2013 HONDA ODYSSEY Power Train Problems

I’m reporting a repeat engine misfire on my 2013 Honda Odyssey (P0303 – cylinder 3). Honda repaired this issue in 2018 under Service Bulletin 13-081, which followed the Soto v. Honda settlement. Now in 2025, the exact same failure has returned—same code, same cylinder, same symptoms. Honda issued a new bulletin, 25-061 (June 17, 2025), covering 2013–2016 Odysseys with misfire codes P0301–P0304. It extends powertrain warranty coverage to 10 years or 150,000 miles, and includes a grace period through Jan 31, 2026 for any affected vehicle, regardless of mileage or age. My vehicle meets all criteria, yet Honda refuses full coverage, saying my VIN isn’t flagged and they can’t override that due to NHTSA restrictions. This seems inconsistent. The bulletin clearly applies to my make, model, year, and exact engine fault. The misfire affects drivability and long-term engine health. I’ve been a loyal Honda customer, servicing the vehicle at authorized...

My 2013 Honda Odyssey is experiencing a serious engine malfunction related to excessive oil consumption and spark plug fouling. On [XXX], the Check Engine Light came on and the vehicle began shaking. A diagnostic inspection at a Honda dealership revealed DTC P0301 (Cylinder 1 Misfire). Three spark plugs in Bank 1 were heavily fouled with oil. The technician recommended piston ring replacement, noting that oil had leaked into the combustion chamber. This issue is consistent with well-known engine problems associated with Honda's VCM (Variable Cylinder Management) system. TSBs such as A13-081 and 11-033 have addressed similar issues in the past, but my vehicle is no longer covered under the extended warranty. I am a low-income international student currently living in the U.S. with my family. This defect creates financial hardship and safety concern. I respectfully request that NHTSA investigate this matter as a safety-related engine defect and urge the manufacturer...

There are several recalls associated with this vehicle It is NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 23V-858 MFR CAMPAIGN ID: KIZ CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION: 2013 Odyssey Fuel Pump Module Set/Assy Exp 2 12/28/2023 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 17V-725 MFR CAMPAIGN ID: POQ CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION: 2nd Row Outer Seat Striker Bracket (Seat Tipping) RECALL DATE: 11/17/2017 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 16V-933 MFR CAMPAIGN ID: KD5 CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION: 2nd Row Walk-In Function Inop RECALL DATE: 12/20/2016 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 13V-143 MFR CAMPAIGN ID: 597 CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION: A/T SHIFT LEVER RECALL DATE: 04/12/2013 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 13V-016 MFR CAMPAIGN ID: S75 CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION: DRIVER'S AIRBAG MISSING RIVETS RECALL DATE: 01/18/2013 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 13V-016 MFR CAMPAIGN ID: S75 CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION: DRIVER'S AIRBAG MISSING RIVETS RECALL DATE: 01/18/2013 Current issue at hand : NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 13V-382 MFR CAMPAIGN ID: JB4 CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION: INSUFFICIENT PISTON HARDNESS RECALL DATE: 08/26/2013

The contact owns a 2013 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was shuddering with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who related the failure to Technical Service Bulletin: 13-081 (MIL Comes On with DTCs P0301 thru P0304); however, the vehicle was not covered by the TSB. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 175,000.

1. Car would not stop, while backing out of parking space and almost backed into parked car, transmission put into drive and moved forward hit curb, hopped curb and slammed into embankment. 4/12/23 2. Car would not stop driving down steep driveway and drove onto MLK JR BLVD fortunately avoided any other cars. Proceeded uphill slowly and brakes seeded to begin to work better as transmission warmed up. 4/19/23 3. We have not been driving the car since. 4. No filings reported

ENGINE WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL FLASH. MISFIRING. PISTONS AND SPARK PLUGS NEED TO BE CHANGED. SAME ISSUE AS FOUND IN SERVICE BULLETIN 13-081. HONDA DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR BECAUSE MY VIN UNEXPLAINABLY NOT INCLUDED.

ON APRIL 4, 2019, WHEN MY VEHICLE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 104,000 MILES, THE CAR'S ENGINE LIGHT AND VSA LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR IDLED ROUGHLY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT LIMPED ALL THE WAY TO THE MECHANIC. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, IDENTIFIED BY THE PROBLEM CODE GENERATED BY THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER AS P0301: CYLINDER #1 MISFIRE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED ALL THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE IGNITION COIL FOR THAT CYLINDER. TWO MONTHS LATER, WITH THE ODOMETER AT APPROXIMATELY 107,000 MILES, THE CAR AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED, WITH A ROUGH IDLE, ENGINE AND VSA LIGHT, AND LIMPING PERFORMANCE. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE SAME INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO TOLD US THE SAME PROBLEM CODE (P0301) WAS GENERATED, INDICATING A MISFIRE IN THE FIRST CYLINDER. THE MECHANIC REMOVED AND INSPECTED THE SPARK PLUG, WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF OIL FOULING. ONLY AFTER THE SECOND REPAIR DID I FIND INFORMATION THAT THE MANUFACTURER...

SERVICE BULLETIN 13-081. CEL (1/7/16) : CYLINDER 3 COIL R/R WITH SPARK PLUG ( OTHER SHOP - PAID $166.75 ) CEL (3/11/16) : P2422EVAP CANISTER CAME UP FOR SAME SYMPTOM (HONDA SAID CODE IS NOT P0303 - PAID $1722.86) CEL (7/18/17) : P0303 MISFIRE NO.3 CYLINDER (AUTOZONE) CEL (7/18/17 - 10 MIN FROM AUTOZONE) - P0353 NO3 CYLINDER IGNITION COIL CIRCUIT CAME UP (HONDA - PAID $255.41 ; HONDA SAID CODE WAS NOT BETWEEN P0301 TO P0304 SO I HAD TO PAY FOR IT - THEY DO NOT CARE WHAT AUTOZONE SAID ) RECEIVED SEVERAL TIMES WARNING WHEN I GO AND CHANGE ENGINE OIL FROM THE SHOP THAT I DO NOT HAVE ANY LEFT OVER OIL IN THE TANK. CEL (3/5/18) : FOUND OUT CAR HAS A MISFIRE ON CYLINDER 4 AND RING ON CYLINDER 4 IS LEAKING (OTHER SERVICE - GOT A SUGGESTION TO GO HONDA DEALER TO CHECK)...

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 70 MILES PER HOUR AND I ADJUSTED IN MY SEAT. MY KNEE KNOCKED THE IGNITION FROM THE "ON" POSITION TO OFF. I QUICKLY TURNED THE KEY BACK TO THE ON POSITION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND WENT OFF AND REMAINED OFF.

IN A UNPREDICTABLE MANNER, THE VAN LOOSES POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS OF 35-65 MPH. TWICE I THOUGHT THERE WAS A REAL CHANCE WE WOULD GET REAR ENDED. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED ON AT LEAST 20 OCCASIONS OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD. 1) I WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS OF 35-65 MPH AND USUALLY WHEN GOING UP HILL. 2) THE VAN WOULD NOT RESPOND (ACCELERATE) BUT RATHER THE ECO LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF 2 OR 3 TIMES AND MANY TIMES THE RPMS WOULD DROP RAPIDLY FROM 2000 DOWN TO 1000 OR SO. 3) EVEN AFTER 1-3 SECONDS NO RESPONSE. 4) IF I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN, IT WOULD THEN RESPOND NORMALLY. AS FAR AS I CAN RECALL, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED WHEN ANY OF THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. AFTER NO PROBLEMS AND OVER 2000 MILES LATER,...

WE PURCHASED A 2013 HONDA ODYSSEY EXL 1 YEAR AGO (7/18/16). WE IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING, AND ALSO BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES ABOUT 4 MONTHS OUT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I DIDN'T WORK. WE ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER THE ROTORS AS THE ISSUE, BUT THEY WERE RELUCTANT SINCE THEY WERE JUST RESURFACED THEM BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. EVENTUALLY, THEY DID AGREE, AND ALL FOUR ROTORS NEEDED RESURFACING. THE SERVICE DEPT TOLD US OUR 8 MONTH OLD TIRES HAD WEAR BEYOND THE NORMAL AMOUNT, AND SUGGESTED IT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE VIBRATION PROBLEMS. WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER SET OF TIRES FROM THE DEALER, BUT ARE CONCERNED THAT WE WILL SOON BE HAVING TO RESURFACE THE ROTORS AGAIN BASED ON THE HISTORY I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN OF HERE, AND OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED. WE FEEL HONDA SHOULD BE...

2013 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEALERSHIP REFUSAL TO PROVIDE LOANER VEHICLE UNTIL RECALL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE, REFUSAL TO REPLACE KEY AND BATTERY. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REFUSED TO PROVIDE SERVICE, BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DID NOT HOLD A WASHINGTON STATE LICENSE. *JB

WHEN DRIVING - OUR TRACTION CONTROL AND ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES AND THE ENGINE HAS BEEN SO ROUGH THAT WE HAD TO STOP AND LET IT COOL DOWN BEFORE TAKING IT IMMEDIATELY HOME. THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT IN - WE WERE TOLD THAT "SOMETHING" (DIRT) MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE PISTON CHAMBER AND CAUSED A MISFIRE OF THE SPARK PLUGS, BUT THAT WE SHOULD BE OK. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN, BUT BECOMING MORE FREQUENT BETWEEN RESETTING THE CODES. WE WERE TOLD JUST TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS 1 & 2. THEN AS WE WERE HAGGLING WITH HONDA OVER THE PHONE ABOUT WARRANTY COVERAGE AND THE FACT THAT THE LIGHT WAS CONTINUING TO COME ON - IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT WORSE: THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND IT WAS SOUNDING WORSE, SO WE DID NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL WE COULD GET IT SERVICED. WHEN IN...

UPON STARTING FROM A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT, THERE IS SOMETIMES A "HESITATION" WHERE THE TACHOMETER FALLS FROM AROUND 2000 RPM TO ABOUT 1000, THEN RECOVERS AFTER ABOUT 1 SECOND. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE - THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE CONDITION. *TR