In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"Android Auto stopped working for no apparent reason. I get a message on my phone asking me to disconnect/reconnect the phone. I do, but to no avail. At this point, the system is a dead relic, and I must mount my phone to the dashboard to use Google navigation. Previously, the manner of navigating the system changed unexpectedly, with no explanation, and I was left to re-learn the system by trial and error several times. This problem is now resolved by the system as a whole becoming unusable."
Anonymous, CA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Simply unpredictable whether it will work. Under the same conditions an android phone may or may not connect to the car's android auto system when plugged in. Often the phone is not detected and I can fix it but replugging it in. Sometimes I just give up."
Anonymous, ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"Does not work Honda says they will have a fix this month. Is a problem with this system,software, that this model has in general"
Mona M., WA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"The Andoid Auto display crashes when the Waze app stops navigating. The dealer is unable to update the dash panel to fix it."
Phillip H., MN (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Apple Car Play works intermittently. Very buggy. Extremely unreliable"
Anonymous, NY (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"as many know, hands-free is the law in many states, including Georgia, where I live. There is some problem between Apple and Honda on teh operation of handsfree devices. Apple CarPlay works when it wants to. Bluetooth can be just as bad. Honda has replaced our headunit once, still had issues. now Honda is pointing fingers at Apple and Panasonic (OEM supplier of headunit). Not working as handsfree is not an inconvenience. I needed to call 911 to report a dangerous driver and the unit switched from CarPlay to BT to nothing twice. not acceptable. Still not fixed after 5months as an open case w honda"
Anonymous, GA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"When you arrive at your destination or end navigation you get an error message unfortunately com.auto.honda.navigation service has stopped. You have to tap OK three times before the message goes away."
Anonymous, LA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5-L V6)"Terrible integration by requiring Honda Link app which is buggy. Lots of lag and dropped connections with iPhone 6 when apps work fine on the phone. Text msgs or phone calls interrupt the running app on the display and requires touching the phone to deselect/launch the app to display again."
Anonymous, NC (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Apple CarPlay would intermittently connect. Honda simply said it was an Apple problem and refused to do any real investigation."
Lawrence S., DE (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"The lines on the backup camera do not appear until about 1 minute after the car is started. Also, the clock and the radio are similarly delayed. The dealer tells me this is normal."
Anonymous, SC (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"This camera is placed so that the sun hits the lens and Dazzles the camera making it impossible to see what is behind me. The lens is also in a location that picks up moisture when it is raining. Drops on the lens make the camera useless. It's placed in the worst possible location."
Anonymous, IL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Heard a pop while driving in heavy rain in july 2018, lost almost all electronics in the car for about 2 days until I located a master fuse and replaced it, everything worked, however, in below freezing weather the backup camera showed a black screen when backing up several times"
Jonathan L., VA (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"the camera itself works fine until it rains and water obscures the lens or the sun hits the lens. The directional markers however, take too long to appear and I am ofter done backing up when the show up. The front proximity sensors do not work. Sometimes I get false warnings but when approaching objects, No warning at all. When backing, the rear cross traffic warning works well and I am very happy with that."
Anonymous, IL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Optional backup beepers were installed, but kept giving false alarms. After repair, beepers are still overly sensitive."
Glenn Y., LA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Screen flashes when backing up sometimes"
Anonymous, ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"When display goes blank, the backup system does not work"
Anonymous, CO (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Camera replaced on warranty"
Anonymous, NL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Same complaint as last time. Once this year after it rained and dropped to around 20 degrees and the van was left out of the garage overnight the backup camera failed to activate when backing the vehicle up. After the van was run for about 2 hours and the outside temperatures went up the camera began to work again."
Anonymous, VA (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"In time, the system catches up with itself and does what It is prompted to do."
John E., OR (2018 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5-L V6)"cabin watch feature not working properly"
P B., MD (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Screen goes blank, message says hold down power for 2 seconds. Still freezes after holding power button. Had to take to dealer for service. Changed display, all works now."
Richard T., BC (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"At 510 miles Honda Touch display screen froze, just showing the Honda logo. All functions became inoperable for the remainder of the day- no radio, Bluetooth, phone, etc. The next morning system appeared to be working normally. However, not sure I’d malfunction will return."
Douglas R., NH (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Known issue with using remote start and the audio/display system not working during winter months. Hasn’t happened since warmer spring weather."
Anonymous, NC (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"The entertainment display would sometimes not come on when I started the car. Instead I got a message that the anti-theft system was activated and that I had to push the power button for 2 seconds. It would come on after I held the power button. Honda is aware of problem."
Anonymous, OH (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"According to the dealer it was a programming issue and that Honda would send an update to the car directly."
William K., MN (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Immediately had problems with bluetooth telephone interface. I could hear well in the car but callers could not understand me, audio was garbled. 5 trips to dealer, no resolution. Improvement with latest model Samsung phone. Waited months for software update. More problems after that. Screen went dark multiple times. Front passenger door wouldn't unlock. Screen refused to switch apps, like from phone back to navigation. Screen froze several times, would not clear until car was cut off and restarted. Did not like Android Auto. Think much of problem was a hardware problem in computer but dealer refused to consider. Advanced technology but not executed well. Too many problems, and dependent on factory (American Honda) to resolve them. After 7 months of problems, traded vehicle on a new Toyota Sienna. Did not trust vehicle."
Arnold E., NC (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"The display goes blank. Which means I cannot use the back-up camera, navigation, clock, or radio. The dealer has tried to fix it 4 times with no success. Factory exert tried to fix it with no success. It is in now to be fixed, again"
Anonymous, CO (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Infotainment screen mysteriously reboots from time to time while driving"
Anonymous, MB (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"There is a Honda Music store which is to download music from my iPhone - has never worked. Says it is wrong device."
Lawrence S., DE (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"iPod works periodically. Fails to connect often. My IPod is listed in ownership handbook as a current model. Problem started soon after I bought the van."
Anonymous, ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"Radio not available sometimes"
Anonymous, ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"Began suddenly No audio/Nav/Cameras at all could drive car. Repeated return to Dealer then Head unit replaced, a multi-day process"
Anonymous, NC (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"In general the system is not as user friendly as our previous Odyssey. Programing the system for interstates is not an option. On a extended trip of over a 1000 miles it kept trying to detour us off the interstates onto single lane roads. We called Honda corporate and left a call back which was never returned."
Fred B., OH (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"On delivery the GPS system was silent, giving no directions. It was then, after considerable dealer effort, discovered to have been caused by Honda’s failure to install the main centre dash speaker, rendering the GPS system mute."
H M., ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"Garmen GPS cant find anything gets me lost send me anywhere randomly almost like it wants to get me lost"
John A., FL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"When zooming in on navigation, it stays on the zoom screen constantly and doesn't readjust to display your vehicles location. The traffic information is also only somewhat accurate, mainly on the main highway and not all the surface streets."
Debora B., HI (2018 Honda Odyssey 3.5-L V6)"I was not able to update the Garmin maps in the Honda navigation system using an iMac desktop computer. I was able the update the maps using a PC desktop computer. It was a common problem that Garmin was aware of. Garmin says it has been fixed but there have been no new maps yet to update."
Anonymous, OH (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"it is dangerous to put a complicated system on the road that two sales people could not figure out back at the dealership. i left for the south two weeks after the purchase. i have purchased 16 new honda autos in the last 33 years but this is the last one ever."
John L., PA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"The roads disappear from the screen. There is no scale on the screen. The system does not offer the option to flag and dysplay preferred sites. Navigating to a selected site there's no screen dysplay of distance to final destination. It dysplay distance to next turn. One cannot choose the cardinal orientation of the display. Having a choice to keep north on the upper portion of the screen at any scale would be useful. Flagging a spot by touching the screen would be useful. The navigation system of the Toyota is friendlier to use. A great feature of the Honda navigation is that updates itself via satellite."
Anonymous, FL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"Surprisingly the speaker connected to the GPS system HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED, leaving it to the dealer to find and repair the problem."
H M., ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"The bluetooth for the phone only will work with one phone at a time, we have to keep reseting it. In our old Odyssey we could have both of our phones automaticaly hooked up to it at the same time."
Anonymous, (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"My paired phone was un-paired by the system during a period of non-use when we were away for a month. Since then it has been paired several times but does not hold the pairing, frequently stating that no phone is connected. This is aggravating when trying to use the calling feature while driving."
H M., ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"Poor pairing. One side of the conversation or another can't hear the other. Updated phone, bought a new phone, updated car. Took in to dealer multiple times...unable to resolve."
Anonymous, AR (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Mentioned this in prior report. Immediately had Bluetooth isses with car. No problem pairing with galaxy 8+, but people could not understand me when using Bluetooth interface. Sitched to phone directly and could be understood with no problem. Bought new phone, Galaxy S9+ and problem improved, could be understood most times, but audio tended to be tinny, no bass. Went on for months without resolution. Software update MAY have improved quality but not sure."
Arnold E., NC (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Sometimes it works and recognizes the phone in my pocket and other times it does not."
Anonymous, AZ (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"The Sirius xc radio comes and goes. It will be on , then it is silent from a minute many minutes. Never know when it will work. ZFM works fine"
Anonymous, FL (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"XM radio freezes up sometimes."
Anonymous, OH (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Bad reception of SiriusXM satellite radio caused by faulty antenna."
David S., IL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Satellite radio intermittently stops working. After 6 dealer visits they are unable to resolve problems"
J M., MA (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Radio kept losing signal. Tech found faulty tuner. It was replaced and seems to be working properly."
Anonymous, PA (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Sirius Radio would say 'check tuner & screen went blank' It was not a signal issue"
Richard T., BC (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Sirius XM radio very erratic , cuts out for long periods and often, when working, changes stations by itself. Honda unable to fix and instead stalls me off by promising a magic software fix sometime in the future. Very annoying. No mor Hondas for me."
Anonymous, ON (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Sirius connection is regularly lost and the only way to get it back is to change to FM, turn the car off, let it sit and then turn the car back on. FM & AM reception are consistently poor. Most recently a message sometimes appears saying the radio is not working, and the dismiss/cancel button doesn't work. When I turn off the car and open the door the radio continues to play and the battery wears down. Honda has NOT been helpful."
Deborah C., OH (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"XM radio changes stations randomly. I have taken it in numerous times and they say they can't get it to do it for them. Last time I was in my service advisor said she finally got it to do it for her but did not document it so Honda said it didn't happen."
Anonymous, AZ (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"does not come on until about 40 seconds after car is started."
Anonymous, SC (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"no owner manual for a very complex system. dealer price for nav. manual was $37.00. i called honda about this. they promised the manuals would be sent in 5 weeks. it is now nine weeks and no manuals yet. 40,000 car and i have no idea now to operate many things."
John L., PA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Started July 2019 when had multiple screen freeze and radio cut out problems. Amplifier was replaced but didn't fix the problem. Screen was replaced twice and not works ok. Radio still cuts out intermittently and Honda is still trying to fix it."
Anonymous, MO (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"It occasionally loses ability to operate any audio source. Usually, stopping the car and turning off the ignition clears it up, a pain in itself. One time, it wouldn't shut off the message saying that the radio didn't work even when I turned off the car. I was afraid it would drain the battery, and I actually had to disconnect the battery to reset it. After that, it was fine. It still happens once in awhile, but it's only required battery disconnection once."
Anonymous, NJ (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"You are supposed to be able to plug a hard drive in to the USB port and play movies. I was able to set this up properly, but every time while playing movies for a bout 10 minutes it would often crash the entertainment system. Also all movies played as files have to restart from the beginning, so this feature is basically unusable."
Anonymous, ON (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"DVD player crashes. Car must he stopped, turned off, restarted. Not very practical when on highway or in motion in general. Happens frequently. Honda unable to fix."
Maxine S., FL (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"Honda ignored my complaints for the first year, then last year replaced several components of the rear entertainment system. The system continues to lock up and not work. It will run for 30 minutes and then lock up playing a DVD for the kids. If we run both the backseat camera display simultaneously with a DVD it will stop working after 25 to 30 minutes that I was told is a data overload. Terrible experience with the entire rear entertainment system."
Anonymous, FL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"recall for safety on rear door locks. Fixed at dealer. no adds problems"
Paul O., TX (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"i am cmpletely unable to understand the ridiculous complexity"
Anonymous, OH (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"GPS update would not take. Dealer had to replace display."
Luz S., IL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"There are two different software problems: the system software and the GPS software. Both systems have failed to update. GPS has updated only once in a satisfactory manner. Have had it to dealer who tried to update it on numerous occasions. Finally said let's wait until the next update. The system update ends with an error on several occasions. Suggests taking to dealer for resolution. Because of C-19 haven't been able to take it in."
Anonymous, MD (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Time would not change for day light time change"
Anonymous, NC (2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5-L V6)"FIVE safety recalls on this vehicle in 2 years,. The software update was to fix a problem where vehicle might try to shift into Park while driving."
Anonymous, NC (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring 3.5-L V6)"System says an update is available. Then it says no update is found."
P B., MD (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"Auto shutdowns of engine never worked correctly. Was told the electronics are routed thru the charging pad. When keys are accidentally put on charging tray it shorts out the system. Still waiting on a call from dealer for fix. Poor gas mileage, don't trust all the safety systems"
Anonymous, MI (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"made a flapping noise at certain speeds."
Anonymous, IL (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"When starting the van- no sound for a minute or two, then in goes on at a maximum volume, lowers its'self to what it's dialed in at. it was also going in and out, as if the speaker wire connection is loose. This happens only once in a while, but too much for only having the van for 3months."
Debora B., HI (2018 Honda Odyssey 3.5-L V6)"THe Speaker would randomly display No audio connection in the middle of a drive. For some reason it would happen no matter what device is connected. The sounds would go out and it would not reset until we turn the car off for 30 min to an hour. This is hard for traveling long distances."
Anonymous, (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)"I feel the car does not hear me for commands of navigation, making a call, etc for cell phone use."
Anonymous, CA (2018 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5-L V6)"It does not understand voice commands very well, he keeps asking me questions about things I didn't even ask for."
Anonymous, OH (2018 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite 3.5-L V6)
"Android Auto navigation occasionally freezes Radio station changes by itself when Android Auto on Requires newer phone (2 years or newer) to operate properly"
Anonymous, MI (2018 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5-L V6)