NHTSA Complaint #10356574 — 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY

OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. VEHICLE SLIPS IN AND OUT OF TRANSMISSION GEAR. SHIFTS SOMEWHAT HARD WHEN PLACED INTO REVERSE AND THEN INTO DRIVE. WAS TOLD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS RECALLED SOMEWHERE IN '04 OR '05 THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD TODAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. LOOKED ON INTERNET AND THERE APPEARS TO BE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE '02 ODYSSEY. MY VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 90,000 MILES ON IT. OTHER ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION IS WHEN VEHICLE IS AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 RPM AND BEING DRIVEN AT APPROX. 55 MPH...FEEL A VIBRATION. IF I GO FASTER OR SLOWER THAN APPROX. 55 MPH, DON'T FEEL IT. IT'S ALWAYS WHEN THE RPM IS AT APPROX. 1500 AND I HAVE FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. HONDA DEALERSHIP (EBERSOLE IN LEBANON, PA) STATED THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE COST AND STATED WARRANTY IS NO LONGER VALID. BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER RESOLVED FROM EARLIER ODYSSEY VERSION WHICH HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON. *TR