2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

FRONT PASS SIDE (RIGHT) COIL SPRING BROKE SUDDENLY ABOUT 3 INCHES FROM THE TOP WHILE TRAVELING DOWN ROAD OUR NEAR HOME. THE COIL POPPED OUT OF THE STRUT UPPER MOUNT AND RUBBED ON INNER FENDER. REPLACEMENT COILS WERE FITTED ON 3-5-2011 TO BOTH SIDES WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIGHT SIDE COIL WAS PREVIOUSLY BROKEN AT THE BOTTOM FLAT WOUND COIL. THE LEFT SIDE FRONT COIL WAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY BROKEN AT THE TOP MOST COIL,FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME . THE SHARP ENDED PIECE WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE REMAINING SPRING PIECE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE WOULD REV EVEN WHILE IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE IDLE CONTROL MODULE WAS BROKEN WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY (SINGLE OWNER, PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALERSHIP IN 2002) WITH 82,829 MILES. CLUTCH CAME APART, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 1999-2010 MODELS. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED BY AAMCO, AT A COST OF $3,524.39. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP WAS UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE ON THE COST AND THERE HAS BEEN A RECORD OF POOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT THE DUBLIN OHIO HONDA DEALER TO CORRECT MY AIRBAG RECALL FOR MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. MY SRS LIGHT IS ON AND WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER OVER 2 MONTHS AGO. THEY SAID THEY SAW NO PROBLEM BUT WOULD ORDER A PART TO FIX THE SEATBELT. NOW FOR 3 DAYS I HAVE TRIED TO REACH SERVICE TO ASK ABOUT THE PART AND MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AND THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PULLING INTO HER DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE FOOT AND LATER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR HAD IT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THEY WILL HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR COME OUT TO LOOK AT IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY YOUNG CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, WHEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION, MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY (89,000 MI) LOST POWER. IF WAS AS IF IT SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR, INTO NEUTRAL. AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT SHIFTED BACK. I PRAYED THE REST OF THE WAY TO SCHOOL. AFTER DROPPING THE GIRLS OFF AT SCHOOL, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER INSTANCES WHERE IT SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR ON THE 2 MILE DRIVE TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP. PRIOR TO THIS DAY, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. (WE HAD HAD IT PROPERLY SERVICED ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS - AUG 2010 TRANNY FLUID CHANGED). IN FACT, OUR BAGS WERE PACKED AND WE WERE PLANNING TO LEAVE RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL THAT DAY FOR A 300 MILE TRIP TO GRANDPARENTS. THE TRIP HAD TO BE CANCELLED. WE ARE SO THANKFUL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. FROM THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER STORIES I HAVE READ ONLINE, MANY OTHERS WEREN'T SO FORTUNATE. HONDA OFFERED US $450 ON THE $3,300 REPAIR. NOW, WE ARE AWARE OF HOW WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE IS ON THE ODYSSEY. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE HONDA DOES SOMETHING TO PROTECT OWNERS FROM THIS SUDDEN, DANGEROUS FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSIONS? WE BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE OF ITS SAFETY RATING. THAT WAS A HUGE, EXPENSIVE MISTAKE! WITH ALL OF THE REPORTS OF SECOND AND THIRD TRANSMISSIONS FAILING ON THESE VEHICLES, I WILL NEVER FEEL SAFE IN IT AGAIN WITH MY FAMILY! WE PLAN TO SELL IT, IF WE ARE ABLE. PLEASE MAKE HONDA ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE DEFECTS AND MAKE THEM DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THESE VEHICLES SAFER. THANK YOU *TR

TRANSMSSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB AN INCLINE ON A ROAD THAT HAD NO SHOULDER AND DANGEROUS CURVES.

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION 3RD GEAR FAILED AT 98,182 MILES. CONSUMER COMPLAINT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION 3RD GEAR FAILS AFTER 90,000 MILES. A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED COULD RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC CRASH. WHILE DRIVING IN AN URBAN AREA, I BACKED UP AND THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. WHEN I SHIFTED TO FORWARD, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AGAIN AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY DRIVE TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD 3RD GEAR IS OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION HAD THE 2004 RECALL PERFORMED AT 24,269 MILES (2ND GEAR INSPECTION AND OIL KIT INJECTOR INSTALLED), AND WAS SERVICE AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 55,823 MILES, 58,395 MILES AND 75,659 MILES. THE ODYSSEY HAD A FEW ROUGH SHIFTS 58,395 MILES, WHICH PROMPTED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION SERVICE (FLUID REPLACEMENT). *TR

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 72000 MILES ON IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE COMPUTER ERROR READOUT CAME TO P0740. I CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND AFTER A WEEK THE LIGHT CAME ON. 72000 MILES IS NOT MUCH TO HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND GAVE THEM THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE AND THEY TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO TAKE TO HONDA DEALERSHIP AND GET IT CHECKED BY THEIR COMPUTER. I SPENT $120 FOR IT AND THEY ALSO GAVE ME THE SAME READING P0740. "THE CODE SHOWS INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION" , I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY TELL ME THAT ITS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEREFORE THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THE LOCAL HONDA SERVICE STATION TELLS ME THAT IT WOULD COST $4000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT AFTER BUYING A CAR AND AT 72000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FAILS? HONDA IS TURNING A BLIND EYE TOWARDS IT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY OWNERS WITH THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES WITH THEIR HONDA. WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT TO HONDA AND GET THEM FIX THE ISSUE WITH THEIR CARS. *LN

CLUNKING/THUDDING NOISE FROM PASSENGER FRONT OF VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING OVER SMALL BUMPS IN ROAD OR ROUGH PATCHES OF HIGHWAY. VEHICLE EVALUATED BY HONDA DEALER IN 2006 FOR CAUSE. NEVER FIXED. WAS TOLD SOUND COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. HAVE DRIVEN SINCE LISTENING TO SAME SOUND. DISASSEMBLED FRONT RIGHT STRUT ASSEMBLY TO REPLACE STRUT/SHOCK. FOUND PASSENGER FRONT SPRING BROKEN. HAS LIKELY BEEN BROKEN SINCE 2005. SUSPECT THAT OTHER SPRINGS ARE BROKEN ON THE VEHICLE AS WELL. *TR