2003 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IGNITION WITH THE KEY. KEY DOES NOT TURN AND STUCK SOME TIMES. YOU HAVE TO WIGGLE IT TO START. WHEN TRY TO STOP THE KEY DON'T TURN ALL THE WAY DOWN AND STUCK IN IT. UNABLE TO PULL THE KEY FROM CHAMBER. VERY FRUSTRATED. CALLED HONDA FOR THIS ISSUE. HONDA SAID THERE IS NO RECALL RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. UNABLE TO TAKE KEY OUT FEW TIMES AND CONSTANT PROBLEM. I READ FEW COMPLAIN ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, WHEN I PRES THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE JERKS. WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, ON SOME OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE (STILL IN DRIVE) DOES NOT MOVE BUT THE ENGINE REVS UP. I HAVE TO SHIFT DOWN AND THEN BACK AGAIN TO DRIVE BEFORE IT WOULD MOVE. THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION RECALL ON THIS CAR IN 2004 AND THE DEALER HAD INSTALLED A KIT OF SOME SORT. HOWEVER, THIS FIX HAS NOT BEEN PERMANENT. LOOKS LIKE I HAVE LOST THE TRANSMISSION ALTOGETHER. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT UNDER 80K MILES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE MINI VANS. WE SERVICED OUR VEHICLE APPROPRIATELY AND ALSO BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED WHEN THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECALLED. AT THAT TIME THEY INSTALLED A TRANS JET KIT WHICH WOULD SOLVE THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WE EVEN INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION COOLER. HONDA IS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE MUCH ASSISTANCE AT ALL WITH THIS REPAIR AND I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE A FULL RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS, AS THEY KNOWINGLY SOLD A POOR PRODUCT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THE GEAR WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM PARK AND THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION FROZE AND RELEASED REPEATEDLY NEARLY CAUSING A REAR END CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED AND THE WORK DONE IN 2005. HOWEVER, IT IS BLATANTLY APPARENT THAT THE "FIX" HONDA DID FOR THE RECALL WAS NOT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT ONLY A TEMPORARY PATCH. ALL THE RECALL DID WAS DELAY THE FAILURE, IT DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HONDA HAS SIMPLY MOVED THE MILEAGE AT WHICH THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX WHAT THEY SOLD. SADLY WE PAID AN ADDITION $4,000 TO $5,000 FOR THE HONDA NAME SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE ISSUES. NOW WE ARE NOT ONLY OUT THAT MONEY BUT HONDA STILL BELIEVES THAT THEIR NAME DESERVES MORE MONEY FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO STILL FAIL. WE HAVE BEEN QUOTED AN ADDITIONAL $2,500 TO $3,000 MORE THAN WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FIX A COMPETING AMERICAN COMPANY TRANSMISSION. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT HONDA KNOWS IT HAS AN ISSUE, THEN ONLY PATCHED IT TO DELAY RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TROUBLING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS FAIL AT HIGH SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. A DEFINITE RISK TO PEOPLES LIVES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE WARRANTY SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN THE RPM'S STARTED GOING UP AND THE SPEED OF THE VAN STARTED SLOWING DOWN. THE STREET SHE WAS ON IS A FAIRLY HEAVY TRAVELED STREET SO SHE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. SHE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE VERY SLOWLY HOME. THE NEXT MORNING AFTER COMING HOME FROM WORK, I TOOK THE VAN OUT FOR A DRIVE AND SURE ENOUGH, IT STARTED ACTING UP ON ME. IT GOT SO BAD, THAT I WENT AHEAD AND DROVE IT OVER TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, TAKING ME ABOUT 3 TIMES AS LONG AS IT SHOULD HAVE. THE VAN WOULD ONLY ALLOW ME TO GO SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP AND THE VAN WOULD BASICALLY STOP. I WOULD PUT IT IN PARK AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES, THEN PROCEED ALITTLE FURTHER NOT GOING MORE THAN 20 MPH. AFTER THE SHOP LOOKED AT IT, THEY ADVISED ME THAT HONDA HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT MINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION WASN'T THE RIGHT ONE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE THAT WAS IN THE VAN. *TR

ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING SLIPPED AND LOST POWER. VERY SCARY WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND WAS BARLEY ABLE TO MAKE IT OFF THE FREEWAY WITHOUT GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD DID WE MAKE IT SAFELY OFF THE FREEWAY. HONDA DEALER SAID WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 106,000. JUST A FEW THOUSAND MILES OVER WARRANTY AND HONDA WOULD ONLY GRANT %50 COVERAGE. STILL COST ME $2797.00. HONDA OF AMERICA KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT STILL DOES NOT COMPENSATE LOYAL HONDA CUSTOMERS. MY DEALER REPLACED THIS TRANSMISSION (THAT HAD A PREVIOUS RECALL IN 2003) WITH A "RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION" NOW ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 THE TCS LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND THE CAR "SHUDDERED" BADLY AT 30 MPH. BROUGHT TO THE DEALER BUT THEY ARE DENYING THAT IT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM? WE BOUGHT THE HONDA ODYSSEY FOR ITS SAFETY FEATURES AND RELIABILITY. HONDA AND THEIR DEALER ARE NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I WILL LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR MY NEXT CAR PURCHASE. *TR

2003 ODYSSEY LEFT MY WIFE IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION. IT SUDDENLY FAILED WHEN SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. WITH NO WARNING, IT WOULD NOT MOVE THE VEHICLE AND GROUND TO A STOP, LEAVING HER ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HONDA IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MANUFACTURER WITH WELL DESIGNED, RELIABLE PRODUCTS, BUT IT IS NOT SO WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. WHEN A MANUFACTURER REALIZES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH A VEHICLE, BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR DOES NOTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND RECKLESS TO CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURE THE VEHICLE WITH THE PROBLEMATIC TRANSMISSION. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND FOUND THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD PAY $500 TOWARD THE REPAIR, LEAVING A BALANCE OF $1500. THE CONTACT DECLINED THE OFFER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED FOR $500. SINCE THE NEW CONVERTER WAS INSTALLED, AND CODE OD P0740 IS DISPLAYING. THE CONSUMER STATED THE NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. UPDATED 10/21/11. *JB