2002 Honda Odyssey complaints

WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE HER CHILD FROM THE BOOSTER SEAT, THE SEAT BELT BECAME ATTACHED TO HIS FOOT AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO UNLATCH THE BELT AND IT HAD TO BE CUT OFF. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER STATED CELL PHONE INTERFERENCE DISABLED THE AIR BAG SENSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE TO SECOND GEAR. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE BEGAN SLIPPING ON SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR - WHILE ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP, RPM WOULD RISE AND VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN - THAN, TRANSMISSION WOULD "CATCH" AND ACCELERATE RATHER QUICKLY. TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT - HONDA CLAIMS UNRELATED TO RECALL AND INITIALLY WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPAIR SINCE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. COMPROMISE REACHED WHEREIN HONDA PAID FOR PART AND CUSTOMER PAID INSTALLATION. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STALLING.*MR THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS PROBLEM (ODI#10043353). WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. ALSO, THERE WAS HESITATION, AND THE RPMS WENT WAY UP. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

WIFE DRIVING HER HONDA ODYSSEY WAS HIT HEAD ON. SHE WAZS TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH AND THE OTHER CAR ABOUT 10 MPH. AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF IN A HEAD ON COLLISSION. WE HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR IN ABOUT 5 TIMES TO GET THE AIR BAGS CHECKED OUT BECAUSE THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. TWICE THEY HAD TO REPLACE COMPONENTS OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. BASICALLY IN THE 2 1/2 YEARS WE HAD THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY, WE HAVE HAD TO BRING IT IN FOR AIR BAG SERVICE. THEY CLAIM (AND HAVE ADMITTED) THAT CELL PHONES CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. THEY SAID THAT SINCE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED, NO RECALL IS DONE YET. MY WIFE WAS HURT IN THE ACCIDENT AND I BELIEVE THAT IF THE AIR BAGS WENT OFF, SHE MAY HAVE BEEN LESS INJURED. A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS!*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION NEEDING A SECOND GEAR INSPECTION. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DID NOT EXIST AS THE MANUFACTURER STATED. HOWEVER THEY WOULD SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION AT A CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER. . VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER. HOWEVER, CONSUMER HAS NOT AGREED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST DEALER. AFTER THE INSPECTION THAT WAS WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE HONDA ODYSSEY FOR THE TRANSMISSION, HOWEVER THE REASON WHY THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE NEEDED A TRANSMISSION DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL CRITERIA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO PERFORM AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL 04V176000 REPAIRS WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THEY ARE BOOKED UP. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. A FEW WEEKS LATER, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE REAR SLIDING DOOR DID NOT LOCK PROPERLY. ONCE AGAIN, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR INSPECTION, BUT MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. BUT FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND REPLACED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT DEALER EXPENSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD AND FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. THERE IS ALSO HESITATION AND THE ENGINE REVVED WAY UP. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT ONE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *LA

WIFE REAR ENDED WHILE PARKED AT RED LIGHT. OTHER CAR TRAVELLING 40-45 MPH WHEN IT STRUCK HER CAR. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, CAUSING HER RIBS AND SOFT TISSUES TO BE INJURED. CAR HAS NOT YET BEEN TOTALLED BY INSURANCE, IT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. WE WONDER IF THIS IS A COMMON OCCURENCE IN THESE CARS, A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY.*AK

MY 2-YEAR OLD, 50,000 MILE, HONDA ODYSSEY WAS BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP FOR ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, INTERMITTENT TCS LIGHT ON, 'D' LIGHT BLINKING, SHIFTING PROBLEMS BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR, WHEREIN RPMS RUN HIGH. THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS RECALLED AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEALER PERFORMED RECALL AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS UNRELATED TO THE RECALL, AND STILL REQUIRES A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. ALTHOUGH I HAVE A 75,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH AUTOMOTIVE WARRANTY SERVICES, INC. (1-800-621-2130) THAT COVERS TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, THEY REFUSE TO PAY FOR ANY REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED. THEY REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAT BUILDUP AND 'BLUING'. THE WARRANTY SERVICE JUST SEES THE WORD 'TRANSMISSION', AND BELIEVES THAT IT IS HONDA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. MEANWHILE, THE DEALER HAS DETERMINED THAT OUR VEHICLE DOES NOT SUFFER FROM THE HEAT BUILDUP PROBLEM, AND HONDA WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT. SO, OUR CAR SITS AT LANDMARK HONDA, VIRGINIA WITH NEITHER PARTY WANTING TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT RECOURSE DOES THE CONSUMER HAVE? *AK

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN WITH APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR OCCASIONALLY "REVS" (LIKE IT IS IN NEUTRAL) AS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BETWEEN GEARS. DEALER TOLD US THAT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECENT RECALL AND THAT THAT RECALL WAS A "PREVENTATIVE" MEASURE IN ANY EVENT. WHEN WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN THEIR TESTS.*AK

BACK IN FALL OF 2003 WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, THEN AGAIN IN MAY 2004 WE NEEDED ANOTHER NEW TRANSMISSION. WE HAVE HAD 2 NEW TRANSMISSIONS BUILT INTO OUR CAR. ALSO NOW WE HAVE AN 02CENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTOR SENSOR INSTALLED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES ALL THE INDICATOR DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC, SINCE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THEN SHE STATES THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AND SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THIS TIME SHE STATES THEY TOLD HER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS HER ALTERNATOR, WHICH THEY REPLACED. THEN SHE STATES ON 4/16/04, WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING ALL THE INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME SHE HEARD A FUNNY NOISE. SHE STATES THAT HER SPOUSE, THEN GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LIFTED THE HOOD. THERE HE FOUND THAT THE SERPERTINE BELT HAD COME COMPLETELY OFF. *JB

3RD ROW PASSENGER REAR SEAT BELT LOCK UP, SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT. SEAT BEAT WAS NOT BUCKLED BUT A SMALL CHILD MANAGED TO GET ENTAGLED IN THE SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT CINCHED TIGHTER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE SEAT BELT AROUND THE CHILD'S ABDOMEN TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHILD HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING. SEAT BELT COULD NOT BE PULLED DOWN OR RETRACTED TO RELEASE CHILD FROM THE SEAT BELT. SEAT BELT HAD TO BE CUT TO RELEASE CHILD. *AK

ONGOING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH. VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, HESITATED BEFORE ACCELERATING, AND TACHOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ECM AND THE PCM IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND DID NOT WANT TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS TO BE DONE. *AK *JB

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR (DETECTED WITH HIGH RPM AND ENGINE SOUND) WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY STREET. ENGINE AND TCS DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH CHILDREN IN THE VAN AT THE TIME. WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY, SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VAN INTO A PARKING LOT. THIS HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME IN A PARKING LOT BUT NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON AND DEALER COULDN'T REPLICATE. VAN CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I CONSIDER THIS A SEVERE SAFETY CONCERN AND GIVEN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN VARIOUS FORUMS REGARDING THIS MODEL/YEAR, I THINK A MANDATORY RECALL WOULD BE THE PRUDENT THING TO DO BEFORE INJURY OR DEATH OCCURS.

A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING A HONDA ODYSSEY CAR THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSION THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND INSISTED THAT IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN HE WOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM(ONLY TO FIND OUT THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED HE NO LONGER WORKED THERE AND THE WHOLE PROCESS HAD TO START OVER AGAIN). MOST RECENTLY MY MOTHERS THREE SMALL GRANDCHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE AIR STOPPED WORKING.THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE THAT DAY WAS AROUND 80 DEGREES. THEY DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AGAIN BUT CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS EXTREMELY WORRISOME TO ME AS MY MOTHER HAS VERY BAD ALLERGIES THAT TRIGGER HER ASTHMA. EACH TIME MY MOTHER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN (5 TIMES THAT I KNOW OF) THEY KEEP HER CAR AND PROVIDE HER A LOANER CAR FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS. THIS LAST TIME SHE OFFERED TO TRADE THE LOANER CAR A NEWER HONDA ODYSSEY VAN FOR HER VEHICLE SINCE THE AIR CONDITIONING WORKS IN IT. THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY MORE MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KEEP HERS ON THE LOT BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH LIABILITY. SO HE WANTS HER TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT HAS NO AIR CONDITIONING, AND EVERYTIME THE AIR CONDITIONING GOES OUT BRING IT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE EVALUATED, PROLONGING HER EXPOSUR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. CAR IS GETTING "STUCK" IN 2ND GEAR; UP UNTIL TODAY, RELEASING THEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM. TODAY, CAR WAS STUCK AT 25 MPH, IN TRAFFIC, UNTIL I STOPPED THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY, PUT IT INTO PARK, THEN BACK INTO DRIVE. HONDA DEALER CANNOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM, THEREFORE SAYS THEY CANNOT FIX IT. THE VAN IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - ENGINE REVS AND DOESN'T GET INTO GEAR, IF DRIVING 35-45 SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT SOMETIMES GOES ON AS A RESULT, MALFUNCTION LIGHT GOES ON. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD. YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS AND PULL OFF THE ROAD, THEN REENTER. IN DECEMBER, DEALER COULDN'T REPLICATE CLAIMED NO PROB. SUBSEQUENT TO VISIT, LOCAL LUBE PLACE SAID TRANS FLUID WAS LOW, THEN REPLACED IT. STILL HAD SAME ISSUES, TOOK BACK TO HONDA DEALER AGAIN AND NOW THEY ARE BLAMING THE LUBE PLACE FOR NOT TIGHTENING THE TRANS FLUID SCREW. HOWEVER, THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED TO THEM PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. WE HAPPENED TO PAY FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. CAR HAS 45K MILES. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND AFTER BEING REFERRED TO HONDA CARE (WARRANTY DEPT) AND BEING TOLD WELL THEY COULDN'T "VALIDATE" THE ISSUE IN DECEMBER SO YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE LUBE PLACE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN DUPLICATE IT - IT HAPPENS AND IT'S HAPPENED TO DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF OTHER 2002 ODYSSEY OWNERS. I CALLED BACK TO HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY ARE "MONITORING" IT NOW WITH THE DEALER TO SEE IF NEW FLUID HELPS. WITH THE VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS ON MYCARSTATS.COM AND VARIOUS OTHER WEB SITES STATING THE SAME THING - I AM EVEN MORE AGGRAVATED. HONDA CAN'T PRETEND THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WHAT'S TAKING THEM SO LONG TO RECALL?*AK

UN-INTEDED ACCLERATE WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON DURING LOW SPEED. I NOTICE IF THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON, EVEN THE CRUISE SPEED IS NOT SET, DURING THE WAIT OF TRAFFIC LIGHT THE THROTTLE WILL ACCLERATE. I NEED APPLIED EXTRA FORCE ON THE BREAK-PEDAL TO RESTRAINT THE VAN MOVE FORWARD. I HAS BEEN CAUTIOUS ON THIS, NO ACCIDENT BEEN CAUSE BECAUSE OF THIS. BUT HONDA SHOULD EXAM THEIR ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL PROGRAM.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SAFETY RESTRAINT LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER HAS EXAMINED THE PROBLEM ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION. *NM

THE ENGINE HAS LEAKED OIL ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. REQUIRING ME TO TAKE THE VAN IN FOR SERVICE EACH TIME. THE FIRST TIME OIL WAS GETTING ON THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING AND WE COULD SMELL HOT OIL. THE SECOND AND THIRD TIMES IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF ENGINE. *NM

INTERNAL FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DUE TO INFERIOR MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. *AK

SRS LIGHT ON HONDA ODYSSEY HAS BEEN SET OFF SEVERAL TIMES (AND REPLACED ONLY TO FAIL AGAIN). FAILURE CODE 15-3 (SENSOR INTERFERENCE FROM AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE) SHOWS UP WHEN DIAGNOSTICS ARE PERFORMED. *AK

ENGINE HESITATES AND THEN LURCHES BETWEEN 35-60 PARTICULARLY AROUND CORNERS, DOWNHILL, ETC. APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. TOOK TO THE DEALER IN 2002 TO CHECK IT OUT AND WAS TOLD THE VAN HAS A "SPIRITED TRANSMISSION". STILL DOES IT TODAY IN 2004. FROM THE LOOKS OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE THERE IS A TRANSMISSION DEFECT WITH THE ODYSSEY AND NOW MY VAN IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND A RECALL ISSUED IF ITS DEFECTIVE SO THE CONSUMER IS NOT THE ONE OUT THE MONEY DUE TO HONDA'S ERROR. *JB

AROUND 50,000 MILES OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING OR JERKS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE DEALER SAYS IT IS BECAUSE WE USE SYNTHETIC FLUIDS. WE ONLY USE SYNTHETIC OIL. THE TRANSMISSION FLIUD IS HONDA'S. PLUS OUR AMSOIL REP AND OUR MECHANIC ALL DENY SYNTHETICS COULD CAUSE A TRANSMISSION TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR. OUR DEALER WANTS US TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT COSTS BECAUSE OF COURSE OUR WARRANTY IS EXPIRED!*AK

SRS SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON WHICH CAUSES AIR BAGS TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALER RESET MODULE AND LIGHT CAME BACK ON AFTER 2 DAYS. DEALER STATES MODULE IS BAD. VECHICLE HAS 47000 MLES. INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. AIRBAG SAFETY SYSTEM IS INOPERATEABLE.*AK

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS 42,000 MILES. THE ENGINE BEGAN ACCELERATING AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLIMUNIATED. WE DROVE THE CAR STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE DAY THIS HAPPENED AND WERE TOLD WE NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT OVER $4000. I DON'T FIND THIS ACCEPTABLE FOR A $33,000 VEHICLE. IT WAS SERVICED LESS THAN A MONTH AGO FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND CHECKED OUT PERFECTLY.

CONSUMER CLAIMED THERE WAS A STRONG GAS ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND ENGINE GASKET WAS REPLACED. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE ODOR RETURNED. *AK

AT ANY SPEED AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. EXAMINED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL IMPACT. *JB

BOTH MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD AND MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID FROZE IN THE LINES MAKING IT INOPERABLE. I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN COLD, CURRENT TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. EVEN AFTER RUNNING THE CAR FOR AN HOUR THE LINES HAVE NOT THAWED. I BELIEVE IT IS A BAD DESIGN. NO ONE ELSE I KNOW HAS THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE FLUID BECAUSE THE FLUID FOR BOTH CARS CAME FROM TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES AND BOTH WERE RATED FOR -25 DEGREES. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID THERY HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

HI. I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH A "SINKING BRAKE" PROBLEM. I AM BEING TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM IS NORMAL PER A "1995" HONDA SERVICE NEWS. THE BRAKE PEDAL MOVES TOWARDS THE FLOOR WHEN THE VAN IS STOPPED AND FEELS LIKE A FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER. HONDA OF AMERICA HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO MY CONCERNS. I AM TOLD IT IS COMMON YET NO MENTION IS MADE IN THE HANDBOOK AND THE REPAIRMAN AT THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE VAN HAD NO IMMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT SINCE A BRAKE PEDAL THAT SINKS IS A SIGN OF A FAILING MASTER CYLINDER, WHEN DO I (OR MY WIFE WHO IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER)GET CONCERNED. IF WE TREAT THE SINKING BRAKE PEDAL AS NORMAL AND THE MASTER CYLINDER DOES FAIL, WE COULD BE INVOLVED IN A REAREND ACCIDENT. WHY HAS NOT HONDA ENGINEERED THIS PROBLEM OUT SINCE 1995? PLEASE GET HONDA OF AMERICA TO ANSWER MY CONCERNS. SINCERELY, [XXX]. *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN WITH 50,000 MILES BEGAN SHIFTING SLUGGISHLY. THE VAN WAS INSPECTED AT THE DEALER (MONTGOMERY HONDA IN LOUISVILLE, KY) AND I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK

WHILE COASTING FROM HIGHWAY SPEED TO"IN-TOWN (FROM 55 TO 35MPH)" SPEED THE TRANSMISSION MADE A VERY PRONOUNCED "SLAM" INTO A LOWER GEAR. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION GOES INTO GEAR VERY HARD WHEN YOUR FOOT IS RELEASED FROM THE BREAK. WE HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE RIDE IS ROUGH. OUR DEALER HAS SAID THAT THE FLUID WAS DIS COLORED AND THAT IT IS NOW RUNNING FINE. THEY HAVE ALSO TOLD US THAT THEY COULD NOT RE-PRODUCE THE PROBLEM BUT SAID THAT THEY WOULD "FATAL" THE TRANSMISSION IF I WAS NOT HAPPY.

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHT EQUIPMENT. HEADLIGHTS GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY OF THE ROAD. *MR *NM THE HEADLIGHTS HAD GONE OUT INTERMITTENTLY SEVEN TIMES IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. *SC THERE WERE OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. (THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ADD TO). *JB

EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. 48000 MILES AND TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES UNDER LOAD. DEALER KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT WAS WRONG. HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND HONDA IS QUIETLY REPLACING THE UNITS EVEN OUT OF WARRANTY IN SOME CASES TO AVOID A RECALL. THEY REPLACE THE UNIT WITH A RE MANUFACTURED UNIT WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. WE ARE NOW STUCK WITH A VAN THAT IS LIKE A TICKING TIME BOMB- IT WILL FAIL AGAIN. HONDA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THIS PUBLICLY. IF I HAD KNOW THE CAR HAD A FLAW IN THE TRANSMISSION DESIGN, I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED. *CB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY 55000. *CB

AUTOMATIC DOORS SOMETIMES FAIL TO CLOSE COMPLETELY, STOPPING MID-WAY. NEED TO RESTART CAR TO CLOSE THEM. WARNING LIGHTS (ALL) LIT UP MULTIPLE TIMES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES EACH TIME; THEN WENT OFF. CARBON DEPOSIT BUILD-UP IN THROTTLE CABLE MAKES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VERY STICKY AND I NEED TO CONSTANTLY REMIND HONDA SERVICE TO CLEAN AND LUBRICATE; OTHERWISE, IT BECOMES VERY STICKY AND I NEED TO PUSH HARD ON PEDAL ~ LEADING TO HARD ACCELERATION.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND ENGINE REVS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE SHIFTING. AT TIMES IT IS SO BAD THAT YOU HAVE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND REENGAGE DRIVE TO PROCEED. THIS IS EXTREMELY HAZRDOUS WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE VAN WAS PRUCHSED NEW IN JAN 2002. IT NOW HAS 33K MILES. DEALER WAS OBVIOUSLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM AS HE ORDERED A NEW TRANSMISSION BASED ON A TELEPHONE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DEFECTS IN ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS, NHTSA SHOULD INITIATE A MANDATORY RECALL.*AK

I WAS PICKING UP THE VEHICLE AFTER THE LOCAL DEALER COMPLETED THE RECALL TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER. I ACCELERATED TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT. THE NEXT DAY THE SERVICE ADVISOR CALLED TO TELL ME THE REASON THE LIGHTS CAME ON WAS BECAUSE OF HIGH OIL PRESSURE. THEY SAID THE OIL FILTER MAY BE CLOGGED AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE THE ENGINE OIL AND FILTER CHANGED, WHICH I DID, BUT I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I CHANGE THE OIL AND FILTER REGULARLY WHEN THE INDICATOR FLASHES ON THE DASH BOARD. THE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THE ENGINE RPM WAS ABOUT 4500 TO 5000. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH THE SRS INDICATOR LIGHT COMING ON AND REMAINING ON. HAVE HAD CAR INTO DEALER 3 TIMES IN ONE MONTH. THE SRS CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED DURING THE 1ST VISIT. ON THE 2ND VISIT WE WERE PASSED OFF AND TOLD THAT WE SHOULD NOT PUT ITEMS ON THE SEAT. ON THE 3RD VISIT WE ARE TOLD THAT 3 ITEMS MUST BE REPLACED 1) SRS CONTROL UNIT 2) OPDS AND 3) PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR. WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR, WE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD THAT THE FIRST ITEM (SRS CONTROL UNIT) IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE OTHER 2 ITEMS ARE NOT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE DEALER IS NOW SAYING THAT THEY WILL "DO US A FAVOR" AND PAY FOR THE PARTS BUT WE MUST PAY LABOR.(HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS) HOW CAN ONE PART IN A MECHANISM BE COVERED BUT NOT THE OTHER 2. THIS IS A KEY COMPONENT IN THE CAR. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY CONCERN. ONCE THE INDICATOR COMES ON, WE MUST TAKE THE CAR IMMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALER OR WE RISK SERIOUS INJURY (OR DEATH) IF WE ARE IN A ACCIDENT. I DO ABOUT 3 HOURS OF DRIVING PER DAY SO THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT WE CANNOT PUT ITEMS ON THE SEAT LIKE A CELL PHONE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHO EVER HEARD OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A CELL PHONE NEAR BY. (WHICH BY THE WAY THERE WAS NO CELL PHONE ON THE SEAT IN ANY OF THE INCIDENCES) THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT WITH THIS CAR THAT HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *NLM