1999 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

AT 73,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. TWO INCIDENTS WERE CITED IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURES THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. THIS CAR IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE, I AM SCARED OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN EVEN IF THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED. SEVERAL POSTS TO THE INTERNET INDICATE THAT PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION UP TO THREE TIMES OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND HONDA HAS ISSUED A RECALL OR EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE 2000-2001 ODYSSEYS BUT WILL NOT BEING DOING ANYTHING FOR THE 1999 MODEL. ALSO, THE LOCKING ACTUATOR ON THE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY. THE ALARM SYSTEM WILL ARM, BUT THE DOOR IS NOT LOCKED. WHEN THE DOOR IS THEN OPENED THE ALARM SOUNDS. THIS HAS SCARED MY CHILDREN ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM RUN FROM THE VEHICLE TO THE STREET. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO CORRECTED NOW, BUT IT TOOK THREE TRIES. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BUMPER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

AFTER GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE ALARM AUTOMATICLY SET OFF ITSELF. VEHICLE ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. CONSUMER NOT SURE IF VEHICLE WAS IN PARK GEAR. AFTER ACIDENT, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE KEYS FROM IGNITION IN DRIVE GEAR. WHICH ACCORDING TO HONDA HE SHOULD NOT BEE ABLE TO DO. *AK

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED, WHAT HE FEELS ARE, DANGER IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE WITH IGNITION SAFETY PROBLEMS. DEALER (GERALD JONE HONDA) REFUSED TO REPAIR, WHEN CONSUMER TOLD THEM THAT THERE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER IS EXPECTING TO BE REIMBURSED FOR NOT ONLY THE AMOUNT THEY PAID TO GET VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT ALSO FOR THE MAILING OF THE DEFECTIVE PART, THE TWO DAYS THEY WERE WITHOUT THE VEHICLE WHEN DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND THE REFUSAL TO REPAIR THE IGNITION SWITCH. (THE OWNERS MANUAL STATED THAT THIS WAS ANDIS A WARRANTY ITEM) CONSUMER THEN DECIDED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. HONDA SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. CONSUMER THEN HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THEIR MECHANIC (MANNYS) AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT CUT OFF YET. CONSUMER EXPECTS HONDA TO REFUND THE FULL AMOUNT PAID TO MANNYS FOR THE WARRANTY PART. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED. WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE, IT JERKS. DEALER DETERMINED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

RECALL FOR INSTRUMENT/TAIL LIGHTS; VEHICLE HAS DIGITAL INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WITH SPEEDOMETER NOT REGISTERING. ALSO TAIL LIGHTS/ RADIO, AND VANITY LIGHT WILL NOT OPERATE. VAN IS STILL HAVING ERRATIC PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM EVEN AFTER DEALER MADE ATTEMPT TO MODIFY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

LATCH ASSEMBLY TO POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS FAILED,UNABLE TO CLOSE OR LOCK DOOR. DEALER CONTACTED.THERE WAS RECALL 00V119000; BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE DOORS FAILEDTO LATCH. TWO WEEKS LATER DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO LATCH. DEALER NOTIFIED/ REPAIRED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT BAD FUEL MAY HAVE BEEN USED, AND THE DEALER CLEANED THE EGR SYSTEM, HOWEVER SEVERAL WEEKS LATER CONSUMER RECEIVED A NOTICED REGARDING THE PCV AND EGR CLOGGING, CONSUMER THEN PETITIONED THE DEALER FOR A REFUND, AND WAS SUSEQUENTLY REIMBURSED.*JB

SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT HAVE PRESSURE SENSOR. 7 YEAR OLD THUMB WAS STUCK IN DOOR, AND DOOR DIDN'T SLIDE BACK TO INDICATE THAT SOMETHING WAS STUCK IN IT. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK THE VEHICLE?S DOORS DETECT ONLY HEAVIER PRESSURE AND COULD CAUSE INJURIES TO CHILDREN?S HANDS. *YH