2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

DRIVING ON FREEWAY, TRIED TO ACCELERATE (FROM ABOUT 60MPH) AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. WAS VERY DANGEROUS; CAR SLOWED DOWN IMMEDIATELY, LARGE SEMI BEHIND ALMOST HIT US. LOOKED AT DASHBOARD, CAR WAS STILL IN D (DRIVE) BUT THE ENGINE RPM WAS ALMOST REDLINED. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT TO N THEN BACK TO D TO ENGAGE TRANSMISSION. THIS MORNING, TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH ROUGHLY 54,000 MILES- RIDICULOUS TO NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE FAILURE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH ONLY 91,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING IN LOWER GEARS. CLUNKING SOUND WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A FULL STOP. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS VEHICLE IS PART OF THE SECOND GENERATION ODYSSEYS THAT ARE WELL KNOWN FOR EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURES. *TR

HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR MAXIMUM. PRIOR TO FULL FAILURE THERE WAS A HITCH IN THE SHIFTING AT LOW GEARS. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX FAILED. DEALER INDICATED IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $5,700. THEY INDICATED THAT CURRENT TRANSMISSION RECALL WAS NOT VALID AND I DID NOT QUALIFY. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY OWNER OF A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. AT APPROXIMATELY 66,000 MILES, I BEGAN TO FEEL THE VEHICLE JARRING WHEN ACCELERATED. AFTER A WEEK, IT BEGAN TO SHAKE(TWICE). A FEW DAYS LATER, WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR, IT REMAINED IN A NEUTRAL STATE WHILE THE RPM WAS GOING WILD, IT DID THAT FOR A FULL MINUTE AS I WAS MERGING INTO THE HIGHWAY, IT DID THAT AGAIN AS I WAS CHANGING LANES IN WHICH A VEHICLE HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID A DISASTER. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO FINDLAY HONDA OF HENDERSON ON APRIL 30, 2009. THE SERVICE ADVISOR, JOHN, DROVE THE VEHICLE (WHILE I ACCOMPANIED) TO SEE IF HE COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER A MILE OR SO ON THE HIGHWAY HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO...SO WE WENT BACK TO THE SHOP WHERE I WAITED. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, JOHN ADVISED ME THAT IT MAY TAKE LONGER AND ASKED IF THEY COULD KEEP THE VEHICLE UNTIL 3 THAT AFTERNOON, NO PROBLEM. AT APPROXIMATELY 3PM THAT SAME DAY, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL STATING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS READY TO PICK UP, THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE. I ASKED THAT HE KEEP IT OVERNIGHT AND TEST DRIVE IT AGAIN IN THE MORNING, IT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THE NEXT MORNING FROM JOHN WHO PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS IN DISBELIEF, AFTER ONLY 66-67,000 MILES. I WAS QUOTED APPROXIMATELY $4,500. FOR THE REPAIR. AFTER A BIT OF BANTERING AND ARGUING WITH EVERYONE FROM THE SERVICE ADVISOR JOHN, TO THE SERVICE MANAGER JESSE, TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER SHAWN, TO THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM AMERICAN HONDA, I WAS OFFERED A 50% DISCOUNT. A 'REMANUFACTURED' HONDA TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN PLACE OF THE FAULTY ONE. *TR

OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WHILE DRIVING AT 40 OR 60 MILES PER HOUR SEVERELY JERKED FORWARD AND THEN BACKWARDS WITH THE SAME EFFECT ON THE PASSENGERS AS HITTING AN OBJECT, VERY SCARY> I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND HE SAID THE PROBLEM WAS BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS WHICH WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $600.00. THREE DAYS AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER THE PROBLEM RETURNED INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS OBSERVED BY THE DEALER TECHNICIAN AND NOW IDENTIFIED AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM RECOMMENDING TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACEMENT AT $4800, WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT WHY WE BUY HONDAS. WE DO NOT EXPECT TRANSMISSIONS TO GO BAD AT 103,000 MILES. NOW AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH, I DISCOVER THAT A LONG LIST OF HONDA OWNERS ARE SUFFERING WITH THIS DESIGN DEFECT WITH NO OR LITTLE HELP FROM HONDA. AS A OWNER OF THREE HONDA VEHICLES AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS WILL TURN ME TO ANOTHER MANUFACTURER IF HONDA DOES NOT OWN UP TO ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO BUILD A SAFE RELIABLE VEHICLE. *TR

PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY STICKS TO THE POINT WHERE THE HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE HAS BROKEN OFF WHEN TRYING TO OPEN IT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE DOOR HAS STUCK ON AND OFF OVER THE YEARS AND THE HANDLE HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF ONCE PREVIOUSLY. THE HANDLE COST ME $247 TO REPLACE AT THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME, WHERE I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO LUBRICATE THE SEALS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. IT WAS THEIR OPINION THAT THE SEALS JUST WORKED TOO WELL. THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR WITHOUT THE HANDLE IS TO KICK THE DOOR WITH BOTH FEET FROM THE INSIDE TO GET IT OPEN AGAIN. *TR

THE CAR SLIPS FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURS OFTEN, AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY. THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE FAILURE IS THAT THE CARE IS NOT ENGAGED IN A GEAR SO WE HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO TRY TO REENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER, THEY SAID I WILL HAVE TO PAY $2,500 FOR THE NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE SINCE IT IS HONDA'S FAULT, A BAD TRANSMISSION IN THE 2002-2004 ODYSSEY. *TR

THE SLIDING DOORS OF OUR HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN DON'T (ALWAYS) OPEN WHEN THEY ARE UNLOCKED. THEY STICK. THIS PREVENTS PASSENGERS FROM GETTING OUT OF THE VAN IN A TIMELY MANNER IN AN EMERGENCY. IN PARTICULAR IT PREVENTS RESCUE WORKERS FROM FREEING ANYONE TRAPPED INSIDE IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THERE WAS A RECALL THAT DID AN INSPECTION OR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. HONDA OFFERED $1,000.00 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. COST FOR REPAIR FROM HONDA WAS $5,500.00. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AT A COST OF $2,400.00. *TR