2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

ONE MONTH AGO, MY HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND HESITATE WHEN I DROVE INTO FREE WAY. ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY CARS BEHIND. AND ALSO, ENGINE AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO TURN ON EMERGENCY LIGHT AND DRIVE AT ABOUT 40 MILES/HOUR ON THE FREE WAY. THE SLIP SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN THE AUTO TRANSMISSION SWITCHES BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. WHEN PUTTING ON GAS TO ACCELERATE, IT CAN TAKE LONG TIME (1 MINUTE) TO GO FROM 20 MILES/HOUR TO 40 MILES/HOUR, AND DURING THAT TIME, IT MAY SUDDENLY ACCELERATE IF THE TRANSMISSION DECIDES TO SPEED UP!!!! VERY DANGEROUS!!!! SINCE THEN, THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DIDN'T GO AWAY. CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY REFUSED TO COVER ANY COST TO FIX IT. A HONDA DEALER DID AGREE TO COVER 40% OF THE REPAIR. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS VERY OFTEN ON HONDA CARS, PLEASE URGE HONDA TO STEP UP AND ACCEPT THEIR TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND TO COVER 100% COST FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY RECALL FOR DRIVERS FRONT AIRBAG MODULE REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER STATES HIS VEHICLE STILL HASN'T BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE THE DEALER HASN'T CONTACTED HIM. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

GOT 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WORKS FINE FOR ME FOR 2 YEARS AND SUDDENLY CHECK ENGINE AND TCS LIGHTS ON CAR SLIPPING ON 2ND&3RD GEAR. MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM IS PART OF THE RECALL THAT HONDA SUPPOSE TO FIX!!! PLEASE HELP!!! *TR

ON TWO OCCASIONS DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS I NOTICED THE "D" LIGHT FOR MY TRANSMISSION SELECTOR FLASHING. ONCE I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE FLASHING STOPPED AND DID NOT OCCUR AGAIN. ON JULY 27 WHILE ON A TRIP TO CANADA WITH LESS THAN 78,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I AGAIN NOTICED THE "D" LIGHT FLASHING. I ALSO NOTICED ABNORMAL TRANSMISSION OPERATION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A HONDA DEALER IN CORNWALL, ONTARIO, CANADA, WHERE THEY READ THE CODES AS "P1740" FOR 4TH PRESSURE SWITCH FAILURE AND "P0710" FOR ATF TEMPERATURE SENSOR FAILURE. THEY RESET THE CODES, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY THE "D" LIGHT WAS FLASHING AGAIN. MY LOCAL DEALER IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS READ THE SAME TWO CODES FROM THE SYSTEM AND CHARGED ME $430 FOR REPLACING THOSE TWO SENSORS. I CALLED HONDA AMERICA, AND A REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTED ME. SHE TOLD ME HONDA WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR SINCE THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT I HAD A NON-HONDA AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSION COOLER INSTALLED. I'VE HAD NO SUCH DEVICE INSTALLED. SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MY ODYSSEY HAD BEEN PART OF THE 2004 RECALL AND ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPAIRED. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE LOCAL DEALER DETERMINED MY TRANSMISSION ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY IMPROPER TRAILER TOWING. THE VAN HAS TOWED A LIGHT TRAILER ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND NEVER OVER LENGTHY DISTANCES. I WAS NOT TOWING A TRAILER ON THE TRIP TO CANADA. THE HONDA REPRESENTATIVE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 2002 ODYSSEY'S HAVE A KNOWN DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT ROUTINELY FAILS WITH LESS THAN 80,000 MILES. *TR

WE PURCHASED FOUR NEW FIRESTONE TIRES IN JULY 2010. THIS IS A SECOND CAR FOR OUR FAMILY AND IS NOT UTILIZED MUCH (<8,000 MILES PER YEAR). IN MAY OF 2011, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION AS WE WERE TRAVELLING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. WE HAD THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR AT THE TIME (ONE OF WHICH IS DISABLED) AND SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND FIRESTONE NATIONAL CENTER DID NOTHING AND OFFERED NOTHING IN TERMS OF HELP. THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT THE TIRE MODEL NUMBER FOR ANY DATABASE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN ASK IF WE WERE OK. THEN IN JULY OF 2011, COMING HOME FROM VACATION WITH THE KIDS IN THE VEHICLE, UNBELIEVABLY THE LEFT REAR TIRE SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELLING AT 70 MPH. WE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND AGAIN HAD DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE (AT LEAST NOW THE BACK END OF THE CAR IS SYMMETRICAL WITH THE DAMAGE). THIS TIME, FIRESTONE OPENED A CLAIM AND ASKED FOR BOTH OF THE TIRES BACK HOWEVER, THEY HAVE YET TO SEND US THE CLAIM FORMS. AGAIN, NO CONCERN ON THE SAFETY OF THE FAMILY. THE TIRES WE PURCHASED NEW WERE FR 380 P225/60 R16 97S TIRES WITH A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 4908 AND 4608.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND STALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ESPECIALLY UP HILL. THE CONTACT NOTICED NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND NOTIFIED THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL REMEDY WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE IN 2004. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO SUGGESTED TO HAVE THE DEALER PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND STATED THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

WE HAVE HAD TWO TRANSMISSIONS FAIL ON OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE FIRST TIME, THE DEALER DENIED WE HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. WHEN THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL, WE WERE NEVER INFORMED OF IT BY HONDA. AFTER MUCH WRANGLING, HONDA PAID FOR THE PARTS BUT WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE LABOR, $1,100. WE BELIEVE HONDA INSTALLED A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION AND NOT A NEW ONE BECAUSE 3 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS LATER., THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILED TOO, STRANDING US IN THE DARK WITH OUR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND REQUIRING US TO RENT A CAR TO GET HOME. WE HAD NO IDEA THAT HONDA HAS HAD ALMOST A DECADE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND THAT OUR YEAR IS THE WORST YEAR. IN OUR OPINION, HONDA HAS ENGAGED IN FRAUD. *TR

I BOUGHT 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY LAST YEAR AND NOW IT HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I GOT THE QUOTE FROM A FEW SHOPS AND MINIMUM COST THAT I NEED TO PAY IS $2000. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. FUNNY THING IS THAT I HAVE 3 FRIENDS OF ODYSSEY OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHICH IS 2ND TO 3RD GEAR CONVERTING PROBLEM. HONDA! DO SOMETHING FOR THIS! YOU MUST KNOW THIS PROBLEM SO DO RECALL SERVICE. *KB

CAR STARTED A HIGH PITCH WHISTLING. TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO SAID TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. (HAD THE 2004 RECALL OIL JET MODIFICATION DONE BACK IN 2004.) DRIVING WITH FINGERS CROSSED NOW B/C DEALER WILL ONLY COVER A PORTION OF REPLACEMENT AND CAN'T AFFORD THE COST TO REPLACE.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. LONG HISTORY OF FAILURE OF HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION. HONDA HAD A RECALL IN 2004 AND THEY INSTALLED A JET OILER KIT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT LED TO THE FAILURE OF OUR TRANSMISSION. *TR