general problems of the 2001 Honda Odyssey - part 2

While driving down the road the transmisson went out. Without any warning besides that morning it had a problem shifting into 2 gear. The vehicle had a new transmisson put in 70,000 miles prior to this happening. But, it was very dangerous, just driving down the highway and it jerking down to 0mph and not even being able to get it to move off the highway, wouldn't go into any gear.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. The contact was driving approximately 25 mph and trying to accelerate, the vehicle would not respond. The contact was able to coast to the side of the highway and the vehicle was towed to the dealer where the dealer advised that the transmission would need replacing. The contact stated that the transmission was previously replaced at 70,000 miles. Less than 31,000 miles later, the vehicle would need a second transmission replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 128,000.

Transmittion failure, Honda has a history of failures of this kind with the 2001odyessy. Item should be recalled at the expense of the manufacturer.

I have had my Honda odessy and I had no conplaints. But now all of a sudden tranny gone. I serviced it on the regular, fluid never changed colors( burnt color). I got 183k . On it. . Just did timing belt and watwr pump. Now I will have a gud minivan if I had a new tranny. . . Any info would be hepful and gladly appreciated. .

The d light start blinking engine light is on ,transmission start to act funny,a year later start to slip, another year it's dead.

Check engine light came on at 108,000 miles. Honda service says transmission problem and it needs to be replaced, as well as 2 engine mounts. I am original owner. Car has been serviced at Honda only, I have followed the service schedule.

We took our 2001 Honda Odyssey to the dealership this morning due to a "service engine" light. We were informed that the engine light and subsequent code meant that the transmission would need to be replaced - again. This will be the third transmission in the vehicle. The last transmission was replaced at 84k miles. The vehicle currently has 105k miles. We beleive a transmission should last more than 21k miles, but the extended warranty on the powertrain has expired and the manufacturer and the dealership has indicated that it is now out of warranty. The transmission issues with the Honda Odyssey is widespread and well documented on the internet, by the manufacturer itself and by the thousands of dealers that have fixed the problems over the years. I beleive this to be a major safety issue. It warrants another recall and permanent fix by the manufacturer. This style of vehicle is used to transport families and is not used for towing or offroad purposes. Honda corporation of America should pay or reimburse consumers for this obvious manufacturing defect and safety issue on their product.

2001--only 63000 miles. Driving down a city street early October when I notice the tcs light and d3 indicator light flashing and the check engine light on. Could no longer accelerate, van would move only very very slowly. Had it towed to local Honda dealer. They diagnosed it as a tranny failure, replacement would cost $5300. Did the dance with service rep, etc. Got american Honda involved, had to ask, offered replacement for $4320. Told them no thanks, will never buy a Honda again (unless they own this) and will discourage anyone else from doing so. They were actually going to charge me $80 for giving me the diagnosis that I now owned an $8200 paper weight! when I objected, they relented. About the only good thing I can say about the service reps effort and keeping me as a happy Honda consumer. Took it to an approved jasper transmission installer and had them put in the recommended jasper replacement (why in the world would I want the same product from Honda again?) total bill just under $4k. We obviously don't drive our van much, but so far it is running perfectly. Jasper comes with 3yr/100,000mi warranty. I just discovered tonight that there is now a class-action lawsuit filed. Unfortunately it seems to cover only 2005/06 model years. You can bet I will be contacting them to see if the suit can be expanded to additional years. There is also an occupy Honda facebook page! it is simply reprehensible that Honda is acting this way and they ought to be held accountable.

At around 120k our Odyssey would occasionally have a "funny" shift where it clunked a bit. This happened only occasionally. The symptoms would mysteriously go away when the car was at the dealer or in the shop. With 149k, while driving at 65mph the transmission abruptly downshifted into second gear causing the speed to be quickly reduced without the breaks being applied, creating an unsafe and inoperable vehicle. The biggest problem is that it happens without warning. You are driving normally, then out of nowhere your car's transmission downshifts to a low gear.

While climbing 5 degree incline transsmission slipped. Able to turn around in reverse. Stopped engine for five min. . Able to go home with brief failures at stoplights. When delivering to dealership, vehicle would not travel more than a block.

We purchased the 2001 Honda Odyssey with 70,382 miles on the odometer in may 2007 from a dealer. All of the service has been performed at Honda dealers except for a couple of oil changes done at jiffy lube. It is difficult for us to accept that the transmission in the Honda Odyssey would fail after 4 years and 30,000 miles. The car is driven by two retired people that are in their early 70s. The Odyssey has never been used for towing, driven hard or at excessive high speed. It is mainly used to go to the grocery store, going out to eat or visit friends. We have never blown a transmission or engine in any of the other cars that we have owned during the past 50 years.

I purchased the Odyssey new and am still the owner. The transmission started to fail under normal use in the range of 60,000 miles and failed completely at 85,000. This was very common and problem that resulted in a lawsuit and free replacement by Honda of defective transmissions. However, I am told that my vehicle is too old, regardless of the mileage for Honda to offer any help with the cost of the repairs. My complaint is that it is well established that the transmission in these early Odysseys was mechanically defective and it should be replaced by Honda, at least a substantial portion of the cost of repairs should be shared by Honda.

I own a 2001 Honda Odyssey VIN [xxx]. It has 53,000 miles. Recently, on June 5th, 2010, I have found out that the vehicle is having some transmission issues. As is evident, I have driven only 53,000 miles in the past 9 years, which is much below the average of 12,000 miles driven per year. This car was driven primarily for doing groceries and dropping off and picking up my kids from school. This is our family car; we drive it with utmost care and get it serviced regularly per the requirements. I have called american Honda motor CO. , ltd. 1-800-999-1009 and spoke with the manager mr. Darrell harville. He mentioned that is a known defect and Honda had issued a recall for this year and model of Honda. Honda also issued an extended warranty for the period of 7 years and 9 month or 109,000 whichever comes first. I checked on Honda's website and found that my VIN# is in the recall list. . Read more...

** not buy a Honda**** purchased a Honda Odyssey on 9. 22. 09 ,had nothing but problems with the transmission a week later,trusted Honda dealer to fix the problem,problem still exists,still having problems with the transmission,its been costing me time,more time,money,aggrevation,quality of life,Honda just dont care. They cant build transmissions but they are allowed to sell cars in America!!! when will somebody do something about this!! I never owned a care like this ever!! they just cant build transmissions !!.

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.

Honda Odyssey with 4 failed transmissions in less than 95,000 miles. Honda paid for the first 2 replacements but required us to pay 50% of the cost of the 4th transmission despite the car's history. I have read that under the terms of the class-action settlement, Honda should have covered this up to 109,000 miles. Their customer service personnel are highly trained to avoid paying anything. They routinely won't return calls, are rude and obnoxious in the hopes that customers won't bother them. This is by design and Honda should be held accountable for this. They are not acting in accordance with the terms of the settlement.

2nd incident occurred 2 years and 8 months later. Same problem, a bad transmission at 172,868. 55,781 miles on 2nd transmission which was replaced by the dealer. Not covered because of 3yr/36k warranty.

2001 Honda Odyssey with severe transmission problems. Had a new transmission put in at 56,000 miles and now at 114,000 it needs another new transmission. We got stuck 1 1/2 hours from home as the car suddenly would not run - noo warning at all. We keep up with all maintenance. We are in the process of waiting for american Honda to call us to see how we can help. Because of their winter holiday, we have now had to wait 17 days without the car.

The transmission will not shift out of park and the brake lights don't work from what I believe to be a faulty switch. I have to pump the brakes at least 5-10 times before I can shift out of park, and the brake lights don't always come on when driving a braking. I did a little research online and have found many people with similar problems with their Honda Odyssey vans and Honda accords of approximately the same year.

I am single owner of Honda Odyssey 2001, I started having transmission problems right after my warranty expired, at 125,000 miles. Had to replace it, but still slipping. I am very angry and frustrated, will never buy a Honda again.

5/28/05 first transmission replaced under warranty on 06/03/05 10/12/07 second transmission replaced under warranty 10/15/07 with 87,344 miles 11/14/11 third transmission not replaced with 166,230 miles all times incident occurred while driving. Two times while on highway and car stopped working and towed to Honda dealer. 1st incidence serviced at maine mall motors s. Portland, me. 2nd and 3rd incidences dealt with executive Honda wallingford, CT. American Honda refuses to take any responsibility with defective transmission. Four transmissions in a vehicle is excessive. Even with my 166k+ mileage, car has been maintained well. Believe defective and excessive replacement of my transmissions is unreasonable and is Honda's responsibility to replace my transmission. Never have had failure with transmission in previously owned vehicles even with high mileage. Honda is taking advantage of consumers who pay good $$$ for below average workmanship and quality. I believe this transmission problem is deeper.