2002 HONDA ODYSSEY Power Train Problems

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? The transmission How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? When I was on the highway the car lost power and I was almost rear-ended by a car when I was stopped on the freeway on my way to the doctor. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? No, I am a recent buyer and do not have much information about previous problems with this vehicle. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? No, when it broke down, I just called the tow truck and they transported it to a mechanic and the mechanic put the machine in to find out what the fault was, and he told me and showed me that the fault was...

The contact owns a 2002 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated along with a warning message which stated that the driver’s and passenger’s side air bags need to be repaired. The contact referenced NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V501000 (Air Bags) as the cause for the failure. The Vin was not included in the recall. The contact also stated that the manual transmission would jump out of gear and would not accelerate out of second gear until she manually shifted the vehicle to park and then back to drive. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed with a fuel pump and fluids needing to be replaced. The contact stated that the failure recurred. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 165,555.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 50 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND SLOW DOWN WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WITH MAXIMUM PRESSURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION AND WAS PROVIDED A REPAIR ESTIMATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY WIFE HAS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH A RECALL NOTICE FOR A PCM. MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER IS P48, NHTSA RECALL NUMBER IS 04V-176. THE VEHICLE VIN IS [XXX]. THE ISSUE IS REGARDING A PCM RECALL FOR 2002 ODYSSEY WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, WHICH MY WIFE?S CAR DOES NOT HAVE. HER CAR HAS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS TAKEN IS WEST BROAD HONDA IN RICHMOND VIRGINIA. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT A RECALL, IT IS A SERVICE BULLETIN, SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE CASE MANAGER AT HONDA AGREED AS WELL THAT IT IS A SERVICE BULLETIN AND DOES NOT PERTAIN TO MY CAR. I TALKED TO THE CASE MANAGER LAST ON MONDAY APRIL 29, AND DESPITE LEAVING MESSAGES SINCE THEN FOR HER TO CALL ME WITH A STATUS UPDATE, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. THE DEALERSHIP...

3RD GEAR HAS COMPLETELY WORN OUT, IT SLIPS WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN OPENED AND 3RD GEAR CLUTCH PACK IS COMPLETELY WORN OUT AND SPRING IS WARPED AND WAS STUCK IN 3RD CLUTCH DRUM. TRANSMISSION FAILURE

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH CIRCUIT P0740 AND P0430 - NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON AND DIAGNOSED ERROR CODES P0740. TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE, SLIPS WITH NO DRIVE POWER. PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORST. REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AS PER DEALER AT COST OF $5,900. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED SEVERAL 100,000S OF 2002 TO 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY VANS AND OTHER HONDA MODELS WITH SAME TRANSMISSION. HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS AND STILL HAS DONE NOTHING TO REPAIR THEM. HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS WIDELY KNOWN AND DISCUSSED AT LENGTH ON ONLINE HONDA FORUMS AND AT DEALERSHIPS, TO A POINT WHERE NOBODY IS WILLING TO BUY THESE USED VEHICLES AT BLUEBOOK MARKET VALUE. THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IS $5900, IN EXCESS OF CURRENT VEHICLE MARKET VALUE. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, HONDA HAS AN ACTIVE RECALL FOR ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS UP TO...

TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON 2ND TO 3RD GEAR OR DISENGAGES ALTOGETHER UPON ACCELERATION WHICH IS HAPPENING ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS LATELY. TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGES ARE MADE EVERY 30K MILES BY DEALER. OIL JET RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED UPON TSB NOTIFICATION, ADDED OIL COOLER, CLEANED AND/OR REPLACED FILTER AND SOLENOIDS JUST TO PROLONG THE INEVITABLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE AIR BAG AND TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 187,000.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY PULLED OVER A CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE ON BACK WINDOW (LIQUID) AND IN FRONT OF CAR PULLED OVER IT WAS COMING OUT UNDERNEATH MY CAR HAD TO GET CAR TOWED DYLAN SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES WITH THE TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN WORKED ON BEFORE FIRST I.CALLED DEALER BEFORE GETTING IT TOWED .GOT IT TOWED TO DEALER APPROX 2 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT ONCE I GOT TO MY HOME THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME AND TOWED IT AND END RESULTS WAS TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. AFTER PARKING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, IT ROLLED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVE POSITION. SINCE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE STARTER KEY AND EXIT THE VEHICLE THAT THE VEHICLE, SHE BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

IT HAPPENED BEFORE BUT I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO IT. THE RECENT TIMES IT OCCURRED WERE ON LAST FRIDAY. PRESSING GAS PADDLE WON'T SPEED UP THE VEHICLE, BUT JUST RUNS THE ENGINE LIKE CRAZY WHEN I DROVE AFTER A STOP SIGN AND LEFT THE GAS STATION. BOTH TIME I WAS MANAGE TO GET MY VEHICLE BACK TO NORMAL SPEED. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE, FOUND LOTS SAME CASES, I AM AFRAID THAT THIS IS THE SIGN THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO FAIL !!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SWITCH INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON TO RESUME DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,622.

VAN HAS 159000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE SHIFTING. SHUDDERS AND JERKS WHILE SHIFTING. A ROAD HAZARD, CONCERNED IT MAY CAUSE BEING REAR ENDED BY OTHER VEHICLES.

THE 2ND AND 3RD GEAR SLIPS..... SPEEDOMETER IS OFF THE CLOCK

I TOOK MY VAN TO HONDA AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR 99% OF THE TIME. MY VAN ONLY HAS 111,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM CONCERNED AS TO WHY IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL OF THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL. I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT AND WAS TOLD A NEW TRANSMISSION FROM HONDA WOULD BE $4500. THERE IS NO REASON A TRANSMISSION SHOULD GO OUT AT 111,000 MILES WHEN IT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED THROUGH HONDA OVER THE YEARS. MY CAR WILL NOT GO ABOVE 20 MILES AN HOUR ON MOST OCCASIONS. IF I REV THE ENGINE HIGH AND GET IT OVER 30, THEN IT WILL CHANGE TO 2ND GEAR. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO INTERSTATES AND I HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT A FEW TIMES. I CANNOT ACCELERATE...

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND SLIPS. CHECK ENGINE AND SRS LIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME EVEN AFTER RESETS. "D" LIGHT FLASHES OCCASIONALLY. SLIPS AND SOMETIMES JUST STAYS IN NEUTRAL WHEN COLD. HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR ABOUT 15,000 TO 20,000 MILES NOW STEADILY. I AM 2ND OWNER AND FIRST OCCURRED BACK IN 2006 / 2007 WHEN FIRST OBTAINED VEHICLE. HAS FLUID LINE RECALL DONE. HONDA STATED NO PROBLEMS FOUND WHENEVER I BROUGHT IN AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK OUT. I HAVE DRIVEN CAR CAREFULLY SINCE FIRST OCCURRENCE BUT NOW WARNING LIGHTS ALWAYS ON. REBUILT TRANNY ABOUT $3500 TO $4000. LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT DECIDING WHETHER TO KEEP OR GET SOMETHING ELSE. HONDA HAS NOT BEEN TOO GOOD OR UPFRONT WITH SUPPORT.

THE VAN JERKS AS I SPEED IT UP. IT SEEMS LIKE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.

MY POWER TRAINED MESSED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IN A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC COULDN'T GO OVER 20MPH

SLIPPING IN 2ND GEAR AS IM COMING ONTO HIGHWAY WONT SHIFT OVER 20MPH HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES COULDVE GOT ME AND MY CHILDREN SERIOUSLY HURT THEY NEED TO FIX ALL TRANSMISSIONS WITH THIS PROBLEM VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. GOOD THING MY DAD DOESNT LIVE FAR. I WAS TOO SCARED TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY HOME. WHAT IF THERE IS NOT A NEXT TIME BECAUSE THE PERSON BEHIND ME ISNT PAYING ATTENTION WHEN MY TRANNY SLIPS AND THERES A CRASH AND MAYBE EVEN A DEATH. MY KIDS WERE BEYOND SCARED. MOMMY ARE WE GOING TO DIE? I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION EVER TO MY CHILDREN.

WHEN I DRIVE AT NORMAL SPEED THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND I FEEL AN ERRATIC JERKING MOTION CAUSING ME TO PUSH AGAINST THE SEAT BELT. NO ENGINE OR WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AT ANY TIME. I CHECKED WITH MY MECHANIC AND HE DIAGNOSED THIS AS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD AND 3RD & 4TH GEAR. I CALLED HONDA HOTLINE AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I CHECKED ONLINE AND SEE THAT SEVERAL OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIONING TURNED OFF AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET WAS FRACTURED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE OTHER TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

I PURCHASED THE HONDA ODYSSEY 2002 ON TUES JULY 28TH 930PM AND WAS DRIVING HOME. I LIVED 1 HOUR AWAY FROM THE HONDA DEALERSHIP. UPON DRIVING FOR FIRST 40 MINUTES OF HIGHWAY AROUND 1020PM AS I ENTERED JERSEY CITY, NJ THE VAN STALLED AT VERY 1ST TRAFFIC INTO THE CITY. IT CAME UP WITH 2 INDICATORS: TCS AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP. THE ENGINE INDICATOR IS STILL ON. I TRIED TO DRIVE THE VAN FROM TRAFFIC LIGHT AND IT WOULDN'T GO OVER 20MPH WHILE RPM WOULD MOVE TO 4-5. I PULLED OVER AND WAITED 5 MINUTES, TURNED OFF THE VAN AND RESTARTED. I DROVE/MADE IT HOME SLOWLY WITH MY HEART PUMPING VERY FAST. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT HONDA IS GOING TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE VAN HAD GONE THROUGH MULTI POINT INSPECTION AND WE WERE AWARE OF KNOWN ISSUES BUT THESE TRANSMISSION ISSUE WAS IN THE...

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR ONLY. HAPPENS UNPREDICTABLY, WHEN FIRST STARTING OUT AND TRANS. HAS NOT HEATED UP YET OR AFTER HAVING DRIVEN FOR QUITE A WHILE. NO OTHER SYMPTOMS, NO CLUNKING OR VIBRATION, JUST SEEMS TO GO INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. DOESN'T HAPPEN DURING EVERY OUTING. SEEMS TO CORRECT IF I DOWNSHIFT AND THEN SHIFT BACK UP TO D. BUT POSES A DANGER WHEN IT HAPPENS AS I AM PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. DEALER SAID A RECALL SERVICE WAS DONE BY PREVIOUS OWNER, SOME KIND OF OIL PUMP OR COOLER, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

HI I WAS DRIVING ON THE WEST BOUND OF RUSSEL PKWY. ONCE I STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THEN PUSHED ACCELERATOR WHICH STARTED BACK VAN ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND WITHIN TWO MINUTE, CAR DIED THERE AND I WAS TRYING TO START ENGINE STILL DID NOT WORK. I KEPT TRYING MULTIPLE TIMES BUT DID NOT WORK. I CALLED 911 AND I GOT HELP AND WE PULLED VAN TO THE PARKING AREA. THEN I TRIED AGAIN AND MY VAN BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN. SO, I WAS LUCKY TO HAPPEN ON THE LOCAL ROAD WITHIN SLOW SPEED AND BACK VEHICLE WITH WAS DISTANT. IF HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, THEN IT WOULD BE DISASTERS. I LOOKED ON THE WEB SITE AND SEEMS LIKE IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. THERE WAS RECALL ON IT BUT IT WAS NOT ON THIS VIN VEHICLE. SO, I AM GOING TO CHECK VEHICLE BY AUTHORIZED DEALERS. I WILL UPDATE YOU...

I BOUGHT A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 130,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACE AT 80,000 MILES. I EXPERIENCED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR UP HILL AT AROUND 134,000 MILES. THIS EXACT THING HAPPENED TO MY PREVIOUS HONDA ODYSSEY A 2001 MODEL. IT'S TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. SO, I AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT THIS TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO GO OUT AS WELL. *TR

I PURCHASED HONDA ODYSSEY AT DEALER "THE AUTO CENTER" 3110 PETALUMA BLVD. NORTH PETALUMA CA 94952 AND WAS NOT TOLD THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION RECALL ON THESE VANS (RECALL #04V176000). I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE COMFORTABLY AND AT LONG DISTANCE. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS WEARING OFF THUS CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION OIL INCREASING THE CHANCES OF EXTREME HEAT ON THIS PART. HE RECOMMENDS HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. ON 11/07/2014, VAN FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WAS ON. I HAD VAN TOWED TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE DEPT. AT DEALERSHIP SAID ECL CODE WAS P0730 & THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE APPROX FAILURE MILEAGE ON VAN WAS 62,000 MILES. I HAD TO PAY $3500 FOR HAVING THE HONDA DEALERSHIP REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT 3RD GEAR HAD HEAT DISCOLORATION & IS BURNED UP ALONG WITH THE CLUTCHES. I HAVE THE PHOTOS & ALSO THE DAMAGED PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. SINCE I HAD LOW MILEAGE I CONTACTED HONDA BUT THEY REFUSED ANY HELP SAYING WARRANTY PERIOD ON VAN HAD EXPIRED. I ALSO CONTACTED HONDA'S RECALL DEPT, SINCE I FELT THAT THE BURNT 3RD GEAR WAS RELATED TO TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING PROBLEM PER 2004 HONDA RECALL FOR 2001...

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. ON 11/07/2014, VAN FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WAS ON. I HAD VAN TOWED TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE ECL CODE WAS P0730. THEY SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE ON VAN WAS 62000. I HAD TO PAY AROUND $3500 FOR HAVING THE DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE SERVICE ADVISOR TAKE PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGED TRANSMISSION. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THE 3RD GEAR HAS HEAT DISCOLORATION & IS BURNED UP. IN ADDITION HE SAID, CLUTCHES WERE BURNT UP. I HAVE THE PHOTOS OF THE 3RD GEAR DISCOLORATION & ALSO HAVE THE DAMAGED PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. SINCE MY VAN HAS LOW MILEAGE, I CONTACTED HONDA BUT THEY REFUSED ANY HELP SAYING WARRANTY PERIOD ON VAN HAD EXPIRED. I...

TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHIFT ROUGHLY AND D LIGHT BEGIN TO BLINK TCS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND OFF AND TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING. OUR ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR 3 KIDS MY WIFE AND WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR US TO DRIVE AS THE TRANS WILL SHIFT ROUGHLY OR NOT SHIFT AND REMAIN IN A LOWER GEAR WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. *TR

ON 9/10/14 I STARTED NOTICING TRANSMISSION SLIPPING/DOWN-SHIFTING AT 40MPH/2K RPM MANY TIMES DURING A LESS THAN AN HOUR DRIVE. RPM WOULD SUDDENLY JUMP TO 4K, AND THEN COMES BACK WHILE THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKS/SLOWS AS IF IT'S PUT ON ENGINE BRAKE. VEHICLE IS 2002 ODYSSEY AND HAS 69K MILES. TOOK THE CAR TO HONDA DEALER WHERE THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR YEARS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE, AND I WAS TOLD IT REQUIRES A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH WOULD COST $3700 FOR A REMAN TRANSMISSION WITH 3-Y/36 KMIL WARRANTY. TALKED HONDA AMERICA AND TRIED TO "SEEK GOODWILL ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSMISSION" PER SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY TOOK MY INFO, AND DETAILS, AND EVENTUALLY TOLD ME THEY REVIEWED THEIR PARAMETERS, AND DECIDED THIS IS NOT A CASE THEY ARE WILLING TO ASSIST. CHECKED MY MAINTENANCE RECORD AND WAS ABLE TO FIND A RECALL REPAIR PERFORMED MANY YEARS AGO. I SEARCHED...

TRANSMISSION 4TH GEAR PRESSURE SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING THE "D" INDICATOR LIGHT TO FLASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED SHIFTING BETWEEN SECOND TO THIRD GEARS WHILE THE SPEED DECREASED TO 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE RESUMED TO NORMAL SPEED ONCE IT TRANSITIONED INTO FORTH GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,068.

PULLED OUT OF GAS STATION. STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. WENT TO TAKE OFF FROM RED LIGHT AND THE VAN STALLED TO SHIFT. AFTER IT FINALLY SHIFTED I HEADED HOME AND MY VAN WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR. 113K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILS. THIS IS CRAP HONDA. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY DISENGAGES BETWEEN 30MPH TO 40MPH. SOMETIMES IT RE-ENGAGES OR SOMETIMES MANUALLY DOWNSHIFTING CAUSES THE DRIVE TO RE-ENGAGE. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THE SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I'VE TAKEN IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND A CALLED A LOCAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY AND THEY ALSO SAY THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR. A GOOGLE SEARCH TURNS UP MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL YEAR OF THE ODYSSEY. I WILL HAVE TO GET THIS FIXED AS I CANNOT COUNT ON THE VEHICLE FOR RELIABLE AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION ANY MORE. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY, 212,200 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR AND ALSO WHEN SHIFTING FROM NEUTRAL INTO REVERSE. TRANSMISSION WAS RECALLED A FEW YEARS BACK, WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. I WAS EVEN TOLD THIS ABOUT 45 DAYS AGO DURING A VISIT FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE. YET, WITHIN THE LAST 8-10 DAYS, THESE PROBLEMS HAVE SUDDENLY APPEARED. THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS THAT OTHER 1999-2004 ODYSSEY OWNERS ARE REPORTING AND ARE THE ONES THAT WERE THE REASON FOR THE RECALL. HONDA AND THE DEALER DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT INSTALL A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF OVER $6100.00. THIS IS 3 TIMES THE VALUE OF THE CURRENT VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS A LOUD WHINING NOISE DURING ACCELERATION AND THERE IS A BANGING NOISE AND LURCHING WHILE SHIFTING INTO DIFFERENT GEARS; ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT DO IT ALL OF THE TIME, BUT THE NOISE IS CONSTANT. I HAVE BROUGHT THESE PROBLEMS TO THE HONDA DEALER'S ATTENTION AT 60,000 MILES AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION BREAKS DOWN AND THAT I AM THE 2ND OWNER AND SO THERE IS NO WARRANTY. I CALLED HONDA AMERICA AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP ME. I TRANSPORT CHILDREN AND AM FEARFUL THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL SEIZE UP AND AN ACCIDENT WILL OCCUR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS FLAW IN HONDA TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT THEY HAVE NOT ADDRESSED IT TO OWNERS' SATISFACTION. HONDA DESIGNED AND BUILT THESE TRANSMISSIONS AND NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE;...

THIS WAS ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AT AROUND 35 MPH SPEED INSIDE A TUNNEL IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK WITH TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. FORTUNATELY THERE IS NO CAR BEHIND US AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED AGAIN COUPLE SECONDS LATER. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON WHEN THE SLIPPAGE OCCURRED. I HAVE TO DRIVE EXTREME CAREFUL OUT OF THE PARK MOUNTAIN AREA FOR 35 MILE TO REACH THE FIRST CAR SERVICE GARAGE FOR A CHECK. HONDA DEALER DID A DIAGNOSTIC AND RECOMMENDED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT THAT COSTS $5600. MY CAR IS JUST OVER 100K MILE AND WAS WELL MAINTAINED. DEALER DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER AND HONDA AMERICA DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY INSISTED THAT THE RECALL IN 2004 ALREADY FIXED THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE BUT IT DID NOT OBVIOUSLY! THE FIX COST IS MUCH MORE THAN THE CAR CURRENT VALUE AND POSTS A EXTREME DAMAGE SITUATION IF IT...

TRANSMISSION 2ND AND 3RD GEAR ARE SLIPPING. CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE WHILE IN MOTION BUT ENGINE RPM WENT UP. HAD TO PULL OVER AND TRY AGAIN. HONDA DEALERSHIP SAID I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION ($5,700). HONDA AMERICA CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY FINANCIAL HELP AND CLAIM THAT THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION WAS DUE THE AGE OF THE CAR AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

TRANSMISSION (POWER TRAIN) STARTED FAILING IN LESS THAN 100K MILES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND CONFIRMED THAT IT IS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE DEALER CONTACTED THE DISTRICT HONDA MANAGER IN THE SF BAY AREA AND HONDA REFUSED TO SHARE THE COST. ALL THE SERVICES WERE DONE FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS IN THE SAME HONDA DEALERSHIP. I MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE VERY WELL WITH TIMELY TRANSMISSION OIL CHECKS AND CHANGES. I AM SURPRISED TO FIND THAT SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ARE SEEING THE PROBLEM AT A LOW MILEAGE SUCH AS 100K. I TRUSTED HONDA'S QUALITY AND DISAPPOINTED THAT AN IMPORTANT AND COSTLY COMPONENT SUCH AS TRANSMISSION BREAKS DOWN AT A LOW MILEAGE. *TR

THIS WAS ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I WENT TO HONDA DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S OVER 100,000 MILES. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HONDA CORPORATION, THEY MIGHT GIVE ME A DISCOUNT. THEY GAVE ME $1000 DISCOUNT, FROM $4700 TO $3700. AAMCO KNEW ABOUT THE ODYSSEY PROBLEM WAS WILLING TO FIX IT FOR $2592, AND I WENT FOR IT BECAUSE MY WIFE NEEDED THE CAR. I CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATION, ASKED TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE, FOR $1296. CASE# N012013-08060-1869 CASE MANAGER: CAROLINE (8000-999-1009 EXT. 117739) I EVEN SUBMITTED TO THE CASE MANAGER THE GRAPH OF THE ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION-RELATED COMPLAINTS TO NHTSA PER 100K SOLD. SHE TOLD ME THAT HONDA DOES NOT TRUST OUTSIDE REPORT. I TOLD HER THAT THIS IS NHTSA REPORT. THERE IS NOTHING THAT SHE COULD DO. I CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATION THREE MORE TIMES. THEY ONLY OFFERED ME $375 IN THE FORM OF DEALER CREDIT....

THE POWER TRAIN (TRANSMISSION) HAS FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AT AN EXPENSE OF APPROXIMATELY $6,000. HONDA AMERICA REFUSED TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY. *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE WE WERE ON A SHORT TRIP ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I CAN FEEL THE SLIPPAGE BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. THE 2ND GEAR RECALL FIX DID NOTHING TO HELP THE PROBLEM. WHEN SPEAKING TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP, THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THEY JUST KEPT SILENT. HOWEVER WHEN RESEARCHING THE TRANSMISSION ONLINE, THERE ARE A LOT OF TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FOR 1999 TO 2010 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE EXACT SYMPTOMS I HAVE. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG LASTING, WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM THAT HONDA IS IGNORING. HOW CAN I TRUST A DEALERSHIP THAT ISN'T HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY? *TR

I PURCHASED THIS 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY NEW AND AFTER ONLY 69995 MILES, MY TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAPPEN AT THIS LOW OF MILEAGE TO A CAR THAT HAD NO PRIOR ACCIDENTS. *TR

PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN TRANSMISSION TRIES TO SHIFT FROM A LOWER RATIO AND THE NEXT HIGHER RATIO. DURING THE SHIFT, THE GEAR CHANGES WILL SOMETIMES PAUSES CAUSING THE CAR TO LOOSE FORWARD POWER SEEMS. WHEN PAUSE CONDITION IS NOTICED, LETTING UP ON THE GAS PEDAL ALLOWS GEARS TO CHANGE. SHIFTING PAUSES STARTED ABOUT 3-WEEKS AGO, AND ONLY ABOUT 5-SHIFT INCIDENTS HAVE ONLY HAPPENED SINCE. DEALER INSPECTED CAR AND CONFIRMED THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. COST TO REPLACE WAS QUOTED AT $4,652. DEALER IS TRYING TO GET SOME HELP FROM HONDA, BUT IT ISN'T LOOKING HOPEFUL. WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAD ONLY BEEN BUYING NEW HONDA VEHICLES BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY ONLY HAVE 60K WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAVE CALLED AMERICA HONDA BUT THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO SINCE THE CAR TOO OLD. I ASKED THEM IF HONDA TRANSMISSION ONLY LAST THAT LONG. THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING JUST KEPT SAYING THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN HELP. I AM SO DISAPPOINTMENT WITH HONDA COMPANY. MY WHOLE HOUSE, RELATIVE HAVE HONDA BUT AFTER THIS. WE WILL NEVER EVER BROUGHT HONDA AGAIN. DISAPPOINTMENT CUSTOMER *TR

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN GEAR 2 AND 3, AND IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ACCORDING TO ONLINE FORUM SITES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL COST OVER $4,000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. THE INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOPS CHARGES AROUND 2,500 DOLLARS TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HONDA TAKE UP THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND TAKE CARE OF ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

WHEN WE ARE GOING UPHILL FROM FULL STOPPED IT SEEMS THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT PICKING UP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SLIPPAGE OF THE GEAR. THEN THE YELLOW CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHTS UP AND WHEN WE GOT HOME I GRABBED MY CODE READER AND SAYS P0730 INCORRECT GEAR RATIO AND P0505 IDLE. THERE IS NO CRASH BUT ALMOST BECAUSE THE CAR BEHIND US ARE REALLY FAST GOING UPHILL AND BECAUSE IM NOT PRESSING THE BRAKE SO MOST LIKELY HE DIDN'T SEE THAT WERE ARE NOT MOVING WITH THE CURRENT FLOW OF TRAFFIC PLUS IT HAPPENED AT NIGHT AT AROUND 11:05 PM AFTER I DROPPED OFF MY WIFE TO WORK. MY FOOT IS IN THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I NOTICED WE ARE NOT ACCELERATING NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL. ALL YOU CAN HEAR IS SLIPPAGE OF GEAR BUT IDLE IS GOING UP WITHOUT POWER. *TR

I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT WHILE STARTING FROM A FULL STOP, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND THE MOTOR REVS UNTIL I RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEARS. THIS HAPPENS ON DRY ROADS. I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED BY HONDA AT 100K MILES. *TR