2001 Honda Odyssey

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2013· SEAT BELTS

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A CHILD WAS ABLE TO WRAP THE SEAT BELT AROUND THEIR NECK, POSING A POSSIBLE CHOKING HAZARD. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE SEAT BELT FROM THE CHILD'S NECK BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ALSO BECOME JAMMED AND WOULD NOT DISLODGE AT THE BASE. THE CONTACT HAD TO SEVER THE SEAT BELT IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE BELT FROM AROUND THE CHILD'S THROAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

• 12/30/2008· POWER TRAIN

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $3,500. TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

• 12/29/2008· POWER TRAIN

  IN SEPT 2002 WE PURCHASED A USED 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 12,500 MILES FROM A DEALER IN GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN. IN MAY 2008, WITH ABOUT 78,000 MILES ON IT (AND A VEHICLE INSPECTION BEFORE OUR TRIP)ON AN EXTENDED TRIP OUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND 'TCS' LIGHT CAME ON. WE DROVE IT BACK HOME. AFTER THAT WE WOULD NOTICE AFTER EXTENDED DRIVING TIME THERE WOULD BE SHIFTING ISSUES. WE THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD US WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, APPROX $3000. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, WE FOUND OUT RATHER QUICKLY THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAD BEEN A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THE 2001 ODYSSEY AND THAT NOT UNTIL AFTER A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, HONDA AGREED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD NEVER BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. WE THEN FOUND OUT BECAUSE OUR VEHICLE, WHICH HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN TITLED IN CANADA, BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT, WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL. WE CONTACTED HONDA AMERICA & WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR US. THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RETURN OUR CALLS. THIS IS A TOTAL SAFETY ISSUE - HONDA IS NOT STANDING BEHIND ITS PRODUCT. WE FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THIS TRANSMISSION - THEY BUILT IT ORIGINALLY - IT SHOULD NOT MATTER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY TITLED. CAN YOU HELP US?*TR

• 12/29/2008· SUSPENSION

  ON MARCH 14, 2008, WHEN STARTING 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY, A LOUD BANG SOUNDED. VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING WHEN BANG SOUNDED. MILEAGE 39,139. VEHICLE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE, PULLING STRONGLY TO RIGHT. HUSBAND CHECKED VEHICLE, FOUND RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKEN. ORDERED NEW COIL SPRING AND STRUT AND REPLACED. ON DECEMBER 17, 2008, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE HEARD ANOTHER LOUD BANG, WHILE VEHICLE NOT MOVING, AND HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY DRIVING IT, AS IT WAS PULLING STRONGLY TO THE LEFT. HUSBAND FOUND LEFT COIL SPRING BROKEN. MILEAGE 43,743. TALKED TO HONDA USA, AND REPORTED PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER TO CONFIRM LEFT COIL SPRING BROKEN. BOTH BROKEN PARTS HAD NO CORROSION, IT WAS A CLEAN BREAK. PARTS CURRENTLY ORDERED THROUGH HONDA ESTORE. HONDA REVIEWING CASE. FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS FOR SAME PROBLEM ON YOUR SITE, AND OTHERS. HOW SERIOUS OF AN ACCIDENT MUST IT BE BEFORE YOU WILL FIND THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS? THANK GOODNESS MY CHILDREN WEREN'T IN THE VEHICLE, AND I HADN'T BEEN MOVING WHEN THE COIL SPRINGS BROKE. *TR

• 12/29/2004· CHILD SEAT

  THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL CAMPAIGN# 04C002000, CONCERNING THE HARNESS STRAP. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE REPLACEMENT PARTS IN LATE NOVEMBER. *SC *JB

• 12/28/2012· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND ENGINE REVVED TO A HIGH RPM AS I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT. USED HAZARD LIGHTS TO WARN DRIVERS BEHIND ME. *TR

• 12/28/2011· POWER TRAIN,AIR BAGSCrash

  TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO ACCELERATE WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AS IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE MECHANIC, BUT HONDA MOTOR CO HAD THE FINAL WORD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE INVOLVED IN A CRASH IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V260000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. KMJ ...UPDATE 01/20/12 *BF UPDATED 02/07/12 THE CONSUMER STATED ON AUGUST 8, 2008 HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAGS. UPDATED 03/26/12

• 12/28/2009· SUSPENSION

  2001 HONDA ODYSSEY FRONT SUSPENSION COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I PULLED OVER CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP WITH THE COST OF REPAIR ESTIMATE AT $1,200.00. THE VAN HAS 70,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED IN THIS REGION DUE TO A COLLISION. *TR

• 12/27/2013· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ENGINE

  REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE - VEHICLE HAS HAD ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 56,297 MILES ON ODOMETER. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 109,474 MILES ON ODOMETER. TIME ELAPSED BETWEEN TRANSMISSION FAILURES - 6.2 YEARS EACH. MILES ON UNIT 53,170 MILES. HONDA USA WILL DO NOTHING TO ASSIST OWNER IN REPLACING TRANSMISSION. *TR

• 12/27/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. *TR

• 12/27/2009· SUSPENSION

  WHILE DRIVING WIFE & KIDS HOME FROM XMAS VACATION 2009 IN OUR 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN WITH 104,000 MILES. WE HEAR A "POP" NOISE FOLLOWED BY A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT OF VEHICLE, STEERING PULLING TO THE LEFT. I PULLED OVER & INSPECTED. I FOUND A LARGE SEMI-CIRCULAR SHAPED PIECE OF STEEL APPROX 1/2 IN DIAMETER. THIS PIECE OF STEEL WAS CAUGHT AROUND THE DRIVE SHAFT & THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. FINALLY I GOT IT PRIED IT OFF (IT WAS ACTUALLY STRUCK IN THAT POSITION) ONCE HOLDING IT IN MY HAND & NOW KNOW IT TO BE A COIL OF THE FRONT LEFT SPRING. *TR

• 12/26/2015· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  MY 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS HAD 3 FRONT POWER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILURES. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN MOTION WHEN THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER WINDOW SUDDENLY DROPS INTO THE DOOR FRAME. IT IS SUDDEN, LOUD, AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AS DOCUMENTED ON SEVERAL HONDA FORUMS AND GOOGLE SEARCHES. HONDA DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART AND ALLOWS THE PROBLEM TO GO UNABATED. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT ON THE SAME ISSUE. WHEN IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING TO BE INITIATED?

• 12/26/2007· POWER TRAIN

  I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO TRANSMISSIONS ON MY HONDA ODYSSEY. THE FIRST ONE FAILED AT 64,000 MILES (TORQ CONVERTER), THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 38,000 MILES (TORQ CONVERTER). THE SECOND FAILURE I WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. I WAS ALMOST HIT 3-4 TIMES BEFORE THE POLICE ARRIVED. I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT PANIC AND GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE. IMAGINE IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY/ INTERSTATE WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT. HOW CAN A COMPANY PUT OUT A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE? *TR

• 12/25/2014· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE FRONT DRIVER WINDOW SUDDENLY DROPPED DOWN WITHOUT ANY ACTION ON MY PART. THE SUDDEN NATURE OF THE WINDOW DROPPING, THE RUSH OF AIR COMING INTO THE VEHICLE, AND THE LOUD FREEWAY NOISE CAUSED ME TO REDIRECT MY FOCUS FROM THE ROADWAY. AFTER PULLING OFF THE FREEWAY, I ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY REPOSITION THE WINDOW TO NO AVAIL. I HAD TO SLOWLY DRIVE BACK HOME AND PARK THE MINIVAN UNTIL MY MECHANIC COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR AT A COST OF $200 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. ON DECEMBER 20, 2014, THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW. THIS TIME THE COST AT THE DEALER WAS $340. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY HONDA ODYSSEY OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS INHERENT PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD THE PROBLEM OCCUR WHILE DRIVING. HONDA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND/OR REIMBURSE CURRENT OWNERS FOR THE COST OF POWER WINDOW REGULATOR REPLACEMENTS. *TR

• 12/23/2013· POWER TRAIN

  I BOUGHT MY PREOWNED 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WITHIN THE FIRST 20 DAYS I COULD FEEL THE TRANNY SLIPPING SOMETIMES. SO I CALL THE DEALER AND HE SAID SOLD AS IS. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC SHOP AROUND THE BLOCK FROM MY WORK. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO A SCANNER AND THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS "A LOCK UP SOLENOID FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER." BASICALLY SAID TOO BAD YOUR OUT OF LUCK. I AM DONE WITH HONDA. I SHOULD HAVE DONE MY USUAL AND RESEARCHED BEFORE BUYING AND I NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED AN ODYSSEY. I FIGURED IT WAS A HONDA SO WHAT COULD THE WORST BE? ALL OTHERS I HAVE OWNED RAN GREAT WITH VERY FEW PROBLEMS. I JUST BROUGHT THIS VAN NOT KNOW HONDA HAD BAD TRANS. PROBLEM I NEED HELP WITH THIS CASE SOME BODY HELP ME. *TR

• 12/23/2005· STRUCTURE

  EARLY IN 2002 I BEGIN HAVING DIFFICULTIES OPENING THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR ON MY HONDA ODYSSEY. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I MUST NOT BE CLOSING THE DOOR CORRECTLY. IN JUNE 2003, I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP- AT THAT TIME THEY REPLACED THE RUBBER SEAL AROUND THE DOOR, ADMITTING OTHER VEHICLES WERE HAVING THAT PROBLEM. JULY 2005 THE DOOR AGAIN BECAME DIFFICULT TO OPEN, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP APPLIED A SPRAY "THAT SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM". BY OCTOBER 2005 SOME DAYS THE DOOR WOULD OPEN, SOME DAYS IT WOULD NOT. DEC. 4, 2005, I WAS TRAVELING HOME, ALONE, FROM CHURCH ABOUT 8:45 PM WHEN ALL OF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CAME ON. I SAW THE DOOR OPEN SIGNAL FOR THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WAS ON. IT WAS DARK, AT A SECTION OF THE COUNTY THAT I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE STOPPING AT, SO I DROVE FOR APPROX. 2 MILES TO REACH AN AREA WHERE I FELT SAFE TO STOP, GET OUT, GO AROUND THE CAR AND CLOSE THE DOOR. I CONTACTED HONDA ON MONDAY - IF I WANT TO PAY FOR IT, THEY WILL REPLACE THE SEAL AGAIN. I HAVE CALLED THE HONDA 800 NUMBER THEY GAVE ME AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. BECAUSE I REFUSED TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSIS (THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE 800 NUMBER SAID NOTHING ABOUT THAT DURING THE FIRST CALL) HONDA WILL DO NOTHING. THIS DOOR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM THE FIRST, I FEEL HONDA HAS NEVER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM, JUST MADE IT BEARABLE FOR A WHILE. IT IS UNSAFE. *NM

• 12/21/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AT 70,000 MILES. LESS THAN 31,000 MILES LATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED A SECOND TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 128,000.

• 12/21/2010· SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ACCORDING TO THE HONDA OWNER LINK WEBSITE THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL FOR THE ODYSSEY MINIVANS. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND MENTIONED THE RECALL, THEY DIDN'T RESPOND. THEY JUST DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEMS AS A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION, A NEW ECU WAS NEEDED, THE FRONT AND REAR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND THE RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND THEY CONCLUDED THE TRANSMISSION WAS INDEED FAILING. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS REPLACEMENT OR A COMPLETE OVERHAUL. *JB

• 12/21/2001· SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE

  SEATBELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT CORRECTLY. INSTEAD OF DOOR OPENING IT PRESSES FORWARD. *AK SEAT BELT REPLACED THREE TIMES BECAUSE BELT CONTINUED TO COME OUT UNTIL MAXIMUM LENGTH AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WAS BROKE. THE CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR REPLACEMENT OR REFUND FOR THE VEHICLE.*YH

• 12/20/2012· STEERING,POWER TRAIN

  OUR VAN HAS 79,000 MILES. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 3 WEEKS AGO TO REPLACE A PRESSURE SWITCH ON THE TRANSMISSION. 2 DAYS AFTER REPLACEMENT, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, DEALER TELLS US THAT WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACEMENT. TOTAL COST $6000. CALLED AMERICAN HONDA WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THEY'D ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION UP TO 100,000 MILES BUT LIMITED TO 7 YEARS AFTER COMPLAINTS LED TO REALIZATION THAT TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEM. DESPITE OUR MILEAGE BEING LOW, HONDA REFUSES TO HELP ON THESE REPAIRS. IF HONDA WILL WARRANTY ITS PRODUCT TO 100,000 MILES AFTER REALIZING THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, WHY SHOULD WE NOT BENEFIT FROM THAT EVEN IF OUR VAN IS 10 YEARS OLD? STILL ONLY 79,000 MILES ON THAT TRANSMISSION. *TR

• 12/20/2007· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WHICH IS NOW ON ITS 5TH TRANSMISSION AND HAS 104,850 MILES. CONTACT STATED VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AT LOW SPEEDS BETWEEN 2-3 ON THE RPM GAUGE. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM..*BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST TIME THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, IT CEASED TO SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS. EVERY TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IT WAS BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. THE EGR WAS REPLACED DUE TO INTERNAL DAMAGE. THE ENGINE AND TCS LIGHTS HAD ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED A CODE DETERMINED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH WAS ELECTRICAL. THE FRONT AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. *JB

• 12/19/2014· POWER TRAIN

  2001 HONDA ODYSSEY, PURCHASED WITH 83,610 MILES FROM SUBARU OF EXETER. JUNE 23, 2008, 104,527 MILES. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WARRANTY COVERED UP TO 109,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL WARRANTY AT DOVER AUTO WORLD, HONDA SERVICE, DUE TO CHECK ENGINE AND TCS LIGHTS BEING ON. TRANSMISSION CAME WITH A 3YR/36,000 WARRANTY. DECEMBER 1, 2014, 184,148 MILES (80K ON 2ND TRANSMISSION), DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE SOMETIMES ENGINE SLIPS BEFORE FINALLY ENGAGING INTO GEAR, OVER THE NEXT WEEK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TCS AND D4 LIGHT FLASHING LIGHT ON. TRANSMISSION FAULT CODE P0780, DIAGNOSED, DROVE VAN TWO MORE DAYS WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED. TOWED TO LOCAL IN TOWN MECHANIC, GIVEN ESTIMATE FOR A RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION + LABOR $4,500. SPOKE WITH HONDA MOTORS OF AMERICA, ON DEC 18TH 2014 PROVIDED WITH ALL REQUESTED INFORMATION, THE RESPONSE PROVIDED BY HONDA IS THAT THE VAN HAD EXCEEDED WARRANTY AND I WOULD NEED TO TAKE THE LIABILITY AND PAY FOR IT. HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE WHERE SURPRISED THAT IT WAS REPLACED IN 2008 UNDER WARRANTY. HONDA CLAIMED THE MILEAGE LIMIT WAS 100,000. BOTTOM LINE IS NO HELP, SPOKE WITH LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP...THEY COULD NOT HELP. SINCE HONDA OF AMERICA HAD DENIED ME. I AGREE THAT I SHOULD COVER A PORTION OF THE COST (LABOR) BUT HONDA SHOULD COVER FOR MATERIALS SINCE ITS THEIR PRODUCT AND THEY SHOULD STAND BEHIND IT. *TR

• 12/19/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURE, HONDA HAS A HISTORY OF FAILURES OF THIS KIND WITH THE 2001 ODYSSEY. ITEM SHOULD BE RECALLED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

• 12/19/2007· STRUCTURE

  HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN POWER SIDE DOORS SHORT OUT REGULARLY AND WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY. THE DOORS WILL STILL FUNCTION MANUALLY BUT REQUIRE A STRONG ADULT. YOUTHS HAVE TROUBLE OPENING THE DOORS. THIS POSES A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND REQUIRES REGULAR VISITS TO THE MECHANIC TO KEEP THE DOORS OPERABLE. *TR

• 12/18/2012· POWER TRAIN

  STARTED GETTING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. WENT TO DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CAME WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HONDA HAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE AS IT SEEMS LIKE A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD BE PART OF THE RECALL AND HAVE REFUSED ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE COST IS APPROXIMATELY $5328. *TR

• 12/18/2007· SUSPENSION

  REFERENCE PE06007. 1 1/2 YEARS AGO THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND OUR VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME SO THIS WAS COVERED BUT APPROXIMATELY 1.5 YRS LATER AND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THIS EVENING. THE DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING APPEARED OK ON MARCH 28TH OF 2006 AND THEREFORE THE WARRANTY COMPANY WOULD NOT PAY TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN WORKMANSHIP AND THIS COIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THE TIME THE OTHER ONE WAS FIXED AND COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. SEE ALSO 10153819 *DSY *TR

• 12/17/2012· ENGINE

  I NOTICED THAT ENGINE OIL GOES MORE THAN A QUART LOW AFTER 2500 MILES. IN JULY, BEFORE AN OIL CHANGE THIS WAS FIRST NOTICED. BUT THIS DECEMBER, IT CAN BE CONFIRMED THAT OIL DOES GO LOW. I WILL CONTINUOUSLY OBSERVE HOW MUCH THE OIL GOES LOW PER 1000 MILES. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE OIL LEAKS AROUND THE ENGINE OR THE OIL FILTER. *TR

• 12/17/2010· POWER TRAIN

  2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A RECURRING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS FIRST REPLACED BACK IN 2004 WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. NOW 60,00 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TRANSMISSION HAD A CRACKED SEAL. *JB

• 12/17/2007· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY WAITING FOR GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN COMPLETELY WHEN A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED INTO PIECES. DRIVING THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP WAS DIFFICULT. THE CAR PULLED TO THE SIDE AND THERE WERE VIBRATIONS AND RUBBING NOISES DURING THE 1.5 MILE DRIVE. AT THE SHOP THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT BOTH SPRINGS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAD FRACTURED. WE WERE UNAWARE OF THE 2ND SPRING FAILURE AND DO NOT KNOW IF IT HAPPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY OR NOT. REPAIR COST IS ESTIMATED AT $900 AND CAR WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR 4 DAYS. CAR IS BEING REPAIRED AND OLD PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. *TR

• 12/17/2001· STRUCTURE

  AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT HAVE A SENSOR OR INDICATOR OR ANY TYPE OF REVERSE MECHANISM TO STOP DOOR FROM MOVING FORWARD WHILE PASSENGERS ARE ENTERING VEHICLE, WHICH COULD CAUSE PASSENGER TO BECOME INJURED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

• 12/16/2012· POWER TRAIN

  IN JUNE OF 2009, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, HAD IT REPAIRED AT A HONDA DEALER - GOT A 3 YEAR, 36K MILE WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 2012. CALLED HONDA CORPORATE AND THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

• 12/16/2011· POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  BEFORE MY TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL, MY ODYSSEY WOULD SLIP GEARS AND MAKE A THUMP SOUND UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION AND SUBSEQUENT INCREASES IN SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TCS LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND STAY LIT. AFTER THE OVERHAUL, I FOUND OUT THERE WERE BULLETINS OUT ON PARTS THAT WERE DEFECTIVE AND WITH REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS ADDITIONAL COOLING AND FILTERS HAD TO BE REPLACED, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CHANGES. A YEAR AFTER THE OVERHAUL, STARTED HAVING THE SAME SLIPPAGE AND SOUNDS FROM THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. THIS TIME, WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 70MPH, MY BACK WINDOW GETS COVERED UP BY AN OILY DISCOLORED SUBSTANCE. IT WAS TO THE POINT I COULD NOT SEE OUT THE REAR WINDOW. THE SMELL OF BURNED RUBBER OR TAR WAS COMING THROUGH THE VENT AND THE A/C OR HEAT WAS NOT ON. MY RPM NEEDLE STARTED SHIFTING UP FROM 3 TO 5 AND BOUNCING BACK BETWEEN THEM, THEN DOWN TO 2 AND THEN FINALLY BACK TO 3....WITH NO CHANGE IN SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY LIT. MY BRAKES TENDED TO BE A LITTLE SOFT THEN A LITTLE HARD. CALLED A MECHANIC THAT I KNEW WAS AVAILABLE AND WORKED ON TRANSMISSIONS AND ASKED HIM WHAT TO DO AND HE SAID GET OFF THE ROAD FAST AND CHECK YOUR FLUID LEVELS. MY ODYSSEY HAD SPIT OUT ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SOME OIL THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE, UNDERNEATH AND BACK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE AREA. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE FACT THAT I WAS EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH MY VAN (SINGLE OWNER) AND PAID ATTENTION TO THE LAST PROBLEMS I HAD, I MIGHT HAVE LOCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND MAY NOT HAVE LIVED TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. *TR

• 12/16/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND DECELERATED UNTIL COMING TO A STOP. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S SAFETY RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 143,000.

• 12/16/2011· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WITHOUT ANY WARNING BESIDES THAT MORNING IT HAD A PROBLEM SHIFTING INTO 2 GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN 70,000 MILES PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. BUT, IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS, JUST DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT JERKING DOWN TO 0MPH AND NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO GET IT TO MOVE OFF THE HIGHWAY, WOULDN'T GO INTO ANY GEAR. *TR

• 12/16/2010· POWER TRAIN

  THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY STARTED TO FAIL. ON ONE DRIVE, I NOTICED IT "SLIPPING" A LITTLE. ON THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT TIME I DROVE THE VEHICLE, IT ALMOST TOTALLY WENT OUT ON ME. I WAS TRYING TO ENTER INTO A MAJOR MILE STREET, PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR, WITH ONLY A SLIGHT RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ONE CAR HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID ME, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. UPON RESEARCHING THIS, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS A BIG HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THERE WAS EVEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLED WHICH EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 109,000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, MY VEHICLE HAS 121,000 MILES. I AM AN ORIGINAL OWNER AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY HONDA THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN RECALLED, IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. AMERICAN HONDA SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME, THAT I WILL HAVE TO PAY THE FULL PRICE THE DEALERSHIP IS ASKING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

• 12/16/2004· AIR BAGS

  SRS LIGHT BLINKS INCESSANTLY 40% OF THE TIME. SOME ATTRIBUTE THIS TO ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE DUE TO CELL PHONE USAGE. IT IS ACTUALLY A DEFECT OF THE SRS SENSOR, BUT HONDA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HOW IRRESPONSIBLE.

• 12/16/2003· AIR BAGS,SEATSCrash

  CONSUMER STATED ON 11/25/03 HE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT, WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THAT HIS SEAT, WHICH WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, COLLAPSED. HE STATED HE INJURED HIS SHOULDER, AND WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS SEATED ON THE THIRD SEAT, SHE WAS ALSO INJURED. HE STATES ALSO THAT HIS WIFE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35-40 MPH. *JB

• 12/13/2010· POWER TRAIN

  SECOND 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 1) DRIVING TO PICK UP HUSBAND AT DENVER AIRPORT. NO UNUSUAL DRIVING SITUATIONS. 2) 1ST TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 120000 MILES; REBUILT TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 168000 MILES. 3) REPLACED FIRST TRANSMISSION WITH REBUILT ONE. HONDA KNOWS THAT THE ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILS. THEY ARE ASKING FOR $5000 TO REPLACE IT. WE CANNOT BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION; ONLY REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS. WITH HONDA ONLY PROVIDING REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS, THEY ARE GUARANTEEING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION EVERY 3-4 YEARS. ALWAYS JUST OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. *TR

• 12/12/2011· STRUCTURE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PIECES OF RUSTED METAL AND OTHER UNKNOWN SHARDS, HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND THE FRAME. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 151,000. UPDATED 02/08/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION IN DEC 2011. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT T HE REAR CROSS MEMBER WAS RUSTING, WHICH WAS PRODUCING SHARDS OF METAL, THAT WERE DROPPING THROUGH THE SEAM BETWEEN THE REAR BUMPER AND FUEL TANK. UPDATED 02/13/12

• 12/11/2016· POWER TRAIN

  FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE WE OWNED THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING AND THE VEHICLE AGAIN ISN'T DRIVABLE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS Y/M/M WITH MANY COMPLAINTS. NHTSA AND HONDA NEED TO DO A RECALL. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE HAD ANY CARS AROUND ME. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT BY HONDA. WE'RE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND HONDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AS IS NHTSA BUT NO MAJOR ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

• 12/11/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEMCrash

  IT SEEMS THAT MY HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AND ONLY BRIGHT WHEN I USE MY HIGH BEAMS. MY HONDA SEEMS TO CUT OFF BY ITSELF AND I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE BATTERY TESTED AND IT SEEMS NOT TO REPLICATE ITS ACTIONS FOR THEM. IT SEEMS THAT MY CAR WILL ACT AS IF IT IS STALLING SOMETIMES AND THEN WILL NOT TURN OVER. I HAVE HAD MY STARTER CHECKED AND THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE SO THE MECHANIC STATED. IT SEEMS THAT MY DEFROSTER DOESN'T WORK AT THE NORMAL TIME THAT IT SHOULD TAKE TO DEFROST. IT TAKES AT LEAST 30 MINUTES TO CLEAR. I HAVE PROBLEMS IN THE REAR SEAT WITH PASSENGERS GETTING OUT OF THE LEFT PASSENGER SEAT BELT. IT SEEMS TO GET STUCK. AND THERE ARE NO OTHER ARTICLES IN THE SNAP TO CAUSE THAT. MY SRS AND ABS LIGHT SEEMS TO STAY ON FOR A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER THE CAR IS STARTED. THEN WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AND APPLYING BREAKS IT SEEMS THAT THE CAR STILL CONTINUES TO SLIDE, IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON 9-13-04. I HAVE TAKEN THE BRAKES TO GET CHECKED. AND THE MECHANIC HAS CLEARED THEM. I AM GETTING REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS CAR. AND JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS THAT HAVE COME ON MY CAR AND WHEN WILL I BE NOTIFIED OF THESE RECALLS. ALSO WHAT DO I DO IN SUCH A CASE THAT I HAVE RECALLS ON A NUMBER OF PARTS AND NOT JUST 1 THING? *JB

• 12/09/2009· POWER TRAIN,EQUIPMENT

  WAS DRIVING A 2001 ODYSSEY VAN ON 11/24/2000 AND AT 8:00 PM ON 321 NORTH TO BLOWING ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. WE WERE BARELY ABLE TO GET THE VAN OFF THE ROAD AND WERE FORTUNATE IT OCCURRED WHERE IT DID BECAUSE PART OF THAT HIGHWAY HAS NO EASY PULL-OFF AREA. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY BY HONDA IN LATE 2006.....THIS TRANSMISSION THAT FAILED WAS ONLY ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD, HAD ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT, AND WAS SERVICED ACCORDING TO HONDA GUIDELINES. HONDA REFUSED TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY.....I BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR THAT HONDA HAS HAD TRANSMISSION DEFECT ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THERE IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE FILED AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT WITH BETTER BUSINESS AND WITH AMERICAN HONDA....CASE NUMBER FOR HONDA IS NO12009-11-3--1138. *TR

• 12/09/2008· STRUCTURE

  2001 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN POWER SLIDING DOORS KEEP FAILING ESPECIALLY IN ICY CONDITIONS. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE HAD MY CHILDREN IN MY CAR WHEN THE DOORS FAILED TO OPERATE FULLY. I HAD TO CRAWL TO THE BACK THROUGH MY FRONT DOORS TO REACH MY VERY YOUNG CHILDREN TO PUT THEM IN AND OUT OF THEIR CAR SEATS. THEN I NEEDED TO DRIVE HOME IN ICY CONDITIONS WITH THE DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN NEXT TO ONE OF MY CHILDREN. IN ADDITION, ONE OF MY CHILDREN HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT MAKES GETTING TO THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR SAFETY. THESE POWER DOORS ARE SIMPLY HAZARDOUS AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THESE. FROM THE DISCUSSIONS ON OWNER FORUMS, THIS IS HAPPENING TO QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS MODEL OF CAR ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF YEARS. AFTER SPENDING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH THE DEALER TO TRY TO FIX THIS, THE DEALER GAVE ME A NEW 'FIX'. I NEED TO REMOVE A FUSE FOR 30 SECONDS AND THEN REPLACE THE FUSE. THE DOORS NEEDS TO BE 'RESET' I.E. IT APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT IN A SENSOR RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL PART NEEDING REPLACED. I HAVE REPLACED NEARLY EVERY PART OF ONE OF MY SLIDING DOORS AND STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AFTER IT HAS BEEN ICY. USUALLY MY HUSBAND CAN MANUALLY OPERATE THE DOOR AFTER THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT I AM NOT AS STRONG AS HE IS AND I CANNOT FULLY OPEN OR CLOSE THE DOOR. RESETTING THE DOOR BY REMOVING THE FUSE FOR 30 SECONDS MAKES THE DOOR START WORKING AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT OCCURRENCE. UNTIL RECENTLY, MY DEALER DID NOT TELL ME THE TRICK WITH THE FUSE SO WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, I WOULD BE FORCED TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN HOME WITH THE DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN. *TR

• 12/09/2003· SUSPENSION

  PROBLEM WITH SWAY BAR LINKS ON 01 HONDA ODYSEEY. *AK

• 12/09/2003· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  ODYSSEY SURGES AT SPEEDS OF 40-45 MPH. DURING THIS TIME THE RPM SURGES TO 4000 AND THEN BACK DOWN TO 1.5-2000. DEALER HAD ATTEMPTED TO FIX PROBLEM 5 TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS SO INTERMITTENT THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN OR DUPLICATED THE ISSUE. THEY EVEN KEPT THE VAN FOR A FULL WEEK AND DROVE IT. AMERICA HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY UNRESPONSIVE AS I HAVE FILED ISSUE WITH THEM AS WELL. THEY JUST SEEM THAT THEY WOULD RATHER HIDE THE PROBLEM THAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND HOPE THAT THE ISSUE BECOMES LARGE AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE QUALITY OF THIS HONDA PRODUCT.*AK

• 12/07/2006· POWER TRAIN

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF JUST BEFORE ALL POWER FAILED IN THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER 5 MINUTES AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.

• 12/06/2011· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN NEED OF ITS 3RD REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. 1ST FAILURE AT 81668 MILES IN DECEMBER OF 2004, 2ND FAILURE AT 125840 MILES IN JULY OF 2006, 3RD FAILURE AT 181000 MILES IN NOVEMBER OF 2011. ALL REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS WERE FROM HONDA AND REPLACED AT A HONDA DEALER. LAST TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ONLY 54,000. WAS ASSURED BY DEALER SERVICE TECH AND HONDA THAT WITH THE LAST TRANSMISSION ALL PROBLEMS WERE CORRECTED BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 154,000 MILES IN JUNE OF 2010. NOW HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE CLAIMS 54,000 MILES IS GOOD AMOUNT TO GET OUT OF A TRANSMISSION AND CAN OFFER NO WARRANTY BEYOND THE 3 YEAR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY WITH A REPLACEMENT PART. *TR

• 12/05/2011· AIR BAGSCrash

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO BOTH HANDS AND THE FACE AS A RESULT OF THE DEPLOYMENT AND STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THE SLIGHT IMPACT SHOULD NOT HAVE TRIGGERED THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE AIR BAGS, AS WELL AS THE SEAT BELTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE DID NOT CONSTITUTE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

• 12/05/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 3 TIMES WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN USE. FAILURES OCCURRED AT 83,000 MILES (2007), 117,000 MILES (2010) AND 135,000 MILES (2011). ACCIDENTS WERE AVOIDED IN ALL THREE CASES, BUT COULD EASILY HAVE OCCURRED AS CAR WAS IN HIGHWAY USE SURROUNDED BY OTHER CARS/ TRUCKS WHEN TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. HONDA HAS NOT REIMBURSED ANY OF THESE FAILURES AND IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TOLD VEHICLE OWNER THAT CAR WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY PERIOD, EVEN THOUGH (WE RECENTLY DISCOVERED) THERE HAD BEEN AN EXTENSION ON THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY PERIOD TO 109,000 MILES AND CAR WAS ONLY AT 83,000 MILES AT THAT TIME. TRANSMISSION IS CURRENTLY ONLY 7,000 MILES FROM LAST TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AND IS EXHIBITING GEAR CHANGING PROBLEMS CURRENTLY. VEHICLE OWNER IS RELUCTANT TO SELL VEHICLE ALONG TO ANOTHER OWNER, KNOWING OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD THE TRANSMISSION FAIL FOR A FOURTH TIME. HONDA SHOULD RECALL THESE 2001 VEHICLES, AS THEY DID FOR 2002-2004 MODELS. THERE IS NO RATIONALE FOR HAVING EXCLUDED THE 2001 YEAR. THEY ARE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

• 12/05/2011· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING UP A NARROW, TWISTY MOUNTAIN ROAD, TRANSMISSION FAILED, RENDERING CAR UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND, DESPITE APPLICATION OF POWER, CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD DOWN SLOPE. WAS ABLE TO FIND A CROSSROAD TO BACK INTO TO GET CAR OUT OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE FIFTH TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THIS CAR IN 150,000 MILES. ALL OF THE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR