2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

3RD GEAR HAS COMPLETELY WORN OUT, IT SLIPS WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN OPENED AND 3RD GEAR CLUTCH PACK IS COMPLETELY WORN OUT AND SPRING IS WARPED AND WAS STUCK IN 3RD CLUTCH DRUM. TRANSMISSION FAILURE

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH CIRCUIT P0740 AND P0430 - NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON AND DIAGNOSED ERROR CODES P0740. TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE, SLIPS WITH NO DRIVE POWER. PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORST. REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AS PER DEALER AT COST OF $5,900. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED SEVERAL 100,000S OF 2002 TO 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY VANS AND OTHER HONDA MODELS WITH SAME TRANSMISSION. HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS AND STILL HAS DONE NOTHING TO REPAIR THEM. HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS WIDELY KNOWN AND DISCUSSED AT LENGTH ON ONLINE HONDA FORUMS AND AT DEALERSHIPS, TO A POINT WHERE NOBODY IS WILLING TO BUY THESE USED VEHICLES AT BLUEBOOK MARKET VALUE. THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IS $5900, IN EXCESS OF CURRENT VEHICLE MARKET VALUE. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, HONDA HAS AN ACTIVE RECALL FOR ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS UP TO MODEL YEAR 2001. THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE YEAR 2003, WHEN THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS RELATIVELY NEW, HENCE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IN 2001 AND 2002 MODEL YEAR ARE SAME. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE HONDA KNEW OF THIS TRANSMISSION DESIGN PROBLEM WHICH CONTINUES PAST MODEL YEAR 2001. THEY USED THE SAME TRANSMISSION TILL MODEL YEAR 2004. I WOULD LIKE HONDA TO RECALL ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS FROM 2002 TO 2004 AS WELL AND REPAIR THEM UNDER WARRANTY. SEVERAL OTHER HONDA VEHICLES MODELS ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY THIS POOR TRANSMISSION DESIGN. THEN WHY HAS HONDA NOT DONE ANYTHING TO HELP ITS CUSTOMERS. I WOULD LIKE NHTSA INVESTIGATE FURTHER LEVERAGING ON THE 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY RECALL TO EXPEDITE A RESOLUTION FORCING HONDA TO RECALL FOR REPAIRS. THANK YOU.

WE TRADED THIS VEHICLE IN 2006 FOR ANOTHER MODEL -BUT WE STILL GET CALLS AND LETTERS ABOUT THIS RECALL. WE HAVE NOT OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE 2006, BUT WE STILL GET CALLS AND LETTERS. WE HAVE REPORTED IT SEVERAL TIMES VIA THE MAIL IN CARDS, WE HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, WE HAVE CALLED NHTSA, WE HAVE CALLED DMV, BUT APPARENTLY HONDA'S FILES ARE NOT BEING UPDATED AND THEY KEEP OVER-WRITING CORRECTIONS EVERYWHERE ELSE. PLEASE REMOVE US FROM THE LIST OF AFFECTED OWNERS. WE DO NOT OWN THIS VEHICLE

GOT A LETTER SAYING THERE WAS A RECALL FOR A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH THE AIRBAGS BUT I DO NOT OWN THAT CAR ANYMORE. THAT CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND IS GONE NOW.

SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING, INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ALL COME AND SOON AFTER CAR WILL JUST STOP RUNNING, SOMETIMES LIGHTS WILL JUST STAY ON. SO FAR ITS AT LOW SPEEDS, ON TAKE OFF OR COMING TO A STOP. IF I LET THE CAR SIT A FEW MINUTES I CAN RESTART IT.THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. TOOK IT TO HONDA AND COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM. FROM GOING ON LINE I SEE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. AFTER PEOPLES MANY REPLACEMENT PARTS IT WAS FINALLY ISOLATED MOSTLY TO REPLACEMENT OF A PART IN THE IGNITION SWITCH ASSEMBLY. SOME WERE A FRACTURE IN ALTERNATOR BRACKET, OR OEM DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY (IGNITER SWITCH MODULE) IF IT HAS ONE OR A SENSOR IF NOT A DISTRIBUTOR. ALL REPAIRS WERE DONE ON VARIOUS YEARS AND MODELS OF HONDA'S BUT ALL HAVING IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS.

IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTION. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VAN WILL DIE BUT IF YOU BUMP THE KEY THE POWER TO EVERYTHING TURNS BACK ON IT STARTED THIS LAST YEAR AND CONTINUES TO DO IT

I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS . HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED TWICE IN THIS VAN TWICE. AND NOW CAR IS JERKING AND MECHANICS SAY IT'S THE FUEL PUMPL I HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN NOT OPERATING BEEN TAKING IT TO MECHANICS THEY TELL ME IT'S THE TRANSMISSION I GET A USED ONE PUT IN AND NOW VAN JERKS AND STALLS MECHANICS FIX SENSOR IT DOESN'T WORK CHANGE FUEL PUMP THIS VAN HA BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND AFTER RESEARCHING I FIND OUT THERE HAVE BEEN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION BUT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON 2002 ODYSSEY'S.I SPENT ALL KINDS OF MONEY ON TRYING TO GET THIS VAN FIXED. FOR THE LAST 7-8 MONTHS. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS SO IT TOOK IT TO TWO MECHANICS THEY TOLD ME FIRST IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION I HAD A USED TRANSMISSION PUT IN THAT HAD 60;000 MILES ON IT THE SECOND INCIDENT DRIVING THE VAN ON HIGHWAY 60MPH THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND STALLING. FINALLY HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC THEY COULDN'T FIX IT AND SENT IT TO A DEALER . THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. APOX DATE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS JULY 2017

TREAD SEPARATION AND/OR BROKEN RADIAL BELTS. 3 TIRES WERE AFFECTED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL SET OF 4. SET WAS PURCHASED DEC 2015. FIRST TIRE FAILED AT 23K MILES IN AUG 2017 AT HIGHWAY SPEED DURING VACATION. SECOND TIRE FAILED AT 28K MILES IN DEC 2017 IN LOCAL TRAFFIC. THIRD TIRE FAILED AT 28K MILES IN JAN 2018 IN LOCAL TRAFFIC.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON 2ND TO 3RD GEAR OR DISENGAGES ALTOGETHER UPON ACCELERATION WHICH IS HAPPENING ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS LATELY. TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGES ARE MADE EVERY 30K MILES BY DEALER. OIL JET RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED UPON TSB NOTIFICATION, ADDED OIL COOLER, CLEANED AND/OR REPLACED FILTER AND SOLENOIDS JUST TO PROLONG THE INEVITABLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

TAKATA RECALL MY VAN WAS PART OF THE RECALL AND THE FIX WAS DONE BUT WHEN IT IS HUMID OUTSIDE THEN MY SRS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. WHEN WE GO DOWN SOUTH TO FLORIDA THEN THE SRS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON UNTIL WE GET INTO LESS HUMID WEATHER. WE ARE PLANNING ON MOVING BACK DOWN SOUTH AND WE ARE WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE NOT FIXED RIGHT. ALSO THE PASSENGER HEADLAMP GOES OUT TWICE AS FAST AS THE DRIVERS SIDE. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP TWICE BEFORE I HAVE TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE.