2004 HONDA ODYSSEY Power Train Problems

In have traffic on hwy van quit pulling causing a major traffic problem upon checking Honda failed to mount a proper cooling system for the Trans even though they acknowledge doing so refuse to do anything about it apparently there's a lot of these on road luckily someone wasn't killed that day

My transmission will not shift into third fourth or fifth and I see that there is a recall on the transmission for the 2004 Honda Odysseys and I was wondering how I go about getting this repaired that’s what mines doing it won’t shift I have to manually shift it from 1st to 2nd as far as It can go.

until today, 4/3/2022, no issues with 2004 Honda Odyssey transmission. today after driving 5 minutes from home the engine roared and forward drive was lost. the car was balky getting it home and would not climb a moderate hill. after a 30 minute rest the car would move forward and was able to reach home shifting from D1 to D2 made no difference shifting into Low made no difference trans fluid is at normal level but its dark, not burnt, just dark 2nd hand car purchased 5 years ago with 80,000 miles trans serviced at 125,000 miles [XXX], (220,000 miles). INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. Due to the failure, the contact moved the vehicle off to the shoulder of the highway and had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic. Upon investigation, the contact discovered NHTSA Campaign Number: 04V176000 (Power Train) which he linked to the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall. There was assistance offered. The vehicle was not repaired and remained in the possession of the independent mechanic. The failure mileage was approximately 202,000.

Mileage: 202,000

My 2004 has codes relating to transmission problems, along with ongoing codes for emission problems. I have taken it in and it dose need a new transmission. It also needs emission work . I have been told that this rare with this make and model. Also the input for the gas is not working well.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURED WHEN DRIVING IN RT 5 FREEWAY PAST GLENDALE AND 134 JUNCTION, CAR WAS RUNNING IN ABOUT 60 MILES SPEED AND CAME ABRUPT STOP (LOSS OF DRIVE/PULL IN A VERY DANGEROUS WAY). MANAGED TO PUSH IT TO BREAKDOWN LANE. THEN UPON TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND AFTER A WHILE I COULD DRIVE A BIT TO PARK IN INTERNAL ROAD. I THEN TOWED THE CAR. LATER, I DROVE IN INTERNAL ROAD. SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. WHEN PLACED IN AUTOMATIC DRIVE (D) VEHICLE RUNS FOR FEW MILES AND SUDDENLY FAILS TO RUN AND STOPS. CHANGING GEAR DOESN'T HELP. WHEN IGNITION IS TURNED OFF AND ON BACK AGAIN, IT WORKS AGAIN FOR A MILE OR TWO AND SHOWS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN PROBLEM OCCURS, IT DOESN'T MOVE IN ANY GEARS. RESEARCHING IN INTERNET, HONDA 2004 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRING AT 117,000 MILES WAS REPORTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET. AS IF IT WAS PROGRAMMED BY HONDA, THIS MINI VAN TOO FAILED AT 117K MILES. SOME OWNERS HAVE CLAIMED (INCLUDING YOUTUBE VIDEOS) THAT HONDA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE REPAIR AT NO COST. SOME ALSO CLAIM THAT HONDA HAS SECRET WARRANTY TO COVER THIS PROBLEM AND HAD AVAILED THE REPAIR FREE OF COST .THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM TO HONDA. HONDA MUST REPAIR FOR FREE AND DO THE JUSTICE TO CONSUMERS. THIS IS INDEED FATAL TOO.

Mileage: 117,100

GOOD EVENING, I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. LAST YEAR, THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO REMEDY THE ONGOING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL 04V-176. BRAMAN HONDA IN MIAMI, FLORIDA DID NOT INSPECT THE TRANSMISSION AS REQUIRED AND LIED ON THEIR WORK ORDER THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOOK 7 HOURS WITH MY VAN. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED. MY TRANSMISSION WAS IN WORKING CONDITION WHEN IT TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR. I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE ISSUES THAT THE RECALL WARNS THAT MAY HAPPEN DUE TO THE ONGOING GEAR ISSUES. LAST WEEK, WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VAN'S TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME SAFELY. I RELY ON MY VAN FOR WORK THEREFORE THIS MATTER IS AFFECTING US FINANCIALLY. MY WIFE RECENTLY CALLED THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL HOTLINE AND SPOKE WITH LISA. THE REP ADVISED THAT I WILL HAVE TO TOW MY VAN AND PAY OUT OF POCKET, FOR THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO EVALUATE THIS ISSUE. SINCE THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO REMEDY THIS RECALL LAST YEAR, I AM REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING: I WOULD LIKE FOR AN ENGINEER OR MECHANIC TO BE DISPATCHED TO OUR HOME AND CHECK THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE THE MATTER IS ASSESSED, THEN I CAN PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR MY VEHICLE TO BE TOWED TO A NEARBY AUTHORIZED HONDA DEALER FOR SERVICE. LISA EXPLAINED TO MY WIFE THAT THERE IS A 50/50 CHANCE THAT THIS TRANSMISSIONRECALL ISSUE WILL ACTUALLY BE REPAIRED WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN FLORIDA WHICH IS THE THIRD STATE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF COVID-19 CASES THEREFORE THIS WOULD BE THE MOST FEASIBLE OPTION. LAST YEAR'S CASE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WAS CLOSED PREMATURELY EVEN THOUGH MY WIFE ADVISED IT WAS STILL ONGOING. WITH THAT SAID, DUE TO BRAMAN HONDA'S NEGLIGENCE, I AM CURRENTLY WITHOUT A VEHICLE SINCE IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IT IN THIS CONDITION. THANK YOU. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL GRINDING SOUND UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY ALTHOUGH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *DT*JB *TR 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

SHIFT CAR ONTO GEAR D AND IT DOES NOT MOVE. AFTER A GOOD 6 TO 8 SECONDS IN GEAR IT WILL MOVE FORWARD.ALSO WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR TRANSMISSION SHIFT ERRATICALLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN NECESSARY AND THERE WAS A DELAY WHEN CHANGING GEARS. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR AND INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FLASHED. MARTIN MAIN LINE HONDA (123 E LANCASTER AVE, ARDMORE, PA 19003, 1-(610) 649-5600) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT COULD NOT PRODUCE A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITIES AND EACH ONE DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER DID NOT STATE IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THERE WAS NO OPEN POWER TRAIN RECALL ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED 26 TSBS FOR THE POWER TRAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

SHIFTING CAR INTO GEAR (D4) FROM PARK IT DOES NOT MOVE, ALTHOUGH AFTER A FEW MINUTES IN GEAR IT WILL MOVE FORWARD

Mileage: 171,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BROKEN DOWN

Mileage: 158,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO STEVENSON-HENDRICK HONDA WILMINGTON (821 S COLLEGE RD, WILMINGTON, NC 24803). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

Mileage: 33,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND THE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

Mileage: 160,000

NHTSA RECALL 04V176000 DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR VIN, BUT IT SHOULD, BECAUSE THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT HAS OCCURRED WITH OUR VEHICLE 3 TIMES NOW. THE TRANSMISSION HAS OVERHEATED AND FAILED. AND ACCORDING TO 04V176000, TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING IS A SERIOUS HAZARD THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE!!! THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING ON A 2-LANE HIGHWAY. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT ON HWY 80 TOWARDS RENO. THE 3RD TIME IT HAPPENED, SHE WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT THE SAME PLACE I WAS, ON 41 NORTH. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS ON A MEDIUM TO LONG TRIP GOING UP AN INCLINE. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS AS WELL, SO MUCH THAT THERE IS A SITE DEDICATED TO THIS VERY PROBLEM -- ODYSSEYTRANSMISSION.COM. IF YOU VISIT THIS WEBSITE YOU CAN SEE THE DEFINITE DIFFERENCE IN PROPORTION OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE EARLIER GENERATIONS VS THE LATER. IT APPEARS THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSES FLUID FLOW CONSTRICTION DURING TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK, WHICH RESULTS IN OVERHEATING. IN THE LAST INCIDENT, AS DESCRIBED BY MY WIFE, SHE WAS DRIVING UP 41, AND THE ENGINE WENT UP TO AROUND 4000 RPM. THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND SHE SMELLED TRANSMISSION FLUID BURNING. SHE HAD TO WAIT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A WHILE, AND THEN IT STARTED TO WORK AGAIN. SHE GOT IT TO A SAFER PLACE AND THEN LET IT COOL FOR LONGER. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO GO HOME, WHICH WAS A COUPLE MILES AWAY, AND WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT SINCE. WE HAD THIS TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY SHAWS AUTO SALES 2 TIMES. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS LESS THAN 1 YEAR AGO. WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY ABNORMAL DRIVING, OR ANY TOWING, OR ANYTHING. JUST NORMAL DRIVING. SO WE EXPECTED THE FIX TO LAST LONGER THAN THIS. SOUND LIKE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION? WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. BUT OTHERS MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY! THIS VIN AND OTHERS LIKE IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN 04V176000.

Mileage: 179,000

TL* THE CONTACT'S WIFE OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A LOW SPEED AND THEN ACCELERATED AT NORMAL SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO ROBERT AUTO MALL (19 PARK LANE, DOWNINGTOWN, PA 19335, (610) 269-8200) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED A HISTORY REPORT REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 06612914. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

Mileage: 156,000

AT 123,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH UNCONTROLLED GEAR CHANGES ON ROAD AND LOUD THUMP IN CHANGING GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHEN STARTING IN MORNING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. DEALER SAID A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS REQUIRED. AFTER INSTALLATION AND TRAVELLING TO 131,000 MILES THUMPING REOCCURRED IN CHANGE FROM PARK TO DRIVE. WAITING ON DEALER RESPONSE.

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE PARKED, THE ENGINE WOULD SUDDENLY REV TO OVER 5,000 RPMS. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000.

Mileage: 178,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST 35 MPH WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 201,000.

Mileage: 201,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ALTERNATOR WIRES BURNED UP AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DRIVE 1, DRIVE 2, DRIVE 3, AND THE REVERSE GEARS FAILED TO WORK WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO USE DRIVE, NEUTRAL, AND PARK, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED NO SOLUTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET - TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED

Mileage: 179,000

FAILED/BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMIC LOW MILEAGE FAILURE ISSUE ON SIMILAR HONDA ODYSSEYS OF THIS VINTAGE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 169,000

I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THEN TURNED RIGHT AND PRESSED THE GAS TO ACCELERATE. THE VAN THEN SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AND THE WHEELS COMPLETELY SEIZED UP. I COULD NOT DRIVE OR CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE VAN SKIDDED TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR, INCLUDING NEUTRAL OR REVERSE. I HAD MY FAMILY EXIT THE VAN BUT HAD TO LEAVE THE VAN IN THE ROAD. LUCKILY, THE POLICE SHOWED UP QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VAN WASN'T HIT. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE WINCHED ONTO A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK AS THE TIRES WERE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP.

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 94K MILES.

Mileage: 94,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE ROADSIDE TO SWITCH OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 15 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERNAL TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,935.

Mileage: 160,935

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE, WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 196,000.

Mileage: 196,000

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A HONDA DEALERSHIP USED 4 YEARS AGO WITH 104K MILES ON IT FOR $10K. I'D HAD IT INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND IT RECEIVED A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. I'VE DRIVEN THIS CAR FOR AN ADDITIONAL 40K MILES AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION FAIL WITH MY 3 TODDLER BOYS IN THE CAR ON THE WAY BACK FROM A SOCCER GAME (QUITE FRIGHTENING). I'M NOW BEING TOLD THAT IT WILL COST $5K TO REPAIR! AND NOW THAT I'M LOOKING FURTHER INTO THIS CAR, IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S ONGOING TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT HONDA HAS NOT ADDRESSED. SHAME ON HONDA. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN THE VAN SUDDENLY QUIT PULLING. IT FELT LIKE IT HAD GONE INTO NEUTRAL, BECAUSE THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THE VAN KEPT SLOWING DOWN. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO ALLOW ME TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED VERY BAD. I HAD 3 YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE VAN, AS WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WITH FAMILY. SO WE WERE SEVERAL HOURS FROM HOME AND NO WAY TO GET TO OUR FAMILY OR BACK TO OUR HOUSE. IT WAS A SCARY ORDEAL FOR MY AND MY CHILDREN. WHEN WE FINALLY GOT THE VAN TOWED HOME AND TO A SHOP, WE WERE TOLD WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THIS PARTICULAR MAKE/MODEL/YEAR IS NOTORIOUS FOR HAVING THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA THIS AFTERNOON. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT HELP ME WITH ANY COST OF A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. I WAS ALSO TOLD MY COMPLAINT STOPPED WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP I WAS SPEAKING WITH, BUT MY CLAIM IS AVAILABLE TO THE ENGINEERS IN CASE THEY WANT TO SEE IF MY MAKE/MODEL/YEAR HAS HAD ANY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS FILED. I ASKED HIM HOW THEY WOULD EVEN KNOW TO LOOK FOR COMPLAINTS IF THEY WEREN'T MADE AWARE OF ANY COMPLAINTS. ALL IN ALL, I HAVE A CLAIM NUMBER FOR A COMPLAINT THAT WILL GO NO FURTHER THAN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE WITH OVER THE PHONE. VERY DISAPPOINTING. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON, GEARS STOPPED SHIFTING AT HIGH RPMS. SOON, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. CAR FAILED TO MOVE ON A BUSY FREEWAY OVERPASS EXIT. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES WITH THE ENGINE OFF, I TURNED IT BACK ON AND HOBBLED IN FIRST GEAR OFF THE OVERPASS. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS TYPICAL OF 2004 ODYSSEYS TO HAVE TRANSMISSIONS FAIL. COST OF REPAIR FAR EXCEEDS BLUE BOOK VALUE OF CAR. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

WAS DRIVING NORMAL THEN CAR STALLED AND STARTED REVING VERY LOUD AND JERKING WHEN PUSHING ON GAS WHILE THE D FOR DRIVE WAS LASHING EVEN WHEN PUT INO PARK THE D STILL FLASHED BLUE WAS READING ABOUT PROBLEM AND IT SOUNDS LIKE TRANSMISSION FAILURE

I HAD ALL MAJOR SERVICES AT HONDA DEALER ( FOUR WHEELS ALIGNMENT AT 95000 MILES IN 2012, TIMING BELL AT 100000 MILES IN 2012, OIL TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 109500 MILES IN 2013, ALIGNMENT AT 121000 IN 2013). I BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS OR 100000 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR. DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AND ALL SERVICES AT HONDA DEALER THEY DID NOT ADVISE ANY THING. TODAY I BROUGHT MY CAR FOR AIR BAG RECALL, ALIGNMENT AND OIL TRANSMISSION SERVICE, THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO REPLACE ALL THREE ENGINE MOUNT COST APPROXIMATELY $1380. I WAS SHOCK BECAUSE IT TOO EXPENSIVE. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ENGINE MOUNTS EASY TO BREAK. I WENT HOME RESEARCHING ONLINE AND SURPRISING TO DISCOVER THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THIS ENGINE MOUNT DEFECTED OR DESIGN PROBLEM CAUSE ENGINE MOUNTS EASY TO BREAK (NORMALLY NEED TO REPLACE OVER 200000 MILES) AND HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE ME WHAT I SUPPOSE TO DO BECAUSE IF ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE IT GOING TO EFFECT SUSPENSION, BALANCING AND ALIGNMENT SYSTEM ETC... THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BEST REGARD, *TR UPDATED 4/28/16 *JS

Mileage: 131,916

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ON 11/15/2014 WAY TO WORK AROUND 65 MPH AND SUDDENLY FELT A JERK AS SOME ONE HIT FROM BEHIND, LOOKED AROUND AND KEEP DRIVING FELT JERK AGAIN AND SPEED OF VEHICLE CAME DOWN PULLED CAR TO THE SIDE. STOPPED THE ENGINE FOR FEW MINUTES AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN PUT GEAR IN DRIVE AND CAR IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EVEN GIVING ENOUGH GAS. END OF CALLING TOW TRUCK AND TOWED CAR TO CLOSE BY DEALER. DEALER CALLED ME TODAY 11/15/2014 TO INFORM THERE IS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND NEED AROUND $6000 IN REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DURING A RECENT TRIP. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LOST POWER(SPEED) WHILE TRAVELING. *TGW THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE RPM'S INCREASED RAPIDLY AND SMOKE STARTING EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION AND OIL COOLER WERE REPLACED. *JB

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DURING A RECENT TRIP. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LOST POWER(SPEED) WHILE TRAVELING. *TGW THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE RPM'S INCREASED RAPIDLY AND SMOKE STARTING EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION AND OIL COOLER WERE REPLACED. *JB

OUR HONDA ODYSSEY'S TRANSMISSION FAILED UNDER VERY SCARY CIRCUMSTANCES---WITH MY WIFE AND DISABLED SON ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY. AS SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE VAN'S ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE----LEAVING THE VAN COASTING INTO TRAFFIC. THANKFULLY, SHE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY JUST BEFORE A VEHICLE THAT WAS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND WOULD HAVE MADE IMPACT. SHE AND MY SON WERE VERY LUCKY. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT EXHIBITING ANY KIND OF SHIFTING PROBLEMS. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE AND TCS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

Mileage: 87,000

AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, THE ENGINE OVER REVVED BUT THE WHEELS WERE NOT MOVING. I WAS ON CITY STREETS MAKING A TURN - LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS AS THE GEARS WERE NOT ENGAGING. AFTER I NAVIGATED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD ON BEING PUT IN GEAR. THERE WAS A SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER - LATER I REALIZED IT WAS PROBABLY BURNING OR OVERHEATED TRANSMISSION FLUID. ON TOWING THE CAR TO THE DEALER, THE DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND ADVISED ME THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THE 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" AND THE "TCS OFF LIGHT" HAD BEEN COMING ON AND OFF OCCASIONALLY. I HAD ALSO NOTICED THE VEHICLE NOT RESPONDING TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING PRESSED IN A NORMAL FASHION. *JS

Mileage: 111,200

THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND IT DIDN'T WANT GO ANYWHERE WHILE IT WAS IN MOTION. VERY SCARED FOR MY FAMILY IT WAS UNSAFE I SAW HONDA HAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEY TOLD IT ISN'T FOR MY CAR I WANT TO ADD MY VEHICLE INTO THAT RECALL ITS NOT FAIR THAT MY VEHICLE IS UNDER THAT BUT IT SAY FROM MODELS 2002-2004 AND MINE IS A 2004 SO IT SHOULD BE UNDER THAT. *TR

Mileage: 84,354

I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING FUNNY. I DROVE IT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES TO OUR DEALERSHIP. LUCKILY I MADE IT. THE HIGHEST SPEED I COULD GO WAS ALMOST 40MPH. PULLED INTO THE DEALERSHIP AT 8:30A.M. AND WAITED. WAS GIVEN THE NEWS THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT WAS ALMOST $6,000.00 TO REPLACE. THEY HAD ME. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO...AND HAD TO PICK UP KIDS AT SCHOOL AT 3;30P.M. ENDED UP SINKING $40,000.00 INTO A NEW 2014 ODYSSEY. BOY DO I FEEL TAKEN! AND THEN TO FIND OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH HONDA TRANSMISSIONS FROM 1999. I DO QUESTION THE TRANSMISSION OF THE ONE I AM DRIVING NOW....IT SHIFTS FUNNY. MY 2004 ALSO ALWAYS HAD A FUEL SMELL. WAS CONCERNED AT TIMES OF STARTING IT. WE ALSO PAID TO HAVE THE DASH LIGHTS FIXED....AT OUR EXPENSE. DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THAT EITHER......DARN THOSE DEALERSHIPS!!! THEY GOT US ON THE TRANSMISSION TOO!! *JS

Mileage: 111,438

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY STATE ROUTE 22 BETWEEN ALTOONA PA AND EBENSBURG PA WHEN I EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THE INABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. I HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE WHILE HEAVY TRAFFIC AND SEMI-TRUCK TRAFFIC WAS CONTINUOUS ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 79,951

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING THE VAN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS SMOOTHLY AND SOUNDS FINE, BUT THE REPAIR SHOP PULLED A CODE OF P0740--TC CLUTCH FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING, AND THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HONDA ODYSSEYS. WHILE OUR TRANSMISSION LASTED LONGER THAN MANY ODYSSEYS' DO, I THINK THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 119K IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME, IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS.

IT WAS THURSDAY, EARLY EVENING, AND I WAS DRIVING ON A COUNTRY ROAD, APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, WHEN THE 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN'S POWER CUT OUT. THE ENGINE WENT DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT JUST SUDDENLY CUT OFF FOR NO REASON. I WAS ABLE WITH DIFFICULTY TO STEER IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE IGNITION "OFF" AND CALLED MY HUSBAND THINKING I MIGHT NEED AAA TO COME TOW THE CAR. AFTER THE VAN SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO START AGAIN, BUT IT SOUNDED TERRIBLE AND THE ENGINE'S ENGAGEMENT FELT WEAK. I WAS A FEW MILES FROM AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND DECIDED TO SLOWLY DRIVE IT THERE AND LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT. I WAS TOLD THE NEXT DAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON MY VAN OF WHICH I WAS UNAWARE. I LOOKED UP THE RECALLS ON THE NHTSA SITE THAT HONDA AND ISSUED AND NOTICED THAT MY VAN'S VIN NUMBER WAS IN THE RANGE THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I CALLED LOCAL HONDA DEALERS ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS THE HONDA CORPORATE NUMBER. EACH SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH MY VAN'S VIN WAS IN THE BATCH THAT WAS RECALLED AND EVEN THOUGH THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED WAS THE REASON FOR THE RECALL, THEY DID NOT FEEL OBLIGED TO ASSIST WITH THE VAN'S REPAIR. NEITHER THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER NOR HONDA CORPORATE WOULD GIVE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THEY FELT THEY DID NOT NEED TO SHOULDER ANY OF THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT COSTS. I BELIEVE THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW. CAN CORPORATIONS LIKE HONDA REALLY GET AWAY WITH IGNORING THE LAW? AFTER PAYING FOR A $4,600 TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIGHT THEM. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

THE DAY AFTER COMING HOME FROM AN 800 MILE ROAD TRIP MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VAN LOCALLY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO ACT UP. THE VAN WAS NOT SHIFTING SMOOTHLY FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, ENGINE REVVING TO OVER 4000 RPM. VAN WAS HAVING PROBLEMS ENGAGING AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD CAR TOWED TO LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $4,800. WE BOUGHT HONDA FOR RELIABILITY AND WERE VERY SURPRISED TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING AT 148,000 MILES. ALSO HAD BOTH ELECTRONIC SIDE DOORS REPLACED IN 2012, BOTH DOORS STOPPED WORKING WITHIN THE SAME MONTH. *TR

Mileage: 148,000

TRANSMISSION WANTS TO SHIFT BUT DOESN'T AND IT DOES IT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHER SPEEDS TO. I THINK IT IS BS THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AND THEY TELL ME MINE DOESN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THE VIN DOESN'T MATCH. I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD FIX IT HASN'T GONE OUT YET BUT IT WILL ONE DAY THEN I'M SUPPOSED TO COVER IT. *TR

Mileage: 137,000

5/6/14 TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE LOCAL SERVICE STATION FOR DIAGNOSIS OF CLUNKING ENGINE NOISE. HAD TO PAY $1400 TO REPLACE BOTH MOTOR MOUNTS THAT WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT . ALSO HAS TO REPLACE THE OUTER TIE RODS THAT WERE WORN OUT CREATING A COMPLETELY UNSAFE VEHICLE. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE D LIGHT WENT BLACK. SUDDENLY IT CAME BACK ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE SERVICE STATION AND THEY NOW DIAGNOSED IT WITH THE P0740 CODE TCC LOCKUP SOLENOID. CALLED SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS THAT TOLD ME THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3500 AND UP. THIS IS VERY DISCERNING THAT THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T LAST LONGER AND THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE AND HONDA REFUSES TO ISSUE THE RECALL ON ALL 2004 TRANSMISSIONS. THERE ARE SERVICE BULLETINS OUT THERE REFERRING TO THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY REFUSED TO ASSIST STATING THE VEHICLE IS WAY OUT OF WARRANTY TO ASSIST FINANCIALLY. I HAVE HAD ALL THE SERVICE DONE AT THE DEALER UNTIL THERE WAS AN ISSUE LAST YEAR WITH THE HEATING/AIR CONDITIONER THAT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY FIX AFTER 6 VISITS AND NUMEROUS COOLANT FLUSHES. I HAVE NO FAITH IN THAT LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HELP. NOW I'M STUCK WITH A MONEY PIT AND CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE IT. NEVER AGAIN HONDA. THEY HAVE CERTAINLY LOST MY LOYALTY AFTER ALL THIS. WE DEALT WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE 2003 ACURA TLS TRANSMISSIONS THAT WERE BAD, 3 TRANSMISSIONS LATER AND NO HELP FROM HONDA WHO KNOWINGLY COVERED UP THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND LEFT CONSUMERS FOOTING THE BILL. *TR

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER SYSTEM FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,050.

Mileage: 128,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY NOTICED THE GEAR SLIPPING WITH CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ON. THE DEALER SAID ITS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONTROL CLUTCH MALFUNCTION AND THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA ODYSSEYS BUILT IN 2002 TO 2004. BUT ACCORDING TO HONDA MY VIN IS NOT IN THAT RECALL. IT APPEARS LIKE THE PROBLEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED WITH THE LATER 2004 MODELS IS NOT REALLY FIXED. HONDA DOESNT WANT TO PAY FOR ANY OF THESE FIXES.

Mileage: 110,000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS STRANDED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, ROYAL HONDA IN METAIRIE, LA. ROYAL HONDA ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $5,500. WE RECEIVED ESTIMATES FROM OTHER TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS AND DECIDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED FROM ROYAL HONDA TO PRECISION TRANSMISSION EXCHANGE, IN KENNER, LA. PRECISION TRANSMISSION INSTALLED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION ON OCTOBER 3, 2011 FOR $2,537. *TR

Mileage: 98,866

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS STRANDED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, ROYAL HONDA IN METAIRIE, LA. ROYAL HONDA ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $5,500. WE RECEIVED ESTIMATES FROM OTHER TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS AND DECIDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED FROM ROYAL HONDA TO PRECISION TRANSMISSION EXCHANGE, IN KENNER, LA. PRECISION TRANSMISSION INSTALLED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION ON OCTOBER 3, 2011 FOR $2,537. *TR

Mileage: 98,866

VAN STARTED SHUTTERING AT LOW SPEEDS, 30-40 MPH AND BUCKING VIOLENTLY AT 40 MPH, SEEMS THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. I CHECKED FOR A RECALL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, MINE WAS NOT COVERED. *TT

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE MAKING A TURN FROM A STOP LIGHT, I NOTICED THE GREEN "D" DRIVE LIGHT FLASHING. I CONTACTED DEALER WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS ABOUT TO FAIL AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOTED TO BE "SHIFTING HEAVY" INTO SECOND GEAR AND MAKING A "CLUNK" SOUND WHEN SHIFTING. DESPITE BEING OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION RECALL, HONDA AGREED TO PAY FOR 1/2 OF THE REPAIR COST AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS TO CORPORATE. THE NEW TRANSMISSION CAME WITH A 3 YR/36,000 WARRANTY. ABOUT 12,000 MILES LATER, THE "D" LIGHT AGAIN BEGAN FLASHING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE SECOND TRANSMISSION WITH A THIRD. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE MECHANIC NOTED THE PROBLEM IN SECOND GEAR, THE SAME GEAR AFFECTED BY THE RECALL THAT I WAS NOT A PART OF. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM PROBABLY AFFECTED MANY MORE CARS THAN WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND I WAS FORCED TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR A KNOWN PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE A HITCH AND HAVE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TT

Mileage: 75,000

WHEN PARKED I TRIED TO START IT AND IT DID NOT START. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED BY PARTICLES IN IT OR OVER HEATING. NEEDS A REPLACEMENT AT $4400. HONDA WAS CONTACTED BUT THEY OFFERED NO HELP. MY VIN IS JUST SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT GROUP 5FNRL18..4B000001 TO 5FRNL18..4B051620 (HONDA RECALL SERVICE BULLETIN 04-021). "D" LIGHT EITHER FLASHING OR OFF...EVEN AFTER TRANS FLUSH. SAME SYMPTOMS AS RECALLED HONDAS. I BELIEVE THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LARGER GROUP...IE INCLUDING MY VAN AND MAYBE IT WOULD STILL BE WORKING TODAY IF IT WAS RECALLED! *TR

Mileage: 170,000

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE INTERNAL BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT COME ON INDICATING THAT WAS ANY BACK BRAKE LIGHTS, THEN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STOP GOING FORWARD LIGHT THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN THE TCS INDICATOR AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND THEN THE 2004 ODYSSEY STOPPED MOVING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AT ALL AS I WAS DRIVING IN HIGH TRAFFIC ON A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30AM ON MY WAY TO WORK. I AM TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE MODELS AND THAT I WOULD COST ME OVER $3,200.00 OUT OF PICKET TO FIX AND THEN, (I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO HONDA FOR RECALL REPAIRS, BECAUSE IT IS STILL UNDER THE RECALL STATIC AND HONDA HAS NEVER FIXED THIS PROBLEM. AT THE TIME I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER I WASN'T TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE ODYSSEY'S AND THERE WASN'T ANY DEFEATS REPORTED ON THE VEHICLE FIX SHEETS. *TR

Mileage: 173,195

WHEN I PUT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE IT ACCELERATE PRETTY GOOD THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER IS GONE THEN I WILL HAVE TO STOP AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE, AGAIN I WILL RESTART AND THEN IT WILL ACCELERATE FOR COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS THEN AGAIN DOES THE SAME THING, I TRIED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND SAME RESULT. .I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH IN NORM REEVES HONDA IN WEST COVINA CALIFORNIA ON 7/23/ 2012 BUT DOES THE SAME THING..THE SERVICE CONSULTANT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE TRANSMISSION AND GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF $4064.18. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2004 REGARDING TRANSMISSION GEAR FAILURE, I WAS NOT NOTIFIED THIS RECALL AND ONLY FOUND OUT NOW WHEN I RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR ANOTHER RECALL IN IGNITION SWITCH THEN I CHECKED ALL RECALLS IN THE INTERNET. I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PLAN NON OPERATION SINCE 01/17/ 2013 UNTIL NOW .CAN I STILL HAVE IT FIXED BY THE DEALER? *TR

Mileage: 136,000

RETURNING FROM SHORT ROAD TRIP (LESS THAN 30 MILES FROM HOME), CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON. DROVE VEHICLE STRAIGHT TO HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE IT HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE LAST 8 YRS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. CODE P0740 INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO WORK THE NEXT DAY (5 MILES FROM HOME), VEHICLE BEGAN SHUDDERING, RPM GAUGE REVVED TO 4,000RPM'S YET VEHICLE WAS SLOWING. COULD PUT PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL BUT CAR WOULD NOT GO. COULDN'T REACH ANY SPEED OVER 40MPH. VEHICLE VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTED AND COULDN'T EXCEED 20MPH ON BUSY INTERSTATE. BARELY REACHED WORK WHERE VEHICLE RESTED. AFTER RESTING, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE BACK HOME - HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. VEHICLE UNABLE TO MOVE FROM DRIVEWAY, TRANSMISSION IS NOT IN WORKING CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 179,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

Mileage: 167,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL TRANSMISSION GEARS STOPPED WORKING. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE ODYSSEY WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. IT COSTS $4000 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND $500 FOR A RENTAL VEHICLE. HONDA ODYSSEY STINKS!!! *TR

Mileage: 135,543

AS MY HUSBAND ACCELERATED, THE STEERING LOST POWER. HE COULD GIVE THE ENGINE GAS BUT COULD NOT MANAGE THE CAR. SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR AROUND AND GET THE CAR BACK TO OUR MECHANIC. HE CHECKED IT OUT AND DETERMINED THAT INDEED THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 131,500

WE HAVE A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY, BOUGHT IT USED IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 WITH 79,766 MILE. NOW AT 91,160 MILE, IT'S HAVING MAJOR ISSUES. ON OCTOBER 12, 2013, WE DROVE THE VAN TO THE STORE AND BACK HOME JUST FINE. ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH WHEN WE TRIED TO DRIVE THE VAN AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT REVERSE OR DRIVE AT ALL. THE ENGINES STARTS UP JUST FINE IN PARKING AND IN NEUTRAL GEAR. AS SOON AS THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED TO D OR R, THE ENGINES STALLED. PLUS THE D DRIVE LIGHT WAS FLASHING PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. SEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND THAT OWNERS OF 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION FAILING. ON OCTOBER 22, I CALLED TO HONDA AMERICA TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME ASSISTANCE FOR HELPING WITH THE REPAIR. I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER. THAT SAME MORNING, I HAD OUR ODYSSEY VAN TOWED TO A HONDA DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER DROVE A CAR THAT TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL. IF HONDA DOESN'T ASSIST ME WITH THE REPAIR, THIS WILL BE THE LAST HONDA I WILL EVER BUY! *TR

Mileage: 91,160

RECEIVED NEWS FROM A LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP THAT ALL 4 ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN FOR A COST OF $925. WHEN LOOKING FOR PARTS HAPPEN TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF CHATTER REGARDING ENGINE MOUNTS ON SEVERAL MODEL YEARS OF THE ODYSSEY. LESSON LEARNED... PERHAPS CHECK THIS SITE BEFORE BUYING ANY VEHICLE. SEEMS HONDA SHOULD COVER SOME OF THE COST AT LEAST. *JS

Mileage: 133,000

TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN 2ND GEAR WITH A SLIGHT LOAD I.E. GOING UP A SLIGHT HILL. IF YOU ACCELERATE THE SLIPPING/SHUDDER GOES AWAY. HONDA WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE ME SPECIFIC INFORMATION AS TO THE VIN NUMBERS AFFECTED BY THEIR 2004 TRANSMISSION RECALL BUT COULD ONLY TELL ME MY VIN WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SECOND GEAR SLIPPING FAILURE WHEN I SEARCHED ONLINE, THE INFORMATION I READ STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH OIL FLOW TO THE SECOND GEAR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. IT SEEMS THE 2004 RECALL SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED MORE VIN NUMBERS. MY VEHICLE HAS HIGH MILEAGE NOW AND IS OUTSIDE HONDA'S ASSISTANCE PARAMETERS BUT IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL MAYBE MY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED INTO A PARKING LOT WERE IT WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

Mileage: 145,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON; HONDA DEALER TALKS ABOUT TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND ASKING IT TO BE REPLACED. REPLACEMENT COST: $6500 I HEARD THAT MANY OTHER HONDA ODYSSEY OWNERS COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED THAT HONDA ODYSSEY VAN IS HAVING CRITICAL TRANSMISSION ISSUE BUILT BETWEEN YEAR 1999 TO 2004. TRANSMISSION BECAME DEFECTIVE WITH NO REASON, SO MUCH FRUSTRATED AS VEHICLE HAS HARDLY DONE 100K MILES. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED UPON ENTERING THE FREEWAY. VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND FORCED TO PULL OVER. ALMOST REAR ENDED BY OTHER CARS ALSO ENTERING THE FREEWAY. HONDA ODYSSEYS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND THIS BODY STYLE 1999 TO 2004 ARE DEFECTIVE. FROM MY READINGS A LARGE QUANTITY OF THE TRANSMISSIONS FAILED AT 80,000 SO AT LEAST WE MADE IT TO 125,000 MILES. I REGULARLY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. SPENT $3200 AT AAMCO GETTING IT FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

CAR SEEMED TO SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN WHEN APPROACHING STOP SIGNAL. TRIED TO PULL AWAY WHEN LIGHT WAS GREEN, BUT REMAINED STATIONARY AFTER PRESSING ON GAS/ACCELERATOR THREE TO FOUR TIMES. FINALLY WAS ABLE CREEP ALONG UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO STEER INTO A BANK PARKING LOT. HONDA DEALER DIAGNOSED ;PROBLEM AS FAULTY TRANSMISSION DUE TO OVERHEATED/BURNTOUT OF SOLENOIDS. *TR

Mileage: 105,789

ENGINE MOUNT IS BROKEN. BOTH SIDE MOUNT AND FRONT MOUNT. *TR

Mileage: 101,385

VEHICLE WENT FROM 40 MPH TO LESS THAN 20 MPH AND WOULD NOT GO FASTER . ANY ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE ONLY REVVED ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED...WAS INOPERABLE,AND ONLY OPTION WAS REPLACEMENT NOT REBUILDING. *TR VEHICLE MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS

Mileage: 174,895

WE USED HONDA ODYSSEY [2004] DAILY FOR COMMUTING (NEVER TOWED ANYTHING AND DON'T HAUL ANYTHING). THE CAR WOULD START MOVING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN WOULD STOP MOVING FORWARD. THE CAR WAS SUDDENLY STUCK IMMEDIATELY AFTER CROSSING THE INTERSECTION. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR IN ANY DIRECTION AND STUCK ON THE ROAD. ON DUTY POLICE OFFICER INFORMED THAT I NEED TO MOVE THE CAR AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HE WANTED TO CALL THE TOWING TRUCK, BUT AT THAT TIME I TRIED SHIFTING FROM TO PARK AND BACK TO DRIVE IT WOULD MOVE FORWARD FOR FEW HUNDRED FEET AND AGAIN SAME THING NO FORWARD MOTION. AT THAT TIME I WAS ON DOWN THE HILL AND SO ABLE TO PULL THE CAR NEAR ONE BUSINESS PARK. LATER, I TOWED THE CAR TO NEAR BY SHOP AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. WHEN I FOUND RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE, HONDA MOTOR COMPANY SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY CAR. HONDA DEALER IS CHARGING $5,600 TO FIX THIS. 8TR

Mileage: 189,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON JULY 27, 2012, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY HAD IT CHECKED IT OUT, WHERE THEY DISCOVERED A POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS, THE 2004 MODEL WAS KNOWN TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION FAN THAT DID NOT COOL DOWN THE TRANSMISSION EFFECTIVELY. THE FAILURE WAS DUE LARGELY TO THE TRANSMISSION FAN BEING TOO SMALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION.

ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION TWICE, THE A/C SYSTEM 3 TIMES AND STARTER. NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS AND WINDOWS AND RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT SEIZED ONE AFTERNOON. ALL SERVICE INTERVALS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED AS WITH MY OTHER VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD TIRES AND FLUID CHANGES WITH NO OTHER FIXES. THE PAINT CONTINUES TO FLAKE OFF EVEN AFTER HONDA OF CONCORD, NC REPAINTED HALF OF THE VEHICLE. 2 YEARS AGO. VEHICLE HAS LEFT MY WIFE STRANDED ON DOZENS OF OCCASIONS ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE'S 9TH BATTERY SINCE 2004. SELLING THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AN OPTION BUT REPLACING IT IS. IT WILL NOT BE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER HONDA PRODUCT EVER AND I CAUTION ANYONE WHO IS EVER IN THE MARKET FOR ONE OF THESE VANS TO AVOID THEM AT ALL COST. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT A NIGHTMARE TO WORK WITH AND WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE REPAIRS I LISTED ABOVE. THEY ARE JUNK. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

I WAS DRIVING ON I-630 IN LITTLE ROCK, IN MODERATE TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS FORCED TO COAST THROUGH TRAFFIC TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS SOON AS I LOST POWER, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH FLASHED. IF THE TRAFFIC HAD BEEN HEAVIER, THE OUTCOME MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AS FAVORABLE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 100,600

MY TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A NOISE, AS OF 3/21/13. I HAD TAKEN IT TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND IT IS RING AND PINION AND IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE SO WHEN I WENT TO CHECK IT OUT ON THE INTERNET CAME ACROSS THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL BACK IN 2004 I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED AND NOW IT IS COSTING ME SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS I EXPECT HONDA TO PAY FOR THIS NOT ME. I LOVE MY VAN AND BOUGHT IT BECAUSE OF ITS DEPENDABILITY AND RELIABILITY AND NOW I AM HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE VAN. I EXPECT SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME ASAP AND HONDA TO COVER THE COST. *TR

Mileage: 101,730

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO MY EARLIER COMPLAIN---NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10499643-- INDICATION OF ENGINE TROUBLE DID NOT GIVE ANY ADVANCE INFORMATION.INDICATION MUST BE AN ALARM FOR THE DRIVER SO THAT HE WILL TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.IN MY CASE THERE WAS NO TIME AVAILABLE.IT WORKED AS FAILURE INDICATION ONLY. ALL VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS BE INFORMED THAT ALARM (TROUBLE)INDICATION SHOULD BE A PRE-FAILURE ALARM AND SHOULD GIVE SOME TIME TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. HOPE YOU WILL TAKE UP THE ISSUE WITH MANUFACTURERS. *TR

Mileage: 92,353

MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND-3RD GEARS. TCS, CK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, AND STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER SECOND DAY AND DIAGNOSED IT AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 93,200

SECOND OWNER. TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY HONDA IN 2006 AT 55,000 MILES FOR NOTED GEAR OVERHEATING RECALL IN SARASOTA, FL. CURRENT MILEAGE IS LESS THAN 90,000 MILES LATER. TRANSMISSION REGULAR MAINTENANCE COMPLETED AND A FIRMWARE UPDATE WAS DONE IN 2009 AT 120,000 (65,000 ON NEW TRANNY) MILES. TRANSMISSION NOW DOWNSHIFTS VERY HARD (HARD SHIFT) FROM 3-2 WHEN COASTING DOWNHILL OR IF THE BRAKE IS SLIGHTLY APPLIED WHEN COASTING DOWNHILL. HONDA TECHNICIANS STATED NORMAL OPERATION TO ALLOW FOR ENGINE BRAKING. NEW FIRMWARE CAUSED THE CHANGE. Q4 2012 TRANSMISSION NOW SHIFTS FROM 1-2 IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS, NOT SLIPPING, BUT TAKING A LONG TIME TO SHIFT AND PREVENTS ACCELERATION DURING THIS DELAY. COULD PREVENT ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE WITH LONG DELAY. HONDA TECHNICIAN STATES NORMAL OPERATION AND INCLUDED IN FIRMWARE TO REDUCE DAMAGE DUE TO RECALL. NOTE THESE ISSUES ARE ON THE SUPPOSEDLY "FIXED" TRANSMISSION. SERIES OF DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE RECALL REPAIR DID NOT SOLVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE PROBLEM, BUT WAS A BAND-AID IN COMBINATION WITH FIRWARE UPDATES TO "BUFFER" 2ND GEAR MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION WILL SURVIVE TO 100K MILES, BUT HAS RECEIVED EXCELLENT CARE AND REPAIRS. SAFETY ISSUE IS THE INABILITY TO ACCELERATE DURING 1-2 SHIFT DELAY AND UNEXPECTED ENGINE BRAKING DURING DOWNHILL COASTING WHICH COULD TRIGGER REAR-END ACCIDENTS (NOTE NO BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN IT OCCURS). I BELIEVE IN HONDA AND THEY SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND PROVIDE LIFETIME TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS DUE TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THEIR PRODUCTS THAT ARE WELL-KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED. *TR

Mileage: 144,000

ROUGHLY 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN PUTTING THE VAN INTO D IT WOULD HESITATE BEFORE ENGAGING. THE DELAY BECAME GREATER AND THEN IT STARTED SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND & THIRD GEARS. THREE DAYS AGO THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING. I TURNED THE VAN OFF, STARTED IT AGAIN & IT DROVE FOR NEARLY .5 MILES ONLY TO STOP AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION & HAVE FOUND A LITANY OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAULTY HONDA TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 157,000

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY FAILED. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED, BEFORE I COULD PULL OVER TO THE SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODDYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHIFT LEVER BECAME VERY LOOSE AND AS A RESULT, IT WOULD SHIFT GEARS WITH THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE PART INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

Mileage: 96,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. AFTER DIAGNOSTICS, THE MECHANIC NOTICED BROKEN GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION AND STATED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000.

Mileage: 179,000

WAS DRIVING MY "2004 HONDA ODYSSEY" . I STARTED LOOSING SPEED CONTROL.AT TIMES IT FAILED TO START AFTER STOPPING. AND AGAIN THE SAME THING..... AND NOW I HEAR CLICKING AND CLICKING AND THAN MY CAR JUST COMES TO A SCREECHING STOP..... I SEE MY ENGINE LIGHT ON AND I SEE MY TCS LIGHT COME ON. I REACHED AUTO REPAIRER NEARBY.COST ME $ 566 BUT FAILED AGAIN WITHIN ONE HOUR AND NOW ADVISES TO REPLACE POWER TRAIN AT $3500 ADDITIONALLY???? MY CERTIFIED ADDITIONAL COVERAGE IS 100000 MILES OR 7 YEARS WHICH EXPIRED ON 08/05/2011. TIME-LIMIT OF 7 YEARS WITH THE GUARANTEE IS UNFAVORABLE TO DRIVERS WITH LESS MILEAGE. I AM UNEMPLOYED. I NEED HONDA TO DO THE RECALL ON ITS TRANNYS ASAP.... I COULD HAVE MET WITH ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 92,353

WAS DRIVING MY "2004 HONDA ODYSSEY" . I NOTICED MY TRANSMISSION KINDA NOT WANTING TO CHANGE GEARS. AND AS TIME GO BY IT CHANGES FINS. AND THAN. "BOOM" I FEELS LIKE SOME ONE HIT ME FROM BEHIND. BUT WHEN I LOOK NO ONE WAS THERE..... AND AGAIN THE SAME THING..... AND NOW I HEAR CLICKING AND CLICKING AND THAN MY CAR JUST COMES TO A SCREECHING STOP..... I SEE MY ENGINE LIGHT ON AND I SEE MY TCS LIGHT COME ON. I CALL A TOW. AND BEFORE THEY ARRIVE. I TRY AND START AND GO AND IT WORKS...... I NEED HONDA TO DO THE RECALL ON ITS TRANNYS ASAP.... I COULD HAVE DIED AND SOO COULD HAVE MY CHILDREN THAT WAS IN THE VAN.... *TR

Mileage: 121,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE SHIFT LIGHT ON D STARTED FLASHING AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH THE VEHICLE COMING TO A STOP. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE TRANSMISSION CLINIC 3875 INTERPARK DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. 80907. UNDER A HONDA RECALL ID# 48576, I TRIED TO GET SOME COMPENSATION FOR THE $3,897.40 REPAIR OF A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC. NEVER SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE EVEN THOUGHT I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW FROM THEM AND I NEVER CHANGED MY ADDRESS. HONDA SHOULD HAVE SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE OR CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION WHEN I HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGES. I HAVE WRITTEN TWO LETTERS TO AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC. AND RECEIVED A CASE # N012013-01-21-02021 AND TALKED WITH A BRIDGET 1-800-999-1009 EXT. 117730. SHE SAYS SENSE I DID NOT HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE BY HONDA, THEY WILL NOT COMPENSATE ME FOR ANYTHING. SHE REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE RECALL NOTICE THAT I NEVER RECEIVED.

Mileage: 90,754

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND A HARD SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS 2ND TO THIRD. *TR

Mileage: 197,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING SECURED IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN DRIVE WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE UNTIL SHE ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING FROM THE TRUNK AND NOTICED THAT SHE WAS PUSHING THE VEHICLE FORWARD WITHOUT MUCH FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

Mileage: 103,000

TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILED AT 90,000 MILES. I HAVE DONE ALL SERVICES AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND ALL MAJOR SERVICES FROM THE DEALER. JUST BEFORE THIS BREAKDOWN, I HAD MY 90K MILE SERVICE DONE AT THE DEALER AND EVERYTHING WAS REPORTED FINE. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

TRANSMISSION BURNED UP WHILE DRIVING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. MERRY CHRISTMAS HONDA. *TR

Mileage: 133,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE BEGAN WITH WHINING NOISE. TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TRANNY OIL CHANGE. THEY REPORTED BACK THAT THE TRANNY WAS FAILING. THE OIL CHANGE ONLY MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. TCS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SLIPPING, REVVING WITH NO MOVEMENT AT A STOP. I ENDED UP HAVING VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP AND THE TRANNY WAS REBUILT. COST WAS $2,668.75 WITH TAX. *TR

Mileage: 152,748

HONDA ODYSSEY HAS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THEY HAD A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST THEM AND I HAD THE APPROPRIATE WARRANTY WORK DONE ON IT. IT HAS NOW GONE COMPLETELY OUT. I'M UNDER ON THE MILEAGE FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WORK, BUT OVER ON THE AGE. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. HONDA EITHER DIDN'T FIX THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES OR CREATED NEW ONES WITH THE RECALL. NOW THE FIX IS A $5000 ONE. HONDA SHOULD BE LIABLE TO FIX THIS OR A LARGE PART OF IT. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 17 IN BERGEN COUNTY, MY TCS LIGHT CAME ON. I NOTICED THAT MY TACHOMETER WAS ELEVATED WITHOUT ANY INCREASE IN SPEED. I HAD NO FORWARD MOTION AND HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER, NUMEROUS TRUCKS AND CARS WERE PASSING BY VERY CLOSE AND THE VAN WAS SHAKEN AS THEY WENT BY. I TRIED TURNING OFF AND STARTING THE VAN TO SEE IF I COULD SHIFT ANY GEARS WHEN RESET, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I NEEDED TO CALL 911 FOR AN OFFICER TO GET A TOW TRUCK FOR ME. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIS LIGHTS AND PRESENCE AS THE ROAD WAS DARK AND HEAVILY TRAFFICKED. I WAS TOWED AND INFORMED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, THIS SITUATION WAS DANGEROUS AND AFTER RESEARCHING REALIZED THAT THE ODYSSEY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM!! THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SO OTHERS WILL NOT BE PUT IN DANGER. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING OUT OF THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GEARS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT IT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER THEN ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

Mileage: 131,000

CAR STOPPED GOING INTO GEAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON D STARTED FLASHING AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON CAR WOULD KEEP HESITATING INTO GEAR AND FINALLY JUST WOULD NOT MOVE. TYPICAL PROBLEM FOR HONDA ODYSSEY AS I JUST FOUND OUT BY CLASS ACTION SUIT AND MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE. BUT WHEN I CALL HONDA THEY SAY THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN RECALLED FOR ANY TRANSMISSION DEFECTS. PICTURE THAT IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY PROBLEMS THEY HAVE HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE BUT THEY DO A GOOD JOB KEEPING IT QUIET. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM SURE EXPENSIVE PROBLEM FOR THEM THAT IS WHY THEY WONT ADMIT TO ANY DEFECTS. SINCE THIS IS COSTING ME 3500 TO GET A JASPER TRANSMISSION WITH 3 YEAR WARRANTY. WILL NOT BUY A HONDA AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

PARKED CAR IN PARKING LOT--BACKED INTO SPOT--PUT INTO PARK?--SHUT OFF ENGINE/REMOVED KEY AND EXITED VEHICLE/LOCKED DOOR AND WENT INTO STORE--WAS INFORMED WITHIN 5 MINUTES CAR HAD ROLLED APPROX' 50 FEET INTO FRIENDS PICKUP TRUCK..MY LEFT FRONT[DRIVER SIDE] HAD SMASHED INTO RIGHT REAR OF TRUCK-NO DAMAGE TO TRK--MY CAR ACTUALLY IN REVERSE WHEN KEY REMOVED AND ENGINE STOPPED. *TR

Mileage: 124,380

I PARKED MY CAR, REMOVED THE KEYS AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. ONCE OUTSIDE, THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND I PUSHED AGAINST IT TO HOLD IT FROM ROLLING INTO THE CAR PARKED NEXT TO ME (THE FRONT WHEELS WERE TURNED). I RE-ENTERED THE CAR AND SHIFTED IT INTO PARK AND APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK ALTHOUGH IT WAS IN PARK AND TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ALTENATOR AND IGNITION MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED OUT OF THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

AFTER READING AN ARTICLE ON OCTOBER 6, 2012 BY REUTERS "GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES HONDA PILOT,ODYSSEY ROLLAWAY RISK", I REALIZED THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. MANY TIMES AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND AFTER PLACING THE GEAR SHIFT ARM INTO 'PARK', THE VEHICLE DOES NOT REGISTER THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN 'PARK', HOWEVER I AM ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. *TR

Mileage: 126,255

ORIGINATING IN PORTLAND, OR TO L.A., CALIFORNIA, OUR VACATION WAS ABRUPTLY INTERRUPTED 30 MILES NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD WITH SOME SMOKE COMING OUT OF OUR ENGINE. WE DECIDED TO PULL OVER FOR SAFETY AND UPON DISEMBARKING NOTICED FROM FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE AREA OF THE ENGINE. WE WERE TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP IN BAKERSFIELD AND AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT CAME BACK THE NEXT MORNING TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION ON MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS OUT OF COMMISSION AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER OF HONDA SINCE THE 80'S, AS MY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, AND NEVER HAD WE EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT(HAVING TO PAY $4000.00 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION) DURING OUR FAMILY VACATION. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VAN AND (FROM 2004), I NEVER HAVE I RECEIVED ANY RECALL OR COMMUNICATION FROM THE HONDA CORPORATION ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. I ALWAYS CHANGED MY FLUIDS AND HAD IT MAINTAINED. IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE AVOIDED USING IT FOR SUCH AS LONG JOURNEY. I CONTACTED THE HONDA CORPORATION OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA BUT THEY DISREGARDED IT AS JUST A MISFORTUNE. I ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR SOME TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT BUT THEY DENIED MY PLEAD. *TR

Mileage: 114,775

WHILE HEADING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR THE TRANSMISSION JUST WENT AWAY. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE I FOUND OUT THAT HONDA HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS DOING JUST THAT AND SAY THEY HAVE FIXED IT. HOWEVER, IN MY OPINION IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. AS I WAS SITTING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK AS SEMI AFTER SEMI WENT PAST SHAKING MY VAN, I THINK THEY SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ISSUE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 162,000

THE TRANSMISSION JERKS AND SHUDDERS. I AM LOSING CONFIDENCE ON THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP RIGHT AFTER A RECENT REFUEL AND WE PULLED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE AND CHECKED THE MANUAL. WE TIGHTENED THE FUEL CAP BUT THE LIGHT DID NOT GO AWAY. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT CHECKED UP. UPON DIAGNOSIS THE DEAL TOLD US THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDS A TOTAL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. GOT A SECOND OPINION FROM TWO OTHER AUTO REPAIR SHOPS AND THEY CONFIRMED WHAT DEALER SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 64,580

ON FRIDAY 8/10/2012, WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 35MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT BOTH CAME UP, THEN AT THE STOP LIGHT WHEN THE RED TURNED GREEN, THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE MUCH AS I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL, IT GOES VERY SLOW BUT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING 4-5K RPM. IT WEN BACK TO NORMAL DRIVING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT THE CEL LIGHT IS STILL ON SO I DECIDE TO GO THE DEALER (KINGS HONDA IN CINCINNATI, OH) ON MODAY 8/14/2012 BUT IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN ON THE ROAD, I HAD TO STOP THE ENGINE BECUASE IT WON'T MOVE AND RESTART A FEW TIME IN ORDER TO DRIVE THERE (TOTAL ABOUT 4 MILES). AFTER THE DEALER CHECKED IT, THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NEVER EXPECTED THE HONDA TRANSMISSION WILL GO BAD AT THIS STAGE. *TR

Mileage: 111,102

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE USING CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70 MPH AND THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING. I TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW SMOKE BEHIND ME. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY. WE HAD TRAVELED 70 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN 70 DEGREE WEATHER. I HAD IT TOWED AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ($4,000), AND THAT THEY SAW METAL CHIPS FROM THE GEARS CHIPPING. I HAD NO PRIOR WARNING SIGNS, NO SLIPPING OF GEARS, NO DASH LIGHTS LIT. THERE WERE 3 OTHER PASSENGERS, INCLUDING 2 SMALL CHILDREN. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE USING CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70 MPH THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WHEN THERE WAS A SUBTLE CLUNK LIKE I HIT A SMALL BUMP AND THEN THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GEAR, IT WAS REVVING AND SLOWING DOWN. I MADE SURE IT WAS IN GEAR, IT WAS AND I TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPM SURGED BUT THE SPEED CONTINUED TO SLOW. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR THERE WAS A LONG TRAIL OF SMOKE BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY.THIS IS MISSOURI HIGHWAY 70, HEAVILY TRAVELED BY SEMIS. WE HAD TRAVELED 70 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN 95 DEGREE WEATHER. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS INDEED THE TRANSMISSION AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROXIMATELY $4,000. I HAD NO PRIOR WARNING SIGNS, NO SLIPPING OF GEARS, NO DASH LIGHTS LIT, JUST A SLIGHT CLUNK AND NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION ON THE INTERSTATE MECHANIC LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND MENTIONED THE REAR MAIN SEAL ON THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING AND IT LOST THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ONLY OPTION NOW IS AN APPROXIMATE $5,000 REPLACEMENT WITH RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION!!!! *TR

Mileage: 156,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED. THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN BUT COULD NOT BE SHIFTED INTO ANY GEARS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP THROUGH FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ONGOING FOR A YEAR. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:04V176000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION), BUT THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

Mileage: 50,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND TCS LIGHT FLASHING. DIAGNOSIS CODE P0740 INDICATES: TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKUP MALFUNCTION.VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO THE HIGHEST GEAR AT FREEWAY SPEED, SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING AT APPROX 20 MPH AND GAS MILEAGE HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. DETERMINED THAT THERE IS INTERNAL SLIPPING REQUIRING A NEW TRANSMISSION. SEATBELTS DO NOT RETRACT AND GET CAUGHT IN DOORS. SEVERAL AREAS OF BODY HAVE MIDNIGHT BLUE PAINT PEELING. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

HAD NOTICED RECENTLY THAT WHEN SWITCHING GEARS THE VAN "JUMPED" AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SEEMED TO VIBRATE/SHAKE. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER MUCH INVESTIGATION, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS BEING WORKED ON IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF THE MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE HAD BEEN FOLLOWED COMPLETELY SO THIS WAS A COMPLETE SHOCK -- AT LEAST UNTIL I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH, SAW THE RECALL NOTICE OF OVER 1-MILLION HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS (HOWEVER MY VIN # DIDN'T COME UP!) AND SAW JUST HOW MANY TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS THERE WERE FROM OTHER OWNERS ALSO NOT PART OF THE RECALL. BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP WAS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE, I CHOSE MY RECOMMENDED LOCAL AAMCO SHOP TO DO THE REPAIRS. CALLED HONDA AND WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO "GOODWILL" CLAIM BECAUSE (A) THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT DO THE REPAIR AND (B) THE TRANSMISSION IS ONLY WARRANTIED BY HONDA FOR 36/36,000 (NO WONDER!!). HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP HAD TOLD ME THAT HONDA RARELY PROVIDES "GOODWILL" CLAIMS AND IF THEY DO, I'D BE LUCKY TO RECEIVE $400, SO CONSIDERING THE DEALERSHIP WAS OVER $2000 MORE FOR JUST THE TRANSMISSION WORK, I COULDN'T RISK HAVING THE DEALERSHIP DO THE REPAIR TO LATER FIND OUT THAT HONDA WOULD REJECT A "GOODWILL" CLAIM. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

AT AROUND 80,000 COMPLAINED TO HONDA DEALER THAT MY VAN WAS ROUGHLY DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEARS. THEY JUST RECOMMENDED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND NEVER MENTIONED PREVIOUS RECALL AND TRANNY PROBLEMS. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED WITH 39,000 MILES. WAS UNAWARE OF THE RECALL AND PROBLEMS WITH PRIOR MODEL YEARS. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 100,000 MILES AND MY TRANSMISSION DIED AT 112,560. I BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND WHEN I SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE MY VAN KEPT ROLLING BACKWARD. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE UNTIL IT DIED WHILE DRIVING IT WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VAN IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TOWN. IT MANAGED TO SHIFT TO 2ND GEAR AND DRIVE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AT AROUND 45 MPH (I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE SINCE I WAS IN TOWN AND THE SPEED LIMIT WHERE IT FAILED WAS 40MPH. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO HONDA AS THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT DRIVABLE ONCE IT WAS SHUT OFF AT MECHANIC. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT IS WRONG FOR HONDA TO NOT HAVE TO REPLACE THESE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I PAID HONDA OVER $3,000 FOR THIS REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 112,560

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE GEARS BEGAN TO SLIP AND SHIFT VIOLENTLY. THE TRANSMISSION THEN SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) HOWEVER THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 135,000 MILES BEING DRIVEN ON INTERSTATE WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY WITH NO WARNING. WAS ABLE TO DRIFT OFF INTERSTATE AND ROLL TO A SAFE SPOT. I UNDERSTAND TRANSMISSION ISSUES/COMPLAINTS ARE HIGH ON THESE YEARS OF ODYSSEY'S. CURRENTLY BEING TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $3500. *JS

Mileage: 135,000

WHILE DRIVING FOR 2 HRS, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO RATTLE AND BEGIN TO LOSE POWER ALMOST DRIVING ME IN TO A FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUIDS ALL OVER THE TRANSMISSION. HONDA REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ON GOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JS

Mileage: 85,105

WITH 130,000 MILES OUR 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. COMPLETE MAINTENANCE TO DATE. IN READING WE HAVE FOUND WEBSITES DEVOTED TO THIS PROBLEM, A CLASS ACTION SUIT IS FILED, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE BY HONDA. ODYSSEYTRANSMISSION.COM SUGGESTED SUBMITTING THIS FORM TO ADD TO THE TOTAL COUNT. *TT

Mileage: 130,000

SIDE AND FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS DISCOVERED TO HAVE FAILED AT 59852 MILES ON 2/19/09 AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW, 6/18/12, REAR (TRANSMISSION) MOUNT DISCOVERED TO HAVE FAILED AT 88000 MILES AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. NORMAL FAMILY DRIVING FOR VACATIONS AND AROUND TOWN ONLY. NO EXTREME CONDITIONS OR ROADS. *JS

Mileage: 59,852

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE RPMS BEGAN TO INCREASE ABNORMALLY AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE BUT HE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TELL WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM. THE SMOKING CEASED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

WHILE ON A SALES TRIP 180 MILES FROM HOME--EXPERIENCED CHUGGING BETWEENS GEAR SHIFTS 1-2, AND STRONG SLIPPING BETWEEN 3 AND 4. DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER. TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSED AS CLUTCH FAILURE FROM CODES BY HONDA DEALERSHIP MECHANIC, AFTER TEST DRIVING AND READING CODES. INDICATED IT IS STILL DRIVE-ABLE, IF ONE IS CAREFUL. LIMPED HOME WITH EXTREME CARE DURING ACCELERATION. DROVE APPROX. 50 MILES TO OH TURNPIKE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE, EXPERIENCED QUICKLY DETERIORATING POWER DURING SLIGHT PROLONGED INCLINE-- WHICH LED TO COMPLETE, 100% FAILURE WITHIN 2-3 MILES. WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE BERM TO BE TOWED HOME. *TT

Mileage: 109,950

TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE. BOUGHT THE VAN USED IN 2006 WITH 25,000 MILES. THE VAN IS NOT USED FOR TOWING. DRIVEN MOSTLY AROUND TOWN AND ON LONG TRIPS. NOW WITH JUST 115000 MILES THE MECHANIC IS SAYING THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT. TODAY THE VAN REVVED AWKWARDLY HIGH DURING GEAR SHIFTS AND THEN THE GEAR SELECTOR BECAME NON-EFFECTIVE ONCE THE VEHICLE STOPPED. APPARENTLY THIS IS TYPICAL FOR THIS VEHICLE OF THIS AGE WHICH UNACCEPTABLE IN MY MIND FOR A HONDA. THE ESTIMATE IS FOR $4,500 TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

I BOUGHT MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH LESS THAN 79K MILES. NOW WITH 107K MILES THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING . *TR

Mileage: 107,000

BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE THEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE THE ODYSSEY WOULD CONTINUE IN REVERSE. SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. SHIFTED INTO 2ND GEAR AND THE CAR STATED TO MOVE, SHIFTED AGAIN INTO DRIVE. STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS THE RPM'S WENT FLYING AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD. *TR

Mileage: 78,500

THE TRANSMISSION START WORKING WRONG, WHEN THE AC COMPRESSOR STOPS SHOUTS DOWN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM, NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AS WELL THE TCS LIGHT. THE VAN ACCELERATE BY IT SELF AND STOPS REALLY HARD, AND SOMETIMES STAYS IN 2ND GEAR OR 3TH GEAR. PLEASE I NEED HELP!!!! *TR

DROVE THE CAR IN THE MORNING AND PARKED IT...GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND DROVE IT AND NOTICED THE SHIFTER WAS LOOSE. I CHANGE THE ATF EVERY 30,000 MILES AS RECOMMENDED BY HONDA AND USED HONDA ATF. DRAINED AND REPLACED; NOT FLUSHED. TOOK THE CAR TO AN ATRA CERTIFIED SHOP TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTER. THE SHOP SAID THAT EITHER THE SPRING ON THE DETENT BALL OR THE PIN HOLDING THE ROOSTER COMB ONTO THE MANUAL SHAFT IS BROKEN. RECOMMENDED THAT I STOP DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERN. RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 152,000

MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY EXPERIENCED AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN 2007 WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWNSHIFT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT SPEED WHICH WOULD CAUSE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF VEHICLE WERE BEHIND YOU OR IF YOU WERE DRIVING DOWN A SLICK OR SNOW COVERED ROADWAY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME BY HONDA. ON FEB 6TH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 35MPH. THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND WOULD NOT UP SHIFT. THE VAN WAS NOT ABLE TO GO ABOVE 20 MPH AND THERE WERE VEHICLES BEHIND OUR VEHICLE WHICH CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY DECELERATING. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

THIS IS THE 2ND TRANSMISSION THAT IS FAILED, HONDA HAS REFUSE TO PAY ANYTHING. THEY CLAIM THAT THERE TRANSMISSION HAS NO PROBLEM BUT AFTER GOOGLE I FIND THAT THEY HAVE A CLASS ACTION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. I WANT ASSISTANCE IN THIS PROBLEM I WILL NOT AFFORD ANOTHER $ 3000 TO FIX IT. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ONLY 79000.00 MILES NOW THIS ONE FAILED ONLY 103093 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 103,093

AT LOW SPEEDS, APPROX. 20 TO 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAS A SHUDDER/RUMBLE SENSATION THRU THE STEERING WHEEL AND YOU CAN FEEL IT WHETHER YOU ARE DRIVING OR A PASSENGER. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND DOES NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME. I HAVE NEVER HAD THE PROBLEM AT SPEEDS OVER 45 TO 50 MPH. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND OF COURSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME A TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE WAS NEEDED. I PAID $225. FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TRANNY FLUID CHANGE AND A 'DIAGNOSTIC TEST DRIVE' IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. SINCE THAT TIME OF THAT REPAIR, I HAVE JUST LIVED WITH THE PROBLEM AND HOPED FOR THE BEST. IT WASN'T UNTIL I STARTED READING ONLINE ABOUT HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ODYSSEY MINIVANS. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME GET THIS PROBLEM SATISFACTORILY REPAIRED FROM HONDA. THEY ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE MINIVANS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THIS MINIVAN USED FROM VAN'S HONDA IN GREEN BAY, WI IN APRIL OF 2007 AND I AM UNAWARE IF MY VAN WAS RECALLED. IT WASN'T RECALLED AS LONG AS I HAVE OWNED IT. *TR

Mileage: 73,400

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NO WARNING SIGNS. ONE SECOND MOVING JUST FINE, NEXT NOTHING. NO POWER.

Mileage: 115,000

TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING, NO POWER, MECHANIC STATES THAT IT IS TOTALY SHOT & NEEDS REPLACEMENT, OR REBUILD. *TT

WHILE RETURNING FROM TEXAS TO ARKANSAS, MY TRANSMISSION HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE ON I-20 SOUTH OF DALLAS. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS, NO SOUNDS. THE ENGINE TACH REDLINED AND I WAS ABLE TO CROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH NO POWER WHATSOEVER. THE CAR BEGAN SMOKING FROM HOT TRANSMISSION FLUID. WHEN I STOPPED, I NOTICED FLUID COVERING THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT WHEEL WELLS. I HAD IT TOWED TO A NEARBY HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD I HAD A TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THERE WERE NO COMPUTER CODES RECORDED BY THE VANS COMPUTER. MY BILL TO HAVE IT REPLACED WAS $4,200.00. I ALSO HAD TO PAY FOR A TOW, A RENTAL CAR TO RETURN TO LITTLE ROCK AND AN AIRLINE TICKET TO RETURN TO DALLAS TO RECOVER MY VAN. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW BY ME AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED BY HONDA. *TR

Mileage: 123,106

THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY SHOT ON THIS 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. NO WARNING SIGNS AT ALL. $3000+ WORTH OF REPAIRS. THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2004 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS FOR 1.1 MILLION OF THEM, BUT MY VIN DOESN'T HAPPEN TO FALL IN THAT CATEGORY... *TR

Mileage: 136,000

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I HAVE HAD MY TRANSMISSION LOOKED AT 3 TIMES SINCE MAY OF 2011. I KNEW IT WAS GOING BUT HONDA WOULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL MY WARRANTY WAS UP. I FEEL THAT A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST MORE THEN 80,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 81,500

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH ON A CITY BRIDGE, THE ENGINE LOST POWER, THEN REVVED. THE SYMPTOMS REPEATED THE NEXT DAY. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VAN WHEN THE PROBLEMS OCCURRED. WE TOOK THE VAN TO OUR HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WERE INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. OUR 2004 ODYSSEY HAS HAD ALL REQUIRED FACTORY MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED IT FROM. AT 95,000 MILES WE HAD THE RECOMMENDED 105,000 MILE SERVICE TO INCLUDE A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND INSPECTION. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AND THE SERVICE SHOWED OUR VAN WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. HONDA WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, I WAS TOLD BY HONDA OF AMERICA THAT TRANSMISSION SERVICE LIFE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. NOTHING IN THE OWNERS MANUAL INDICATES THAT. AFTER PAYING $1000 FOR THE SERVICE WE ARE NOW FACED WITH A $6300 BILL FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. GIVEN THE PRICE OF THE VAN AND ROUTINE SERVICE, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, AS IS THE SAFETY CONCERNS FOR A TRANSMISSION CATASTROPHICALLY FAILING JUST AFTER A SERVICE AND INSPECTION PRODUCED NOTHING BUT A VAN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON CAR. LOST POWER TO WHEELS. HAD TO PULL CAR OFF TO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND GET IT TOWED TO MECHANIC. *TR

Mileage: 116,500

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING ME TO ON A SIDE ROAD WITH NO PULL OFF AREA. I COULD NOT GET THE VAN TO MOVE FORWARD SO I STARTED DRIFTING BACKWARDS. HAD TO HAVE VAN TOWED TO SHOP. I AM OVERSEA FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION FROM THE HONDA DEALER WAS 5000 POUND AND AT THE CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE THAT IS $8000 ON A VAN WORTH $7000.00. WE HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE VAN. WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR $3000.00. WE NEED THE VAN UNTIL WE GET BACK TO THE STATES THEN WE WILL BE TAKING IT IN ON A TOYOTA. NOT A HAPPY HONDA OWNER!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 110,000

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FLORIDA TO ILLINOIS AT APX 65-70MPH,WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE LOOSES POWER, ALMOST TO A CRAWL, SMOKE BELLOWING OUT BEHIND THE CAR. DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HONDA DEALERSHIP STATES VEHICLE IS NOT COVER BY WARRANTY OR RECALL. DEALERSHIP COULD REPLACE TRANNY AT A COST OVER $5K. OPTED TO INSTALL ANOTHER ODYSSEY TRANS INDEPENDENTLY. THIS FAILED IN LESS THAN 1K MILES. OPTED TO THEN HAVE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION INDEPENDENTLY REBUILT WITH GENUINE HONDA'S OEM PARTS AND SPECIFICATION WITH HONDA DEALERSHIP CONSULT. WORKED FINE FOR APPX 26K MILES THEN TORQUE CONVERTER BURNED OUT AGAIN. REPLACED AND REPAIRED TORQUE EVEN SOLENOID BUT LESS THAN 8K MI TRANNY FAILED AGAIN. ALL THESE HAPPENED IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND 30K MILES. BILL KAY HONDA DEALERSHIP STILL SAYING CAR IS NOT INVOLVE IN RECALL/SUIT AND OUT OF WARRANTY. PREVIOUSLY I COMPLAINED AT PLANET HONDA ABOUT A JERK/THUMP WHEN INCREASING SPEED BETWEEN 10-40 AND DEALERSHIP STATES THEY 'COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM'. VEHICLE IS STILL DOWN AND HONDA AND THEIR DEALERSHIPS ARE STILL SCREWING IT'S CUSTOMERS. PS: HAD 2002 ODYSSEY THAT WAS ON ITS WAY OUT WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS BUT IT CRASHED. ALSO, HAVE A 2001 CIVIC WITH SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE SITTING FOR THE LEAST 3 YEARS WITH ONLY ABOUT 100K ON IT! SHAME ON YOU HONDA!!! *TR

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THREE OTHER VEHICLES. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED IN A MANNER IN WHICH THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING SUCCESSFULLY SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT A COMPONENT ON THE VEHICLE MUST HAVE FAILED IN ORDER FOR THE FAILURE TO HAVE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE BEING LEFT IN GEAR.THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 102,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 07/25/12 *BF

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AND WAITING A WHILE, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 83,000.

Mileage: 83,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME LATE AT NIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT COME ON IN HER 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE VAN BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT WILL GO NO FASTER THAN 5 MPH. PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHE TURNED OFF THE VAN THEN RESTARTED IT. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE LAST FEW MILES BACK TO OUR HOUSE LUCKILY, AND WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A SHOP JUST UP THE STREET SINCE IT COULD NOT MAKE IT MUCH FURTHER. IT TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE SHOP CALLED HONDA, KNOWING THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE 2004 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS, BUT HONDA CLAIMED THAT IT DID THE WORK FOR THE RECALL AND HAD NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY. I AM EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS. TO KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH A TRANSMISSION, "FIX" IT WITH A RECALL, AND STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT ON A VEHICLE WITH UNDER 100,000 MILES IS UNACCEPTABLE. I'VE OWNED HONDAS IN THE PAST AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. MATTER OF FACT, I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS WITH ANY CAR I'VE OWNED, NO MATTER THE MANUFACTURER. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HONDA MINIVAN BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE. BUT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE STOP WORKING WITH NO WARNING DUE TO A TRANSMISSION THAT HONDA IS AWARE IS FAULTY IS AS FAR FROM SAFE AS YOU CAN GET. I'M JUST THANKFUL SHE WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT WENT OUT. *TR *KB

Mileage: 97,000

MY 2004 ODYSSEY, WITH 77000 MILES, EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING & NO EARLY INDICATIONS OF MALFUNCTION (SLIPPAGE, ENGAGEMENT, ETC), NOTICED TACHOMETER REVVING HIGHER THAN NORMAL THEN LOST OF DRIVETRAIN POWER WITH ENGINE STILL OPERATING. MANAGE TO EXIT HIGHWAY AND ONTO OFFRAMP BEFORE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED FROM ENGINE. THE FRIGHTENING THING WAS WE COASTED TO A STOP IN A BLIND TURN WITH VEGETATION HIDING OUR POSITION FROM OTHER EXITING VEHICLES ( SB I280 OCEAN AVE EXIT, NEXT TO CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO). SERRAMONTE HONDA SERVICE DEPT TOLD ME TRANSMISSION NO LONGER UNDER ORIGINAL 60000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY & THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN THE ODYSSEY MODEL. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS TRANSMISSION FAILURES VERY COMMON WITH MANY ODYSSEY OWNERS HAVING TO GO THROUGH MULTIPLE POWER TRAINS WITH NO ADMISSION OF DESIGN FLAWS FOR SUCH PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURES BY HONDA. *TR

Mileage: 77,325

I HAVE A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY, ORIGINAL OWNERS, AND WE HAVE MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE IMMACULATELY. I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION LAGGING AND NOT GOING INTO GEAR IMMEDIATELY. I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS WAS A "YOUNG TRANSMISSION", MEANING IT SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE OUT SO SOON. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE FOUND SO MANY ARTICLES RELATED TO FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE HONDA ODYSSEY AND CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HONDA HASN'T OWNED UP AND STOOD BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT HONDA IS NO LONGER ON MY LIST OF REPUTABLE COMPANIES. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF HONDA TRANSMISSION FAILURES. WE BOUGHT A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUYING THE CAR, WITH JUST 34K MILES ON IT - IT DEVELOPED A PERIODIC SHUDDER IN THE LOWER GEARS. WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A POTENTIALLY BIG ISSUE UNTIL MANY MILES LATER WE COULD NO LONGER MANUALLY DOWNSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN WE TOOK IT IN THE HONDANORTH - AT 67K MILES YOUNG - FOR , THE LIST BEGAN WITH THE NEED FOR NEW ENGINE MOUNTS, NEW HEAT SHIELDS FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND ENDED WITH A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER. SO MUCH FOR THAT HONDA QUALITY. SINCE THEN, WITH A SECOND REVIEW, HONDAAMERICA HAS CONTINUED TO REFUSE ASSISTANCE FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WILL COST $2325, THIS DESPITE A GOVERNMENT RECALL OF 2004 ODYSSEY THE NHTSA, HAS SOME 570 TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2003 4 HONDA ACCORDS. THERE ARE JUST OVER 700 TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2002 4 ODYSSEYS. ACCORDING TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY, [XXX], OF THE 267 TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS THE CENTER RECEIVED IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2010 ALONE, 169 WERE FROM HONDA OR ACURA OWNERS. A NUMBER OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHTSA RECOUNT MECHANICAL FAILURE THAT CREATED VERY SERIOUS DANGER FOR THE FAMILIES INVOLVED. A YEAR AGO, WE ALL WITNESSED THE LONG FAILURE OF TOYOTA TO COME CLEAN ABOUT THE ACCELERATOR ISSUES. NOW THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF HONDA TRANSMISSION FAILURES. WHEN WILL HONDA AND OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PAY ATTENTION? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 67,630

WIFE WAS TAKING KIDS TO AN AIR SHOW. WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON I95 THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, SHUDDER AND PRODUCE LOUD NOISES. MY WIFE HAD TO PULL THE CAR OUT THE TRAFFIC ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT I95 AT THE NEXT EXIT. SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. A DAY EARLIER THE TCS LIGHT LIT UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP. THE VERY NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MILES THERE WAS A SLIPPING SENSATION AND THEN WITHIN FEW MINUTES THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND PRESSING GAS PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT IN MOVING THE CAR FORWARD. WITH TWO KIDS IN THE CAR, THANK GOD, I WASN'T TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. I COULDN'T IMAGINE IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PER HOUR WITH BUNCH OF CARS AND TRUCKS BEHIND ME. I WAS TRAVELING IN THE LOCAL ROADS WHILE THIS HAPPENED. I HAD CALLED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE ISN'T ANY RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR MY VIN. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THOSE VEHICLE AND REQUESTED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THE HE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND SAID IT IS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE - PURE AND SIMPLE. HONDA HAS INDICATED THAT THIS IS A SIMPLE WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE AND THAT THEY CANNOT HELP ANY FURTHER. OTHER THAN OPENING UP A CASE [XXX] HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE HASN'T HELPED MUCH. LOOKING AT VARIOUS AUTO FORUMS, THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE NUMBER 1 PROBLEM FOR THE 2ND GENERATION (AND EVEN SOME 3RD GENERATION) ODYSSEYS WITH ENGINE MOUNT PROBLEM TAILING CLOSE AS THE NUMBER 2 PROBLEM. DESPITE ALL THIS, IT IS SURPRISING THAT HONDA SEEMS TO BE UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT. IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 92,000

NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION IN THE PAST. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE AND BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT FOR $1500. SINCE THE REBUILD, THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES. *KB

Mileage: 126,876

NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION IN THE PAST. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE AND BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT FOR $1500. SINCE THE REBUILD, THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES. *KB

Mileage: 126,876

MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN EXPERIENCEING PROBLEMS WITH MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHILE IAM DRIVING IT IS UNSAFE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY I RELY ON THIS VEHICLE I GOT NO HELP FROM THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THE WARRANTIES WERE LOUSY THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AS WELL PLEASE HELP . *TR

Mileage: 130,000

AFTER COMPLYING WITH HONDA'S MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, EVEN AFTER TAKING IT IN FOR THE RECALL IN 2004 BEFORE IT HAD 15K ON IT. I SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND THE RPM'S INCREASED BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE (YES THE PARKING BRAKE WAS OFF). I SHIFTED IT INTO PARK AND AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES I SHIFTED IT TO DRIVE AND THANKFULLY WAS ON MY WAY. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STARTED TO SKIP/STUTTER WHEN THE GEARS SHIFTED. ULTIMATELY ARRIVED AT A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. *TT

Mileage: 109,500

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION SIMULTANEOUSLY BEGAN BUCKING, SLIPPING, GRABBING, RACING, MAKING VEHICLE UNDRIVEABLE. CAR TOWED FOR REPAIR. DEALER CONFIRMED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, $6,000. I ENDED UP REPLACING TRANSMISSION WITH A THIRD PARTY TRANSMISSION, AS I LEARNED THAT SUCH FAILURES OF HONDA TRANSMISSIONS ARE VERY COMMON. AS CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PREVALENCE OF THIS PROBLEM, THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. *TT

Mileage: 117,000

WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE PASSING LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 60 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SLOW AS IF THE BRAKES WERE ON. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANYONE RUNNING IN TO ME. UPON GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I PUT THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTO PARK AND WALKED AROUND THE VAN TO SEE IF ANY FLUIDS WERE LEAKING. NONE WERE. I GOT BACK INTO THE VAN TO SEE IF IT WOULD MOVE. IT FINALLY DID AFTER MOVING THE SHIFTER FROM P TO D A FEW TIMES BUT IT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER AND DID NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE CODE THAT TURNED UP ON MY MECHANICS SCANNER SHOWED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO FOR ME EVENTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THE ONLY RECALL THEY ACKNOWLEDGE WAS THE FUEL PUMP FOR MY VAN. THE OUTCOME OF THE EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SERIOUS AND I FEEL HONDA IS JUST TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THIS. IF THIS CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT I QUESTION WHAT THEY WOULD SAY AFTER A LAWYER GAVE THEM A CALL. THEY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME HONDA DOES THIS TO ME. I HAVE OWNED MANY GM VEHICLES WITH MORE MILEAGE AND NEVER HAD EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AFTER SPENDING OVER $3500 ON A REBUILT TRANSMISSION I DON'T BELIEVE ANOTHER HONDA WILL BE IN MY DRIVEWAY! *TR

Mileage: 104,500

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 89,179

I HAVE A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 111,111 MILES AND WE CURRENTLY LIVE OVERSEAS IN ENGLAND. MY CHECK ENGINE AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON FIVE DAYS AGO AND SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN DOWN HILL. IT HAS TROUBLE GETTING INTO REVERSE AND NOW IT IS SCIPPING REALLY BAD IN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA AND SINCE IT IS US SPEC AND HAS TO SHIP THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE STATES IT WILL COST 7500 POUNDS AND WITH THE EXCHANGE RATE IT WOULD BE ABOUT 12000 DOLLARS. WE DO NOT HAVE MANY CHOICES AS THEY ARE NOT MANY SHOPS THAT WILL WORK ON AMERICAN SPEC CARS. WE LOVED THE VAN UP UNTIL THIS ALL STAREDWE HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO GET RID OF THE CAR AS IT IS NOT WORTH THAT MUCH. WE ARE REALLY IN A BIND AS WE ARE A FAMILY OF SIX AND THIS IS OUR ONLY TRANSPORTATION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

Mileage: 111,111

TWO ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED AT 82,600 MILES. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 82,600

20YEAR OLD DROVE YOUNGER SISTER AND TEAMMATE TO SOCCER PRACTICE. ON THE RAP OF THE EXPRESSWAY @ A SPEED OF ABOUT 35-40 MILES VAN HESITATES TO ACCELERATE AND JERKS. CARS SLOW DOWN TO LET HER MERGE SO NOT TO HIT WALL BARRIER. THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY BAD GAS, ONLY TO FIND OUT 3 DAYS LATER ON A WEEKEND TRIP TO SOCCER TOURNAMENT IT WAS TRANSMISSION. SAME THING HAPPENED @ THE TOLL BOTH, ONLY TO HAVE TSC LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. STOPPED @ LOCAL HONDA SERVICE STATION ONLY TO FIND OUT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 11000 MILES. SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CAN'T BELIEVE HONDA AND NHTSA, WOULD ALLOW AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN THAT COULD CAUSE POTENTIAL DEATH! THE ODYSSEY IS A FAMILY CAR... MANY YOUNG LIVES ARE AT STAKE. *TR

Mileage: 110,617

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT 59,526 MILES. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICING WAS INFORMED NATURE OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. REPAIR ESTIMATE $3,000. *TT

Mileage: 59,436

DRIVING WITH FAMILY ON BUSY HIGHWAY ON MOTHER'S DAY 2010. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON OUR 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN. HONDA REFUSES TO ADMIT A PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ISSUED A RECALL FOR ONE PARTICULAR YEAR IN THE EARLY 2000'S. LUCKILY WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND WERE ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. TOTAL REPAIRS WERE WELL OVER $3,000. HONDA STARTED USING A DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION RECENTLY IN THE ODYSSEY MODEL. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FULLY AS THE INTERNET IS LITTERED WITH REPORTS OF SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT

Mileage: 111,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS FAILING TRANSMISSION AT BARELY OVER 100,000. THIS PROBLEM MAY HAVE STARTED AT ONLY 80K! THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED PER THE MANUFACTURER. UPON RESEARCH AND CONFIRMATION FROM THE DEALER, HONDA ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS MODEL HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL CONSUMERS AND PAY FOR REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS TO AVOID INJURY OR DEATH. *KB

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SWITCH GEARS PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FAILURE DIAGNOSTICS WHERE HE WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 0V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,037 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 63,037

THE VAN HAS MADE STRANGE NOISES AND GOTTEN HORRIBLE GAS MILEAGE SINCE WE PURCHASED AS 'CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED' FROM HONDA DEALER. WE REPORTED BOTH TO DEALER AND GOTTEN NO RESPONSE BUT 'OH, WELL'. WE HAVE SERVICED THE VEHICLE AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP SINCE PURCHASED AND FOLLOWED ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SERVICE. THE D LIGHT HAS BEEN FLASHING AT RANDOM FOR OVER A YEAR, BUT EACH SERVICE APPT THEY FOUND NOTHING AND JUST SENT US ON THE WAY. AT THE LAST APPT, THEY FINALLY FOUND A BAD SENSOR THAT HAD BEEN CAUSING THE LIGHT TO FLASH (THEY SAID). WE HAD THEM REPLACE THE SENSOR. WE DROVE ACROSS THE US TO VISIT FAMILY. THE TCS AND CEL CAME ON AND WE TOOK THE CAR TO A SHOP TO HAVE THE CODE READ. P0740. WE CALLED OUR DEALER IN OR AND THEY SAID IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE IT BACK TO OR FROM AL. 20 MILES LATER THE TRANNY DIED COMPLETELY. MY WIFE CAME WITHIN 10 FEET OF BEING FLATTENED BY A BIG TRUCK DUE TO LACK OF POWER OR CONTROL. MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS WERE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED AND HONDA DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BE 2800-3K TO FIX. THEY CALLED BACK A COUPLE DAYS LATER TO SAY IT WAS ALMOST 3600. WE HAVE RELIGIOUSLY SERVICED THE VAN AND NEVER TOWED OR HAULED ANYTHING. WE HAVE COMPLAINED FOR YEARS TO OUR DEALER THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VAN. WE BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT COVERED EVERYTHING UP TO 105K MILES. WE HAVE COMPLAINED SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VAN IN 2006 AND HONDA ONLY DROVE AND SAID THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. WE ARE NOW OUT 3.6K FOR THE NEW TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN CALLING IT OUT FOR 5 YEARS. THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE VEHICLES ARE WEAK AND SHOULD NOT BECOME A 4000 REPAIR FOR CONSUMERS. THE VAN HAS BEEN CARED FOR MECHANICALLY AND WE HAVE DONE OUR PART, BUT HONDA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A TRANSMISSION ON ANY VEHICLE WOULD FAIL THIS EARLY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME FAILURES. THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACTION FROM HONDA TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5

Mileage: 146,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 97,500

I OWN HONDA ODYSSEY 2004, 170000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION HAD THE CODE P0730. WHEN I WENT TO A DEALERSHIP THEY GAVE ESTIMATES FOR REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT. CALLING TO HONDA USA I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON TRANSMISSIONS IN 2004. ALSO, THEY TOLD ME THAT RECALL WAS DONE ON MY VEHICLE. TALKING TO OTHER OWNERS, I FOUND THAT THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THE MILEAGE, 120000 OR 150000 WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH SLEEPING GEARS AND CODES. AFTER TALKING TO HONDA CASE MANAGER, THEY TOLD ME THAT HONDA WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPLACEMENT. THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM THE CONVERSATION OR WILLING TO SENT ANY LETTERS OF OUTCOME OF THIS CASE. THE VAN WAS PURCHASED FROM THE HONDA DEALER IN 2009 FOR $17,000 AND DEALER GAVE ONE YEAR WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 173,500

I PURCHASED A NEW 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY IN THE FALL OF 2003. ABOUT A YEAR LATER, THERE WAS A RECALL & THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. IN THE FALL OF 2009, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED & WAS REBUILT FOR $2800 THROUGH A INDEPENDENT SHOP. I HAD CONTACTED THE HONDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME A BREAK ON THE PRICE WHICH WAS ABOUT 1K MORE. IN MARCH OF 2011 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN & HAD TO BE REBUILT FOR $2100. ALTHOUGH OUT OF WARRENTY, THE SHOP GAVE ME A BREAK ON THE LABOR CHARGE. I BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION FOR QUALITY. HOWEVER, DUE TO THIS ONGOING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

FEBRUARY 29, 2011: I OWN A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 136,961 MILES. I LOVED LOVED LOVED MY HONDA, UNTIL NOW. TCS & CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY GOT THE CODES P0700AT & P0740TC. THEY ADVISED I TAKE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WHICH THEY DON'T. DEALER SAID COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION BUT BATTERY WAS WEAK AND TIMING BELT & TIMING BELT HOLDER NEEDED REPLACEMENT. AFTER PAYING $1200 I PICKED UP THE VAN AND DROVE IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THE TCS & ENGINE CAME ON AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID LOCAL REPAIR SHOP MUST HAVE ERASED THE TRANSMISSION CODED WHEN THEY CHECK THEM AND THAT IS WHY THEY DIDN'T SEE THEM AND THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY SAID I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I CALLED HONDA AMERICA TO FILE A CASE. THEY TOOK MY INFORMATION AND THEN TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST ME. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH A SUPERVISOR WHO TOLD ME THE SAME THING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE ARE A ONE INCOME FAMILY. I AM A STAY AT HOME MOM WHO TAKES CARE OF HER 92 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER WHO HAS ALZHEIMERS. WE BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS LOVED HOW DEPENDABLE THEY ARE AND NOW I DON'T HAVE A CAR. WITH SO MANY CASES OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I CAN'T BELIEVE HONDA WON'T BACK UP THEIR PRODUCT. I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW I AM GOING TO GET MY KIDS AND MY GRANDPA TO SCHOOL, DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, ETC. *TR

Mileage: 136,961

AT LESS THAN 87,000 MILES, MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. ONE MONTH AGO, THE HONDA DEALER PERFORMED A TRANSMISSION SERVICE ON THE CAR AS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THEN IT STARTED SLIPPING WITHIN 3 WEEKS. I HAVE READ THAT COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH 1999-2004 ODYSSEYS AND THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED ON 1999-2001 MODELS. MY 2004 HAD A RECALL THAT SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE ISSUE, AND YET, AT THIS LOW MILEAGE, I AM NOW FACED WITH A $5,000 REPAIR ON A CAR THAT HAS BEEN WELL-MAINTAINED. HONDA HAS ALSO ISSUED MANY TSBS ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS AND KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. NHTSA SHOULD FORCE THEM TO REPLACE ALL TRANSMISSIONS IN ALL ODYSSEYS FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

Mileage: 86,780

WELL . . . WE HAVE A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY AND JUST HIT THE 103,000 MILE MARK AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE STARTED. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THEN THE CAR STARTED TO HESITATE UNTIL IT JUST WOULDN'T DRIVE ANYMORE. LUCKILY, HE BROKE DOWN IN FRONT OF A MECHANIC SHOP. CODE P0740 HAS COME UP MEANING WE NEED A NEW TRANNY. CALLED HONDA 12/10 AND AGAIN 2/11. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER IN HOPES OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM HONDA FOR THE TRANSMISSION THAT HAS VERY PUBLICLY FAILED. WE WERE OFFERED A HIGHLY OVERPRICED RATE, TEN HAD IT TOWED TO AAMCO AND HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $1,000 LESS THAT THE ORIGINAL QUOTE WITH HONDA. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED THROUGH AAMCO TRANSMISSION, WITH THE FINAL BILL BEING $4700.29 . WE'RE THE 2ND OWNERS ON THIS VEHICLE AND MAKE CAR PAYMENTS MONTHLY. OUR LOAN IS WHAT'S CALLED AN UPSIDE DOWN LOAN, OWING MORE IN PAYMENTS THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. TO BOOT, WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT OUR VEHICLE SINCE DEC. 2010, AND DON'T SEE ANY LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, SO THE VEHICLE SITS AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CAR PAYMENTS. I'M AT A LOSS . . . I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN A VEHICLE THAT WE TRULY LOVED UNTIL NOW. HOPELESS IN A HONDA. *LN

Mileage: 103,000

ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2011. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING FROM COLUMBIA,SC TO AUGUSTA,GA. OUR MINIVAN STARTED ACTING UP OUR TCS LIGHT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE, AND MY WIFE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A GENTLEMAN FROM DOT HELP HER GET THE VAN ON THE ROAD IT SEEMED LIKE THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO APROX. 20 MILES PER HOUR GRANTED MY WIFE IS ON I-20 WESTBOUND, AND FOR NO REASON WHAT SO EVER OR SIGNAL THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE GENTLEMAN WAS ABLE TO GET MY WIFE ON THE ROAD AGAIN,BUT ABOUT 20 MILES LATER THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND MY WIFE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL IT, FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE DECELERATED BY ITSELF, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2004 WITH ONLY 112K MILES TO ME THIS IS ABSURD. NOW I SEE THAT HONDA HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSIONS SINCE 1999. I THINK HONDA SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR PUTTING SUCH A CRUMMY PRODUCT OUT IN THE MARKET. FORTUNATELY MY WIFE WASN'T HURT BUT IT SHOOK HER A BIT. NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH A BILL FOR $4100, FOR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT HONDA HAS KNOWLEDGE OF. HOPE SOME ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST HONDA SINCE THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK ON THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 112,512

THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING HOME IN THE EVENING AT 25 MPH ON THE LOCAL STREETS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TCA LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT MORNING WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. MECHANIC CONCLUDED AFTER ALL THE DIAGNOSTIC AS CODE P0730 AND THERE IS A LOT OF WEAR, SHREDDED/CHIPPED CLUTCH/GEARBOX PARTICLES IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHICH NEEDS NEW TRANMISSION COSTING ABOUT $6500. RESEARCHING THIS FURTHER ONLINE: FOUND THAT NUMEROUS HONDA ODYSSEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE WHERE THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GETS ALL THE REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED SERVICE, AND NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE ARE OVER 18 YEARS OF HONDA OWNERS AND ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH THEM SO FAR. THOUGH NOW VERY DISAPPOINTED AND UPSET WITH HONDA AS THEY CLAIM TO BE A VERY RELIABLE AND STURDY AUTOMOBILES.

Mileage: 112,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD AND IN REVERSE; IT WAS AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED; IT WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN HE FELT THE TRANSMISSION SLIP. LATER WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY HE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

Mileage: 59,000

HONDA ODYSSEY 2004 STOPS ALL OF SUDDEN ON THE RED LIGHT. THE CAR STARTS BUT WHEN SHIFT TO D IT STOPS. THE MILEAGE OF THE CAR IS 72000.00. I HAVE MAINTAIN THE CAR PROPERLY AND NEVER MISS ANY APPOINTMENT. I CALL HONDA BECAUSE ON THE INTERNET IT WAS SHOWING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OF 2004 BUT WHEN HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS ASKED MY CAR VIN NUMBER THEY HAVE TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS CAR. THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS ALMOST 3500. PLEASE HELP.....! *TR

Mileage: 73,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS MALFUNCTION IN TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

WE HAVE A 2004 ODYSSEY AND IT'S TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SLIPPING IN & OUT OF GEAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY CAUTIOUS (AND NOT DRIVING IT) TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS. HONDA KNOWS THEY HAVE A MASSIVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE AS THE TOYOTA ACCELERATION CONCERN, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSTATE 70. STATE POLICE RESPONDED TO ASSIST MY WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN WHO WERE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE LANE. VEHICLE STRUCK SP VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE YET THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND AS SHE ACCELERATED TO 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE DIRECTLY TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WITHOUT ACCELERATING PAST 25 MPH. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND ADVISED HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

Mileage: 108,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. WENT TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION, WITH LESS THAN 70K MILES ON IT (AND DETERMINED BY TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AT 43K TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE) WAS DEAD-ON-ARRIVAL. I RELIED ON THAT VAN FOR MY WIFE AND KIDS AND, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH OTHERS, SO HAVE INNUMERABLE OTHERS. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY HAD THEY BEEN STRANDED OR HAD THE TRANSMISSION GONE OUT ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. *TR

Mileage: 69,500

THE TRANSMISSION WAS RUNNING WELL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BLEW ITS TOP ON I-90 WEST WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH NEW YORK. THE 2ND GEAR BEGAN TO SHUTTER 3 WEEKS BEFORE BUT IT WAS NOT CONSISTENT AND OTHER THAN THAT THE CAR RAN WELL. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND BECAME HESITANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 137,000.

Mileage: 137,000

OUR 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY IS HAVING TRANSMISSION TROUBLE. IT BEGAN WITH SOME SHAKING AND SHUDDERING AT 1500 RPMS, BETWEEN 25 - 35 MPH. WE TOOK INTO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING MY HONDA ODYSSEY EX 2004 IN THE LEFT MOST LANE WITH MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS (AGES 7, 10, 12) ON A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE TOOK A JERK (LIKE A HICCUP) AND ALL THE SYSTEMS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY. EVEN THE STEERING WAS COMPLETELY FROZEN SINCE THERE WAS NO POWER. I HARDLY MANAGED TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER WHILE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC WAS PASSING. IT WAS A HORRIBLE FEELING. MY FAMILY WAS COMPLETELY TERRIFIED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND A "SHORT CIRCUIT" IN THE IGNITION WIRING. ALSO, MY "TRANSMISSION" WAS NOT WORKING. SHORT CIRCUIT WAS REPAIRED ($250) BUT TRANSMISSION QUOTE IS OVER $4000 WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I BOUGHT A HONDA ODYSSEY EX ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE BACK DOORS BEGAN OPENING ON THEIR OWN AS I WAS DRIVING AND WOULDN'T CLOSE. THEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING OIL. I PAID TO GET A DIAGNOSTICS FROM THE HONDA DEALER SHIP WHICH COST ME 235.00. THEY SAID I NEEDED TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT IT WITH 64KM AND NOW IT HAS 70KM. I'VE PAID 5,500 SO FAR AND I STILL OWE 10,000. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. MILEAGE 75000,BOUGHT NEW FROM DEALERSHIP,MAINTAINED BY DEALER. WAS SHOCKED WHEN NEWS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS BROKEN. REPAIR ESTIMATE 3900 THIS ALSO INCLUDE THE COMPUTER WHICH IS PECULIAR WITH THIS 04. STILL TALKING WITH HONDA AMERICA ON HOW THEY CAN HELP . *TR

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DRIVING AND MY VAN STARTED KIND OF JERKING AND THEN IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. MY TCS (TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM) LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS MERGING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN PEAK RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND MY VAN STOPPED ON A CURVE. MY CHILD AND I WERE ALMOST KILLED BY A SEMI THAT JUST ABOUT REAR-ENDED US BUT INSTEAD DROVE INTO ANOTHER LANE, ABOUT HITTING ANOTHER CAR. THE VAN WAS RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT DRIVE OR GO IN REVERSE. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT IS THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD BE $4,000 TO REPAIR. I SAW ON-LINE THAT MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION. I AM CURRENTLY GETTING A SECOND OPINION. BOTH THE DEALER AND AMERICAN HONDA TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS IN THE YEAR MY VAN WAS MADE, WHICH I DO NOT BELIEVE IS TRUE. BOTH REFUSED TO HELP ME AND DID NOT TELL ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS REGARDING HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS JUST LIKE MINE. *TR

Mileage: 156,500

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 118,539 MILES, NO WARNING. ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

Mileage: 118,539

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, GETTING OFF EXIT, TRANSMISSION WAS DOWN-SHIFTING VERY ABRUPTLY TO THE POINT OF SKIDDING AND LOOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. *TR

Mileage: 143,100

OUR 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY A/T(TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON). WE HAD THE A/T CHECKED AT THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE FLUID WAS FINE. THE TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATING DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS A RECALL 04V176000 AFFECTING SOME 1,099,796 UNITS. OUR UNIT HAS A VIN JUST OUTSIDE OF THE RECALLED VIN NUMBERS. I BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE OTHER 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY VANS. THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 190,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 80,000 MILES. HONDA OFFERED 700.00 REBATE ONLY IF I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT A HONDA DEALER, WHICH WOULD COST $4200.00. I'M RETIRED ON A FIXED INCOME. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION WITH DEALER INSTALLED TOWING PACKAGE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

OWN 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY, ORIGINAL OWNER, PURCHASED NEW, 130,000 MILES. CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED LAST WEDNESDAY. I BELIEVE I AM ONE OF MANY ODYSSEY OWNERS WITH BAD TRANSMISSIONS. APPROXIMATELY $3500 TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. HE STATED, WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE SHIFT BEGAN TO SHIFT INTO SECOND, THIRD AND THEN INTO FIRST GEAR ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT REPORTED PROBLEM TO THE DEALER BUT THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO VALID WARRANTY FOR HIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLES WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE LIABLE FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,246. UPDATED 11/15/10 *CN UPDATED 11/16/10*JB

Mileage: 61,000

UPON ACCELERATION, WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHES 1500 RPM A SHUDDER IS FELT. I AM EXPERIENCING THIS EVERY DAY NOW WHILE DRIVING. AFTER NUMEROUS ROAD TESTS WITH SERVICEMEN, DIAGNOSIS HAS BEEN MADE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS DISCOLORED. *TR

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY, ORIGINAL OWNER, 82,331 MILEAGE, HEADING TOWARDS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 82,331

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) THE TCS LIGHT AND THE GEAR SELECTION "D" LIGHT BEGAN TO BLINK ON MY HONDA 2004 ODYSSEY. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. IN A MATTER OF A DAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TACHOMETER SPIKED AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. IT WAS TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. THE VAN HAS 85,000 MILES. WHEN I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CORP ABOUT RECALL NHTSA 04V176000 THEY SAID I WAS NOT COVERED. [XXX] WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SO I HAD TO GO TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER TO HAVE THEM EVALUATE IT AND THEN THEY COULD POSSIBLY NEGOTIATE SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE FROM HONDA MOTOR CORP. I CALLED MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP HE STATED SINCE WE WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE THAT HONDA MOTOR CORP WOULD NOT HELP. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE COST TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE AT LEAST $3,200. I TOOK THE VAN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. IT COST ME $2300 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND AN EXTERNAL COOLER PUT ON. FURTHERMORE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT THAT IS ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSIONS TO OVERHEAT. ONCE THEY OVERHEAT THEY SEND OFF FLAKES THAT GET CAUGHT IN THE FILTER SCREENS IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT CAUSES MORE OVERHEATING AND EVENTUALLY FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 1-5, 2010, MY HONDA ODYSSEY WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF SLIPPAGE WHEN GOING FROM ONE GEAR TO OTHER, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS TRANSIENT. I WAS ON VACATION AT DEEP CREEK LAKE, MARYLAND IN THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 5-7 AND WAS DRIVING BACK FROM THERE ON MARCH 7 AFTERNOON. I WAS ON CRUISE AT 55 MILES PER HOUR ON US 219N, WHEN COMING OVER A SMALL HILL, THE CAR SUDDENLY VIOLENTLY SHOOK AND WAS REVVING UP (RPM VERY HIGH) TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED OF 55 MPH AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. I BRAKED AND GOT THE CAR UNDER CONTROL AND WITHOUT KNOWING MUCH MERGED ON I-70E HEADED TOWARDS HOME AT BALTIMORE, MD. DRIVING FOR ABOUT 100 MILES, I TOOK EXIT AT HAGERSTOWN, MD TO TAKE GAS. AFTER TAKING GAS, I WANTED TO HEAD BACK TO THE HIGHWAY BUT UNABLE TO CONTINUE THAT MUCH FURTHER. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND FINALLY HAD TO CALL AAA TOWING TO TOW THE CAR. ANYWAY, IT IS WITH HAGERSTOWN HONDA AND THE DIAGNOSIS IS TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND I NEED TO SHELL OUT 3500K FROM MY POCKET. TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOR A 2004 ODYSSEY AT 122K MILES IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND AMERICAN HONDA REFUSING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME OUT. THIS CAR IS APPARENTLY ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL LIST THE HONDA HAD EARLIER THIS DECADE ON SOME THE ODYSSEY MODELS FOR THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND RECALL EXPANDED. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF MY HONDA ODYSSEY- I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A STORE FRONT AND THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING, JUMPED THE CURB, HIT A POST, AND WENT THROUGH A STORE FRONT WINDOW. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. I WAS THE ONLY ONE INJURED. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO AMERICAN HONDA CORPORATION ON11-13-09. THE CASE NUMBER IS [XXX] . I TRIED TO BRAKE, BUT THE BRAKE WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

WE KEPT GETTING A VIBRATION AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND OFTEN IN THE SAME PLACE ON THE ROADS IN TOWN. BECAUSE WE LIVE ABOUT 45 MINUTES FROM A HONDA DEALER AND OUR ODYSSEY IS OUT OF WARRANTY, WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY TRIED SEVERAL FIXES. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF THIS, WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO HONDA AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 97,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 97,500

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH 150,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT AT 101,000 MILES AND ONLY SIX YEARS OLD. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHENEVER THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78201.

Mileage: 78,201

DEFECTIVE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNT, WILL RESULT IN SEVERE VIBRATION AND TRANSAXLE MISALIGNMENT DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AT 84,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP REQUIRE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND ALL ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS. *TR

Mileage: 84,305

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 106,347

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND GEAR LOCKUP. *TR

Mileage: 83,800

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY EX L WITH 89,684 MILES. IT IS CURRENTLY RUNNING FINE, EXCEPT THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS LIT. TWO DAYS AGO WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BOTH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER 5 MINUTES THE TCS LIGHT WENT OFF BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED. TOOK CAR FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND CODE P0740 IS PRESENT. SERVICE MANUAL SAYS TO REPLACE ENTIRE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CAR IS SHIFTING PROPERLY WHEN DRIVEN. CAR HAS HAD EVERY REGULAR MAINTENANCE TAKEN CARE OF INCLUDING REPLACING ATF FLUID AT 35,454 AND 66,942 MILES *TR

Mileage: 89,600

TRANSMISSION AT 92,000 HAD DARK FLUID, METAL ON THE MAGNET, LOUD WHINE, SLIPPING GEARS. OVER NEXT 14,000 MILES (WHILE HONDA SAID THERE WAS NOT PROBLEM) PROGRESSES TO ROUGH SHIFTING TO THE POINT OF KILLING THE ENGINE. FINALLY REFUSED TO GO INTO GEAR AND WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. HONDA REPLACED WITH REFURB TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 106,800

SEE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V176000 OUTLINING RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE FOLLOWED ALL RECALL INSTRUCTIONS, SERVICED THE VEHICLE REGULARLY ONLY THROUGH A CERTIFIED HONDA DEALER AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS TOTALLY FAILED, COSTING $4,800. *TR

Mileage: 153,000

TRANS SHUTTERS AT 30-40 MILES PER HOUR DEALER SAID THAT BECAUSE NO TROUBLE CODES WERE SHOWING UP THEY COULD NOT DO A REPAIR. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND RETURN WHEN THE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THE VAN HAS 88,000 MILES AND THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO CK ENG LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 55,000 MILES 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. *TR

Mileage: 54,800

NORMAL FUNCTIONALITY DRIVING ON TRIP DURING MILD WEATHER ON 29 MARCH 2009 FROM SACRAMENTO AREA TO LOS ANGELES. AFTER DRIVING OVER 5 HOURS, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING DUE TO THE RAPID EJECTION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE TRANSMISSION (BREATHER VALVE?) WHICH RESULTED IN SUDDEN AND CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT 79000 MILES AND WAS SERVICED AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP DURING SCHEDULED TRANSMISSION SERVICE. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-40 MPH. THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE DRIVING UPHILL SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BECAUSE IT WAS A RANDOM OCCURRENCE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO WAIT UNTIL THE FAILURE WORSENED OR UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT HER VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

Mileage: 56,000

I HAD A LONG WAIT AT A PHARMACY DRIVE UP WINDOW SO WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, I PUT THE SHIFT IN PARK AND SET THE FOOT BRAKE. ON AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE FORWARD I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, RELEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK BUT IT WAS LOCKED IN THE PARK POSITION AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I QUICKLY LOOKED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 185-6 WHICH DESCRIBED REMOVAL OF A TRAP ACCESS DOOR AND INSERTING THE IGNITION KEY TO UNLOCK THE PARK CONDITION. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A PEN KNIFE I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE CONDITION. THE TRAP DOOR WAS ALMOST INDISCERNIBLE DESIGNED INTO THE TOP OF THE DASH ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND DIFFICULT TO EVEN GET THE SHARP BLADE OF A PEN KNIFE IN THE CRACK TO PRY OPEN. THE SERVICE PERSONNEL CHECKED MY BRAKE LIGHTS TO SEE IF THEY WERE WORKING AND THEY WERE OK. APPARENTLY THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARK CONDITION. I ASK WHAT A WOMAN IS SUPPOSED TO DO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN AND THEY HAD NO SUGGESTION. WHY CAN'T THE CONTROLS BE DESIGNED SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND RESTART THE ENGINE TO UNLOCK THE LOCKED CONDITION. I CAN SEE THIS CONDITION AS A DISASTER ON A JAMMED FREEWAY. PUTTING A REMEDY IN THE DRIVERS MANUAL IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THIS RATHER PERPLEXING SITUATION, ESPECIALLY FOR NON MECHANICAL DRIVERS WITH POOR PERCEPTION SKILLS AND IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. *JB

Mileage: 12,200

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL #04V176000, REGARDING THE POWERTRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE VIN. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 83,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AT 20,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED TO SLIP. ALSO, IT ROLLS BACKWARDS WHEN IT IS IN DRIVE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. OUR DRIVEWAY IS NOT STEEP. IT DID NOT DO THAT WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT. THE DEALER SAID THAT WAS NORMAL. WE ALMOST SLAMMED INTO A CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF US ON A HILL. WE WERE FACING DOWNWARD. I PUT THE VAN IN REVERSE, THEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO MAKE SOME ROOM SO I COULD GET AROUND THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF US. THE VAN ROLLED FORWARD AND I HAD JUST ENOUGH TIME TO AVOID CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. I HAD TO FIND THE OWNER OF THE CAR IN FRONT SO HE COULD MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SO I COULD GET OUT OF THERE. *JB

Mileage: 20,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION RECALL WORK. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE TOOLS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. PRIOR TO A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WAS WORKING FIND. AFTER THE MAINTENANCE THE VEHICLE BEGAN PERFORMING ERRATICALLY. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT HE DID NOT DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER OFFERED THE CONSUMER A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT THEY WANTED HER TO PAY FOR IT TO BE DELIVERED. THE CONSUMER REFUSED STATING THE ALL RECALL REPAIR ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FREE OF CHARGE, PER THE RECALL NOTICE. *NM

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT TWO PROBLEMS. THE FIRST PROBLEM INVOLVED THE SLIDING DOOR LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH DID NOT CLOSE WHEN IT WAS OPENED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP SIX TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED ON JULY 19, 2005, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK. CONSUMER HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED SOME PARTS, BUT CONSUMER SAW NO IMPROVEMENT. HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOOR MALFUNCTIONING WHEN OPENED. WHAT IF IT WOULD MALFUNCTION WHEN IT WAS CLOSED AND IT OPENED WHILE DRIVING. THE SECOND PROBLEM INVOLVED TRANSMISSION. HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THAT WAS DATED SPRING/SUMMER 2004. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION HESITATED WHILE DRIVING. *AK

MY 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS LURCHED AND LOSS FORWARD POWER/MOTION FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY AT SPEED BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST 7500 MILES. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON DURING THESE EVENTS. I HAVE CHECKED RECALLS AND OTHER OWNERS AND FOUND SIMILAR COMMENTS. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF PASSING OR ADDITIONAL POWER IS NEEDED WHILE DRIVING UP INCLINE. HAVE HAD FUEL PUMP RECALL ITEM CORRECTED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE! *JB

Mileage: 1,000

SOLD AN UNSAFE RECALL NEW VEHICLE BASED ON HONDA TSB. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS NOT INFORMED OF RECALL 04V-176 UNTIL AFTER HE WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATED WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THE CONSUMER REQUEST A FULL REFUND. *NM

MULTIPLE FAILURES. BRAKES PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION, ROUGH IDLE & ENGINE SURGING, STEERING COLUMN CONTROLS AND OTHERS. *BF THE AUTOMATIC DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN OR CLOSE, THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKE PEDAL SHUTTERED, THE BRAKES WOULD CATCH WITHOUT BEING APPLIED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE STEERING COLUMN CONTROL SWITCH HAD A SHORT, HOWEVER THE NEXT DAY THE HORN HONKED AND THERE WAS AN ODD NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED MULTIPLE TIMES. *JB

A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE TRANSMISSION SECOND GEAR SET. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER WILL NOT HAVE THE REPAIR KIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 28,2004. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOSE SPEED AND STALLS. *TS THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO LUNGE FORWARD. THE PROBLEM WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. PLEASE REFER TO RECALL#04V176000. *SC *JB

RECALL 004V176000, CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NO PARTS AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9,2004. ONTARIO HONDA, 585-398-2562. DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 19,000

WHEN SHIFTING UP FROM A LOWER GEAR (FROM 1ST TO 2ND) MOST NOTABLY AT LOW SPEEDS, AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH, THE ENGINE FEELS LIKE IT IS REVVING HIGHER THAN NORMAL BEFORE SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT GEAR. WHEN IT DOES SHIFT, IT SHIFTS HARD AND MAKES A CLANKING NOISE. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS STICKING, PREVENTING IT FROM CHANGING GEARS IN A NORMAL FASHION. I HAVE NOT NOTICED IT OCCURRING AT ANY SPECIFIC TIME, IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM INTERVALS WHEN DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. I HAVE TAKEN THE VAN IN FOR INSPECTION AND THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT RECREATE THIS PROBLEM. TOOK VAN ON JULY 08, CONTACTED HONDA, THE PROBLEM STILL HAS YET TO BE RESOLVED. THIS IS ONE OF SIX PROBLEMS I HAD TO TAKE THE VAN IN FOR. AFTER HAVING THE VAN FOR TWO WEEKS, ONLY TWO NON-MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE PARTIALLY RESOLVED AND ONE NON-MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED COMPLETELY.*AK

Mileage: 5,000

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS ON AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO CHILDREN INSIDE IT. THE CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE TO RETRIEVED SOMETHING. WHEN SHE RETURNED AND ATTEMPTED TO GET INTO HER CAR IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE ROAD BEFORE IT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP ON THE CURD. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND EXPLAINED THAT THE GEARS MAY HAVE SOMEHOW BECOME STUCK BETWEEN PARK AND REVERSE AND THEN POPPED INTO REVERSE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER REQUESTING A NEW VEHICLE AND AN INVESTIGATION. *NM

Mileage: 121

THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO GIVE THE CONSUMER AN APPOINTMENT TOO HAVE THE AUTO TRANSMISSION RECALL 04V176000 PERFORMED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE FIRST AVAILABLE DATE IS DEC 15 2004. *LA *SC *JB

2004 HONDA ODYSSEY LURCHED BACKWARDS WHILE IN IDLE THEN ACCELERATED OUT OF THE GARAGE.*MR THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THEIR BEST GUESS WAS THAT THE GEAR WAS STUCK BETWEEN PARK AND REVERSE AND EVENTUALLY POPPED INTO REVERSE. *JB

VAN SHAKES HORRIBLY AFTER REACHING 60 MPH AND IS REALLY BAD FROM AROUND 70 MPH. TAKEN IT IN AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME THING AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED. THEY CHANGED OUT TIRES AND BALANCED BUT TO NO AVAIL.