2002 Honda Odyssey Complaint Log

I PURCHASED MY NEW 2002 ODYSSEY EX IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2001 AND AS OF JULY 21 TH E CAR HAS 87,520 MILES. SOMETIME LAST WEEK, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO CAPITAL HONDA FOR REPAIR ON FRIDAY JULY 18, 2002. SERVICE ADVISOR, ANGELO PINILLOS CALLED ME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR HAS THE FAILURE CODE OF P0730, WHICH MEANS NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND PCM. HE TOLD ME THAT "HONDA DPSM OFFERED ONE TIME GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE CP 25% AH 75% AND CUSTOMER WOULD PAY $2979.25 VALID FOR 30 DAYS." I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1999 ODYSSEY AND HONDA SHOULD PAY FOR ENTIRE REPAIR. DEALER SAID I CAN TAKE THE CAR HOME AND SO I DID. I CALLED HONDA MOTOR (800-999-1009, CASE MANAGER'S EXT 118047) AND THEY HAVE OPENED A CASE FOR ME AND THE CASE STILL UNDER REVIEW. HE ASKED ME TO SEND HIM PROVE OF CHANGING THE TRANSMISSIONFLUID BUT I TOLD HIM THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND IT. HE SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT HONDA WOULD NOT ABLE TO HELP ME MUCH IF I DON'T HAVE THE MAINTENANCE RECORD. I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, THE RPM WENT UP FOR NO REASON AND THE CAR HAS NO POWER BUT IT WENT AWAY AFTER RELEASE THE GAS PADDLE. IT HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK AT FIRST AND THE FREQUENCY HAS BEEN UP TO LIKE 3 TIMES A WEEK AND THEN THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT ON. I DON'T REMEMBERED WHEN BUT THEIR RECORD SHOWS THAT MY CAR HAVE BEEN SERVICE ONE FOR THE TRANSMISSION RECALL BY OTHER DEALER WHICH I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OIL CHANGE ONCE OR TWICE. HONDA SHOULD PROVIDE FIX THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE TO IT CUSTOMER JUST LIKE THEY DID FOR ODYSSEY 1999-2001. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX # (MI 53,519) HAS FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY, TRANSMISSION IS FAILING TO ENGAGE. THE VAN THEN FUNCTIONS AS IF IN NEUTRAL GEAR. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT IS OCCURRING WHEN DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND HE INFORMED ME THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT HONDA WILL NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE IN THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. ADD TO THAT I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS PROBLEM AND HONDA'S RESPONSE IS NOT UNIQUE BUT IS SOMEWHAT COMMON. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY PURCHASED NEW. 2ND GEAR IS FAILING AT 90,000 MILES. WE COMPLAINED ABOUT 2ND GEAR PRIOR TO 2004 RECALL. TOOK CAR IN FOR RECALL 2004, OIL COOLER INSTALLED DESPITE OUR COMPLAINTS OF 2ND GEAR PROBLEM ALREADY OCCURRING. 2ND GEAR IMPROVED FOR A YEAR AND THEN STEADILY GOT WORSE. NOW HAVE TO REPLACE. HONDA PAYING FOR TRANS BUT NOT LABOR AFTER MUCH ARGUING. WE BELIEVE CAR WAS DANGEROUS BEFORE AND AFTER OIL COOLER INSTALLED WITH MANY SCARY OCCURRENCES...DEALER ALWAYS SAID IT WAS FINE BUT FINELY TOLD US TO REPLACE TRANS LAST WEEK. WOULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN CAR IF I HAD BEEN FULLY AWARE OF THE REAL DANGER. BELIEVE MANY ODYSSEY SARE BEING DRIVEN IN UNSAFE CONDITION WITHOUT OWNERS BEING FULLY AWARE OF DANGER AND HONDA NOT SHOWING CONCERN FOR THEIR CONSUMERS WHO HAVE MISPLACED THEIR TRUST IN THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY - TRANSMISSION DRIVE LIGHT BLINKS INTERMITTENTLY. RESETS UPON RESTARTING VEHICLE. VEHICLE HESITATES/BUCKS ON OCCASION AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. MILEAGE AT 102,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AS DIRECTED. HONDA RECALL ON TRANSMISSION PROBLEM INVOKED WITHIN SEVERAL MONTHS OF INITIAL RECALL NOTICE. I AM HEARING AND READING THAT ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD OF FAILURES, BEGINNING WITH THE RECALL NOTICE. IT'S A KNOWN AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *TR

MY HUSBAND, 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND MYSELF WERE DRIVING TO MAINE FROM NEW JERSEY AFTER PURCHASING OUR USED 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY JUST THE PREVIOUS MONTH AT 102000 MILES. ONLY AN HOUR INTO THE TRIP AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE TOLL PLAZA AND GETTING ONTO THE NY THRUWAY THE VAN HAD NO CONTROL. I PUSHED THE BRAKE AND THE VAN ACCELERATED, I PUSHED THE GAS AND THE VAN LURCHED TO A STOP AS IF SOMEONE PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND THERE WAS NO SHOULDER TO PULL OVER TO SINCE THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION. CARS, AND 18 WHEELERS WERE FLYING PAST ME AND I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. AFTER PUTTING MY HAZARDS ON AND DRIVING NO MORE THEN 5 MILES AN HOUR I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. AT THIS TIME ALL THE DASH LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF THE HOOD. WE GOT IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD US THE TRANSMISSION WAS FRIED AND THE DEALER THAT SOLD IT TO US HAD OVERFILLED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BY 3 QUARTS. THEY SAID WE WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. OUR WARRANTY SHIPPED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. NOW AFTER ONLY PUTTING AROUND 2000 MILES ON IT AND ONLY 2 MONTHS LATER WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. IT BUCKS WHEN IT SHIFTS, IT BRAKES WHEN I ACCELERATE AND THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES WHEN I SHIFT. I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I AM SCARED FOR OUR LIVES TO DRIVE IN THIS, AS MOST OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILIES LIVE 1 HOUR OR MORE SO THAT REQUIRES US TO DRIVE ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

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

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHICH LED TO FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION ON MINIVAN WITH 49,000 MILES. HONDA PAID TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND GAVE ANOTHER WARRANTY FOR 36,000. ON ABOUT 7/12/2008, TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN WITH ADDITIONAL 55,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TECHNICIANS DISCOVERED THAT TRANSMISSION WENT BAD AGAIN . HONDA ONLY COVERED 80% OF REPAIR COSTS. *TR

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

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST AT 37800 MILES THE SECOND AT 102,000 MILES OR 64,000 MILES ON SECOND TRANSMISSION. NOT OURS BUT SOME OF THESE TRANS. FAILURES LOCK UP VEHICLE SO THAT IT HAS TO BE DRUG ON TO THE TOW TRUCK, BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND CAUSING HAZARDS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE THIRD GEAR WAS CRACKED. THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THERE IS NO RECALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

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

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH ON INTERSTATE 65 NEAR MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA THERE WAS A SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY RESULTING IN THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKING UP AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDING TO A HALT. THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE. WE EXITED THE VEHICLE QUICKLY AND CALLED 911. A COUPLE OF SQUAD CARS RESPONDED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. WE COULD NOT DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION SO WERE UNABLE TO PUSH THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE PLACE. THERE WERE SOME CLOSE CALLS BUT NO ACCIDENTS FROM OTHER VEHICLES TRYING TO AVOID OUR STRANDED MINIVAN. EVENTUALLY GOT THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP IN MONTGOMERY (MCCONNELL) WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS INDEED LOCKED UP AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH BOTH DRIVE SHAFTS AND BOTH FRONT TIRES. WE CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS BECAUSE (IN OUR VIEW) THIS IS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. WAS INITIALLY TOLD NO BECAUSE OUR MILEAGE OF 100594 WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY AND OUR 2002 MODEL YEAR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED TRANSMISSION WARRANTY GIVE TO MODEL YEARS ENDING IN 2001. AFTER A WEEK OF HAGGLING AMERICAN HONDA DID NOT ADMIT TO THIS BEING A DEFECT BUT DID AGREE TO COVER 80% OF THE REPAIR COST THROUGH GOODWILL. OUR FINAL BILL WAS $1301.71 FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION, 2 NEW DRIVE SHAFTS AND 2 NEW TIRES. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 60,000 MILES. REQUIRED COMPLETE REBUILD AT COST OF $2,800.00. ACCORDING TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, HONDA IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS YET ISN'T RECALLING THEM. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD, SOME TRANSMISSIONS ARE LOCKING UP, WHICH MAKES THEM A UN-SAFE. A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A RECALL FROM HONDA ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BY ADDING A TRANSMISSION COOLER. I HAD THE CAR SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL AT THE TIME, BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE. *TR

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

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

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPPING AFTER THE "COOLING TUBE" RECALL WAS INSTALLED. THE VAN HAD ~62,000 WHEN THE 'COOLING TUBE' WAS INSTALLED. HONDA DEALER WANTS $3000 TO REPLACE. I HAVE SINCE DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HONDA IS IGNORING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FATALITIES. WHEN ACCELERATING TO GET ON A FREEWAY OR OTHERWISE, AND THEN YOU UNEXPECTEDLY LOSE POWER IT CAUSES OTHER BEHIND YOU TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION. WHY ISN'T THERE AN NHTSA.GOV "DEFECT INVESTIGATION" OPEN ON THIS? *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK VAN TO LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CODE WAS FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE, IT STARTED AT 90000 MILES AND HAS BECOME WORST, DEALER WANTS $ 4600 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, AND EVERYBODY I'VE MET WITH A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.THE VAN JUST SETS NOW, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS TO MUCH TO DRIVE,HONDA KNOWS THESE VANS HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND IM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VAN. ONE THING I NOTICED WAS DURING THE COLD MONTHS THE TRANSMISSION RARELY SLIPPED, BUT WHEN IT'S WARM OR HOT OUTSIDE THEN IT SLIPS, AND IF YOU DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT THE BATTERY THE CHECK ENGINE WILL GO OUT FOR A WHILE, AND IF THE DRIVE LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH, YOU CAN SHUT ENGINE OFF WHILE MOVING OR SITTING STILL AND THE DRIVE LIGHT STOPS FLASHING, AND IT WILL DRIVE A LITTLE BETTER FOR A LITTLE WHILE, ALSO IF YOUR DRIVING AND IT WON'T SHIFT, I HAVE TO COAST AND LET THE RPM DROP DOWN AND EASE ON THE GAS AND IT WILL CLUNK AND SHIFT HARD INTO GEAR. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS TO DRIVE MY FAMILY OR ME SAFELY ON THE HIGHWAY. I'LL NEVER BUY A HONDA AGAIN!!!!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A HALT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE TRANSMISSION, DRIVESHAFT, AND FRONT TIRES ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105,000.

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

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE AND TCS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT UNLESS THE CONTACT NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN THE GEAR SHIFTER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE TO BE IMMEDIATELY REPAIRED. THE TECHNICIAN FURTHER STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION), THE CONTACT MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. HONDA STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY COVER FIFTY PERCENT OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,600.

OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY BEGAN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING" WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEARS ON OUR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT IS MUCH WORSE IF YOU TRY TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE TO PASS SOMEONE OR TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM AN ON RAMP. IN THIS INSTANCE IT OCCURS EVERY TIME, OFTEN JERKING AND FORCEFULLY IN A WHIPLASH LIKE MOTION AS THE VAN DOWNSHIFTS. AS THE VAN SLOWS WHILE ACCELERATING I'M CONCERNED MY FAMILY WILL BE STRUCK FROM BEHIND. RESEARCH SEEMS TO SHOW THAT HONDA HAS KNOWN OF A DESIGN FLAW WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. SOMEONE GOT TO DO SOMETHING HERE QUICK TO HELP ALL THE CAR OWNER *TR

LTR FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT, REGARDING HIS COMPLAINT FILED WITH NHTSA RE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *NJ THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL YEAR. *JB

TOOK CAR IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE HIGH RPM WHEN AUTOMATIC MINI VAN WAS TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS. CONTINUED MAINTENANCE AND THE PROBLEMS WHICH THEY CLAIMED WERE NOTHING. NOW MY TRANSMISSION AT 65,000 NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. A RECALL FIX THAT WAS MADE THEY TOLD ME WOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THEY WANT TO CHARGE FULL PRICE ON MY TRANSMISSION THAT I BROUGHT TO THEM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WARRANTY WAS UP TO GET FIXED AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. NOW, NO WARRANTY AND THEY WANT TO REPAIR IT. *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

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. WHILE DRIVING ON A STATE HIGHWAY, I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE VAN DECREASED IN SPEED BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER IN GEAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO THE SECOND GEAR. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A CLEAR, SUNNY DAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO MOVE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE LIGHTS LOCATED ON THE GEARS BEGAN BLINKING. HE HAD TO PRESS EXTREMELY HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE SINCE IT WAS ABLE TO BE MOVED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE FAILURE IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE ANOTHER VEHICLE COULD HAVE CRASHED INTO HIS VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 48,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND WOULD NOT CATCH THE GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC. IT SLIPPED INTO GEAR ONCE THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH NEW MOTOR MOUNTS AND A NEW CONTROLLER. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $4,900. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,400.

I HAVE AN EARLY 2002 ODYSSEY AND MY TRANSMISSION JUST EXPERIENCED THE SAME 2ND TO 3RD GEAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AS THOSE RECALLED FOR THE EARLIER 1999-2001 MODELS THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED AND READ ABOUT. I HAD THE LAST RECALL FIXED A FEW YEARS AGO FOR MY MODEL AND THEY TOLD US THAT THIS WILL ELIMINATE ANY AND ALL FUTURE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WELL, IT DIDN'T AND I AM LEFT WITH 2 QUOTES FROM 2 DIFFERENCE SHOPS COSTING BETWEEN $4,000-$5,000. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 3 DAYS...JUST SITTING, WHILE I CRY AND THINK ABOUT WHAT I AM GOING TO DO WITH TRYING TO GET 3 SMALL CHILDREN AROUND AND COMMUTE TO A FULL TIME JOB. I WANT TO FILE SOME LAWSUIT TO HAVE HONDA PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN...THIS IS NOT FAIR SINCE IT IS A HONDA ISSUE! THEY WON'T COVER IT AND THEY SHOULD. I HAVE DONE MUCH RESEARCH AND ITS SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS I AM. I CAN'T AFFORD THE REPAIRS AND JUST PAID OFF HONDA $24,000+ FOR THIS VAN. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY STARTED FEELING LIKE IT WAS DROPPING INTO NEUTRAL AND THE CAR JUST STOPS, MY WIFE (WITH 3 KIDS IN THE CAR) HAD SWERVE OFF THE ROAD. ONCE SHE SLOWS DOWN IT RE-ENGAGES AND RUNS FINE. THIS STARTED HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY, SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AT 80K MILES FOR $4700. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER CASES WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE. HONDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM WITH THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THOSE TO 100,000. THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY STILL AN ISSUE IN THE 2002, THEY HAVE TO TRIED TO TELL ME THAT MY CAR WAS NOT AFFECTED. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HAS. THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THIS WITH THE 2002. PLEASE HELP KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE! THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE. THANKS, RONNIE *TR

2002 ODYSSEY VAN, AUTO TRANSMISSION FLUID TURNS BLACK IN LESS THAN RECOMMENDED MILES. TRANSMISSION IS NOISIER AND REQUIRES MORE FREQUENT TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE THAN RECOMMENDED BY HONDA. HONDA DEALER SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS GOOD, BUT FIND IT STRANGE THAT THE FLUID BECOMES BLACK SO QUICKLY. HONDA SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS FINE AND FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY, WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN JAN 2002. RECENTLY, WHEN ACCELERATING, THE TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES DOES NOT FIND A GEAR, BUT BEGINS TO SHIFT, DOES NOT GO TO THE NEXT GEAR, BUT LOSES SPEED AND POWER. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO, BUT IT DID NOT REOCCUR FOR AWHILE, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS FLUKE. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, IT OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY AND I TOOK IT INTO THE HONDA DEALER IN MY LOCAL AREA, KEN DIXON HONDA OF WALDORF, MD. THEY RECENTLY INSPECTED, TEST DROVE IT AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHOW ANY ERROR CODES WITH COMPUTER ANALYSIS. THEY DID SAY I SHOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, VARIOUS SMALL PARTS AND A CENTRAL CONTROL COMPUTER TO ENSURE THE CAR WOULD SHIFT IN TRAFFIC. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS WITHOUT WARNING. HONDA NEVER INFORMED ME OF A SERVICE PROBLEM OR WHAT TO LOOK FOR AS AN INDICATION OF OCCURRENCE. WHEN THE DEALER CHECKED IT, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF SERVICE PROBLEMS. THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT WITHOUT WARNING HAS PLACED ME AND MY FAMILY IN DANGER AS WE LIVE IN THE WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREA AND TRAFFIC IS FAST, HEAVY AND CONGESTED. IF HONDA KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM, I WAS NEVER WARNED OF IT. I MAINTAIN THIS VEHICLE WITH ALL REQUIRED SERVICE WORK, ENSURED IT WAS RETURNED FOR ALL RECALLS, AND HAVE DONE MY PART IN ENSURING MY FAMILIES SAFETY. I THEN RESEARCHED THIS SYMPTOM AND FOUND HONDA HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS IN ODYSSEY VANS BEGINNING IN 2001 AND CONTINUING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THEY DID NOT NOTIFY ME OF ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN I FIGURED OUT IT WAS A PROBLEM AND NOT A FLUKE, I HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY THE DEALER. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT DO NOT NOTIFY CUSTOMERS TO BE AWARE OF A PREDICTABLE CONDITION THEY KNOW ABOUT PLACED MY FAMILY IN DANGER. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT HONDA HAS DESIGN PROBLEMS. DESPITE THEIR ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY INSTALLING A FUEL PUMP TO LUBRICATE THE GEARS, THE TRANSMISSION (TORQUE CONVERTER) HAD A MASSIVE FAILURE. INITIALLY, HONDA AGREED TO PAY FOR 50% OF THE REPAIRS BUT RETRACTED THE OFFER AFTER WE VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT VARYING VERBAL REPAIR ESTIMATES PROVIDED BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IN WRITING EVEN AFTER ASKED TO. WE REQUESTED HONDA TO PAY FOR THE PART AND WE WOULD PAY FOR THE LABOR. HONDA'S POSITION WAS THAT THEY WOULD RATHER 1) RETRACT THE OFFER AND 2) NOT HELP WITH DEALERS PRICING OR BUSINESS PRACTICE BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP WAS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED. LISA PRAK, A REGIONAL MANAGER WITH HONDA SUGGESTED WE COULD CALL BBB AND FILE OUR COMPLAINT. HER SUPERVISOR SUGGESTED WE CONTACT THE NHTSA BUT THEY WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE REPAIRS. *TR

OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY BEGAN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING" WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEARS ON OUR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT IS MUCH WORSE IF YOU TRY TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE TO PASS SOMEONE OR TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM AN ON RAMP. IN THIS INSTANCE IT OCCURS EVERY TIME, OFTEN JERKING AND FORCEFULLY THROWING ONE'S HEAD AND NECK BACKWARDS IN A WHIPLASH LIKE MOTION AS THE VAN DOWNSHIFTS. SINCE THIS IS THE PRIMARY CAR FOR MY WIFE AND CHILD IT GREATLY CONCERNS ME. AS THE VAN SLOWS WHILE ACCELERATING I'M CONCERNED THEY WILL BE STRUCK FROM BEHIND. RESEARCH SEEMS TO SHOW THAT HONDA HAS KNOWN OF A DESIGN FLAW WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. AT LEAST NOT THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND. THE LOCAL DEALER HAS ONLY OFFERED A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION COSTING BE 3000 DOLLARS WITH THEM ONLY PAYING 300 DOLLARS. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED 2ND TO 3RD GEAR IN TRAFFIC JAM WITH MY CHILDREN AND WIFE ON INTERSTATE 95 WASHINGTON DC ONLY 53500 MILES ON MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY MINI VAN. *TR

PURCHASED A 02 ODYSSEY ON 5/06 TWO YEARS LATER TRANSMISSION FAILS WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD PROBLEMS STARTED ABOUT ONE MONTH EARLIER BUT THEN JUST STOPPED ALTOGETHER TOWED IT TO NALLEY HONDA IN UNION CITY GA TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE 4,500 TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT HONDA KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS WITH ON 78,000 MILE IT SHOULD NOT FAIL THAT THERE ARE 100'S IF NOT THOUSAND OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE 99-03 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION THAT THEY'RE LUCKY I DID NOT GET INTO A CRASH, THEY SAID THE WOULD TALK TO THE REGIONAL MANAGER TO SEE IF THEY CAN ASSIST, STILL WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE ALSO FILED COMPLAINT WITH HONDA USA CASE IS BEING REVIEWED BY THEM AS WELL TO SEE IF THEY WILL HELP THERE SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAIN HONDA KNOWING THERE IS A DEFECTIVE DEVICE IN THEIR CARS I'M SURPRISED HOW THEY JUST LET PEOPLE DRIVE KNOWING THAT THEY CAN LOSE POWER AT ANY TIME CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH WILL BE BUYING A TOYOTA AS SOON AS THIS MATTER IS RESOLVED YOU WOULD THIN NHSA WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING BY NOW!!! *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON VACATION IN THE MOUNTAINS @105,200 MILES, JUST PASSED EXTENDED WARRANTY. LOST MONEY ON CABIN THAT WE COULD NEVER GET TO. FAILED WHILE MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE, WOULDN'T SHIFT. HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH HONDA PAYING GOODWILL, AND WE PAID $2146.00. *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

I HAD THE OIL JET KIT REPLACEMENT FOR ISSUE 04V176000 DONE PREVIOUSLY. HOWEVER, AT ABOUT 63,500 MILES, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY OFFERED THAT HONDA WOULD PAY HALF AS A "GOODWILL" GESTURE, I THINK THAT THIS FAILURE WAS PREMATURE AND PREVENTABLE. FROM PAST EXPERIENCE WITH HONDA VEHICLES, I EXPECTED AT LEAST 100,000 MILES WITHOUT SUCH A MAJOR PROBLEM. I SUSPECT THAT THE COURSE OF ACTION TO RESOLVE ISSUE 04V176000, NAMELY INSPECT THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACE IF DAMAGE WAS FOUND, ALLOWED TOO MUCH LEEWAY FOR HONDA TO MERELY INSTALL THE OIL JET KIT AND HOPE THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD EXPIRE BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. ALTHOUGH HAVING HONDA PAY HALF WAS BETTER THAN PAYING NOTHING, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAD TO PAY ANYTHING FOR SOMETHING THAT, FROM ALL RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE, APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT THAT WAS KNOWN BY HONDA. *TR

THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON OUR VAN FAILED CAUSING THE DOOR TO WHIP OPEN WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH OUR CHILDREN IN THE SEATS NEXT TO THE SUDDENLY OPEN DOOR (OUR DOG WAS ALSO IN THE VEHICLE AND COULD HAVE STEPPED OUT ONTO THE ROAD AT 65MPG)! WE HAD ZERO WARNING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM OR THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. PULLING INTO A SERVICE STATION THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM NOR COULD HONDA OR ITS DEALERS VIA PHONE. WE WERE FORCED TO DRIVE HOME WITH THE DOOR TAPED FROM THE OUTSIDE AND TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS SO THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN ON THE HIGHWAY ONCE AGAIN. WHAT REALLY MAKES THE SITUATION DIFFICULT IS FINDING OUT VIA THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FIXES POSTED ON NUMEROUS PAGES. WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL WHEN SOMETHING THIS DANGEROUS COULD HAPPEN AND IS THIS COMMON IS WHY I AM WRITING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE 35 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP!!! THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO TAKE THE VAN ON THE HIGHWAY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DAY OR MONTH WE PURCHASED THE VAN BUT WE DID PURCHASE THE VEHICLE NEW. THE INTERNET FIX DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM BUT WE DID TRY AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WORKED FOR OTHERS. WE DID NOT USE AAA TO TOW THE VEHICLE SINCE WE WERE AT A SERVICE STATION AND THEY CALLED AROUND FOR US TO TRY AND GET A SOLUTION. A MINOR PROBLEM IS UNDERSTANDABLE BUT WHEN A DOOR SUDDENLY OPENS AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR AT THE VERY LEAST AN INVESTIGATION. PLEASE RESPOND SO WE KNOW SOMETHING IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE AND BEFORE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. IF OUR DOG FELL OUT ONTO A BUSY INTERSTATE I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE CHAOS THAT WOULD ENSUE MUCH LESS THE HEARTACHE OF THE CHILDREN (THANK GOD FOR CHILDSEATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!) *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PHYSICALLY SHIFT THE GEARS IN THE VEHICLE. SHE ALSO HEARS A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHENEVER SHE SHIFTS GEARS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE RPM'S DRAMATICALLY INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY COVER FIFTY PERCENT OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

I BOUGHT THE VAN IN JAN 2007 WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS 46000 MILES. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED TWICE SINCE. I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH MY VAN NOT GOING INTO 3RD GEAR IN JAN 08. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT THEIR SERVICE REPS COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THEY ASKED ME TO COME BACK WHEN IT BECAME WORSE. ON APRIL 1ST, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER RUNNING DIAGNOSTICS, THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID THEY CALLED HONDA ON MY BEHALF AND THAT HONDA OFFERED TO PAY 50% OF THE COSTS. I CALLED HONDA AND OPENED A CASE FILE. THE CASE MANAGER SAID HE'LL GET BACK TO ME IN 2 DAYS BUT CALLED ME AFTER A WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME, I ASKED THE DEALER TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON MY HONDA ODYSSEY BEGAN TO SLIP AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES. TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICING AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT TELL WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SENT US BACK OUT ON THE ROAD AFTER THEY TOLD US THE WARRANTY ON THE DRIVE TRAIN HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO 100,000 MILES. WENT BACK IN AT 60,000 MILES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, ENGINE REVVING BETWEEN GEARS, LOSING POWER ETC. TOLD US A VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ALSO TOLD US THE WARRANTY HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED ON THE 2002 BUT ONLY ON THE 1999-2001'S. AT 70,000 MILES THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE AND ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT STARTED POPPING ON. TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER CALLING HONDA USA THEY AGREED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PARTS IF WE PAID $1000+ FOR LABOR. I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2002 MODEL AND THAT THE NHTSA HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THE 2002 TRANSMISSION. YET HONDA DID NOT INFORM ME OF THIS THE TWO TIMES I CAME IN AND TOLD THEM I WAS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. BOTH TIMES THEY SENT ME AND MY FAMILY BACK OUT ON THE ROAD IN A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *TR

HARD SHIFTING / SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY FREQUENTLY GETS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR WHILE CHANGING TO 3RD GEAR, OCCASIONALLY SHIFTS INTO A NEUTRAL STATE, AND RANDOMLY SHIFTS BACK INTO 2ND GEAR. TWO DEALERS AND AMERICAN HONDA HAVE ALL REFUSED TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED AS A RECALLED MECHANICAL FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY'S. THE DEALERS WANT TO CHARGE APPROXIMATELY $5K TO REPAIR IT WITH A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND BOTH DEALERS AND AMERICAN HONDA SHOULD ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS APPARENT DEFECT. THEY CLAIM THAT THE "OIL JET KIT" WAS TO PREVENT THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPEN, BUT AS A RESULT THAT MEASURE OF PREVENTABLE MAINTENANCE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. I WOULD LIKE MY VEHICLE REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT NO CHARGE. *TR

I HAVE HONDA ODYSSEY 2002 WITH MILEAGE ABOUT 86,000. WHEN I DIVE ON THE ROAD, THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING INTO NEUTRAL AS I'M DRIVING. I FEEL VERY DANGEROUS ON THIS CASE. *TR

THE 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY FAILED AT 77,000 MILES (SPECIFIC FAILURE IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER). SYMPTOM WAS GEAR SLIPPAGE AT SLOW SPEED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN 15 APR 2004 SAFETY RECALL FOR SECOND GEAR INSPECTION (HONDA TSB 04-021 DATED 29 OCT 2004); DEALERSHIP ED NAPLETON HONDA OF ST PETERS, MO CLAIMS TO HAVE PERFORMED WORK IN OCT 2004, THOUGH NOTHING WAS REPLACED. I OPENED A CASE WITH HONDA, N012008-03-1900809. MY VEHICLE WAS APPARENTLY NOT COVERED UNDER THE CLASS ACTION WARRANTY EXTENSION. NUMEROUS HONDA ODYSSEY OWNERS, MODEL YEARS 1998-2004, REPORT PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AS IS MY CASE. I'M REQUESTING THIS ISSUE BE INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA TO ENCOURAGE HONDA TO TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION ON BEHALF OF ODYSSEY OWNERS AFFECTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WAS NO RECALL AVAILABLE FOR THE 2002 MODEL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89,387.

VEHICLE CREATES VIBRATION AS IF TRAVELING OVER WASHBOARD SURFACE ON OTHERWISE SMOOTH ROADWAY WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW GRADUAL SPEEDS. VIBRATION DISAPPEARS AFTER ACCELERATING THROUGH HARMONICS OR DECELERATING. ENGINE MOUNTS (3) WORN OUT PREMATURELY. SUSPECT POOR DESIGN. EXCESSIVE ENGINE MOVEMENT CAUSED THE FRONT PASSENGER ENGINE MOUNT MOUNTING BOLT (2 X M10 X 40MM) TO SHEAR & SECOND BOLT WAS STRETCHED AND YIELDED SUCH THAT THE WASHER FACE OF THE BOLT WAS RAISED 1/4" FROM THE MOUNTING SURFACE RENDERING THE TOP MOUNT USELESS. THE REAR MOUNT SEEMS TO BE THE MAJOR CULPRIT. IT IS HARDEST TO SEE VISUALLY & APPEARS THE 1ST TO FAIL CAUSING EXCESSIVE STRAIN & FAILURE ON 2 REMAINING MOUNTS. POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERN. REFERENCE COMPLAINT NO. 10425453. *TR

MY A/C WENT OUT IN MY 2002 ODYSSEY. I AM BEING TOLD A ROCK OR OTHER DEBRIS HIT THE CONDENSER, THE FREON LEAKED OUT, AND THEN THE COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP. THE WHOLE SYSTEM HAS TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $2000. AN INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS DUE TO THE GRILL THAT PROTECTS THE CONDENSER NOT DOING THE JOB. I SEE THIS AS A CLEAR DESIGN FLAW. ESPECIALLY WHEN MY RESEARCH REVEALED AN AFTERMARKET GRILL (NOT DESIGNED BY HONDA) HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND IS BEING SOLD. HONDA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ISSUE A RECALL AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR