Two problems related to clutch broken have been reported for the 2001 Honda Odyssey. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Honda Odyssey based on all problems reported for the 2001 Odyssey.
Merging onto highway in my 2001 Honda Odyssey ex. The "check engine" and "tcs" lights came on. Upon shutting down and re-starting, the "tcs" light went out but "check engine" remained lit. The jeff wyler Honda dealership in florence, ky tells me there is some sort of clutch failure in the transmission, requiring that I get a new transmission for $4,000 plus and extra $1,000 in labor. We have service documentation going back to six months after we purchased the vehicle new in September 2000, stating our complaints about the "rumble" in the transmission upon reaching highway speed of around 45-65 mph. The dealership tried several things, including replacing some sort of module in the transmission, but the problem persisted to this day. Now, american Honda refuses to take responsibility, claiming that the vehicle is "too old".
2001 Honda Odyssey transmission design flaw. Fact: the 2001 Honda Odyssey transmission was part of a class action lawsuit wherein Honda extended warranties on all 2001 Honda Odyssey transmissions to 109,000 miles. The transmission is more flawed than Honda admitted. My van is on its 4th transmission within 180,000 miles, averaging just 60,000 miles per transmission. Honda paid to replace it twice but refused the last one. My van has no towing package and has been well serviced. As a degreed engineer, I investigate the transmission problems and also had my mechanic take pictures of the inside of the tranny. Deeper investigation determined that Honda has made no significant design changes to the transmissions they used when replacing the defective original unit. This means that the same design inherent to the unit was placed back in the vehicle. Doing this means that Honda effectively put defective merchandise back in my car. In nearly every case I have investigated, the 3rd clutch pack is the failure mode for the transmission. Investigation turned out several reasons this is such a common failure. The third clutch pack gets starved for oil and heat buildup is not removed from the unit due to poor oil flow. The paths for oil flow get clogged with debris as the tranny fails. There are thousands of 2000-2002 Honda Odysseys like mine with multiple failures of the transmission. Honda has left my family stranded, risked their life in a "lurch" into traffic and stolen my residual value in trying to sell this vehicle.