1999 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

MY ODYSSEY FIRST HAD A TRANSMISSION ISSUE BACK IN AUGUST, 2003, ONLY 4 YEARS AND 42,000 MILES AND THE DEALER COMPLETED THE REPAIR WITHOUT ANY COST SINCE IT IS STILL WITHIN THE MANUFACTORY WARRANTY. THE SECOND TIME THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN IN 2008 AT 96,000 MILES. I WROTE A LETTER TO AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR AND THEY AGREED TO COVER IT WITH NO COST. HOWEVER, THIS ISSUE RESURFACED AGAIN. THE VERY SAME SYMPTOMS HAVE REOCCURRED AND MY CAR BROKE DOWN ON THE FREEWAY AT 126,000 MILES LAST WEEK. HAD A MECHANIC CHECKED IT AND IT IS THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THIS VAN IS MY WEEKEND CAR AND I HARDLY DRIVE IT SO I HAVE ONLY ADDED 30,000 MILES AFTER THE LAST TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IN 2008. THIS PROVES TO ME THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION CAN ONLY SUSTAIN ROUGHLY 40,000 MILES BEFORE BREAKING DOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED EIGHT TIMES. IN 2007, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V423000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE CONTACT THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000....UPDATED 10-21-13 *BF

TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FROZE (LOCKED-UP). THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE, THE FIRST WAS REPLACED UNDER A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST HONDA. FORTUNATELY, DRIVER WAS NEAR SIDE OF ROAD AND RECOGNIZED A PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE COMPLETE LOCK-UP, OTHERWISE THE VAN WOULD HAVE SKIDDED TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. HONDA INFORMS THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE WITH ANY REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION AND WILL ONLY OFFER A 1 YEAR WARRANTY. IT COSTS OVER $4000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE. HONDA IS COMPLETELY UNSYMPATHETIC TO THE POTENTIAL RISKS THEY ARE FORCING ON ODYSSEY OWNERS. THIS HAD HAPPENED TO THOUSANDS OF ODYSSEY OWNERS AND HONDA NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

VEHICLE STOP SHIFTING GEARS FIRST, UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR. SLIPPING CONSTANTLY AS IT STARTED MOTION. SECOND GEAR NOT WORKING AT ALL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND EMERGENCY LIGHT WENT ON. CAN ONLY OPERATE ON L1 GEAR. AT THE TIME WAS MOVING TO COSTA RICA. DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FIX IN US. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN COSTA RICA. MADE FLUSH AND REPAIRS BUT IT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. PARKED MOST OF THE TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,000.

VAN SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. NUMEROUS TIMES. HONDA REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL PORTION OF IGNITION SWITCH. THEY SUGGESTED WE PUT NEW WIRING HARNESS ALSO. SO WE DID AND PAID FOR BOTH REPAIRS. NOW IT HAS STARTED DOING IT AGAIN, THREE TIMES TODAY WHILE DRIVING. I FILED A COMPLAINT IN 2007 BECAUSE I SAW THE SWITCH PROBLEM ON THIS WEBSITE AND GOT NO RESPONSE. CASE ID# [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKEN. FIRST TIME WAS WHEN I GOT MY TRANSMISSION DONE AT ABOUT 100,000 MILES OF WHICH I NEVER GOT REIMBURSED FOR PER CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. SECOND TIME WAS A FEW YEARS BACK. NOW I'M TOLD THAT MY MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BROKEN AT ST. LUCIE BATTERY IN JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA. THESE MOTOR MOUNDS THAT HONDA IS PUTTING IN THEIR VANS DON'T HOLD THE ENGINE WELL WITHOUT BREAKING. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND TORQUE CONVERTER BAD? HAD THE TRANS REPLACED ONCE BEFORE? THIS PROBLEM GOT DANGEROUSLY WORSE WHEN THE IGNITION RECALLED SWITCH CASED EXCESSIVE STALLING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR AND THE DOOR OPENED PARTIALLY BEFORE BECOMING STUCK. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE DOOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000.

THE CAR SEEMS TO CONSUME MOTOR OIL AND I HAVE TO ADD MOTOR OILS AFTER CERTAIN MILES. I DID OIL LEVEL CHECK EVERY MONTH OR BI-MONTHLY AND I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT I WAS DRIVING THE VAN WITH VERY LOW OIL LOW LEVEL. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT COULD BE BECAUSE THE CAR IS OLD BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER MUCH OLDER CAR, OIL CONSUMPTION HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE. CHECK WITH THE DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS AND THEY ALL GAVE ME THE SAME EXPLANATIONS THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE MILEAGE OF THE CAR (GETTING OLD). AT THE TIME I STARTED TO REALIZE THE ISSUE, THE CAR HAD ONLY APPROXIMATELY 80K MILES... *TR