2004 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

I OWN HONDA ODYSSEY 2004, 170000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION HAD THE CODE P0730. WHEN I WENT TO A DEALERSHIP THEY GAVE ESTIMATES FOR REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT. CALLING TO HONDA USA I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON TRANSMISSIONS IN 2004. ALSO, THEY TOLD ME THAT RECALL WAS DONE ON MY VEHICLE. TALKING TO OTHER OWNERS, I FOUND THAT THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THE MILEAGE, 120000 OR 150000 WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH SLEEPING GEARS AND CODES. AFTER TALKING TO HONDA CASE MANAGER, THEY TOLD ME THAT HONDA WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPLACEMENT. THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM THE CONVERSATION OR WILLING TO SENT ANY LETTERS OF OUTCOME OF THIS CASE. THE VAN WAS PURCHASED FROM THE HONDA DEALER IN 2009 FOR $17,000 AND DEALER GAVE ONE YEAR WARRANTY. *TR

TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE. WAS ADVISED THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT AND BOTH SIDE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I PAID OVER 700 FOR THIS REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SUDDENLY WHILE HE WAS DRIVING 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V420000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,051 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 169,651.

I PURCHASED A NEW 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY IN THE FALL OF 2003. ABOUT A YEAR LATER, THERE WAS A RECALL & THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. IN THE FALL OF 2009, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED & WAS REBUILT FOR $2800 THROUGH A INDEPENDENT SHOP. I HAD CONTACTED THE HONDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME A BREAK ON THE PRICE WHICH WAS ABOUT 1K MORE. IN MARCH OF 2011 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN & HAD TO BE REBUILT FOR $2100. ALTHOUGH OUT OF WARRENTY, THE SHOP GAVE ME A BREAK ON THE LABOR CHARGE. I BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION FOR QUALITY. HOWEVER, DUE TO THIS ONGOING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA. *TR

FEBRUARY 29, 2011: I OWN A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 136,961 MILES. I LOVED LOVED LOVED MY HONDA, UNTIL NOW. TCS & CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY GOT THE CODES P0700AT & P0740TC. THEY ADVISED I TAKE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WHICH THEY DON'T. DEALER SAID COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION BUT BATTERY WAS WEAK AND TIMING BELT & TIMING BELT HOLDER NEEDED REPLACEMENT. AFTER PAYING $1200 I PICKED UP THE VAN AND DROVE IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THE TCS & ENGINE CAME ON AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID LOCAL REPAIR SHOP MUST HAVE ERASED THE TRANSMISSION CODED WHEN THEY CHECK THEM AND THAT IS WHY THEY DIDN'T SEE THEM AND THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY SAID I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I CALLED HONDA AMERICA TO FILE A CASE. THEY TOOK MY INFORMATION AND THEN TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST ME. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH A SUPERVISOR WHO TOLD ME THE SAME THING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE ARE A ONE INCOME FAMILY. I AM A STAY AT HOME MOM WHO TAKES CARE OF HER 92 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER WHO HAS ALZHEIMERS. WE BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS LOVED HOW DEPENDABLE THEY ARE AND NOW I DON'T HAVE A CAR. WITH SO MANY CASES OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I CAN'T BELIEVE HONDA WON'T BACK UP THEIR PRODUCT. I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW I AM GOING TO GET MY KIDS AND MY GRANDPA TO SCHOOL, DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, ETC. *TR

AT LESS THAN 87,000 MILES, MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. ONE MONTH AGO, THE HONDA DEALER PERFORMED A TRANSMISSION SERVICE ON THE CAR AS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THEN IT STARTED SLIPPING WITHIN 3 WEEKS. I HAVE READ THAT COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH 1999-2004 ODYSSEYS AND THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED ON 1999-2001 MODELS. MY 2004 HAD A RECALL THAT SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE ISSUE, AND YET, AT THIS LOW MILEAGE, I AM NOW FACED WITH A $5,000 REPAIR ON A CAR THAT HAS BEEN WELL-MAINTAINED. HONDA HAS ALSO ISSUED MANY TSBS ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS AND KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. NHTSA SHOULD FORCE THEM TO REPLACE ALL TRANSMISSIONS IN ALL ODYSSEYS FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

WELL . . . WE HAVE A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY AND JUST HIT THE 103,000 MILE MARK AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE STARTED. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THEN THE CAR STARTED TO HESITATE UNTIL IT JUST WOULDN'T DRIVE ANYMORE. LUCKILY, HE BROKE DOWN IN FRONT OF A MECHANIC SHOP. CODE P0740 HAS COME UP MEANING WE NEED A NEW TRANNY. CALLED HONDA 12/10 AND AGAIN 2/11. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER IN HOPES OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM HONDA FOR THE TRANSMISSION THAT HAS VERY PUBLICLY FAILED. WE WERE OFFERED A HIGHLY OVERPRICED RATE, TEN HAD IT TOWED TO AAMCO AND HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $1,000 LESS THAT THE ORIGINAL QUOTE WITH HONDA. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED THROUGH AAMCO TRANSMISSION, WITH THE FINAL BILL BEING $4700.29 . WE'RE THE 2ND OWNERS ON THIS VEHICLE AND MAKE CAR PAYMENTS MONTHLY. OUR LOAN IS WHAT'S CALLED AN UPSIDE DOWN LOAN, OWING MORE IN PAYMENTS THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. TO BOOT, WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT OUR VEHICLE SINCE DEC. 2010, AND DON'T SEE ANY LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, SO THE VEHICLE SITS AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CAR PAYMENTS. I'M AT A LOSS . . . I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN A VEHICLE THAT WE TRULY LOVED UNTIL NOW. HOPELESS IN A HONDA. *LN

ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2011. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING FROM COLUMBIA,SC TO AUGUSTA,GA. OUR MINIVAN STARTED ACTING UP OUR TCS LIGHT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE, AND MY WIFE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A GENTLEMAN FROM DOT HELP HER GET THE VAN ON THE ROAD IT SEEMED LIKE THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO APROX. 20 MILES PER HOUR GRANTED MY WIFE IS ON I-20 WESTBOUND, AND FOR NO REASON WHAT SO EVER OR SIGNAL THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE GENTLEMAN WAS ABLE TO GET MY WIFE ON THE ROAD AGAIN,BUT ABOUT 20 MILES LATER THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND MY WIFE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL IT, FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE DECELERATED BY ITSELF, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2004 WITH ONLY 112K MILES TO ME THIS IS ABSURD. NOW I SEE THAT HONDA HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSIONS SINCE 1999. I THINK HONDA SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR PUTTING SUCH A CRUMMY PRODUCT OUT IN THE MARKET. FORTUNATELY MY WIFE WASN'T HURT BUT IT SHOOK HER A BIT. NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH A BILL FOR $4100, FOR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT HONDA HAS KNOWLEDGE OF. HOPE SOME ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST HONDA SINCE THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK ON THE ROAD. *TR

THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING HOME IN THE EVENING AT 25 MPH ON THE LOCAL STREETS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TCA LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT MORNING WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. MECHANIC CONCLUDED AFTER ALL THE DIAGNOSTIC AS CODE P0730 AND THERE IS A LOT OF WEAR, SHREDDED/CHIPPED CLUTCH/GEARBOX PARTICLES IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHICH NEEDS NEW TRANMISSION COSTING ABOUT $6500. RESEARCHING THIS FURTHER ONLINE: FOUND THAT NUMEROUS HONDA ODYSSEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE WHERE THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GETS ALL THE REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED SERVICE, AND NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE ARE OVER 18 YEARS OF HONDA OWNERS AND ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH THEM SO FAR. THOUGH NOW VERY DISAPPOINTED AND UPSET WITH HONDA AS THEY CLAIM TO BE A VERY RELIABLE AND STURDY AUTOMOBILES.

MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY KEYS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OPEN MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FOR ALMOST A YEAR. A FEW WEEKS AGO I STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION. IT'S GETTING HARDER EVERY DAY AND TAKING MORE TIME TO TRICK MY KEY INTO THE IGNITION LOCK. IF I DON'T WIGGLE IT IN PERFECTLY IT WILL GET STUCK HALF WAY IN AND I HAVE TO TRICK IT BACK OUT OF THE LOCK. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO FIX WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS BUT HE SAID TO PLAN ON AT LEAST $500 FOR NEW CYLINDERS AND/OR IGNITION, PLUS POSSIBLY NEW KEYS. I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM SO IT MUST BE A DEFECT. *TR