Automatic Transmission problems of the 2001 Honda Odyssey - part 1

2001 Honda Odyssey. Consumer states problem with vehicle transmission the consumer was informed by the dealer, it would cost $3,500 to replace the transmission.

The transmission in our 2001 Odyssey went out for the second time after just 45,000 miles. It was originally "repaired" by Honda under terms of their settlement of a class action lawsuit. But according to the transmission shop we took it to, the "repair" did not fix the underlying design flaw. It is well known that Honda Odyssey and other Honda transmissions have a design flaw. Ours went out on a busy highway as we were traveling a busy highway at about 10 pm. Luckily the car briefly recovered and we were able to continue driving but it could have been a very hazardous situation.

2001 Honda odessey with 79k miles and the transmission went. I am the original owner and performed every scheduled maintenance Honda recommended. Now I have a van with a blue book value of 7,600 and it needs a new transmission for $5,000. Honda will not help with the repair and I am out a vehicle. They do not stand by their vehicles at all.

2001 Honda Odyssey Mini van. I am the 2nd owner of the minivan. The tcs light came on and the d started blinking. I lost power and it was like in a high gear and would not take off. I about got hit by another vehicle and it would have hurt me and my children. I called Honda. They said there was a warranty extention but no recall. I do not know why they would extend the warranty if there was no problem. This is how people get hurt and have accidents. It is terrible that America would allow these vehicles to be on the roads. I paid good money for a "dependable" vehicle, that is not dependable and the problems are widely known. I just wish I would have found some info out about these vehicles before I bout it. The vehcile barely has 100k.

I am on my 3rd failed transmission from Honda with my 2001 Odyssey. It seems they go out every 60,000-80,000 miles. The first two were replaced with a fight all the way, but nevertheless replaced. Now they absolutely wont replace it because they go by the cars mileage and years, not the transmissions. I'm so frustrated and definitely would like to be a part of a class action suit if it ever comes to be. I have 3 children and thought this would be a wonderful family car, and assumed reliable since it's Honda, but I have been hugely disappointed. I want to know if there is anything I can actually do. It's not fair for a large corporation to make the consumer who believed in their product suffer and have to deal with this. I have been out of a car with 3 children, including an infant, for 9 mo now. Very sad this can happen with no repercussions. I want to do something about this, not just for myself, but to not let them get away with this.

Transmissoin on 2001 Honda ody started leaking one day last week. I took the vehicle to a repair shop today and they told me Honda has had issues with the transmission in this year of Odyssey. In my case the transmission is leaking so bad between the two havles of the transmision rederning it inoperable and unsafe to drive. I only have 70,000 miles on the vehicle.

I bought my used 2001 Honda oddessy two years ago. I am still making payments on this van. I have now noticed when I try to pick up speed around 40 mph it starts slipping. Honda is doing nothing about this. Honda's are known for there long lasting transmissions, I have five kids and now I am stuck ! I have researched this on the internet and it is a known problem. Who is here to help us victims???.

Honda Odyssey 2001. Check engine and tc lights came on while on highway driving back from vacation. No specific incident led to issues. Took in to have check engine light diagnosed. Dealer service dept says transmission is bad and needs to be replaced. Found several websites documenting this same problem. Honda refused to provide any financial assistance on repair.

Honda Odyssey 2001. Check engine and tc lights came on while on driving back from work. No specific incident led to issues. Took in to have check engine light diagnosed. Dealer service dept says transmission is bad and needs to be replaced. Found several websites documenting this same problem. Honda refused to provide any financial assistance on repair. Told me it will cost $5000. I ended up going to local transmission shop and rebuilt for $2000. Honda is doing pritality for some customer. If you have you vehicle serviced in Honda dealer then they consider giving some discount. What came out of this is, other shop like firestone, mineky, merlin people are not professional. If that is true, then those shops should be closed. When we buy car, Honda does not tell us to do service only to their shop.

I bought a used 2001 Honda Odyssey in 2010, suddenly at 132,000 miles it will not shift fron 1st to second, bypasses 2nd goes into 3rd with the rpms racing, then settles to 1500 rpms, with steady speed repeatadly races up the rpms then settles back, computer readout was possible 2nd clutch preassure switch failure which was replaced, did no good, now looking at 3000 plus tranny replacement. Car was serviced regularly by 1st owner at Honda dealer,and she was never informed about a possible tranny problem. I am the second owner, called dealer, was told too bad and goodby, I have owned 4 new Hondas and am shopping for a new car for my son, I have always bought Honda, but now no way, they have had too many Odyssey tranny probloms and know it is there poor design. All my other Hondas I never had a tranny replaced, I have a corrolla 95 with 25000 miles and runs like a top. Another I sold to a friend some years back and he has had no problems. Now my oddysey was cruising down the highway 8 weeks ago and at 50 miles an hour felt like someone slames into the rear end, it locked up and ran off the side of the road, my wife sufferd neck pain that is getting worse, should have had her taken to hospital that instant but she thought it was just a sprain, a few weeks l later it is determined a possible herniation, she is a paraplegic from the waist down due to an old injury, and now is getting numbness in her hands, and possible surgery, all because Honda decided to sweep the problens with this dangerous vehicle under the rug, if Honda of America thinks this is over, they have another thing coming,.

Honda Odyssey lx - 2001 model year I had a check engine and a tcs indicator light that came on. Took it to an Honda authorized mechanic and he said it needs a new transmission. I called Honda America customer service and was told that they cannot help. Eventhough there is recall with this issue and Honda has offered to pay for repair (limited by 7 yrs 9 months or 109k miles). Internet search with edmunds and other consume sites indicates this problem is a widespread manufacturing defect and Honda is refusing to help pay for repair even if its limited.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall intermittently and the check engine warning light would illuminate. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The transmission was replaced for the same failure on another occasion, but the failure recurred. The failure and current mileage was 118,000.

I own a 2001 Honda Odyssey. In June ’06, my tranny had to be replaced at 100k miles. At the time, american Honda(ah) replaced it free of charge under an extended warranty program as I was advised by lancaster Honda. In a matter of few short minutes & couple of miles the tranny on my van burnt up & I nearly lost my father in a senseless situation caused by ah’s misrepresentation of fact & careless disregard for human life. My father was driving nb hwy 14 in santa clarita valley returning home when he began to experience trouble with the van. The van’s cruise control was set @ 65 mph & he was driving in the # 3 lane. As he approached the grade he noticed the tcs and malfunction lights on the dash. He attempted to merge to the right to pull off to the shoulder but was hampered by a truck-n-trailer in the lane to his right. Next, the engine began to make a screaming noise. As he still tried to move to the shoulder without any success, the screaming noise continued, so he turned off the cruise control, the noise stopped but at this point he noticed smoking billowing up the back of the van from the rear window. By now, he had reached the top of the hill, within moments of turning off the cruise control the van had lost power – he could not accelerate. Without power & riding on downhill momentum with heavy traffic speeding past my father @ speeds over 65 mph he is still trying to get to the shoulder. Finally, the truck-n-trailer has passed my father & he proceeds to merge right & gets to the shoulder & he parks so. Of aqua dulce canyon road. Then he is nearly hit by a corvette driving on the shoulder racing a mustang @ 100 mph. My father called for a tow to lancaster Honda (lh) where it still sits. Lh wants $6k to replace something that was supposed to already be fixed. The “new� tranny in ‘06 should last at least another 100k miles not only 70k. My story is like one of thousands of consumers who own Honda Odysseys. They put families lives in danger. Bad trannys.

I bought a 2001 Honda Odyssey and within 5 months of owning it I broke down on the highway. I was driving and all of a sudden the rps went up and down and the van stopped within 60 seconds. I am the second owner and since buying the car this has never happened. I had the car towed to my house and then to a dealer. I was told that it needed a new transmission which would cost between 2100 and 2500. 00.

The transmission on my 2001 Honda Odyssey started to fail. On one drive, I noticed it "slipping" a little. On the next day, the next time I drove the vehicle, it almost totally went out on me. I was trying to enter into a major mile street, pushed on the accelerator, with only a slight response from the transmission. One car had to swerve to avoid me, but there was no accident. Upon researching this, I've discovered that the 2001 Honda Odyssey has a big history of transmission problems. There was even a class action lawsuit settled which extended the warranty to 109,000 miles. Unfortunately, my vehicle has 121,000 miles. I am an original owner and was never notified by Honda that there was an issue with this vehicle. I have no idea why this hasn't been recalled, it's a huge safety issue. American Honda says there is nothing they can do for me, that I will have to pay the full price the dealership is asking to replace the transmission.

2001 Honda Odyssey. Consumer states problem with transmission the consumer stated according to the Honda owner link website there is an automatic transmission recall for the Odyssey minivans. When the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer and mentioned the recall, they didn't respond. They just diagnosed the problems as a slipping transmission, a new ecu was needed, the front and rear mounts were broken and the right front and left rear struts needed to be replaced. The consumer took the vehicle to an independent shop and they concluded the transmission was indeed failing. The recommendation was replacement or a complete overhaul.

2001 Honda Odyssey. Consumer states there is a recurring transmission problem. The consumer stated the transmission was first replaced back in 2004 with only 45,000 miles on the vehicle. Now 60,00 miles later the transmission needs to be replaced again. The dealer informed the consumer the transmission had a cracked seal.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. The contact attempted to accelerate from a stop but the vehicle would only travel 2 mph before it jerked into gear and began accelerating further. During the failure, the check engine and traction control lights illuminated. The contact turned the vehicle off and restarted; after the restart, the vehicle performed normally. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where the contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that the failure was common. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 138,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Transmission problem . Need replacement.

Our money vs. Honda transmission defect and their responsibilities.

Faulty Honda Odyssey transmissions.

2001 Honda Odyssey downshifts unexpectedly. As I was traveling down the highway, the Honda downshifted sharply and then I felt like I was driving in neutral. I tried to get off the highway carefully without being able to accelerate. I had several cars almost hit me because I could not accelerate and dropped speed quickly . I drove to a mechanic and he said my transmission was blown. I called Honda and they did have a recall on this issue, but they told me that I would not be covered because it had to be under 109,000 miles. Honda has known about this problem all along and have had class action law suits against them regarding this very same issue. They will do nothing. I feel that this is a safety issue for Honda owners and this company is just waiting for someone to die.

2001 Honda Odyssey transmission dropped "slammed" into lower gear when decelerating below 40 mph. Occurred about once per month and transmission began to shift more harshly as time progressed. Mileage at time of first incident was just over 117,000. Honda dealer reproduced the problem and recommended replacement of the transmission.

The transmission on our 2001 Honda Odyssey failed at 87,861 miles in may of 2010. The transmission had been properly maintained and there were no warnings or problems prior to the failure. The transmission was replaced by us. Honda would not cover any of the cost because it was past the time limit on the extended warranty, despite being well under the mileage limit.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) Honda Odyssey 2001 VIN [xxx] days ago I was driving on the 3rd line of a busy highway when I felt my rpms going very high and my car was slowing down, I didn't know what was happening !!; even that the van was accelerated it was not moving. I had to put my emergency lights and find my way out to the side line. I will tell you it is very scary to start loosing power and having others cars full speed behind you. Lucky me I didn't cause an accident and nobody was hurt. When I started looking at prices and information, in the internet I found out that Honda knows about the problem and they even lost a legal battle in 2006 for the same reasons. They know that this 2001 Honda Odyssey falls into the bad batch. At that time they extended the warranty to 109,000 and 93 months. My van has 102,000 miles but is out of the 93 months. My question to Honda and to NHTSA, if you know that there is a problem, also you should agree that this problem could cause some accidents, why wait until somebody has an accident and dies. Why was there never a recall? today I called the dealer and they offered me a deal, from 4k to $3,000 (OH! what a deal- I could buy another 2001 van for just a little more). I called an independent auto repair and they will charge me $2,200 to repair the transmission, so where is the real deal from Honda?. Another question, can we sue Honda again for not fixing the problem which they already recognized they had a problem back in 2006 but didn't do a recall. Even if I fix my transmission I have been reading that people have had to change their transmission 3 times in 100,000 miles. From where are we supposed to get the money? where is the government to enforce and control this kind of abuse?.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. While traveling at relatively low speed of 5 mph, the vehicle would not accelerate and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to both an independent mechanic and the dealer. Neither was able to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 114,000 and the current mileage was 119,000.

I have a 2001 Honda Odyssey that I purchased used in 2008. I was at a stop sign, on an incline when my Odyssey started rolling backwards. Thankfully there was no one behind me and I used the emergency brake to stop the rolling. I was able to coast backwards down the hill until I found a driveway to turn around in. On the way home the car jerked and jumped when I tried to accelerate.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. While the contact was driving the vehicle he noticed that the transmission light had appeared on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 180000. The VIN was unavailable.

Brought my 2001 Honda Odyssey ex to my local midas shop to have a scan performed because of an error message. I was told that the code came back showing that there is a transmission defect in the car. I have since found out that there have been wide spread transmission defects on my car's model year. So much so that Honda felt pressured to lengthen the warranty of the transmission coverage. It turns out that my car was well within to allotted miles to be covered by the warranty, but was 9 months beyond.

While driving north on the new jersey turnpike with my wife and our 5 children at a steady speed of 60 mph, there was a snap/jerking motion felt and slight rubber smell and the van immediately lost acceleration. There was steady traffic I had to negotiate through to get our van safely off the interstate. This is the second transmission needing to be replaced in our 2001 Honda Odyssey and I have contacted Honda north America to correct this problem and they will not do so because the warranty had expired for the last replacement. Please contact me to advise of recourse options I have with this problem. Thanking you in advance for your assistance.

Automatic tranny, difficulty shifting and ongoing issue with downshifting very suddenly while slowing down. Honda extended the warranty to 109,000 miles, issue began at 111,000 miles. How many complaints are needed before action is taken for s company making a faulty unsafe product. Currently researching a fix. Replacement.

I have transmission problem with a donda Odyssey WI rebuil now broke again.

I have 2001 Honda Odyssey that I have maintained very well. I have had no issues with it over the years. Last week, I was returning home from a local walmart when the traction control (tcs) light turned on and refused to go off for about 2 minutes. When it finally did, the check engine light turned on. I took it to my Honda dealership this week. They called to tell me that my transmission was gone. I learned from the internet that there was class action lawsuit for Honda Odysseys made between 1999-2002 and Honda had extended the warranty to 93 months or 109,000 miles whichever occurred first. Unfortunately my vehicle was bought in November of 2000, so I do not qualify. I was told by the dealership that Honda agreed to pay half for the repairs which still left me with $2200 to pay. This is unacceptable. Honda knows this is an issue with their odyssseys and the least they should do is cover all the defective vehicles and offer a recall. I have a vehicle that I took great care of and now in 9 years and only 82,000 miles ended up paying more than 2k for no fault of mine. I am never going to buy a Honda again. I urge you guys to take strict action against Honda.

2001 Honda Odyssey - original owner - needs a new transmission - this is the second one.

We own a 2001 Honda Odyssey. We bought it because we wanted a safe vehicle for driving. In 2006, we drove our van from massachusetts to florida. We took route 81. While driving we began to experience an odd pulling when putting pressing the gas. Eventually, the car would barely move. We were being watched by an angel. We were fortunately able to get off the main highway and find a place to look at the car. We were told that the transmission was in need of repair. We were within a few miles of a Honda dealer in staunton, va. Honda gave us a rental car and we proceeded on our trip to florida, while the car was being repaired. I felt safe. I felt that the issue was taken care of and that the Honda would be okay. Our van is now at 140,000 miles. We have been planning to drive the car another 30,000 miles and then entertain that idea of another van. Today I took my children on a family outing. We were enjoying the fall colors on a 2 lane mountain road. Our car began to pull a bit and the next thing I know the car is beginning to not move. By the grace of god, I was able to get the car around the bend of a winding road, but I had to leave it on the highway. I put on the flashers, got my kids out of the car as quick as I could and then quickly crossed the road with them and went to the scenic lookout that was a bit off of this 2 lane road. I did not want to be near my van that completely died on a 2 loan winding mountain road!!!!!!!! thank god I did not have any cars behind me at the time!!!!!!!!!!! I called the police for help. They sent a tow truck right away and then the car was towed to a Honda dealer. I do not feel safe in there vehicle. I do not know what to do. I had planned to drive this for at least another year. I am going to look into possibly going against Honda legally. I am very upset about this. We could have been involved in a very serious and deadly accident. Also, there was no warning light or sound to warn of this problem.