general problems of the 1999 Honda Odyssey

Tl the contact owns a 1999 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that whenever the vehicle was hot, the engine would not start. When the vehicle was not hot, the contact had no issues starting the engine. The contact stated that the instrument panel lighting would illuminate, but the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 169,400.

Ignition switch recall.

I believe strongly, it has to do with my ignition. My engine just quits without any warning. One time it quit on me when I was driving on a high way. And multiple times it quits on the regular driving on local roads.

I was driving the van and all of sudden without any warning lights stopped and could not move forward in my street.

I was driving on a crowded expressway when my car seized up completely due to a transmission failure which put me in an extremely dangerous situation. I was in the middle lane with three large semi trailer trucks in front of me, in back of me, and to the right of me on a 3 lane highway. The truck behind me had enough room to barely slow down but it almost crashed into me. I turned on my emergency flasher lights and was able to get the car onto the shoulder of a slightly uphill exit ramp, narrowly escaping serious injury. I was then able to very slowly move the car in first gear with the flashers going, and fortunately was close to a side street where I parked the car and had it towed to the nearest dealership. Although Honda replaced my transmission for free under the auspices of a class action lawsuit back in 2007, the car has low mileage for the life of the transmission. However, they are refusing to cover the replacement cost of the transmission. The transmission failure was sudden and literally seized up the car and put my life in danger. This doesn't seem to matter to Honda. I am registering this complaint not only to get satisfaction from Honda, but also to warn other Odyssey owners that this may happen to them, and let them know this is potentially deadly.

Driving along and engine stopped, dash was black. Stopped and put it in park and turned on and off three times before dash lit up and started engine. This has happened three more times since.

Vehicle engine and electrical system completely shuts down while driving.

On June 28, our 1999 Honda Odyssey lx lost all electrical power and engine power while traveling on I-94 e bound between battle creek mi and the exit to I-69. The emergency flashers would not activate. We were able to coast to a stop on the shoulder, then after placing the car in park and switching off the ignition, I was able to restart the car. It ran fine for the next two hours, but the same thing happened while traveling south on I-75 north of dayton, OH. This time, I noticed the gauges came back on and was able to resume the cruise control and proceed with out stopping. In got case, traffic was not so heavy as to be a danger, and luckily we were not in the passing lane. The same failure occurred just before we made it onto our street, but for a shorter time and we continued home. The next night, while returning home on local streets, going about 35mph, this failure occurred again, but this time, we had the headlight on (it was about 9:15pm), and we lost all lighting (interior gauges and exterior). On June 30, the dealer was able to locate the problem - failed ignition switch electrical contacts. The dealer claims this car had been serviced for this problem previously as a result of a recall. I checked your online notices: may 16, 2002 NHTSA: 02v120000. Electrical system ignition switch. This recall needs to be re-issued for this safety related problem. We would have had serious problems in bad weather; loss of windshield wipers as well as lighting and brake lights. And at night, it could have been very bad on the highway. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Failure of a engine part that was "voluntarily" replaced by Honda, with the corp. Citing a lesser warranty period on the replacement part.

While driving 1999 Honda Odyssey, on five separate occasions the vehicle has shut of while while moving.

The van engine turned off while driving on the freeway at 70mph while my family and I were on the third lane. I almost got in an accident trying to get to the right shoulder. Van speed was down to 40mph while making rights to get the right shoulder. The van started immediately, and we went on our way. After exiting the free way the engine again stopped but this time we were in the middle of the intersection. The lights turned red and I was blocking on coming traffic and the person behind me was honking his horn. I put the van in park and restarted the it and continued through the red light. Mean while my wife noticed smoke coming out of the steering wheel. When I got home that evening I removed the cover and ignition switch was overheating and killing the engine ( solder joints on the wires were melting). I looked up this problem on the internet and it conformed the switch problem also the van was recalled for that reason. I call Honda and I was told that this recall was done on this van. The engine stopped multiple times while driving till I got the part replaced. The issue here is that the recall did not work, and the replaced parts have the same problem as the original recall ( overheating switch) . I have replaced the switch. But the design is still bad and that will help only temporary. Stopping the van in the middle of the free way of the intersection comes with heavy risks.

Motor mounts broken. First time was when I got my transmission done at about 100,000 miles of which I never got reimbursed for per class action settlement. Second time was a few years back. Now I'm told that my motor mounts are broken at st. Lucie battery in jensen beach, florida. These motor mounds that Honda is putting in their vans don't hold the engine well without breaking.