2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Complaints

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH ABOUT 50K MILES NEEDS TRANSMISSION REPLACED. BASED ON MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB AND A RECENT CONSUMER REPORTS ISSUE I BELIEVE THIS MODEL YEAR VAN NEEDS TO EITHER HAVE THE WARRANTY EXTENDED FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR A RECALL ISSUED TO PROVIDE NEW TRANSMISSIONS. I KNOW THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR MODELS UP TO 2001 BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER HAS AGREED TO PAY HALF THE COST I'M STILL NOT SATISFIED BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT AGAIN. THERE ARE COUNTLESS ACCOUNTS ON THE WEB OF OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD MORE THEN ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN THE SAME VAN. THIS IS ALSO A BIG SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE VAN SOMETIMES DOESN'T SHIFT GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. SOMEBODY CAN EASILY BANG YOU FROM BEHIND. *TR

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, VAN STALLS, HESITATES DURING SLOW AND FAST SPEEDS. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN WITH 95K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BASED ON MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB AND A RECENT CONSUMER REPORTS ISSUE I BELIEVE THIS MODEL YEAR VAN NEEDS TO EITHER HAVE THE WARRANTY EXTENDED FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR A RECALL ISSUED TO PROVIDE NEW TRANSMISSIONS. I KNOW THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR MODELS UP TO 2001 BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER HAS AGREED TO PAY HALF THE COST I'M STILL NOT SATISFIED BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT AGAIN. I PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THEIR ODYSSEY AND THERE ARE MANY ACCOUNTS ON THE WEB OF OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD MORE THEN ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN THE SAME VAN. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WHILE ON A HILL, STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SO WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE PLACE. VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED. APPEARED TO WORK WHEN TOW TRUCK ARRIVED ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER, BUT HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER SO AS NOT TO HAVE A PROBLEM ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST USING A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS ABOUT $3000. MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. DEALER SAID THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR. *TR

106,000 TRANSMISSION SLIPPING BETWEEN 20-30 MPH (2-3 GEAR) HONDA SUGGESTED REPLACING MOTOR MOUNTS ($700) MAY 08. VAN STILL DID NOT PERFORM PROPERLY HARD SHIFTING STILL SLIPPING. JULY 08 VAN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS TSC AND FLASHING "D". WOULD NOT ENGAGE HAD TO PULL OVER AND DISENGAGE GEARS . HONDA DEALER SAID THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS 4100 CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND RECEIVED THE"GOOD WILL" ADJUSTMENT OF 30%. RIDICULOUS THAT THE TIMING BELT OUT LAST THE TRANSMISSION! *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH HONDA ODYSSEY. WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP SPEED (TO 30+ MILES PER HOUR) THE CAR IS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. IT LOCKS AND IS UNABLE TO MOVE UNTIL CAR IS PULLED OVER AND PUT INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE. RPMS SHOOT UP DURING THIS TIME AND ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON. CONSEQUENCES WERE TWO NEAR ACCIDENTS. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. IN 2004 I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO GET THE RECALL "TAKEN CARE OF". THE SUPPOSED "FIX" - I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISCOLORATION AT THE TIME IN MY TRANSMISSION - WAS DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP. SINCE THEN, I'D GET THE OCCASIONAL SHIFT IN GEAR FEELING WHILE DRIVING. AS IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE IN A WHILE, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A COMMON THING. RECENTLY, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IT STARTED "SHIFTING" CONSISTENTLY AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY STALL AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE MODE (I WOULD HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN). SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO THEN DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THE ODYSSEY WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEFECT. WHEN I CONTACTED THEM, THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE I HAD ALREADY TAKEN IT IN FOR THE RECALL THAT THEY COULDN'T HELP ME. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC AND SINCE WE WERE PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD PROBABLY MAKE US TAKE CARE OF IT. AS MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES EVEN AFTER THE RECALL WAS "FIXED", I THINK THERE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM. WHY IS HONDA ALLOWED TO SELL THESE VEHICLES KNOWING THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION? AS OF RIGHT NOW WE ARE PLAYING THE "WAITING" GAME WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A STANDSTILL. WHO HAS $4,000 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A PROBLEM? NOT ME. *TR

AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VEHICLE WHICH HAD RECALL BACK IN APRIL 15TH, 2004. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. INITIALLY, TRANSMISSION FUEL WAS DIRTY, MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGE WHICH WAS CHANGED AT HONDA DEALER ABOUT 10-12 DAYS PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GEARS ON THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP. THE VEHICLE BECOMES STUCK IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR, AND WHEN ACCELERATING, IT GOES FROM THE FOURTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD, BRAKES, AND THEN LUNGES FORWARD AGAIN. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION); HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR HIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000. UPDATED 07/29/08 *BF UPDATED 07/29/08. *JB

POWER TRAIN FAILURE. CARS TRANSMISSION STARTED HARD SHIFTING APPROX. 6 MONTHS AGO. TAKEN TO DEALER WHO SAID THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND REPLACED THE MOUNTS. CAR CONTINUED TO HARD SHIFT ESPECIALLY ON HARD ACCELERATION AND TYPICALLY WHEN ADVANCING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. TOOK CAR BACK AND MECHANIC REPORTED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. APPROX. COST $3500. ALSO STATED THAT SINCE WE DIDN'T PERFORM 60,000 MILE SERVICE, THAT IT WAS OUR FAULT. *TR