starter has issues. Shortly after I bought the car, it had trouble starting. Twice, I had to restart the car at stoplights too. They changed my battery. Now it has issues starting again. It sounds like it almost won’t start. It sounds like it’s using a lot of power to start the car.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768852October 4, 2026
ENGINE
The car stalls out/does not start back up when Idle Stop is used. This causes a risk for an accident as the vehicle does not more forward when it should. This now happens daily for the past month. This happened in the past with this same vehicle and the starter was replaced by the Honda Dealership Service Department. It is going into the Honda dealership Service Department on 10/5/2026.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768672October 3, 2026
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
when car stopped at light, engine will turn off and go into park and will not start again unless the car is turned off completely, wait a few minutes and then restart the car. This has been happening since 2/2026 and reported Ed Voyles Honda Dealership twice and this was not identified. Their action in the receipt attached below.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768692October 3, 2026
ENGINE
The auto start/stop feature shuts my car off and doesnt start back up when I let off the brake pedal. It has done this 3 times while at a red light and its very dangerous getting stuck in the middle of the street with my kids in the car.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768695October 3, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
My 2025 Honda Odyssey Elite has recurring, intermittent difficulty restarting after the Auto Idle Stop system shuts the engine off at a stop. I purchased the vehicle in December 2024, and it currently has approximately 37,000 miles. When attempting to restart, the engine sounds as though it is struggling to turn over. Most of the time it eventually restarts automatically, but on some occasions it fails to restart automatically and I must use the ENGINE START/STOP button. An intermittent dashboard message sometimes appears during these events but disappears before I can read it. The problem occurs even after long drives and sometimes appears worse after a long drive. The vehicle has also struggled to restart using the push button after being parked for approximately one to five minutes following driving. It typically starts normally otherwise. A Honda dealership previously replaced the starter to address this problem. The vehicle improved for a period after that repair, but the symptoms have returned. The underlying cause of the recurring problem has not been confirmed. Failure to restart after an automatic engine shutdown leaves the vehicle unable to proceed from a stop until the engine restarts, creating a risk of a collision in traffic. The problem remains unresolved. Please consider this report in connection with NHTSA investigation EA25004 concerning failure to restart after Auto Idle Stop.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768696October 3, 2026
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
On numerous occasions, the START/STOP idle system could not restart the engine. Happens often but not predictably.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768551October 2, 2026
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
My car has stalled numerous times when it stops, and the engine goes into the fuel saving off mode. It stalls when I try to drive away as my foot comes off the brake. This has happened more times than I can count. In addition, as a side not I rented another 2025 Honda odyssey, and it also died when trying to go. The dealer has supposedly driven my vehicle when we bring it in but never has reproduced it according to them. They did admit that they knew about it but had no solution at present. There only response was to say to turn the engine shut off switch to disable it. There are warning lights after it dies but not before.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768406October 1, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
Several (more than 5) times over the past 2 months my car has had the same issue occur. The automatic Idle Stop feature was turned on and the engine was idling at a stop sign or red light. When I went to press on the gas to begin driving again, my engine would not restart and I received an error message. I was unable to change gears and had to manually turn off my engine, wait a few seconds and restart the engine, and then put back into drive. Again, this has happened several times over the past couple months. My safety was at risk because I was at risk of beging in an accident if the car behind me started to drive when the light turned green, not realizing I was stuck with an engine in idle mode, unable to drive my car.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11767975September 30, 2026
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Idle Stop system - NHTSA EA 25004 My 2025 Odyssey fails its auto-restart from a stoplight, stumbles, and then has a very rough secondary start.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11768136September 30, 2026
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I’ll be at a red light and when it’s time to go the car is off and I have to put on the emergency lights until I get car on usually after three times of pressing the brake and pushing the start button. The car shuts off while idling at a red light and does not turn back on when brake is released.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11767737September 29, 2026
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
On September 25, 2026, I was stopped at a traffic light in my 2025 Honda Odyssey when the automatic idle stop activated. I was at a busy intersection with a line of cars behind me. When the light turned green, I took my foot off the brake and pressed the accelerator, but the vehicle shut off. I tried several times to restart the vehicle but was unsuccessful. It took several minutes before I was finally able to get the vehicle started again. During that time, I had a line of cars behind me waiting for me to move. Being stuck at a busy intersection with a vehicle that would not restart was very unsafe. I was concerned that a vehicle behind me could hit me because I was unable to move when the light changed. There were no warning lights or messages before this happened. This has never happened before. There was no accident or injury, and the vehicle is available for inspection. I have an appointment with a Honda dealership on October 9, 2026, to have the automatic idle stop failure investigated.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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