2004 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

HAVE OWNED THIS ODDYSEY SINCE 2008 AND THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME HAD AROUND 40,000 MILES. AT THAT TIME I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT. LAS WEEK I WENT TO THE DEALER FOR 90K SERVICE AND THEY TELL ME I NEED TO REPLACE BOTH THE FRONT RIGHT AND FRONT MIDDLE MOUNT AGAIN!!!. SO THESE MOUNTS LAST 40 TO 50K MILES AT MAX, OUTRAGEOUS FOR A BRAND LIKE HONDA. I WILL COST ME NOW 800$ TO REPLACE THESE 2. *TR

WHEN PARKED I TRIED TO START IT AND IT DID NOT START. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED BY PARTICLES IN IT OR OVER HEATING. NEEDS A REPLACEMENT AT $4400. HONDA WAS CONTACTED BUT THEY OFFERED NO HELP. MY VIN IS JUST SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT GROUP 5FNRL18..4B000001 TO 5FRNL18..4B051620 (HONDA RECALL SERVICE BULLETIN 04-021). "D" LIGHT EITHER FLASHING OR OFF...EVEN AFTER TRANS FLUSH. SAME SYMPTOMS AS RECALLED HONDAS. I BELIEVE THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LARGER GROUP...IE INCLUDING MY VAN AND MAYBE IT WOULD STILL BE WORKING TODAY IF IT WAS RECALLED! *TR

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TWO MOTOR MOUNTS (FRONT AND SIDE/RIGHT) WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE (OR PRETEND TO BE NOT AWARE OF IT). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95000. IT SEEMS THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT ISSUE WITH THE HONDA ODYSSEY SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. AFTER SCROLLING THRU THE PAGES OF COMPLAINTS I NOTICED THERE WAS A COMPLAINT ON EVERY PAGE. THIS LOOK TO BE EITHER A CASH COW FOR LOCAL DEALERS OR A HONDA DEFECT. CAN NHTSA PROTECT US? PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HELP US. IF YOU CAN'T HELP WOULD WE BE BETTER OFF CALLING A CONGRESSMAN? *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE (LEFT) SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLE BROKEN. SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS. A SEARCH OF FORUMS REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND HONDA TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR POOR ENGINEERING. TSB 02-059 PER HONDA. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE INTERNAL BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT COME ON INDICATING THAT WAS ANY BACK BRAKE LIGHTS, THEN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STOP GOING FORWARD LIGHT THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN THE TCS INDICATOR AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND THEN THE 2004 ODYSSEY STOPPED MOVING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AT ALL AS I WAS DRIVING IN HIGH TRAFFIC ON A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30AM ON MY WAY TO WORK. I AM TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE MODELS AND THAT I WOULD COST ME OVER $3,200.00 OUT OF PICKET TO FIX AND THEN, (I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO HONDA FOR RECALL REPAIRS, BECAUSE IT IS STILL UNDER THE RECALL STATIC AND HONDA HAS NEVER FIXED THIS PROBLEM. AT THE TIME I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER I WASN'T TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE ODYSSEY'S AND THERE WASN'T ANY DEFEATS REPORTED ON THE VEHICLE FIX SHEETS. *TR

WHEN I PUT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE IT ACCELERATE PRETTY GOOD THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER IS GONE THEN I WILL HAVE TO STOP AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE, AGAIN I WILL RESTART AND THEN IT WILL ACCELERATE FOR COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS THEN AGAIN DOES THE SAME THING, I TRIED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND SAME RESULT. .I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH IN NORM REEVES HONDA IN WEST COVINA CALIFORNIA ON 7/23/ 2012 BUT DOES THE SAME THING..THE SERVICE CONSULTANT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE TRANSMISSION AND GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF $4064.18. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2004 REGARDING TRANSMISSION GEAR FAILURE, I WAS NOT NOTIFIED THIS RECALL AND ONLY FOUND OUT NOW WHEN I RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR ANOTHER RECALL IN IGNITION SWITCH THEN I CHECKED ALL RECALLS IN THE INTERNET. I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PLAN NON OPERATION SINCE 01/17/ 2013 UNTIL NOW .CAN I STILL HAVE IT FIXED BY THE DEALER? *TR

RETURNING FROM SHORT ROAD TRIP (LESS THAN 30 MILES FROM HOME), CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON. DROVE VEHICLE STRAIGHT TO HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE IT HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE LAST 8 YRS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. CODE P0740 INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO WORK THE NEXT DAY (5 MILES FROM HOME), VEHICLE BEGAN SHUDDERING, RPM GAUGE REVVED TO 4,000RPM'S YET VEHICLE WAS SLOWING. COULD PUT PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL BUT CAR WOULD NOT GO. COULDN'T REACH ANY SPEED OVER 40MPH. VEHICLE VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTED AND COULDN'T EXCEED 20MPH ON BUSY INTERSTATE. BARELY REACHED WORK WHERE VEHICLE RESTED. AFTER RESTING, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE BACK HOME - HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. VEHICLE UNABLE TO MOVE FROM DRIVEWAY, TRANSMISSION IS NOT IN WORKING CONDITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER BEING REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

IT SEEMS THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT ISSUE WITH THE HONDA ODYSSEY SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. AFTER SCROLLING THRU THE PAGES OF COMPLAINTS I NOTICED THERE WAS A COMPLAINT ON EVERY THIRD PAGE. THIS LOOK TO BE EITHER A CASH COW FOR LOCAL DEALERS OR A HONDA DEFECT. I HAVE HAD THREE REPLACED AND CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I HAVE 2 BROKEN AGAIN. CAN NHTSA PROTECT US? PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HELP US. IF YOU CAN'T HELP WOULD WE BE BETTER OFF CALLING A CONGRESSMAN? *TR