Honda Odyssey

"Alternator failed; didnt charge battery"

"Alternator started to make an whining noise. Had to be replaced. This is a common issue for older cars."

"There was an engile oil leak from the Front VTEC Solenoid whick leaked onto the alternator which caused it to fail. The oil leak was repaired and alternator was replaced."

"Alternator failed, stranding us."

"diodes failed had to be replaced"

"The alternator simply stop working while we were at the mall shopping. This resulted in us having AAA tow truck tow us 1 mile to the Honda dealership. Since it was after 9pm, we dropped the car off, my wife came and picked us up and the next day we spent $770 for a new alternator."

"Alternator went out"

"Dealer claimed alternator ruined battery. New alternator and battery did not fix issue"

"Engine lost power on interstate and had to be towed to dealership for alternator to be replaced"

"a defective alterntor drained the battery on 2 separate instances, thus disabling the van from starting"

"Replaced battery because of age"

"Battery failed with one bad cell"

"Battery had a bad cell required replacement"

"a relatively brand new battery was drained by a defective alternator (a 2-hour repair)"

"Battery cable connection completely eroded and fell off"

"Each plug has its own coil. One failed, so it ran on 5 cylinders - very badly - very little power."

"A/C quit, condensor replaced and system recharged."

"I have had the van to the shop several times to replace different coils. Engine light is flashing again today and likely needs another coil and spark plug replaced. Being in a rural area, it is difficult to find a shop close that repairs Honda vehicles."

"The ignition switch would not turn . U could not start the car. This left u stranded"

"VCM (Variable Cylinder Management) caused the spark plugs to be fouled and cause misfires. The car went into limp home mode. This was at 90k miles"

"VCM causing spark plugs to foul every several months. Needed to disable VCM with aftermarket device,"

"Check engine light came on. Mechanic told us one of the cylinders wasn't firing. They replaced the cylinder ignition coil and spark plugs."

"Cylinder #1 was releasing too much oil into the chamber & fouled the spark plug resulting in engine misfires"

"constant missing or backfiring. Covered under TSB as recurring problem. Replaced 3 spark plugs. Had to pull engine apart and was in the shop 4 days"

"Variable Cylinder Management / Piston ring alignment caused fouling - covered by recall/extended warranty. Did Timing Belt at the same time to minimize downstream expense"

"My Honda does seem to need brake replacement more often than my husband's Lexus. This is the 3rd of 4th time we have had them replaced over the 11 years we have owned it. Seems reasonable."

"started to pulse a little when going to stop. didn't want a bigger problem so i took it to honda for them to fix"

"Replaced front pads"

"The brakes only cost $168 but all the labor and other items needed to service the job added on at least another $200. (at my trusted dealer)"

"Recurrent noise at low speeds in the right read wheel, which houses the parking brake"

"Parking brake froze when set, replacement/repairs did not completely solve the issue. Avoiding parking brake use until complete replacement in the future"

"the problems with the brakes started after a year or two of driving, not in the last 12 months. Replacing brakes, routers with quality products took care of all issues"

"We have constantly had brake work done on this vehicle, year in, year out. Pulsating seems to happen every year or less, have replaced pads, rotors, calipers number of times and don't usually drive the vehicle hard. Often told "sand" or "dirt" or "a stone" gets in there and ruins it, needs to be replaced."

"Factory original brake rotors warped and caused vibration. Had these replaced last year with HD rotors and these are now causing excessive vibration. We neither tow nor ride the brakes. I believe its a design issue"

"Front rotor n brakes do not stand up to soccer mom type of driving. Rotors develop high spots and vibrate when stopping from high speeds. Also excessive brake dust build up on front wheels"

"Usually once every 8 to 12 months I have to have the brake pads and rotors repaired on my car, resulting in a 200-800 repair depending on the situation"

"The front brakes end up needing to have the rotors refinished way more frequently than other vehicles we have had. Not fixing it leaves a wobble in the steering wheel when braking. We have had to replace the rotors and brakes on the front several times more than expected."

"under heavy braking the brakes pulse and shimmy"

"Premature wear out of rear rotors"

"Paid $3600 for complete new set of rotors and brake overhaul. Outrageous dealer charges."

"Brakes wear quickly an rotors pulse. Brakes not adequate for size of vehicle. Same issue as my previous odyssey. Engine light on twice, plugs fouled and piston rings replaced on a recall. Alternator failed and stranded us in nowhere land and had to be replaced"

"Rotors are uneven causing brakes to pulsate"

"Rotors warped causing vibration in the steering wheel. Had to be replaced with better quality"

"Braking at highway speeds produced pulsation/vibrations in brake pedal requiring that rotors be rounded"

"Many times when I have to have repairs to my brake system it includes replacement of rotors"

"Rotors warped"

"Our Odyssey is 5 years old, and I was surprised with the amount of rust on our braking system. We had to replace the brakes this year"

"Brakes squeak when backing up"

"Seal on the driver's side tail light assembly failed, and it filled with water. The assembly had to be replaced."

"Sun roof leaked and caused shortage of windows and some doors"

"Nitrogen in tires not effective, Must add nitrogen at fall temperature change every year"

"Air/wind leak around driver door causes annoying whistle noise. Tail gate leaks water during heavy rain. Also, moisture/water gets into rear turn light/brake light assembly."

"Roof leaked water onto the driver seat belt from under the roof rack mounting strip attached to the roof."

"Seals around window not solid, creating a wind whistling."

"Tail light lens collects water during rain and or washing. When rear tail gate opens, the water leaks out and if you are standing under it you get drenched."

"Doors rattle, squeak, and wind noise. Dealer unable and unwilling to fix"

"It seems to be coming from the front tires when we accelerate or turn."

"Second row right door rattles. First it was the retractable screen, but now it seems like the door itself may not be properly seating. We plan to have it checked by our repair shop when (if?) the current pandemic situation eases. It took us a while to home in on exactly what the problem is."

"Doors rattle, squeak, and have wind noise. Dealer unable to fix.."

"Doors don't seal properly. Dealership unable and unwilling to fix problem"

"Rear sliding doors rattle. Dealership "lubricates" weatherstripping. At best, a short-term solution. At worst, rattling persists even immediately after dealership lubricates"

"Seems to be coming from the suspensions system"

"I think because of its age, the gaskets just don't seal very well. Tire noise is a problem also"

"when certain windows are opened there's a loud wind noise or vibration forcing you to close the windows. Actually hurts the ears"

"This new vehicle was unusually noisy. The noise was a combination of wind noise, engine noise, and road noise"

"Easily the biggest disappointment we have had with this vehicle is that there is a lot of wind noise at highway speeds. It is probably most noticed at the sunroof, but also an issue with the doors - especially the sliding doors (both sides)."

"The car is starting to show its age and it's getting louder. But it also has over 150k hard miles on it. Best car we've ever owned."

"cowling at bottom of windshield warps"

"wind noise around doors lifters have a slight tick to them"

"It just seems a bit noisy in the wind."

"needed new belt for automatic sliding doors. now, i've replaced on both doors."

"Sometimes the sliding doors do not want to open or close completely in the cold weather."

"The doors would pull on the rubber lining when opening them, which would in turn cause them to jam and not open as easily."

"roller assembly cracked, replaced"

"Inner door panel came loose, repeatedly, even after dealer repair"

"Bearings wore out on both passenger sliding doors and unable to close them"

"We have manual sliding doors. They do not open properly from the outside since we have the van. We have been to the dealer multiple times and not gotten satisfaction"

"Sliding door on drivers side is starting to stick when opening"

"Doors sensors have failed twice causing doors to refuse to close. MAnual override was needed. Parts replaced twice under warranty but not without great hassle"

"side sliding oor would not close, dangerous on highway"

"One of the sliding doors has always been sticky. never opens in winter, also sticks in summer"

"App. every 18 months both sliding doors require replacement parts and bushings to allow proper functioning of the doors. This usually costs $600 or so and is quite annoying in that Honda is unable to provide long lasting functioning of their doors"

"The door would not stay latched. Would open when driving"

"slide door could no not be closed or opened, because a roller wore out and the slide door on other side is making cranking noise, presumably because of the wore out roller"

"For a few years, this vehicle has an issue with the manual sliding doors after washing the vehicle in freezing temperatures. After washing, the door will not latch closed. It bounces when trying to close it. The only solution is to blow warm air into the door latch area, to thaw it out."

"sliding door latch was not snug so it would loosen enough to set off warning light that a door was open."

"The latch on the hatch wound stick and the hatch not close and lock."

"support pistons on back hatch were recalled and replaced"

"the tailgate lockinh mechanizem seized and could not open."

"Had to replace left rear turn light module because of faulty gasket which allowed water into case and no replacement gasket available had to buy whole assembly"

"I had a trailer towing package and it was difficult to find the fuse that blew."

"Rear left tail light housing fills with water when haevy rain or car wash. Defective sealing but no part to repair bad seal, had to replace the whole assembly."

"Finding the fuse for the trailer lights was difficult because they don't show it well in their manual. I had ordered the trailer towing package."

"The clear plastic lens for the headlights deteriorated to a milky white which significantly reduced the effectiveness of the lights. It was so bad that it required replacement at a significant cost"

"No electronic problems but have buffed out headlight covers 2x and they need it again. Hope newer models have a better material."

"Battery kept discharging, Had checked at local garage,. They replaced the battery. Than that went dead Finally took it to a electrical specialist Found a defective rear interior light switch caused problem"

"had a bad hood latch sensor which caused the remote entry not to audibly indicated doors were locked. The hood latch sensor was not detected by dealer originally until they contacted Honda technical service support. This hood latch keep trying to complete circuit and ran battery down repeatedly until correct diagnosis and replacement was made"

"failure to chirp indicating doors were locked. Ran battery down twice and dealer unable to find root cause until call to Honda corporate tech services for dealer to resolve. Problem was a shorted hood closed relay that is part of door lock sequence was staying open and draining battery only after door lock signal from keyfob. Dealer unable to duplicte because they left doors open when trying to diagnose. Delaer finally was embarrassed by this and did repairs for no service charge"

"Driver's side door lock stopped operating with the remote, although it worked when operated via the key."

"Button on key causes the lights to flash, but the door(s) don't unlock. I'm assuming it be pretty spendy to fix, so we're living with it."

"The electric locks make a whining noise when being locked or unlocked."

"TPSM keeps lighting up (especially when cold) even though the tire pressure is not low. No can seem to fix it. I wouldn't care except for the fact that when the TPMS is lit you can't turn off the traction control. In some snowy/icy conditions you need to deactivate the traction control."

"The warning light stays on constantly. The Honda dealer said the control module was bad and would cost $1500 or more to repair."

"Warning light keeps coming on , but tire is fine at recommendation PSI of 35psi. Honda wants to sell me a new wheel. I am just living with light"

"Water in fuse box caused all warning light to go on and say on, Dealer said was a fuse box issue but problem has happen 6 months later"

"Rear Wiper on Door Hatch does not work. 5 year old vehicle with 50K miles garaged and does not work because of rust. Not covered on expired warranty. this is the other reason I would not purchase another Honda The company always gave good reviews an"

"Camshaft replaced due to scoring"

"piston rings broke, ruined whole block and head"

"Oil consumption was extreme. Ended up burning several quarts of oil between changes. Eventually ran out of oil and engine blew"

"piston and p;ug fouling lead to ring job"

"3 cylinders required new rings due to oil bypass issue"

"Honda covered the repairs because the issue was associated with a just-issued recall as the damaged occured. Honda covered the cost of repair on their initiative and appreciated by this owner"

"had to rebuild the engine, due to the cylinder management system failure. It used qt of oil around every 1200 miles. Honda said they would replace the rings etc. on only 3 cylds, maybe 4, but I decided to do the whole engine. The mechanic found one valve had a 1/4 inch hole in it. Now the engine does not use any oil, that I have detected, but also I installed an electrical connection which keeps the cyl management system from activating, the car runs great, It has been around 8k miles since I had the work done."

"It's just expensive ($900)"

"no problems experienced; mentioned only because of cost"

"Dealership didn't tell me the cost beforehand; was a big surprise @ $1400. Could have delayed the replacement I was told afterward"

"Dealer wanted an exorbitant rate to change timing belt and then added extra charges for water pump, etc. claiming "since everything is already apart, it's a good preventive practice". Paid a good mechanic 40% less for same work with same warranty"

"We had the timing belt changed and expected the timing belt tensioner arm to be replaced as well as stated in the work order request. We had quite a bit of other work done as well as we had just purchased this van second had from a non Honda dealer and knew the timing belt change was due. The Honda shop we took it to changed the belt but not the tensioner arm. I believe it was less then 40,000 km later that the tensioner arm started leaking and the timing belt almost let go. I took it to our local Honda shop, they were very surprised that the tensioner arm was not replaced as listed on the work request. When I questioned the Honda shop that originally did the timing belt they said they do anything they can to save the customer money and it wasn't leaking so they didn't change it. They would not compensate me at all for having the timing belt done again even though I almost lost my motor due to this. When I contacted Honda Canada they would assign someone within three months to check this out, when I contacted them three months later they put it off and said they would assign someone, when I contacted them again they put it back to me to appeal to the shop again. My problem in the first place was the shop was ignoring me. I am not very pleased with Honda Canada or the dealership. My local dealership has been great as they have always been. The only reason my husband and had not gone to them on the first place was we were afraid of timing belt troubles happening in the 140km commute from purchase city to our home."

"Honda kept insisting that it's time to replace the timing belt before it breaks (100K miles). Since we were driving from Charlotte to Orlando, Florida this past December 2017 we decided to replace the timing belt. Honda offered a package deal and we also replaced our leaking power steering pump & the water pump,"

"Just worn and making loud noise"

"We had to replace the timing belt after only about 30,000 miles, instead of 90,000"

"Timing belt was worn and needed replacement. Water pump replaced at same time as is customary"

"had to have it replaced as part of normal maintenance."

"Catalytic converter works only intermittently. Very expensive to repair, so we haven't"

"fuel cap came loose. Oxygen sensor came on. Message in book said to not drive it. Had to call tow truck. Dealer said cap was loose and that was only problem. $200 for tow to dealer. $100 dealer charge. The owner's manual could have suggested that as a problem and it would have saved me $300."

"I was getting a dash warning that the fuel cap was not on when it was. The dealer's fix was recommending that I tighten the cap with at least 10 clicks after refueling."

"Gauge would go from full to empty, consistently gave wrong fuel readings. No trouble found at dealer but issue cleared up after diagnostic testing"

"Recall to replace the fuel filter set. Power steering pump covered by warranty extension"

"Became very noisy"

"CAR died on major highway reported as an issue with fuel pump required a tow to dealer. This issue was fixed however the car died again 30 days later and had a second tow found bad fuel pump connector , car failed again 15 days later car would no"

"Odyssey fuel pump recall, fuel pump housing may leak. No charge, done under warranty. date 1/22/15"

"recall"

"factory recall"

"Factory recall, taken care of. No cost to me"

"Fuel pump rubber gasket was replaced under warranty. Fuel pump is inside the gas tank, so vehicle had to be left at dealer for several hours to air out following the work"

"Honda issued a recall for fuel pump problems, dealer supposedly fixed problem but it has recurred, a visit has been scheduled to address problem"

"Warning light came on and my local mechanic at independent garagec didn't recognize the code and sent me to another independent garage. The mechanic there pulled out the sensor and wiped off with a rag and reinserted and everything was fine and still is. Charged me $20. Yes that is correct $20. Good guys still exist."

"I replaced the upstream rear O2 sensor."

"O2 sensor failed. $500.00 repair at dealership. Had loner car to 24 hours"

"Periodically the engine light comes on steady and when I have it checked, it is always an O2 sensor. Another problem, but not with the sensors, is the failure of the drivers electric door lock. It squacks loudly and is failing, often not opening when the buttons are pressed and only opening with a key or manually"

"The engine light went off, van was checked and no problem was found. A week later the alternator went out"

"Oil was constantly burning, I believe due to the Variable Cylinder Management system. Since often ran low on oil, lifters began to make noise. Honda would not repair. Local mechanic told me to just keep dumping oil in it until the engine eventually blows, which it did at 192,000 miles"

"Engine continues to knock and ping with CEL on. Repeated repairs not successful. Trouble code for CEL: Engine misfire detected. Thus far coils, plugs and EGR valve replaced."

"Injection computer cylinder misfire issue"

"cost to much to get them adjusted"

"There was an engile oil leak from the Front VTEC Solenoid whick leaked onto the alternator which caused it to fail. The gasket replaced and leak repaired."

"The engine is burning and leaking oil. Would not have expected this to happen with a Honda that has less than 200K miles."

"Gaskets leaking - $500 fix"

"Vehicle has leaked/burned oil excessively since it was purchased in 2009. Honda has replaced the engine short block and the catalytic converter twice. It still burns oil and the catalytic converter will likely need to be replaced in another 20000 miles or so."

"Vehicle consumes or leaks 1 qt every 2500 miles. I don’t know where it goes, but the engine cannot complete a service interval without at least 2 quarts refill."

"We have had continual problems with low oil readings. We have worked with our independent mechanic and the Honda dealer and they have had difficulty identifying the problem."

"The van needs an oil refill every 2,500miles. Honda says it normal. I know it is not. There was a class action lawsuit against Honda for the 3.5L VCM engine for excessive oil consumption and spark plug fouling. The engine has an inherent design flaw which allows oil to pass/burn. Honda has never publicly admitted their engineering failure."

"Took the vehicle in for a routine oil change. I was told by the mechanic the oil pan bolt was stripped out and that this is a common issue with the Odyssey because they use an aluminum oil pan and the threads wear out over time, need to replace the oil pan."

"Had to replace both front drive axles because of vibration at high speed"

"Right front axle was faulty at factory, it took multiple trips to dealers and frontend shops to finally get it properly diagnosed and replaced at Honda America's cost for 2 axles and the final labor cost picked up by Coggin Honda Dealer, St Augestine"

"It was failure of a $10. relay plus $60. installation"

"A fuse broke causing the compressor to keep running and causing refrigerant to be blown from the safety valve. It was a simple fix to replace the fuse and to then recharge the refrigerant ourselves. This happened 10 months ago and have had no problem since"

"A/C quit working, but occasionally pops on. It's a bad relay"

"the air conditioner quit working and the service dept put in a code and the problem was solved"

"Relay failure"

"Relay died needing to be replaced if wanted cool air."

"everything shut dowm"

"The automatic door slides malfunction on a regular basis"

"air conditioner relay failure"

"error says eject CD costs $1,000 to fix not worth it"

"GPS system failed outright, no warning, no apparent reason; had to have it completely replaced with a new unit"

"Bluetooth connection randomly drops then reconnects, which drops calls back to the phone and then back to the car several times over the course of one conversation"

"XM Radio stations will randomly change"

"control problems"

"When using the volume rocker to change the volume of the radio, it instead changes the radio station. I've had the dealer look at it and they told me they'd have to replace the whole steering wheel to fix it - very expensive. So I just reach over to the radio to change the volume now."

"the only problem i had was with an exhaust Y joint because I drove over a snow bank in my driveway left by a plow just as I came home. I was foced to do so to allow the plow to exit the street."

"Honda dealer wanted to replace entire assembly at a cost of more than $500, but my small auto repair business that I regularly go to was able to replecs a small component for less than $100."