NHTSA Complaint #10372534 — 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION 3RD GEAR FAILED AT 98,182 MILES. CONSUMER COMPLAINT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION 3RD GEAR FAILS AFTER 90,000 MILES. A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED COULD RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC CRASH. WHILE DRIVING IN AN URBAN AREA, I BACKED UP AND THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. WHEN I SHIFTED TO FORWARD, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AGAIN AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY DRIVE TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD 3RD GEAR IS OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION HAD THE 2004 RECALL PERFORMED AT 24,269 MILES (2ND GEAR INSPECTION AND OIL KIT INJECTOR INSTALLED), AND WAS SERVICE AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 55,823 MILES, 58,395 MILES AND 75,659 MILES. THE ODYSSEY HAD A FEW ROUGH SHIFTS 58,395 MILES, WHICH PROMPTED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION SERVICE (FLUID REPLACEMENT). *TR