2001 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND SUDDENLY STALLED. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPUTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN CRUISE AT 70 MPH. I FELT A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND TURNED THE CRUISE OFF. WITHIN 2 SECONDS, I FELT THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOT HAVE POWER EITHER. I COULD SMELL FUMES INSIDE THE CAR. I PULLED OVER TO SAFETY. LUCKILY FOR THAT SPEED, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER WITHOUT GETTING REARED. 1ST TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON MY VAN AT 89K MILES. NOW TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AT 156K MILES. SO THAT MEANS THE NEW TRANSMISSION FAILED BEFORE EVEN 60K MILES. NOW THE NEW REPLACEMENT I AM TOLD IS GOING TO COST 4000$. THE VAN RESALE VALUE ITSELF IS NOT EVEN THAT MUCH. WILL HONDA PITCH IN TO REPLACE THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION FOR FREE? *TR

THE TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED TO SLIP REAL BAD WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND WOULD NOT GO IN TO GEAR. WENT IN AND OUT OF SLIPPING GEARS. SHIFTED DOWN TO DRIVE 2 AND DRIVE 1 TO SEE IF THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE SLIPPING, BUT IT DID NOT. WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR, LOUD NOISE HEARD AS WELL. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP IN 2008 AT 108,000 DUE TO AN EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY WHICH RESULTED FROM A 2006 CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION THE FIRST TIME AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE WARRANTY ON THE 2ND TRANSMISSION HAD EXPIRED BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY. AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE, I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE SO THAT I COULD GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. I HAD TO RELY ON OTHERS TO GET ME TO WORK AND BACK HOME FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHILE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY HONDA ODYSSEY IS STILL SITTING AT MY WORK PARKING LOT BECAUSE I AM AFRAID IF I TRY TO DRIVE IT, IT WILL STRAND ME IN TRAFFIC AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ETC. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING SO THE VAN STOPPED MOVING. ANY PRESSURE ON THE GAS PADDLE WAS LIKE REVVING IN NEUTRAL. AFTER STOPPING THE VAN FOR ABOUT A MIN AND RESTARTING, WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE DRIVE BUT IT WOULD FAIL AFTER MOVING ABOUT 50 YARDS. SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS. THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE WAS REPLACED A FEW YEARS BACK. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. HONDA SAYS THEY WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND OFFERED AN EXTENDED 109,000 MILE OR 7 YEAR WARRANTY AND MY CAR IS BEYOND THIS WARRANTY COVERAGE. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WILL COST BETWEEN ABOUT $3,000 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION OR OVER $5,000 FOR A NEW ONE. THE CAR IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT $5,000 IF THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM NOW MUCH LESS WITH THIS PROBLEM PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT $1-2,000. THERE IS A WEBSITE HERE DEDICATED TO THIS EXACT PROBLEM FOR HONDA ODYSSEYS WITH MANY FRUSTRATED HONDA OWNERS: HTTP://WWW.ODYSSEYTRANSMISSION.COM/. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY IN AUG 2001 AND IN JUNE 2009 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 98000 MILES. TOOK IT TO WILLIS HONDA (THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM ) AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED (WITHIN EXTENDED WARRANTY (93 MONTHS & 109000 MILES) ON MILES AND 2 MONTHS OUTSIDE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON MONTHS. HONDA AGREED TO FOOT HALF THE COST ($1200) AS A ONE TIME GOODWILL. NOW IT IS 145000 MILES AND THIS WINTER SINCE JANUARY (I LIVE IN NJ) I NOTICE THAT WHEN IT IS COLD AND THE ENGINE IS COLD AND I START DRIVING WITHOUT WARMING UP AROUND 20-25 MPH THE ENGINE REVS (POSSIBLY BECAUSE THE GEAR SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 3RD DOESN'T HAPPEN SMOOTHLY). TOOK IT TO THE WILLIS HONDA WHO HAD INSTALLED THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IN JUNE 2009 (36 MONTH/36000 MILE WARRANTY). IT IS NOW LITTLE OVER 43 MONTHS AND AROUND 47000 MILES ON THIS TRANSMISSION. THEY SAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ($5500) AND THAT REPLACING THE FLUID/FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. ARE TRANSMISSIONS EXPECTED TO LAST ONLY 47000 MILES. I THINK HONDA IS SELLING BAD EQUIPMENT. *TR

EXPERIENCED INITIAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AS ERRATIC SHIFTING, SLIPPING, WHINING, AND FLASHING "D" LIGHT. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY HONDA. CURRENTLY, AT 118,000 MILES, THE REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. THIS IS 42, 000 MILES AND 4 YEARS AFTER IT WAS REPLACED. HONDA SAYS THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP WITH ANOTHER REPLACEMENT. AFTER SPEAKING TO A FEW TRANSMISSION TECH'S, THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE PLACEMENT AND MATERIAL OF THE TRANSMISSION FILTER WHICH CAUSES THE FAILURES. *TR

PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER FRONT. HEARD IT AGAIN WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AT END OF BLOCK. EXITED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING VISIBLE WRONG WITH TIRE. PROCEEDED 1/2 MILE DOWN NEXT STREET AND CAME TO A STOP AT LIGHT, UPON WHICH I HEARD ANOTHER NOISE FOLLOWED BY A METAL CLANK. I AGAIN EXITED MY VEHICLE AND FOUND 3/4 OF FULL COIL NEAR MY TIRE. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY UPON WHICH IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER COIL HAD CRACKED AND DISLODGED FROM THE VEHICLE. TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT STRUTS/COILS AND RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE REAR SHOCKS AS WELL. HONDA CORPORATE DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS BEING A CHRONIC ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER I DO SEE REPORTS ON LINE OF OTHER OWNERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR AND THE D4 FLASHES AND THE TCS LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT ARE ON CONSTANTLY- WAS TOLD WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. DID RESEARCH ON IT AND CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS BUT IT HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT ENDED BEFORE I PURCHASED IT- AS I AM 2ND OWNER OF VEHICLE. ALL OTHER MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE ON TIME OR EARLY I HAD IT A YEAR BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DO THIS. THE HONDA DEALER TRIED TO TALK ME INTO TRADING IT IN FOR A NEWER MODEL FOR LESS PAYMENTS THAN I WAS MAKING ON BUT I OWN IT OUT RIGHT BOUGHT FROM THEM! THEY KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION AND KEEP SELLING THEM!!!! *TR