2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN GEAR 2 AND 3, AND IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ACCORDING TO ONLINE FORUM SITES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL COST OVER $4,000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. THE INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOPS CHARGES AROUND 2,500 DOLLARS TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HONDA TAKE UP THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND TAKE CARE OF ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIR BAG RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, ONLY TO BE TOLD HE WOULD HAD TO PAY $900 TO REPLACE THE SRS CONTROL UNIT, AS THE RECALL ITEM WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE HORN DID NOT WORK.

WHEN WE ARE GOING UPHILL FROM FULL STOPPED IT SEEMS THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT PICKING UP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SLIPPAGE OF THE GEAR. THEN THE YELLOW CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHTS UP AND WHEN WE GOT HOME I GRABBED MY CODE READER AND SAYS P0730 INCORRECT GEAR RATIO AND P0505 IDLE. THERE IS NO CRASH BUT ALMOST BECAUSE THE CAR BEHIND US ARE REALLY FAST GOING UPHILL AND BECAUSE IM NOT PRESSING THE BRAKE SO MOST LIKELY HE DIDN'T SEE THAT WERE ARE NOT MOVING WITH THE CURRENT FLOW OF TRAFFIC PLUS IT HAPPENED AT NIGHT AT AROUND 11:05 PM AFTER I DROPPED OFF MY WIFE TO WORK. MY FOOT IS IN THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I NOTICED WE ARE NOT ACCELERATING NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL. ALL YOU CAN HEAR IS SLIPPAGE OF GEAR BUT IDLE IS GOING UP WITHOUT POWER. *TR

TOOK CAR IN FOR RECALL. ON PICKUP OF CAR NOTICED SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER WILL NOT FIX LIGHT UNLESS I PAY MONEY. BUT LIGHT CAME ON AFTER "FIXING" AIRBAG RECALL. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CAME OPEN ABOUT 10 INCHES WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE POWER DOOR QUIT LATCHING AND THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT WAS ON RANDOMLY. FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP, WE HAD TO KEEP PRESSING THE BUTTON TO SHUT THE DOOR EVERY TIME IT CAME OPEN. WE ALSO HAD TO MOVE THE KIDS AROUND SO THAT NO ONE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT CLOSEST TO THE DOOR. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE DRIVER-SIDE SLIDING DOOR TWO YEARS AGO. VERY EXPENSIVE FIX, NOT TO MENTION, YOUNG CHILDREN RIDING IN THE VAN AND HAVING THE DOOR RANDOMLY POP OPEN IS DANGEROUS AND A LIABILITY ISSUE. I SEE ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ODYSSEY. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. THIS COULD BE VERY POOR PR FOR HONDA IF SOMEONE'S DOOR COMES OPEN AND A CHILD FALLS OUT. *TR

I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT WHILE STARTING FROM A FULL STOP, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND THE MOTOR REVS UNTIL I RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEARS. THIS HAPPENS ON DRY ROADS. I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED BY HONDA AT 100K MILES. *TR

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT FROM 2 GEAR TO 3 GEAR IT IS A KNOWN ISSUES WITH ALL HONDA VANS. *TR

MY HONDA ODYSSEY STARTED SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON 14-JULY. GEARS SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND AND 2ND AND 3RD WAS NOTICEABLE, IT WOULD NOT PICK SPEED WHILE ENTERING FREEWAY. ALSO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP, TCS STARTS BLINKING WHEN THIS GEARS SHIFT HAPPENING, ALSO D SIGN BLINKS. I WENT TO REDWOOD CITY, CA HONDA DEALER, WHERE I SERVICE MY CAR ALL THE TIME. HTTP://WWW.HONDA-RC.COM/ THEY TOLD ME THEY DON'T DO TRANSMISSION AND SUGGESTED I WORK WITH OTHER COMPANIES LIKE AAMCO. I READ WWW.ODYSSEYTRANSMISSION.COM AND UNDERSTAND THIS IS KNOWN PROBLEM BUT HONDA IS NOT FORTHCOMING AND HELPING OWNERS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V041000 (AIR BAGS). AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE SRS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING AROUND 40 MILE PER HOUR GIVING ABNORMAL REVOLUTIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT 10 MILES PER HOUR AFTER A FEW MINUTES EVE WITH THE PUSH OF ACCELERATOR WITH SUDDEN JERKS. *TR