2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AFTER TAKING TO HONDA FOR SERVICE. THEY FLUSHED OUT TRANSMISSION AND ADDED NEW FLUID. QUOTED $4800 FOR NEW ONE OR $4200 FOR A REBUILT ONE. *TR

ABOUT 20+ TIMES, WHILE DRIVING AND THEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED, ALL OF THE DASHBOARD/INSTRUMENTS PANEL LIGHTS FLASHES ON BRIEFLY, THEN TURNS OFF. THE HONDA DEALER COULD NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THEN ON 10/14/2011, THE SAME THING OCCURRED AGAIN BUT IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE DASHBOARD/INSTRUMENTS PANEL LIGHTS FLASHING, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHERE IT COULD NOT BE TURNED AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT (ALMOST RAN OVER A PEDESTRIAN). LUCKILY THE BRAKES STILL WORKED. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE, PULLING OUT THE KEY, AND THEN RESTARTING IT, THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. MANY OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE HONDA ODYSSEY OWNER'S FORUM AT: HTTP://WWW.ODYCLUB.COM/FORUMS/9-PROBLEMS-CONCERNS/1365-2002-DASHBOARD-LIGHTS-FLASH.HTML THIS IS A KNOWN HONDA PROBLEM WHERE THEY ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) #03-902, WHICH CAN BE SEEN AT: HTTP://WWW.TEGGER.COM/HONDAFAQ/TSB/ODYSSEY/X03-902E.PDF THIS TSB SHOWS THAT REPLACING THE ALTERNATOR FIXES THIS PROBLEM. MY WIFE DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE FEARS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 147,000 MILES ON IT. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *KB

THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON MY ODYSSEY MALFUNCTIONED, AND ABRUPTLY CLOSED AFTER OPENING ABOUT SIX INCHES. MY DAUGTER'S HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE DOOR, AND SHE HAS A FRACTURED THUMB. *TT

I WAS SOLD A VEHICLE IN MICHIGAN WITH A SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER THAT REGISTERED IN KILOMETERS. WHEN I SOLD THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP THE DEALSHIP ADVISED ME THAT THE DEALERSHIP WHO SOLD ME THE VEHICLE VIOLATED THE LAW AND THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVERTING THE VEHICLE TO U.S. STANDARDS. THIS RESULTED IN $2500 LOSS IN THE VALUE ON MY TRADE IN.

WHILE TRAVELING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY HAD AN RPM JUMP FROM 2000 TO 6000 THEN DOWN SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR WITH A VIOLENT "SLAM" CAUSING A RAPID DECELERATION. THE TOUR BUS THAT WAS BEHIND ME WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID HITTING ME AND I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS A NEAR TRAGEDY THAT WAS UNEXPECTED. MY RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS MODEL VEHICLE THAT THE HONDA CORPORATION IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR. THE APPROX. $4000.00 REPAIR IS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN A SERIOUS INJURY OR POTENTIAL LOSS OF LIFE, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT HONDA SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AS IT'S OBVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE DESIGN THAT COULD CAUSE SUDDEN STOPPAGE (AS IN MY CASE) POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

OUR VAN CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES ON IT AND THE REAR HATCH DOOR STRUTS HAVE FAILED SO THE REAR DOOR DOES NOT STAY UP. *KB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. SLIPPING WHILE ACCELERATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR WITH A VIOLENT JERK. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR DURING ACCELERATION. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THEY DETECTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNT AND DISCOLORED. ALSO, THERE WERE INTERNAL MALFUNCTIONS WHICH REQUIRED THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY AT 59872 MILES NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $5000 ACCORDING TO HONDA DEALER. *TR