2002 Honda Odyssey complaints

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. TOOK VEHICLE FOR CHECKUP TWICE, BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

THE TIRE/RIM BEAD SEAL FAILS CAUSING THE AIR TO LEAK FROM THE TIRE. *AK

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH APPROX 55K MILES IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT CONDITIONS THAT BRINGS THIS ABOUT, AND CANNOT REPRODUCE IT AT WILL. BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, THE RPM SHOOTS UP REALLY HIGH BUT NO ACCELERATION OCCURS. I WOULD HAVE TO LET GO OF THE GAS AND SLOW DOWN UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AGAIN. THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHERS ARE REPORTING ON THIS WEBSITE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A HONDA SERVICE CENTER TODAY AND THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND WANTED ME TO TAKE IT BACK AND DRIVE IT UNTIL THE PROBLEM OCCURS AGAIN. I EXPLAINED TO THE SERVICE REP. THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I'M PUTTING MY FAMILY IN DANGER AND WHO KNOWS IF THEY WILL EVER BE ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AS IT IS SO INTERMITTENT AT THIS STAGE. THE SERVICE REP. ESCALATED ME TO HIS MANAGER AND HE WILL TEST MY VAN FURTHER TONIGHT AND WILL CALL ME TOMORROW. THE FACT THAT HONDA HAS NOT RECALLED THIS PROBLEM AND THE WAY THE PROBLEM IS BEING HANDLED BY HONDA MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES NOT ONLY FOR HONDA DRIVERS BUT OTHERS ON THE ROAD AS WELL. *NM

ABS FAILED - UNABLE TO STEER AWAY FROM A VEHICLE THAT STOPPED SUDDENLY - FOUND BLOWN FUSIBLE LINK FOR ABS MOTOR - REPLACED AND ABS/TEC ONCE AGAIN OPERATIONAL. *JB

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCKS. WHEN THE WEATHER IS VERY COLD, THE SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT OPEN. IT WILL MAKE THE BEEPING SOUNDS AS IF THE DOORS ARE TO OPEN, HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT OPEN. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE OWNER USE A HAIR DRYER TO HELP OPEN THE DOORS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

THE CONSUMER HEARD NOISES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION. *NM THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT, THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON, THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON, TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT EASILY, THE RPM ARROW WOULD ERRATICALLY SWING FROM DIFFERENT LEVELS WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS STRUGGLING TO SHIFT GEARS, THE TCS LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT ALONG WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE HEATER EXHILARATED A LOUD SOUND WHEN IN USE. *SC

AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A ONE-TIME DEAL (FIRST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED EARLY IN 2004)BECAUSE IT WOULD HAPPEN IN DIFFERENT AREAS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE MORE CONSISTENT NOW AT THE SAME SPOT. TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY (FOR ABOUT 7 MILES AT @65-70 MPH) AND THEN GETTING OFF AT THE EXIT, TURNING ONTO THE MAIN ROAD (THERE IS A YIELD SIGN SO ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN EXITING OFF RAMP TO MAIN ROAD). APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH (ON A FLAT STRAIGHT ROAD) AND SLOW ACCELERATION THE RPM WILL RAPIDLY RISE TO @4000 AND THE VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR FOR ABOUT 5-10 SECONDS. WE HAVE TO EITHER LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND WAIT FOR THE GEARS TO RE-ENGAGE OR LEAVE THE RPM AT 4000 AND THE GEAR WILL EVENTUALLY ENGAGE AGAIN. *NM

THE CONSUMER STATED THREE WEEKS AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK WAS PERFORMED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. *JB

VEHICLE CAME TO ABRUPT STOP WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED AROUND 40MPH, IN SOME INSTANCES, IT DOWNSHIFTED AND WON'T ACCELERATE AT THE SAME RATE OF SPEED THAT ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT (TRANSMISSION WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACT LIKE THAT). 2ND, SLIDING DOOR ON BOTH SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WON'T OPEN IN SO MANY OCCASSION, WINTER OR SUMMER. *AK

AS REPORTED BY MANY OTHER HONDA ODYSSEY 2002 OWNERS, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD POP OUT OF 2ND OR 3RD GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL. ENGINE WOULD REV UP WHEN GIVEN GAS BUT WITH ZERO ACCELERATION. ABOUT 6 TIMES THIS HAPPENED OVER A 2 MONTH PERIOD. BY MANUALLY SWITCHING TO A LOW GEAR AND THEN BACK INTO AUTOMATIC DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION BEHAVED PROPERLY. A FEW DAYS AGO THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT LIT UP, AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT. WE TOOK INTO DEALER AND WERE TOLD AN ERROR CODE OF P0730, INCORRECT GEAR RATIO, WAS BEING REPORTED BY THE VEHICLE'S DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUITRY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FAILURE. DEALER SAID A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED, FOR SOME $4,500. AFTER COMPLAINING THAT IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A 2-YEAR OLD CAR'S TRANSMISSION TO FAIL, EVEN IF OUR MILEAGE WAS OVER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, DEALER CALLED HONDA AND OFFERED US A RECONSTRUCTED TRANSMISSION IF WE WOULD PAY $1,028 FOR THE LABOR ONLY. WE ACCEPTED BEFORE READING ALL THESE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE ONBOARD COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED, SINCE THAT IS ALWAYS DONE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED. A RECONSTRUCTED TRANSMISSION, WAS EXPLAINED TO US, IS REPLACING ALL INTERNAL MECHANISMS OF THE TRANSMISSION BUT KEEPING THE SAME EXTERIOR CASING WE HAD. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS UNRELATED TO THE 2ND GEAR OVERHEATING PROBLEM. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE DEALER AND HONDA FOR LOWERING OUR REPAIR COSTS, BUT NOW FEEL THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLE

VEHICLE: 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY, PURCHASED 11/2004. REAR BRAKE MAKES CLUNKING NOISE WHEN BACKING OR CHANGING DIRECTION.*AK FIRST BRING TO ATTENTATION TO SALES DEALER, NORM REEVES HONDA, MECHANIC SAYS NORMAL SOUND ON THIS MODEL. I REBUTTED WITH "I OWN BOTH A ACCORD AND CIVIC, THEY DON'T HAVE THIS SOUND". THAT'S JUST THIS MODEL. SECOND TIME, BROUGHT TO ATTENTATION TO GOUDY HONDA, SERVICE ADVISOR SAID, THAT'S NORMAL ON THIS MODEL. I GAVE THE SAME REBUTTAL. THEY REPLIED WITH ON NEXT VISIT, THEY WILL GREASE THE BRAKE, THE SOUND WILL DISAPPEAR. I DID BRING IT NEXT TIME FOR OIL CHANGE. SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THEY GREASED IT, BUT SOUND IS STILL THERE. THIRD TIME, CALL HONDA CORPORATE, REP SAID THAT'S NORMAL. ASK IF THERE'RE ANY KNOWN PROBLEM, REP SAID NO. I ASK HIM TO CHECK, HE SAID HE'S SURE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH CAR. JUST HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE THE BRAKE & PAY FOR IT. WENT ON INTERNET, FOUND MANY ODYSSEY OWNER HAVE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO FOUND HONDA EVEN HAS A TSB OUT. NUMBER OF FAILURES, TOO MANY TO MENTION, IT'S DAILY. WHY DOESN'T DEALER NOR THE HONDA ADMIT THE PROBLEM! HAVE NOT REPORT THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM TO NEITHER DEALER NOR HONDA. THE SRS INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON ONE DAY, I TURN OFF ENGINE & TURN ENGINE BACK ON. THE INDICATOR LIGHT WENT AWAY. THIS REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER STRANGE THING HAPPENDED A FEW MONTHS BACK. WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. ALL THE SUDDEN, A BUNCH OF INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON, CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF A FEW SECONDS LATER.

I PURCHASED A MODEL YEAR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN IN LATE NOVEMBER 2001. I RECEVIED A RECALL ALERT FROM AMERICAN HONDA BACK IN 4/04 REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION RECALL. I ARRANGED TO HAVE MY VEHICLE "REPAIRED" AT MY DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE IN 5/04 PER THE RECALL INSTRUCTIONS. THEY INSTALLED AN OIL JET KIT WHICH ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN HONDA WEBSITE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A PERMANENT FIX. ON THIS WEBSITE THEY ALSO CLAIMED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED TRANSMISSION FAILURES WITH THIS MEASURE. IN MID AUGUST I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING IN 2ND GEAR AND SEVERAL NEAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO MY DEALER AT WHICH TIME THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED COMPLETEY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ENTIRELY. THIS WAS DONE AT NO COST TO ME AS IT WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. MY VEHICLE WAS THEN RE-EQUIPPED WITH A REMANUFACTURED (NOT NEW) TRANSMISSION. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE BY MAIL TO VOICE MY CONCERNS REGARDING MY TRANSMISSION. THEY SUBSEQUENTLY INSISTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECENT RECALL HOWEVER I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE GIVEN THE FACT THE WHEN MY TRANSMISSION WAS INSPECTED AT THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT THE 2ND GEAR HAD FAILED AND THAT THE RECALL IN QUESTION DID AFFECT THE 2ND GEAR. I REQUESTED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON MY TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY EVENTUALLY DID PROVIDE ME AFTER MUCH NEGOTIATIONS. IN ANY CASE, I FEEL THAT THE AMERICAN HONDA HAS NOT BEEN T

THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE FOR TIGHTENING ON A CHILD. NOW THE MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS COME OFF. *JB

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND HESITATES BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE DEALER STATES THE PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

SRS LIGHT ON WITH NO APPARENT REASON. I HAVE TAKEN CAR IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WITH NO CODE INDICATING SOURCE OF PROBLEM. UNIT WAS REPLACED A YEAR AGO, HOWEVER THE SRS LIGHT HAS RECENTLY FAILED 3 TIMES IN PAST 3 MONTHS. *NM

AFTER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL 04V176000 REWPAIRS WERE PEFORMED TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

AFTER THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL 04V176000 REPAIRS VEHICLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY STOP ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN OIL LEAK AT THE DEALER. WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE A FRIEND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE, AND TOLD CONSUMER IT WAS NORMAL TO SMELL GAS. *AK THE GAS SMELL CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SERVICE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE GAS CAP NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DRIVEWAY WOULD BE COVERED IN OIL. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT ROUGH AND WOULD JERK. *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE POSITIONING OF THE SEAT BELT IN THE MIDDLE SEAT OF THE BACK ROW, WHICH COMES DOWN FROM THE CEILING TO BUCKLE INTO THE SEAT, IS UNSAFE AND UNCOMFORTABLE. *NM THE SEAT BELT COMES DOWN, ACROSS ON THE TORSO AND USUALLY ACROSS THE NECK. *SC *JB

AFTER AN INITIAL CHECK-UP AND DIAGNOSIS THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *NM HONDA DECIDED NOT TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION BUT TO INSTALL AN OIL JET KIT. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAME SLUGGISH AND SHUTTERED. *NM THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BETWEEN 45-60 MPH. THE CONSUMER FOUND OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS HE WAS EXPERIENCING ON THE INTERNET. *TC

AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE MADE THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION. *NM THERE WAS AN INSTALLATION OF THE OIL JET KIT WHICH WAS INTENDED TO REPAIR OR PREVENT THE PROBLEM. RECALL# 04V176000. *SC *JB

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP ON SEPT. 10, 2003// OCT. 2, 2003// NOV. 3, 2003// AND JULY 26, 2004 WITH COMPLAINT ABOUT SRS LIGHT COMING ON AND STAYING ON. DEALER HAS INDICATED EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE TO PURSE SETTING IT OFF ON PASSENGER SEAT. REPLACED OPDS UNIT ON NOV. 3, 2003 VISIT. HOWEVER PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED AND AS OF TODAY--SEPT. 21, 2004 LIGHT IS BACK ON. ORIGINALLY DEALER STATED UNSURE IF AIRBAG IS OPERATIONAL DURING TIME LIGHT IS ON. INTERNET DISCUSSIONS SEEM TO INDICATE AIRBAG IS DYSFUNCTIONAL DURING TIME LIGHT IS ON...WHICH TOTALLY VOIDS PURPOSE OF SAFETY IN AN ACCIDENT! VERY FRUSTRATED AND NOW EVEN MORE SCARED OF SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH IN AN ACCIDENT! PLEASE MAKE HONDA ADDRESS AND FIX THIS ISSUE--WHEN I READ ALL OF THE OTHER VEHICLES WHICH ALSO ARE REPORTING SRS FAILURES, IT IS OBVIOUS THERE IS A SEVERE LIABILITY THAT EXISTS. I DON'T WANT TO BE--NOR DO I WANT MY CHILDREN TO BE--UNFORTUNATE STATISTICS THAT ULTIMATELY CAUSE HONDA TO TAKE NOTICE!!!!*AK

MY HONDA ODYSEY VAN'S BOTH SLIDIING DOORS STICKS ON COLD WEATHER. UNABLE TO OPEN FOR DAYS. IT IS IMPORTANT SAFTEY ISSUE, WITH KIDS INSIDE THE VAN ESPECIALLY INCASE OF AN ACCIDENT.*AK

DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO PERFORM AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL 04V176000 REPAIRS WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME. THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT DATE IS NOVEMBER 2004.*AK *TC

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. MY PARTNER'S MOTHER WAS GETTING INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE VAN LAST WEEK, AND GRABBED HOLD OF THE OVERHEAD HANDLE TO HELP HER UP (SHE'S 79 YEARS OLD), AND AS SHE STEPPED INTO THE VAN, THE HANDLE BROKE OFF THE CEILING, CAUSING HER TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO HER BACK, ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE ASPHALT. FORTUNATELY (MIRACULOUSLY), SHE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURY (EXCEPT BEING A LITTLE SORE THE NEXT DAY). THIS WOMAN IS NOT A LARGE WOMAN...SHE IS ONLY 4'10" AND DOES NOT WEIGH ALL THAT MUCH. MY CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY THAT THE BREAKING OF THIS PART COULD POSE. I AM A SAFETY PROFESSIONAL (EHS MANAGER FOR MANUFACTURING), AND AM QUITE ATUNED TO HAZARD AWARENESS. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL OR INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAT TELLS YOU NOT TO USE THIS HANDLE TO HELP YOURSELF INTO THE VAN. IT APPEARS TO BE THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE. IT IS MADE OF PLASTIC ON THE OUTSIDE, AND EVIDENTLY (NOW THAT I CAN SEE WHERE IT BROKE) IT IS PLASTIC ALL THE WAY TO THE MOUNTING SCREWS. I WANTED TO REPORT THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HAZARD, SO THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE EITHER IN THE DESIGN, OR IN THE WARNING SYSTEM. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY SERIOUS INJURY (BROKEN HIP OR OTHER BONES, OR EVEN A HEAD INJURY). MY HONDA DEALER SIMPLY ORDERED A NEW PART TO BE INSTALLED. I CAN GUARANTEE THAT IF THERE WERE AN INJURY INVOLVED, THIS INCIDENT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LAWSUIT. I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. T

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE REVVED AT A HIGH RATE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN CHANGING FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER. *NM THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE PERFORMED THE OIL JET KIT RECALL BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE SAME AND SOMETIMES IT EVEN CUT OFF. *NM

WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE ACCELERATED. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY DEFECTS.*AK

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY CAR INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATES UPON BRAKING 32,000 MILES STARTED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO DEALER CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

WHILE TURNING ON THE HEADLIGHTS BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE OPENING UP THE DOOR THE INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHEED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY ALSO HAD THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING FROM HIGH TO LOW GEAR WHEN IT'S ABOUT 34000 MILES. WE WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY FELT THE JOLTS AND THEN THE TCS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. I HAD TO MAKE AN EXIT AND CALLED AAA FOR IT TO BE TOWED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BUT IT SEEMS THE SLIPPING IS HAPPENING AGAIN AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 35-55 MPH. HONDA SHOULD AT LEAST EXTEND THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY ON 02-03'S LIKE WHAT THEY DID ON THE 99-01'S.*AK

MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A WHINING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR. I BROUGHT IT TO MY DEALER AT 28,793 MILES - THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT NO CHARGE REBUILT TRANSMISSION SERIAL # [XXX]. AT 35,856 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTING TO WHINE AGAIN, THIS TIME IN 5TH GEAR - A DEALER MECHANIC RODE WITH ME AND VERIFIED THE NOISE AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN WITH SERIAL#[XXX]. A FEW MONTHS LATER MY NEIGHBOR HAD HER 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY LOCK UP AS SHE WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD. THE FRONT TIRES STOPPED TURNING AND SHE CAME TO REST IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. SHE STARTED THE ENGINE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. SHE HAD ABOUT 64,000 MILES AT THE TIME - THE DEALER FINALLY GOT HONDA TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND FRONT TIRES AT NO COST! HER HONDA VIN# IS[XXX] SO YOU CAN CHECK THE TRANSMISSION SERIAL# AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TRANSMISSION. IN TALKING TO MY DEALER, HE TOLD ME THE SAME TRANSMISSION IS IN THE PILOT, ODYSSEY, AND V-6 ACCORD AND THE SIMILAR ACCURA MODELS WITH V-6 ENGINES. THIS MAKES THE PROBLEM WIDESPREAD!!! I AM ABOUT TO TAKE A 3,000 MILE TRIP AND CALLED HONDA'S AT 1-800-999-1009 TO TELL THEM ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS CAR - I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD A LOCK UP ON ANY CAR WITH MILEAGE UNDER 60,000 MILES - BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A FIRST TIME!!! I HAVE INSTRUCTED MY DAUGHTER TO CONTACT OUR ATTORNEY SHOULD WE HAVE A CRASH ON THE TRIP!!! THE GOVERNMENT MUST INVESTIGATE THIS HONDA/ACCURA TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. MY

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON A STEEP HIGHWAY AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 04 V176000 FOR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BY THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED, AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE SHIFTING INTO SECOND AND THIRD GEARS. *AK

STARTED HEARING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. NOISE GOT PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER. TOOK CAR TO HONDA DEALER AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. DROVE AWAY AND NOISE WAS STILL THERE. WENT RIGHT BACK TO DEALER AND ASKED IF THEY DID A ROAD TEST. THEY HAD NOT. WHEN THEY DID A ROAD TEST THE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM, A BAD WHEEL BEARING. THIS WAS WHEN THE CAR HAD LOW MILEAGE ON IT. THEY REPAIRED THE BEARING AND THE NOISE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. THE CAR NOW HAS 60K + MILES ON IT AND THE LOW LEVEL HUM HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. HONDA FOUND NOTHING WRONG. BROUGHT TO AUTO REPIR PLACE AND FOUND THAT I HAVE ANOTHER BAD WHEEL BEARING. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, INCLUDING A BAD TRANSMISSION WHICH FINALLY WAS REPLACE AFTER OVER A YEAR WHEN IT COMPLETELY FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY, WINDSHIELD AIR LEAK THAT HAS STILL NOT BEEN DETECTED BY HONDA AND REPAIRED.*AK

ON JUNE 14, 2004 I BROUGHT MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TO CURRY HONDA IN CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA FOR THE TRANSMISSION RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V176000 ). AT THE TIME THE ODYSSEY HAD 45,841. ON JUNE 15, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN, CALLED AND TOLD ME THEIR WAS DISCOLORATION ON THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL. CURRY HONDA THEN PLACED AN ORDER FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. LATER IN THE DAY I WAS CALLED BACK BY AND WAS TOLD THAT HONDA HAD LOOKED AT PICTURES OF THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THEY WERE TO ONLY INSTALL THE OIL JET KIT. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD OPEN A CASE AND I WOULD BE CALLED BACK SOON. AFTER OVER A MONTH I WAS STILL NOT CONTACTED SO I FAXED THE DETAILS OF MY INCIDENT TO HONDA. ONE MONTH LATER I WAS FINALLY CONTACTED. HONDA SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME. THEY SAID THE TECHNICIAN MAY HAVE BEEN INEXPERIENCED AND GAVE ME FAULTY INFORMATION. THIS FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE A DOCTOR TELLING ME I NEEDED AN OPERATION AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WITHOUT SEEING ME, CLAIMING EVERYTHING IS OK. ADDITIONALLY THEY HAVE BEEN VERY POOR AT RESPONDING TO MY ISSUE.*AK

AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER FOR A TRANSMISSION RECALL REPAIRS TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR ON NOVEMBER 2002 THEN THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER ON THE ALTERNATOR. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. ONE MONTH LATER, WHILE DRIVING THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *NM THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPONENT ON APRIL 29, 2003. *SC *JB

THE HANDLE OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE SLIDING DOOR OF OUR ODYSSEY BROKE AT JUST OVER 36,000 MILES AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE DOOR THAT HAS BEEN STUCK ALMOST EVERY WEEK FOR OVER TWO YEARS. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE AT TIMES WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE TO GET OUR CHILDREN OUT OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY. MY BROTHER OWNS AN ODYSSEY AND THE DOOR HANDLE ALSO BROKE ON HIS STICKING SLIDING DOOR. OUR VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO LIA HONDA WHEN IT HAD 4,748 MILES ON IT. THEY TOLD US TO LUBE THE DOORS CONTINUALLY. IT DIDN'T HELP! EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE WORK WE REITERATED THE CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE STICKING DOOR. THEY CONTINUED TO STATE IT IS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM THAT WE MUST DEAL WITH AND THEY WOULD NOT LIST IT AS A WARRANTY VISIT. NOTHING THEY SUGGESTED WORKED, PARTICULARLY ON HOT SUMMER DAYS WHEN THE WEATHER STRIPPING BEHAVED LIKE GLUE. THE AMERICAN HONDA PERSONNEL WE SPOKE TO ON AUGUST 18TH TOLD US THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT HONDA WOULD COVER IT EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS OFF WARRANTY BECAUSE WE WERE UNABLE TO GET THE LIA HONDA DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THE STICKING PROBLEM AFTER NUMEROUS VISITS UNDER WARRANTY. AS OF TODAY, AUGUST 20TH, KATHERINE MEYERS OF AMERICAN HONDA HAS TOTALLY CONTRADICTED WHAT THE OTHER HONDA REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US AND STATES THAT THE STICKING DOOR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BROKEN HANDLE AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I TOLD HER THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING SAFETY ISSUE AND SHE

WE NOTICED OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY'S TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR AROUND 36,000 MILES. COINCIDENTALLY THE SECOND GEAR RECALL WAS RECEIVED ONE WEEK LATER. WE BROUGHT OUR ODYSSEY IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND RECALL. THEY PERFORMED THE RECALL WORK BUT SAID THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THEY SAID THAT IF THERE WERE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR 3,000 MORE MILES, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES. SOMETIMES IT IS NOT AS NOTICEABLE WITH THE ENGINE GETTING UP TO 3,500 TO 4,000 RPM, BUT A COUPLE TIMES IT HAS REACHED OVER 5,000 RPM WITH A HUGE JERK WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY SHIFTED. WE FINALLY COULD NOT STAND THE "DEFECT" AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THEIR FIRST RESPONSE WAS THE VEHICLE WE OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION/NEGOTIATION THEY DECIDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE EGR VALVE AND THE SHIFT SOLENOID. THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO OPERATE APPROPRIATELY FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO HOME. THE NEXT DAY, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY THREE DAUGHTERS TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE AND THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS CAME ON (D, TCS, AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHTS) WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO COAST. THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN VERY QUICKLY. SHE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED WITH THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON. SHE DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND DRIVE HOME (1 MILE). THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SEEM TO BE OPERATING APPROPRIATELY AS

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS CONCERNING TRANSMISSION, AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE NOT IN. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER WAS NOT MAKING APPOINTMENTS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH OR MORE VEHICLE HESITATES. DEALER STATES THE EGR VALVE FAILS TO OPEN. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED FOR AN APPOINTMENT. *AK *TS

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS AND VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DURING ACCELERATION ONTO I-65 SOUTH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING RESULTING IN NO POWER BEING APPLIED TO THE DRIVE WHEELS. THIS INCIDENT REPEATED ITSELF NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE MOST SERIOUS BEING AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, NO POWER BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE DRIVE WHEELS FOR ALMOST A TWO MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME. MANUAL ENGAGEMENT USING THE SHIFT LEVER WAS TRIED WITHOUT SUCCESS. DURING THIS TWO MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME, THE ENGINE RAN TO 5,000 RPM WITHOUT GAS PEDAL INPUT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TCS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED LIGHTED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER STARTING THE NEXT MORNING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED BUT THE TCS LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED. DURING THE ENSUING DRIVE BACK TO OUR HOME (5 HOURS) THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP AT EVERY STOP MADE. USE OF DOWNSHIFT FOR PASSING VEHICLES WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS WHEN A DOWNSHIFT WAS ATTEMPTED, THE TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SLIPPING WITH RESULTING POWER LOSS. DURING A STOP WHERE USE OF REVERSE GEARS WAS REQUIRED, THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ENGAGE FOR ALMOST 4 MINUTES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED SEEMED SLOW TO SHIFT AND WOULD JOLT WHEN SHIFTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE DEALERSHIP TERMED THIS "HESITATION" AND REPEATEDLY COULD NOT FIND A DEFECT OR ISOLATE THE PROBLEM DURING INSPECTION AND ROAD TESTS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT GARY SMITH HONDA IN FORT WALTON BEACH, FL. IT WAS PRESENTED FOR SERVICE ON MONDAY, JUL 26. THEY AR

WHEN SHIFTING TO SECOND GEAR TRANSMISSION FAILED AND LOST POWER.CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

STARTING DEC 02 SRS SYSTEM CONTINUALLY FAILS. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED DEFECT 6 TIMES. SRS LIGHT IS PRESENTLY LIT, AGAIN DISABLING AIR BAGS THIS IS A SAFTY DEFECT YOU HAVE 9 AIR BAG RELATED COMPLAINTS FOR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. COMPLAINT NO. 10049129, 10036948, 10040407, 10018211, 10037963, 8020672 ARE ALL SIMILAR TO MINE. THERE ARE 5 SRS LIGHT RELATED COMPLAINTS FOR THE 02 ACCORD AND 5 FOR THE 02 CIVIC. I DID NOT SEARCH OTHER HONDA YEARS AND MODELS OTHER AIR BAG COMPLAINTS ARE THAT THEY DID NOT DEPLOY PERHAPS BECAUSE THIS DEFECTIVE DESIGN HAD SHUT THEM OFF! HONDA NEEDS TO BE FORCED TO FIX THIS DEFECT. *JB