2025 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

Vehicle failed to start occasionally, which could be a hazard with the auto start/stop feature. Issue was confirmed with dealer and corrected under warranty. Starter was replaced.

auto idle stop/start system malfunctions intermittently. The car will shut off at a red light/stop sign then will not automatically restart. Will require shifting to park and restarting the car at the intersection.

When stopped at a red light today, our minivan's Auto Idle Stop (AIS) system stopped the engine with the brakes depressed (as advertised). Once the light turned green, the driver released the brake to re-engage the motor, but the starter did no restart the minivan and a battery light flashed on. The start button had to be pressed several (~4) times to get the motor to restart and to turn the battery light off.

Waiting at traffic light to turn left onto Dixie Hwy from Kyles Lane in Ft. Wright, KY. After taking foot off brake, car went into park by itself. Unable to put into drive or put on hazard lights. After calling 911, turned car off, then it restarted. Cars behind were honking. Thankfully an accident did not occur. Will take to Honda dealer on July 20, 2026 to check it out

This has been addressed by the dealer once before and the starter was replaced, however the problem is happening again. The auto start/idle feature will not start the car back up while stopped on occasion. For instance, yesterday while stopped at a red light the auto idle/start feature kicked in, as expected. When releasing the brake to drive when the light turned green the car beeped and would not start again. We had to power the whole van down at a busy intersection and restart. Thankfully it started. We didn’t catch what warning lights flashed when the van beeped, but no warning lights were present before the issue. As mentioned, this has happened before to the point the dealership replaced the starter. But unfortunately, it is happening again. The van often has a rough start as well when using it, but not every time.

The vehicle experiences dangerous, unexpected engine stalling immediately following an Auto Idle Stop event. Upon coming to a complete stop at intersections, the engine shuts off as designed, but fails to automatically restart when the brake pedal is released. The vehicle completely locks up, leaving my family stranded in live traffic and requiring a manual reset of the ignition, which takes time to restart several minutes or longer. The local Honda dealership states they cannot duplicate the intermittent issue, posing a severe ongoing safety hazard. Honda has a ticket open for the year of my Honda but has yet to approve or make a fix. It's happened several times first notice it back on XXX and Honda dealer could not duplicate the issue so they did nothing. It has happened several additional times before now but this last time it happened XXX we were on a highway at night and it almost caused us to be rear-ended. The first times it happened back in XXX I sent them a photo of the dashboard light up when it was stalled, but they said they couldn't duplicate the issue and did not fix anything. This was all done through First Texas Honda in [XXX], which is where the vehicle is at now. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I bought a brand­new vehicle 1/31/2025 and it was a White Honda Odyssey 2025. I was in search of a bigger and safer car for my family of 5. Within months I had major issues with the vehicle. I would bring my car in and it would get returned unfixed. My vehicle has now gone in for a 6th time (twice in a week) for service for shutting off while the vehicle was IN MOTION (on the highway , busy rotary and roads) I have spent hours and hours and hours speaking to people and James Brown at Parkway Honda. I have been lied to about how much my vehicle was driven and tested with them not knowing I had tracked the mileage on there at dropoff and checked at pickup. I feel very small in this situation as Parkway Honda keeps brushing me off and not fully getting that a vehicle shutting off while in motion on a highway or in a busy rotary is wildly unsafe. My kids and I have been SOO lucky that this has not been fatal. Honda keeps saying it's the battery, etc. My car was in there for over 3 weeks last Summer for this issue and has been in and out multiple times and it was brand new. This is criminal on their part and they know they are bigger than I am and im sick of it.

My vehicle has experienced repeated unexpected engine shutdown/no-start events, creating a significant safety hazard. The engine has unexpectedly shut off or failed to restart while stopped in traffic and while entering traffic, resulting in a sudden loss of propulsion. On one occasion, the vehicle would not restart for approximately one minute. The vehicle was inspected by an authorized Honda dealership, and the starter was replaced under warranty in July 2025. The repair did not correct the problem. Since that repair, the same failure has occurred multiple additional times. The issue has now occurred at least six times over approximately one year. Because the condition is intermittent, the dealership has not permanently identified the root cause. The vehicle is currently being returned to the dealership for further diagnosis, and I have requested that the matter be escalated to Honda Technical Assistance (Tech Line) and Honda Engineering. This defect creates a serious safety concern because the vehicle can unexpectedly lose power while in or entering traffic, increasing the risk of a collision. There were no consistent warning lights or messages before the failures, and the condition occurs intermittently without warning. The vehicle remains available for inspection.

The contact owns a 2025 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while stopped at a red light, the message "Severe Damage Alert" was displayed on the instrument panel. The accelerator pedal was depressed and the auto idle stop feature engaged, and the vehicle stalled. The failure had occurred on several occasions. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

The idle restart does not always restart the car following an automatic idle engine shutdown. The result is that the car is stalled at an intersection or other areas where the brake is applied, the engine shuts off, but the car is still in drive. Only fix found is to shut off the car systems and hit the ignition to get the car started again.