2004 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FLORIDA TO ILLINOIS AT APX 65-70MPH,WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE LOOSES POWER, ALMOST TO A CRAWL, SMOKE BELLOWING OUT BEHIND THE CAR. DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HONDA DEALERSHIP STATES VEHICLE IS NOT COVER BY WARRANTY OR RECALL. DEALERSHIP COULD REPLACE TRANNY AT A COST OVER $5K. OPTED TO INSTALL ANOTHER ODYSSEY TRANS INDEPENDENTLY. THIS FAILED IN LESS THAN 1K MILES. OPTED TO THEN HAVE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION INDEPENDENTLY REBUILT WITH GENUINE HONDA'S OEM PARTS AND SPECIFICATION WITH HONDA DEALERSHIP CONSULT. WORKED FINE FOR APPX 26K MILES THEN TORQUE CONVERTER BURNED OUT AGAIN. REPLACED AND REPAIRED TORQUE EVEN SOLENOID BUT LESS THAN 8K MI TRANNY FAILED AGAIN. ALL THESE HAPPENED IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND 30K MILES. BILL KAY HONDA DEALERSHIP STILL SAYING CAR IS NOT INVOLVE IN RECALL/SUIT AND OUT OF WARRANTY. PREVIOUSLY I COMPLAINED AT PLANET HONDA ABOUT A JERK/THUMP WHEN INCREASING SPEED BETWEEN 10-40 AND DEALERSHIP STATES THEY 'COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM'. VEHICLE IS STILL DOWN AND HONDA AND THEIR DEALERSHIPS ARE STILL SCREWING IT'S CUSTOMERS. PS: HAD 2002 ODYSSEY THAT WAS ON ITS WAY OUT WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS BUT IT CRASHED. ALSO, HAVE A 2001 CIVIC WITH SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE SITTING FOR THE LEAST 3 YEARS WITH ONLY ABOUT 100K ON IT! SHAME ON YOU HONDA!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THREE OTHER VEHICLES. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED IN A MANNER IN WHICH THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING SUCCESSFULLY SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT A COMPONENT ON THE VEHICLE MUST HAVE FAILED IN ORDER FOR THE FAILURE TO HAVE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE BEING LEFT IN GEAR.THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 102,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 07/25/12 *BF

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTOR MOUNTS *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE FRONT AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME LATE AT NIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT COME ON IN HER 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE VAN BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT WILL GO NO FASTER THAN 5 MPH. PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHE TURNED OFF THE VAN THEN RESTARTED IT. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE LAST FEW MILES BACK TO OUR HOUSE LUCKILY, AND WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A SHOP JUST UP THE STREET SINCE IT COULD NOT MAKE IT MUCH FURTHER. IT TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE SHOP CALLED HONDA, KNOWING THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE 2004 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS, BUT HONDA CLAIMED THAT IT DID THE WORK FOR THE RECALL AND HAD NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY. I AM EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS. TO KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH A TRANSMISSION, "FIX" IT WITH A RECALL, AND STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT ON A VEHICLE WITH UNDER 100,000 MILES IS UNACCEPTABLE. I'VE OWNED HONDAS IN THE PAST AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. MATTER OF FACT, I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS WITH ANY CAR I'VE OWNED, NO MATTER THE MANUFACTURER. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HONDA MINIVAN BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE. BUT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE STOP WORKING WITH NO WARNING DUE TO A TRANSMISSION THAT HONDA IS AWARE IS FAULTY IS AS FAR FROM SAFE AS YOU CAN GET. I'M JUST THANKFUL SHE WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT WENT OUT. *TR *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AND WAITING A WHILE, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 83,000.

MY 2004 ODYSSEY, WITH 77000 MILES, EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING & NO EARLY INDICATIONS OF MALFUNCTION (SLIPPAGE, ENGAGEMENT, ETC), NOTICED TACHOMETER REVVING HIGHER THAN NORMAL THEN LOST OF DRIVETRAIN POWER WITH ENGINE STILL OPERATING. MANAGE TO EXIT HIGHWAY AND ONTO OFFRAMP BEFORE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED FROM ENGINE. THE FRIGHTENING THING WAS WE COASTED TO A STOP IN A BLIND TURN WITH VEGETATION HIDING OUR POSITION FROM OTHER EXITING VEHICLES ( SB I280 OCEAN AVE EXIT, NEXT TO CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO). SERRAMONTE HONDA SERVICE DEPT TOLD ME TRANSMISSION NO LONGER UNDER ORIGINAL 60000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY & THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN THE ODYSSEY MODEL. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS TRANSMISSION FAILURES VERY COMMON WITH MANY ODYSSEY OWNERS HAVING TO GO THROUGH MULTIPLE POWER TRAINS WITH NO ADMISSION OF DESIGN FLAWS FOR SUCH PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURES BY HONDA. *TR

OUR 2004 ODYSSEY WENT IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE TODAY AND THE TECHNICIAN REPORTED BOTH A FRONT AND A REAR MOTOR MOUNT WAS BAD. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 80,000 MILES AND IS USED FOR HAULING KIDS AND GETTING GROCERIES, NOT EXTREME DRIVING AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION, DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION, AND CAUSE HOSES AND WIRES TO COME LOSE. THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE EXPECTED LIFE OF SUCH AN ESSENTIAL PART CANNOT POSSIBLY BE LESS THAN 150,000 MILES. IT IS NOT A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROBLEM, IT IS NOT A CONSUMABLE PART LIKE BRAKES AND HOSES, AND IT'S NOT A MOVING PART LIKE THE TRANSMISSION OR A PULLEY. I WOULD EXPECT THE TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE TO FAIL LONG BEFORE THE PARTS HOLDING THE VAN TOGETHER TO START FAILING, ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTS HOLDING THE ENGINE. THE FOLLOWING LINK SUGGESTS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT HONDA REFUSES TO ADDRESS: HTTP://COMMUNITY.CARTALK.COM/DISCUSSION/1560611/HONDA-ODYSSEY-MOTOR-MOUNT-PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY, ORIGINAL OWNERS, AND WE HAVE MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE IMMACULATELY. I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION LAGGING AND NOT GOING INTO GEAR IMMEDIATELY. I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS WAS A "YOUNG TRANSMISSION", MEANING IT SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE OUT SO SOON. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE FOUND SO MANY ARTICLES RELATED TO FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE HONDA ODYSSEY AND CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HONDA HASN'T OWNED UP AND STOOD BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT HONDA IS NO LONGER ON MY LIST OF REPUTABLE COMPANIES. *TR

THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF HONDA TRANSMISSION FAILURES. WE BOUGHT A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUYING THE CAR, WITH JUST 34K MILES ON IT - IT DEVELOPED A PERIODIC SHUDDER IN THE LOWER GEARS. WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A POTENTIALLY BIG ISSUE UNTIL MANY MILES LATER WE COULD NO LONGER MANUALLY DOWNSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN WE TOOK IT IN THE HONDANORTH - AT 67K MILES YOUNG - FOR , THE LIST BEGAN WITH THE NEED FOR NEW ENGINE MOUNTS, NEW HEAT SHIELDS FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND ENDED WITH A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER. SO MUCH FOR THAT HONDA QUALITY. SINCE THEN, WITH A SECOND REVIEW, HONDAAMERICA HAS CONTINUED TO REFUSE ASSISTANCE FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WILL COST $2325, THIS DESPITE A GOVERNMENT RECALL OF 2004 ODYSSEY THE NHTSA, HAS SOME 570 TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2003 4 HONDA ACCORDS. THERE ARE JUST OVER 700 TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2002 4 ODYSSEYS. ACCORDING TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY, [XXX], OF THE 267 TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS THE CENTER RECEIVED IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2010 ALONE, 169 WERE FROM HONDA OR ACURA OWNERS. A NUMBER OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHTSA RECOUNT MECHANICAL FAILURE THAT CREATED VERY SERIOUS DANGER FOR THE FAMILIES INVOLVED. A YEAR AGO, WE ALL WITNESSED THE LONG FAILURE OF TOYOTA TO COME CLEAN ABOUT THE ACCELERATOR ISSUES. NOW THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF HONDA TRANSMISSION FAILURES. WHEN WILL HONDA AND OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PAY ATTENTION? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WIFE WAS TAKING KIDS TO AN AIR SHOW. WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON I95 THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, SHUDDER AND PRODUCE LOUD NOISES. MY WIFE HAD TO PULL THE CAR OUT THE TRAFFIC ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT I95 AT THE NEXT EXIT. SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR