2025 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

The contact owns a 2025 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while at a complete stop in traffic, the Auto START/STOP system failed to restart the vehicle on several occasions, and the vehicle was manually restarted. The contact stated that the failure had become more frequent and posed a safety risk for the family. The manufacturer, American Honda, was notified of the failure by phone, and the contact was provided a case number and referred to a dealer to have the vehicle repaired under warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 12,000.

On Tuesday, September 8, 2026 while sitting idle at a red light I had my foot on the brake and when the light turned green, I went to push on the gas and the van would not go, nearly causing the car behind me to rear end me because they figured I was going since it was a green light. I turned my hazard lights on, and there was a warning that appeared on the dash but I did not catch what it said in time. When I looked down, the car had put itself in park so I shut the van off and when I turned the van back on, there was a red battery light on the dash and it said “ to continue to drive depress brake pedal and push switch”. The van would not go into gear so I then had to call police (I was blocking a traffic lane) and a tow truck. The van is still at our local Honda dealer where it was purchased and to my knowledge has not been looked at-today is day three of the dealership having possession of the van. Also, on the same day-two stop lights previous to this it had a severe lag from brake to gas.

The auto idle system shuts off the vehicle completely at a stoplight or intersection and fails to restart when you release the brake. The vehicle is stuck in traffic and doesn’t restart for a few minutes mine had to be jumped started this THIRD time it happened. This created a hazardous safety condition for my family in which kids are always traveling. The dealer has not provided solution. Concerned this can cause a fatality because I can get rear ended.

I drove my kids 5 miles to school and was on my way back home going thru a school zone with a stop sign. As I stopped at a 4 way stop car went into idle and I went to proceed and car stalled and automatically went into park. I had to wave people around me. Luckily I was able to still put on hazards. The battery light came on, but I was unable to restart my car after several attempts. I opened my door to wave on more people and when I tried to start my car again it finally started. I am so luckily I wasn't at a busy intersection and took a different route home and lucky my kids weren't in the back either. This was very scary and am now worried for it happening again.

The idle stop function failed to restart the vehicle while in traffic at a red light. The vehicle was in traffic on a state highway and was unable to restart without shutting the vehicle off and on again. The problem has happened frequently the past few weeks to where I was able to reproduce and record the incident. The battery light appeared before shutting off the car with the push button on/off.

Auto Idle Stop malfunction-- it happened twice during my travel (1)[XXX] , around 7pm. The car stalled and failed to restart at a local street of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ after signal turned green; (2) [XXX] around noon. The same problem happened at a [XXX] of Goshen, NY when a semi track was behind me. I reported to NHTSA immediately after the 2nd incident, but I cannot find a confirmation number before going to my dealer, so I re-file the complaint. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

My vehicle has been failing to restart at stoplights after the auto start/shutoff turns off the vehicle. Instances where it does start, the starter frequently struggles to kick the engine over and when it does fire the vehicle jerks forward before driving.

I am experiencing a serious and recurring safety issue involving the engine unexpectedly completely shutting off while the vehicle is being driven and separately, the engine intermittently failing to start after the vehicle has been parked. 1.The engine unexpectedly and spontaneously shuts off when the vehicle is stopped or slowing down, including at stop signs, traffic lights, and during traffic slowdowns. These events occur without warning or notice, and the vehicle does not reliably restart immediately. In nearly all instances, the engine has failed to restart for several minutes despite multiple attempts. This creates an extremely dangerous situation. When the engine shuts off unexpectedly in traffic, I am concerned that drivers behind me will not realize that my vehicle is experiencing a malfunction and may collide with my vehicle before I am able to restart it and safely move. These incidents cause me significant fear and stress each time they occur. I am not certain whether the vehicle’s Auto Start/Stop system is involved in these incidents or whether another component or system is malfunctioning. I am requesting that Honda and the dealership fully diagnose the cause rather than assuming that the behavior is normal operation of the Auto Start/Stop system. 2.Separately from the engine shutting off while driving, the vehicle also randomly and spontaneously fails to start after it has been parked. I have documented some of these incidents by video, including instances in which the engine failed to start. in which the engine failed to start despite multiple attempts. 3. As soon as these problems began, I took the vehicle to the service department of the dealership where I purchased it. At this point, the repeated engine shut-off and failure-to-restart conditions remain unresolved. I am requesting a thorough investigation and requesting that Honda identify the underlying cause of these failures and provide a permanent solution as soon as possible.

Engine failed to restart after AutoStop function engaged at a red light. We were stranded and had to manually restart the car, which took long enough to figure out that we were stranded in traffic for a bit.

Vehicle restarted itself at a traffic stop to.  Vehicle stalled at another traffic stop.  Both occurred on the same single day drive.