2003 HONDA ODYSSEY Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SLIPPING INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. *SMD

SUBMISSION FROM CONSTITUENT RE RECALL 04-021:C "AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL FOR HONDA ODYSSEY 2003" (FULL DOCUMENT NOT IMAGED). *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ACCORDING TO AN EMISSION TESTING CENTER, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THE COMPUTER GAVE TWO CODES, P0730 AND P1750. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THE TRANSMISSION RECALL, WAS PERFORMED ON HER VEHICLE IN THE PAST. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE RETURNED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

THE VAN STARTED LOSING POWER RIGHT AFTER THE TCS LIGHT APPEARED. I SLOWED DOWN TO 45MPH WHEN I LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE CAR IS REPORTED TO HAVE BROKEN GEARS AND THE CLUTCH IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT HAD A RECALL ON IT THAT REPORTED IT FIXED. *TR

WAS EXITING TOLL GATE ON I-70 AT KANSAS CITY AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CAME POURING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANNY CASE. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REGULARLY SERVICED AND APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS BEFORE THIS AT SERVICE NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS DETECTED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO TOPEKA TRANSMISSION SERVICE, INC. THE TRANSMISSION WAS CHANGED. IN TAKING MY HONDA TO THE TOPEKA HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR TWO OTHER RECALLS, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ALSO A TRANSMISSION RECALL, NHTSA-04V-176000. BECAUSE MY TRANSMISSION HAD ALREADY FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED THEY DID NOTHING. I CONTACTED HONDA MOTORS AMERICA. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO AS I COULD NOT PROVE THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS A RESULT OF THAT RECALL. I TOLD THEM THEY COULD NOT PROVE THAT IS WAS NOT. I REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE IN RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR THIS RECALL THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT AND THE SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE....

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED, BEGAN SHIFTING ERRATICALLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, TO ALLOW IT TO COOL OFF. WHEN HE TURNED IT BACK ON, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. IT WAS STILL SHIFTING ERRATICALLY, BUT IT DID NOT OVERHEAT AGAIN. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO HAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE CHECKED. THE CODE CAME UP AS A P0740; TORQUE SOLENOID CIRCUIT. THE CONSUMER DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE CODE AND DISCOVERED THAT HIS MODEL AND YEAR HAD A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION AND SEVERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS HAD BEEN FILED DUE TO THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER COULDN'T SAY IF THE PROBLEM WAS DEFINITIVE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN AND CRASHED INTO A LAMP POST CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN DIFFERENT TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. . ..UPDATED 11/09/12 *BF UPDATED 11/15/2012 *JS THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE STREET. UPDATED 11/26/12

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN MAY 2003. IN 2004, AN OIL COOLER WAS INSTALLED BY THE DEALERSHIP AS A RESULT OF HONDA AMERICA RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID: 04V176000). ON 10/05/2012, ENGINE AND TCS LIGHTS CAME ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP THE NEXT DAY. THEY INFORMED ME THE CODES ON THE COMPUTER WERE P0700 - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAULT AND P0740 - TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH MALFUNCTION. THE CODES WERE CLEARED AND THEY TEST DROVE VEHICLE AND LIGHTS DID NOT COME BACK ON NOR WERE THERE ANY SYMPTOMS OF ANY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS HONDA ODYSSEY BRAND NEW. AFTER DRIVING IT FOR 89322 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM. THE DEALER WAS "HONDA ON GRAND" IN ELMHURST ILLINOIS. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $6000+ TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSMISSION IS UNDER RECALL FROM HONDA, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM HONDA ABOUT MY TRANSMISSION. *JB

HAD FIRST TRANNY GO IN MAY OF '09 AT 85,500 MLS HAD WORK DONE BY HONDA TO PUT NEW TRANNY IN AT MY EXPENSE THAT ONE JUST WENT IN 2 AND A HALF YEARS WITH JUST LESS THEN 60,00 MLS AND AGAIN HONDA DOES NOT WANT TO COVER IT. *KB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLL WAY AT 65 MPH THE TCS & ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE D (DRIVE) INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING. AS THIS WAS HAPPENING THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING SPEED AND PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR INCREASED THE ENGINES RPMS BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL SLOWING DOWN. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND DISCOVERED NO FORWARD OR REVERSE MOVEMENT WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A HONDA DEALER THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I WAS CONTACTED BY THE SERVICE ASSOCIATE AND TOLD THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND PCM WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $6100.00.

ALTHOUGH HAVING BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER UNDER A POWER TRAIN/AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL IN 2004 AS A RESULT OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN #04V17600, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FAIL SOME MONTHS AGO AND THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON WITH P0730 (GEAR RATIO ERROR) BEING DECODED BY MY MECHANIC. SOME MONTHS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS EVEN MORE PROBLEMATIC AND THE DIFFICULTY IN IT SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR WAS SO BAD THAT THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN (95,000 MILES). THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WITH THE OVERHEATING OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THIS PROBLEM IS EVEN MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN ON A V-6 ODYSSEY, WHICH I HAVE, BECAUSE THE HONDA POWER TRAIN/AUTO. TRANSMISSION CANNOT HANDLE THE EXTRA TORQUE OF THE LARGER ENGINE. REPLACING ALL THE SOLENOIDS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND THE TRANSMISSION IS CURRENTLY BEING REBUILT BUT NOT BY HONDA AS REPLACING IT WITH A FACTORY-REBUILT...

I WAS TOLD APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO THAT THE REASON THE SHIFT WAS HARD WAS BECAUSE I HAD TWO BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS. THEY WERE REPAIRED AND THEY SUGGESTED CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THEN RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING I NOTICED MY CAR HAVING DIFFICULTY SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD GEAR AND THE RPMS WERE GOING CRAZY SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $4200. I HAVE SPENT ABOUT $1500 THIS YEAR ON REPAIRS FOR THIS VAN. I ALWAYS HAVE DRIVEN HONDAS AND TOYOTAS AND FULLY EXPECTED TO GET OVER 200,000 MILES OUT OF THIS VAN. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT HONDA IS NOT HELPFUL. THIS IS MY LAST HONDA. *KB

MY HONDA ODYESSY'S TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED WHILE ON A FAMILY TRIP. I HAVE KEPT UP WITH THE SERVICE SCHEDULED OUTLINED BY HONDA. VAN HAS 122K ON IT NOW. I BOUGHT A HONDA EXPECTING TO GET THE LONG HAUL OUT OF IT! 122K IS NOT MY IDEA OF THE LONG HAUL! THE ESTIMATE IS A $4000 COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION! I HAVE READ ABOUT THE LAW SUIT THE WAS WON AND WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS WAS NOT A RECALL OF SOME SORT! THERE IS CLEARLY A BIG PROBLEM, THERE IS A WEBSITE CREATED JUST FOR THIS ISSUE! IF I HAD NOT DONE ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE OR DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE CAR I WOULD NOT BE SO UPSET. CODE P0730, GEAR RATIO FAILURE. *KB

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE - WHILE DRIVING ON I-65N IN INDIANA, AT 70 MPH, TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP IN THE FAST LANE AT 8:00 P.M. VEHICLE SKIDDED ABOUT 30 FEET, STOPPED AND MYSELF AND FAMILY QUICKLY EXITED VEHICLE. I CALLED 911 TO GET TROOPERS TO ALERT OTHER DRIVERS ABOUT IMMOBILE VEHICLE IN FAST LANE OF INTERSTATE. RAN BACK ABOUT 70 YARDS TO FLAG TRAFFIC OVER TO SLOW LANE TO AVOID SOMEONE GETTING KILLED. MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE STANDING OUT IN THE MEDIAN WAITING FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. THANKS TO SOME KIND INDIANA DRIVERS FOR STOPPING AND ATTEMPTING TO PUSH VAN OUT OF ROAD BUT WITH TRANNY LOCKED UP, NO MOVEMENT WHATSOEVER. TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKED UP. TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY RUINED, NEED NEW UNIT. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR $ 3,580. *KB

2003 ODYSSEY LEFT MY WIFE IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION. IT SUDDENLY FAILED WHEN SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. WITH NO WARNING, IT WOULD NOT MOVE THE VEHICLE AND GROUND TO A STOP, LEAVING HER ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HONDA IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MANUFACTURER WITH WELL DESIGNED, RELIABLE PRODUCTS, BUT IT IS NOT SO WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. WHEN A MANUFACTURER REALIZES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH A VEHICLE, BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR DOES NOTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND RECKLESS TO CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURE THE VEHICLE WITH THE PROBLEMATIC TRANSMISSION. *KB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE: TRAVELLING UP A HILL ON A FREEWAY AT 70MPH WITH FAMILY/CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, SUDDENLY & WITHOUT WARNING, TRANSMISSION WILDLY SHIFTS FROM 4TH DOWN TO 2ND/1ST, BACK TO 3RD, CONTINUES LURCHING/SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH AS RPM'S FLUCTUATE WILDLY; HOBBLED TO NEXT EXIT, SMOKE & TRANS FLUID COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. CALLED LOCAL DEALER WHO "HAS NO IDEA" WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT BUT FOR $100 WILL CHECK IT OUT. RESULT: THEY TELL ME THAT TRANS OVERHEATED & MELTED DOWN, BURNED OUT CLUTCHES, NEEDS NEW TRANS -> $4800 (REBUILT). TRANS WAS JUST FINE & TRANS FLUID WAS FINE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, CAR WAS MAINTAINED, ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OF ANYTHING AMISS. NOW I FIND OUT VIA THE INTERNET THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM W/2003 ODYSSEY'S. CALLED HONDA, THEY TELL ME, "THERE IS NO KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL YEAR" (LIE) AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND FOUND THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD PAY $500 TOWARD THE REPAIR, LEAVING A BALANCE OF $1500. THE CONTACT DECLINED THE OFFER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED FOR $500. SINCE THE NEW CONVERTER WAS INSTALLED, AND CODE OD P0740 IS DISPLAYING. THE CONSUMER STATED THE NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. UPDATED 10/21/11. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *KB

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY - TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE MOVING AT 50MPH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. UPON STOPPING ON SIDE OF ROAD AND SHIFTING FROM D TO PARK AND BACK TO D, THE VAN WAS ABLE TO MOVE FOR A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. AT 35MPH IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR AGAIN. DID SAME THING WITH TRANSMISSION AND WAS ABLE TO "LIMP" HOME AS LONG AS VEHICLE STAYED UNDER 30MPH. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALER AND FOUND OUT TRANSMISSION IS BAD. I HAVE A 7YR/105,000 MILE WARRANTY, BUT IT EXPIRED LAST YEAR. I ONLY HAVE 103,000 MILES ON THE VAN. THE REPAIR IS QUOTED AT $4200. I HAVE COMPLETE AND TIMELY SERVICE RECORDS AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR THE LIFE OF THE VAN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED BLACK SMOKE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO DIFFERENT PRIOR OCCASIONS AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT AGAIN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND LATER, CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALE WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 162,000.

MINIVAN STARTED TO ACCELERATE UPON PUSH OF ACCELERATOR (RPMS JUMPED SIGNIFICANTLY). JERKY/HARSH ACCELERATION FROM 0-40. SEVERE SHUDDER OF VAN WHEN DECELERATING BETWEEN GEARS. MALFUNCTIONING OVERDRIVE (WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT TO D3, 2, OR 1ST GEAR WHILE ROLLING. REVERSE GEAR DID NOT WORK UNLESS THE CAR WAS STARTED AGAIN. *KB

AT 101,500 MILES AND LESS THAN 2 YEARS AND 20,000 MILES AFTER THE FIRST TRANSMISSION REBUILD, OUR 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN IS ONCE AGAIN IN NEED OF A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS ARE REPORTING. WE PURCHASED THE VAN NEW FROM HONDA IN DECEMBER 2002 AND HAVE RELIGIOUSLY MAINTAINED IT (OIL CHANGES, TIRES, BRAKES, TUNE-UPS, CHECK-UPS, ETC.). AT 82,289 MILES, THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION "CAME APART" WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ONE DAY. PRIOR TO THAT, THE GEARS SEEMED TO BE SLIPPING. FRUSTRATED WITH THE POOR SERVICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND THE RUN-AROUND HONDA HAS BEEN GIVING THEIR CUSTOMERS (SPECIFICALLY WITH ODYSSEY OWNERS), WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY AAMCO ($3500) AND WERE "ASSURED" THAT WE WERE GETTING A BETTER TRANSMISSION THAN THE ORIGINAL. HOW IS A TRANSMISSION THAT LASTS 1/4 OF THE TIME THAN THE ORIGINAL A BETTER ONE? THIS 2ND...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ABOUT A MILE OUTSIDE OF RAWLINS, WY AND THE RPM INDICATOR SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP AND THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT INTO RAWLINS ALTHOUGH IT WAS SLIPPING GEARS AND I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. I HAD TO DRIVE VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY AND WHEN I GOT TO THE GAS STATION IN RAWLINS, THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL UNDER THE CAR AND ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE CAR. SO I CALLED AND TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC JUST BEFORE THEY CLOSED. HE QUICKLY CHECKED IT AND SAID IT PROBABLY JUST NEEDED A TRANSMISSION SERVICE. SO MY BOYFRIEND AND I TOWED IT TO CASPER, WYOMING AND TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP THERE. THEY CHECKED IT AND IT CAME UP WITH 3 MALFUNCTION...

MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AND BEGAN SMELLING SMOKE AND THEN STARTED SEEING SMOKE BEHIND OUR FAMILIES VEHICLE. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL UNDERNEATH AND ON BACK OF OUR VEHICLE. WE MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO A HONDA DEALER AND AFTER 3 HOURS OF "WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE" WE WERE TOLD "HONDA" TOLD THEM OUR TORQUE DIVERTED WAS BAD AND OUR TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. $5000!! *KB

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILED AT HWY SPEED ON THE TAPPEN ZEE BRIDGE NY AFTER BEING TOLD BY TWO DEALERS ONE IN CANADA AND ONE IN NY STATE THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO LOW GEAR, REVVED HIGH, TCS LIGHT CAME ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND D3 LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. *TT

2--3 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: I PURCHASED A 2003 ODYSSEY BRAND NEW IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002. THE VAN WAS GREAT FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE ELECTRIC DOORS STARTED TO STICK AND WE HAD SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR A CHECK-UP RIGHT BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT ABOUT 34K MILES (WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 36K). THE DEALER LOOSENED THE DOORS AND EXPLAINED THAT THE HEAT IN FLORIDA REQUIRED US TO PLACE A LITTLE OF LITHIUM GREASE IN THE GASKETS ON THE DOORS. THE DEALER DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BUT SINCE I HAD ALREADY STARTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I MADE SURE THEY NOTED THE COMPLAINT ON THE WORK ORDER. AT 40K MILES BANG! TRANSMISSION OUT! WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CALLED US TO LET US...

MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY'S TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN FALL OF 2010. I AM A CAREFUL DRIVER, TAKEN CARE TO MAINTAIN MY CAR ACCORDING TO SUGGESTED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. THE TRANSMISSION FELT A LITTLE LOOSE FOR A FEW DAYS, AND THEN ONE DAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK IT COMPLETELY FAILED. I COULDN'T GET INTO ANY GEAR. I CALLED HONDA AND ASKED FOR HELP AND THEY SAID MY CAR WAS TOO OLD AND IT WAS NORMAL FOR TRANSMISSIONS TO FAIL. THE MILEAGE ON MY CAR WAS 134760. I HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT AAMCO FOR $3000. THIS CAR HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS, AND HONDA REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I'VE HAD THE KEY CORE GO BAD, MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR HAD BEEN "FIXED" 3 TIMES AND STILL WON'T CLOSE PROPERLY, ALL THE PAINT IS PEELING ALL OVER THE CAR, AND HONDA WOULD ONLY REPAINT PORTIONS...

WE DISCOVERED TODAY THAT OUR 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS IN NEED OF A NEW TRANSMISSION, THE SAD PART IS THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 89,500 MILES, THE HONDA DEALERSHIP THAT INSPECTED THE VAN TOLD US THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO BE $4200. WE PRETTY MUCH EXPERIENCED ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT MANY OTHER USERS ARE MENTIONING ON THIS SITE, IT FIRST STARTED BY SKIPPING GEARS BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, THEN THE TCS AND EMC LIGHT CAME ON AND AFTER THIS EVERYTHING CAME DOWNHILL. THE DEALER TOLD US THAT THE VAN WAS SERVICED IN THE PAST TO TAKE CARE OF THE RECALL BY INSTALLING THE JET FAN COOLING THING, APPARENTLY THIS WAS A BANDAGE TO THE REAL ISSUE AS A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY DIED ON US. WE BOUGHT HONDA FOR THEIR APPARENT "SUPERIOR QUALITY" AND HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE DISAPPOINTED. WE FEEL LIKE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FURTHER. THE TACHOMETER AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ALSO BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS AGO ON A SATURDAY I TOOK MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TO ONE OF THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERS FOR AND OIL CHANGE SERVICE. I ASKED THE SERVICE ADVISOR TO CHECK OUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BECAUSE IT HAD COME ON THE WEEK BEFORE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE REGULAR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED AND THAT I SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT UNTIL IT COME UP FOR THE SMOG CHECK. ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND I HAD MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE TRAVELING ON A MAJOR FREEWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING INTO A COLLISION. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP THAT HAD DONE THE SERVICE AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND RECOMMENDED A REBUILT REPLACEMENT AT A...

BOUGHT MY ODYSSEY USED, CERTIFIED WITH THE 7YR/100K MI WARRANTY FROM A HONDA DEALERSHIP IN ALEXANDRIA, VA IN MAY 2006 WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT. HAVE HAD IT SERVICED BY MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP EXCLUSIVELY SINCE PURCHASING. LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO (AT ABOUT 99000 MILES), I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST ODD EXPERIENCE WITH SHIFTING UP/DOWN WHILE AT EXPRESSWAY AND FREEWAY SPEEDS. I RETURNED HOME WITHIN 50 MILES AND PARKED THE CAR UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP (2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE). FIRST THING THIS MORNING (ABOUT 7:30 AM), TOOK THE ODYSSEY TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE TRANSMISSION AND TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED AND/OR REPLACED AS NEEDED AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED. RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT 1 PM TODAY AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION,...

HONDA TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN THE VEHICLE SWITCH FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE TO HIGH RPM BUT DOESN'T MOVE ENOUGH CAUSING GO SLOW FOR A WHILE. NOT ANY RESPONSIBLE ANSWER FROM HONDA. *TR

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY BEGAN SLIPPING IN TRANSMISSION FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER TWICE, ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY A PROBLEM. THEY DID REPORT THAT I NEEDED $650 OF OTHER MAINTENANCE, WHICH I AGREED TO, BUT COULD NOT "REPLICATE" THE PROBLEM I WAS THERE FOR. AFTER THE 3RD VISIT IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION HAS HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD CONTACTED HONDA CORP. BUT THEY DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND HAVE BEEN LOYAL CUSTOMERS OF THIS DEALERSHIP FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS. THE DEALERSHIP DID OFFER A 10% DISCOUNT, BUT THE COST IS STILL A STAGGERING $3800. I BELIEVE THAT HONDA, HAVING FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT...

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER ENTERING HIGHWAY. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER. 2004 TRANSMISSION RECALL PERFORMED BY DEALER AND FACTORY MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE PERFORMED THROUGHOUT. IN APRIL 2011 NOTICED SLIPPING WHEN SHIFT FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR OCCURRED. IT BECAME IMMOBILE WHILE ACCELERATING ON A BUSY STREET. TAKEN TO HONDA DEALER AND INFORMED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *TR

20003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. LOST OF POWER IN MIDDLE OF VEHICLE OPERATION. *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY FROM A PRIVATE PARTY IN MAY 2008 WITH AN ODOMETER OF 46,000 MILES. WE HAVE BEEN WELL SATISFIED WITH THE VAN SINCE THEN. WE NOW HAVE 101,000 MILES. WE WERE VISITING OUR DAUGHTER & FAMILY IN OXFORD, MS AND WERE RETURNING HOME TO ROCK HILL, SC NEAR TUPELO, MS (ABOUT 50 MILES) WHEN THE TACHOMETER REVVED UP TO 5000+RPM. WE HAD AAA TOW IT TO A SHOP IN TUPELO WHO DIAGNOSED A BURNED UP TRANSMISSION. THE SHOP ESTIMATE OF REPAIR TIME WAS 8.1 HRS BASED ON THE GUIDE THE OWNER SAID IT TOOK ABOUT THAT TIME TO REMOVE THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. WHEN CALLING AAA WE TOLD THEM TO TAKE IT TO ANY SHOP THAT COULD REPAIR IT. I WILL BE CONTACTING HONDA ABOUT ASSISTANCE ON THE REPAIR COSTS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT THE HONDA DEALER. WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE FAITHFULLY ACCORDING TO...

OUR HONDA ODYSSEY VAN - 2003 - HAS HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES. MOST RECENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. IT APPEARS THAT MANY MINIVANS FROM THIS SAME ERA HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES AND HONDA IS NOT OFFERING ME ANY ASSISTANCE (EXCEPT FOR A NEW $4,800 TRANSMISSION). I LOVE HONDA, BUT THIS IS AN OUTRAGE - CLEARLY THEY HAVE ISSUES AND THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO CORRECT THEIR ERROR. *TR

TODAY, WHILE DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL, MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY STARTED TO ACT FUNNY. THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND DOWN. THE CAR STARTED SHIFTING GEARS UP AND DOWN WHEN DRIVING AT THE SAME CONSTANT SPEED. THEN, THE TCS LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO, THE D IN THE SHIFTER DISPLAY STARTED FLASHING. BARELY HAD TIME TO PULL PART WAY INTO A MALL PARKING LOT DRIVEWAY, HALFWAY OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE THE CAR LOST ALL MOMENTUM AND STOPPED. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAY THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED BY DEALER AND AUTHORIZED HONDA MECHANIC AT SUGGESTED INTERVALS SINCE THE VAN WAS BOUGHT OFF THE LOT NEW. *TR

STARTED SLIPPING ON A MAJOR STREET....LEAVING ME IN A DANGEROUS POSITION. OCCURRED AT 159.00 MILES AFTER BEING SERVICED AT THE ORIGINAL DEALER I PURCHASED FROM. WAS FIRST TOLD 4300.00 FOR REBUILT. GOT HONDA INVOLVED, AND IT WAS REDUCED TO 1900.00 AFTER VOICING MY COMPLAINT. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE - 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY @65,000 MILES - LOST 4TH GEAR FIRST, THEN 2ND GEAR WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE DEALER, ALL OF THE GEARS WERE MALFUNCTIONING AND CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE. PENDING A RESPONSE FROM HONDA AS TO WHETHER THEY WILL GRANT ME A "GOODWILL REPAIR" ALLOWANCE, I HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY REPAIR ACTION. THIS TRANSMISSION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL IN 2004, WHICH I RESPONDED TO. HONDA SETTLED A LAWSUIT REGARDING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN THEIR 1999-2002 TRANSMISSIONS. IT'S TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION ON THE 2003-2004 TRANSMISSIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHICH WERE SUBJECT TO THE ORIGINAL RECALL. *TR

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION, WHEN UP-SHIFTING ACTUALLY CAUSES THE VAN TO LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN. *TR

NOTICED HARD SHIFTING INTO REVERSE OF MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH JUST UNDER 80,000 MILES. A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT, PERSISTENT SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL (CAUSING STALL) WAS NOTED AND ADDRESSED BY A DEALER. DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE SLIPPAGE AND I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN (DIFFICULT WHEN IT STOPS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD). DEALER QUOTED ME APPROX. $4500 FOR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS MORE THAN HALF WHAT THE VAN IS WORTH. ALL TRANSMISSION SERVICING WAS DONE ACCORDING TO HONDA SERVICE ADVICE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD SPUTTER AND STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND ADVISED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

WE HAD PURCHASED OUR 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY BRAND NEW FROM A HONDA DEALERSHIP AFTER EXTENSIVE BROWSING, RESEARCHING, AND COMPARING, WE FELT HONDA WAS THE WAY TO GO DUE TO THEIR REPUTATION FOR "MAKING QUALITY VEHICLES THAT LAST A LONG TIME AND WORK GREAT." HOW WRONG WE WERE. WE BABIED THIS VAN. MADE SURE IT GOT ANY OIL, LUBE, OR FIX IT NEEDED AND HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE IT. SHORTLY AFTER BUYING IT WE HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING PROBLEMS THAT YEAR'S MODEL HAD WITH THE V6 TRANSMISSIONS, SO WE TOOK IT OVER AND HAD THEM FIX WHAT WAS "SUPPOSEDLY" THE PROBLEM. IN APRIL, 2009 WE DECIDED WE'D GET A DETAILED "FULL SERVICING" DONE AND FIX ANY ISSUES OR POTENTIAL ISSUES THE ODYSSEY HAD AT THAT TIME WHICH, AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS, COST $1,300. AT THAT TIME THEY HAD PERFORMED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE....

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE TO A LOWER SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO WARRANTY OR RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE $5000 REPAIRS COSTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. UPDATED 5/2/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED SLUGGISH ACCELERATION AND A NOISE WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. UPDATED 05/16/11

VAN WILL SOMETIMES STALL IN SECOND GEAR, NECESSITATING THAT I EITHER STEP ON THE BRAKE OR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL BEFORE SHIFTING BACK INTO DRIVE. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WHEN I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE ROAD, BUT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN TURNING CORNERS OR ACCELERATING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 136,000 MILES. HONDA DEALER SAYS THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPUTER MUST BE REPLACED COMPLETELY. *TR