90 problems related to transmission failure 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.
Without warning no dash lights nor check engine lights my transmission failed in heavy traffic. . A slight up rev and then complete failure of transmission. . . . Just avoided being rearended as the car slowed quickly on a rise and just made it to the shoulder in traffic. . Fluid levels were normal but fluid had a odor . . . My mechanic towed the car and drained and filled the trans (not convertor) to verify condition. . Trans will move in reverse at high rpm. This transmission was replaced 6/6/05 at 37400 miles under warranty and has been serviced and topped off as needed until now. . In heavy traffic serious injury or death could have occured if not for observant driver behind me. . I understand from transmission shops and rebuilders that Honda transmission are built to fail with very poor design (no filtering of fluids,,and very weak clutch assemblies) to repair this vehicle it will cost $3800. 00-to $5000. 00 for new transmission and $3000. 00 for a reliable rebuilt (jasper) this car was purchased to replace my 2004 freestar with transmission failures three times within 75. 000 miles.
2001 Honda Odyssey, purchased with 83,610 miles from Subaru of exeter. June 23, 2008, 104,527 miles. It was my understanding that warranty covered up to 109,000 miles. The transmission was replaced under recall warranty at dover auto world, Honda service, due to check engine and tcs lights being on. Transmission came with a 3yr/36,000 warranty. December 1, 2014, 184,148 miles (80k on 2nd transmission), difficult to shift into reverse and drive sometimes engine slips before finally engaging into gear, over the next week, check engine light, tcs and d4 light flashing light on. Transmission fault code p0780, diagnosed, drove van two more days when transmission failed. Towed to local in town mechanic, given estimate for a re-manufactured transmission + labor $4,500. Spoke with Honda motors of America, on Dec 18th 2014 provided with all requested information, the response provided by Honda is that the van had exceeded warranty and I would need to take the liability and pay for it. Honda customer service where surprised that it was replaced in 2008 under warranty. Honda claimed the mileage limit was 100,000. Bottom line is no help, spoke with local Honda dealership. . . They could not help. Since Honda of America had denied me. I agree that I should cover a portion of the cost (labor) but Honda should cover for materials since its their product and they should stand behind it.
Transmission needed replacement at 81,681 miles, $5026. 00, all work done by Honda dealership 4/13/11. Now at 142,000 Honda transmission failed again. Was driving on freeway at 65mph when engine lost power. Coasted to side of freeway.
Initial transmission failure at 100,000 miles. Honda made good on warranty and replaced with a rebuilt transmission. The second transmission has now failed at 170,000 miles - after only 70,000 miles of use.
Transmission failed while driving.
Replacement transmission failure - vehicle has had original transmission replaced at 56,297 miles on odometer. Replacement transmission failed at 109,474 miles on odometer. Time elapsed between transmission failures - 6. 2 years each. Miles on unit 53,170 miles. Honda USA will do nothing to assist owner in replacing transmission.
Fourth transmission failure on a van I've owned since new. First one failed at approx. 55k miles, the second one at 96k miles, the third one at 122k miles and finally the fourth one at approx 155k mi. Ahm picked up the cost for the first two (they had an extended warranty up to 105k miles and I had also purchased the 7 year / 100k miles extended warranty). The third transmission cost me $1000 for labor, but ahm paid for the transmission. The warranty on this third transmission installed in the car was 3 years or 36k miles. It failed again under 36k miles, but a few months over the 3 year mark (expired in June '13, and it failed at beginning of oct '13). It left my family stranded 90 miles north of san diego late at night. While clearly the letter of the law is with ahm as the warranty period indeed expired, I think I had windshield wipers that lasted longer that the Honda transmission on this van. As a side note, this was a good car and we had minimal issues with it other than the disposable transmissions. Ahm should figure out that pushing out a badly designed transmission (based on what I've read) is not a way for getting repeat customers. I had an accord (which was ok) and I still have my s2000 (which I love), but I will never buy a Honda ever again.
Driving 70 mph on interstate 77 vehicle suddendy had a rpm surge over 5rpms and propulsion was lost we were in fast lane and had to coast over to side of interstate . No waring of trans failure. Car would not go forward only reverse worked. The situation was very dangerous as semi's and other cars were behind us and beside us. The car just lost any forward movement. The transmission that failed was a recall replacement done by Honda dealer (stoke's Honda charleston ,south carolina) on 4-29-2008 !!!!! at the time of failue car had 150,000. At the time of recall transmission replacement car had 103,000 miles on it we got 47,000 miles out the transmission that Honda replaced in 2008. No warning lights no signs of transmission failure. It just died. Dealer told us 5000. 00 to repair . Honda rep said sorry.
The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving uphill at 75 mph, the transmission failed to operate with the illumination of the check engine warning indicator. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road and then towed to a safe location. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.
I was driving on highway in cruise at 70 mph. I felt a sudden loss of power and turned the cruise off. Within 2 seconds, I felt the gas pedal does not have power either. I could smell fumes inside the car. I pulled over to safety. Luckily for that speed, I was able to safely pull over without getting reared. 1st transmission replaced on my van at 89k miles. Now transmission failed again at 156k miles. So that means the new transmission failed before even 60k miles. Now the new replacement I am told is going to cost 4000$. The van resale value itself is not even that much. Will Honda pitch in to replace the faulty transmission for free?.
The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the transmission failed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer for inspection where they stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the mileage on the vehicle was outside of the range for them to be able to assist. The failure mileage was 197,623.
Two transmission failures in 147k miles. First transmission failed at 83,000 and was replaced by Honda at no charge. The transmission they installed has now failed as well, after only 64,000 miles.
When my daughter discovered the transmission in the indicated vehicle could fail at any time she elected to stop driving the vehicle. This model was one of many by Honda that was subject to undisclosed failure type but it can be assumed that failure could include lockup, loss of power to the wheels, etc. . Honda elected to extend the warranty but Honda USA and the dealer (Honda of middletown, NY) state there was no recall as this is not a safety issue. We beg to differ in that having your wheels lock up at normal driving speeds, especially in traffic including interstate highways constitutes a serious safety issue as does loss of power in congested traffic at highway speeds. A class action suit was won by consumers in a class action suit and notices were sent to owners of these vehicles. The dealer did not notify my daughter, son-in-law or myself when we purchased this vehicle in 2007. The dealership and Honda are refusing to fix this issue as the vehicle is past the extended warranty and again both claim this is not a safety issue. Internet research suggests there was an attempt to "cover up" this issue to prevent harm to the Honda reputation, multiple examples of the transmission failing and of course the denial that a transmission failure represents a safety issue, under any circumstance. We are in the process of attempting to get the car fixed as they have 3 young children, an income just above poverty level for the family size and no resources to pay for this expensive repair that must be made to make their vehicle roadworthy.
Car displayed check engine light. Subsequently, the car was being driven on surface streets in orange county, California when the transmission suddenly failed. The vehicle would not move. It was ultimately towed to an orange county Honda dealer where the service managed indicated the transmission replaced by Honda under the terms class action suit covering 2001 Odyssey Mini-vans had failed and that a new transmission would be required. The service manager at the dealership indicated that this problem would be ongoing, and that we could expect to replace the transmission every three years.
Transmission failure @ 143,169 miles on 2001 Honda, Odyssey ex van. Transmission had all required maintenance performed on the unit prior to failure. I believe this transmission was defective due to a poor manufacturing design. Honda wouldn't do anything regarding this problem due to being out of warranty even though they had extended the warranty on these transmissions because they knew there was a defect with these units. A transmission properly taken care of should last a minimum of 200,000 miles not any less and many a/t go to 300,000 miles without any problems. This transmission problem could have been life threatening if the transmission had gone out on a major interstate at high speeds.
The contact owns a 2001 Honda Odyssey. The contact was driving 60 mph when the transmission failed and caused the vehicle to stall. Smoke was released from the engine and the contact called the fire department in case of a fire. The contact also called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The vehicle was neither diagnosed fro the failure nor repaired. The failure mileage was 145,000.
I am the original owner of a 2001 Honda Odyssey. In October, 2007, the transmission failed at 99,860 miles. The vehicle was brought to the dealership of purchase, where I was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced at a cost of approximately $4500. 00. I gave the dealership acknowledgement to proceed with the work. The next day I was informed by a private mechanic that american Honda had entered into a court settlement which recognized the deficient transmission design and that my vehicle should be covered under the settlement. I contacted the dealer and they registered no knowledge of such a settlement. Upon my insistence they agreed to check with american Honda. My claim was substantiated and I received a replacement transmission at no cost. Unbeknownst to me, the replacement transmission contained the same design faults and failed this week with 57,000 miles recorded. The dealer and american Honda has refused to compensate me for a second replacement transmission in spite of their awareness of continuous design flaws which continue to lead to inevitable transmission failure. I believe that Honda should acknowledge that the continuous transmission failures are due to a design and manufacturing defect and take full responsibility for its replacement. To do otherwise would represent a total lack of concern for complete customer safety and protection, particularly considering the extended period of the known defect and safety hazard of a transmission failure.
Transmission failed unexpectedly while in traffic. This failed transmission was a replacement for a transmission that had already been replaced. Unusual to have 2 transmission failures in 150,000 miles.
2001 Honda Odyssey transmission failed March 19, 2007 at 80,726 miles for the first time. Replaced by Honda under class-action lawsuit warranty. The replacement unit failed at 137,084 miles on January 02, 2012. Thus the warranty replacement unit lasted only 56,358 miles which is substantially less than the original unit. Called Honda January 05, 2012 and asked if they could pay for the transmission and I'd pay for the labor and shop supplies. Honda rejected the request and said they were unable to assist. Not sure it was it was ever the intention of the court in finalizing the class action law suit that failure of the replacement units would follow in such short order. It's unreasonable to expect that a warranty replacement unit should last less that the 109,000 miles the court agreed to. Honda customer care reference number 012-012-0500412.
While driving up a narrow, twisty mountain road, transmission failed, rendering car unable to move forward and, despite application of power, car started rolling backward down slope. Was able to find a crossroad to back into to get car out of the flow of traffic. This is the fifth transmission failure in this car in 150,000 miles. All of the failures have occurred in traffic, creating a safety hazard.
Vehicle is currently in need of its 3rd replacement transmission. 1st failure at 81668 miles in December of 2004, 2nd failure at 125840 miles in July of 2006, 3rd failure at 181000 miles in November of 2011. All replacement transmissions were from Honda and replaced at a Honda dealer. Last transmission failed at only 54,000. Was assured by dealer service tech and Honda that with the last transmission all problems were corrected before I purchased the vehicle used with 154,000 miles in June of 2010. Now Honda customer service claims 54,000 miles is good amount to get out of a transmission and can offer no warranty beyond the 3 year 36,000 mile warranty with a replacement part.
While driving, the transmission suddenly failed. Instead of speeding up, the vehicle slowed. Luckily I was not in the middle of an intersection and no one was behind me. This is very dangerous situation and could have caused an accident.
Transmission replaced at 67,000 miles in 2007. Transmission failed again at 107,000 2011. Honda needs to recall all Odyssey¿s and replace the transmissions with a properly designed one. I'm not the only one having these issues. . . Read more...
Honda dealership (hoen Honda/ poway Honda) knowingly installed defective rebuilt transmissions (3 times) on my Honda Odyssey 2001. The transmission failed all three times !! these transmissions are defective and it is not a matter of if it is a matter of when they fail. Recently, my wife was stranded in rush hour traffic with her elderly parents. Luckily, she got out of car and redirected traffic. Honda charged me $4700 to replace their defective rebuilt transmission. Honda and their dealerships are very aware of the defective transmissions they install and are not willing to stand-by their products. I would like NHTSA to kind investigate the safety of the the defective rebuilt transmission that are being installed by Honda.
2001 Honda Odyssey needing 2nd transmission replacement at 118,000 miles after check engine and tcs lights came on while driving. Dealership examined car and pulled the code p0740 meaning transmission failure. First transmission replacement at 63,000 miles under extended warranty from Honda due to known transmission failure. Information regarding extended warranty on first tranmission replacement came from a friend with the same problem, not from Honda. Honda did not notify us of this problem. Now, 3 1/2 years and 55,000 miles later transmission is failing again. American Honda has refused to provide any financial assistance with their representative stating, "to be frank, Honda has had so many claims on this extended warranty and this has affected so many people that Honda has no assistance left for this problem. ".
2001 Honda Odyssey transmission failure.
2001 Odyssey developed transmission problems a few weeks ago at 155,000 mi. Repairs are now offered by dealer after analysis of $4,500 for a totally new transmission. Extended warranty offer received from Honda in 2006 was beyond our then current mileage. We have found from internet postings this recall apparently did not solve the Honda Odyssey transmission failure issue. After calls to Honda they were unable to offer any support for us. We are original owners.
On 6/30/08 I replaced the transmission in my 2001 Honda Odyssey, and today 5/17/11 I'm having the same problem again. The dealership advised me that since my first replacement was covered by my extended warranty, I have no kind of manufacturer warranty on the defective transmission. They advised me that if I would have paid for the first one and not claimed it under my warranty I would still be covered by the manufacturer. They gave me a faulty transmission and now want nothing to do with the situation. They knew about the issues with the Odyssey transmission and failed to tell me that they were putting another crappy transmission in my vehicle. This should be unlawful.
Transmission failed at 107,000 miles and was not civered under recall since the recall was limited to less than 100,000. Tramnsmision replaced for $3400 in fall, 2007 with a Honda-rebulit transmission. March 2011, second transmission failed after 73, 000 with repairs costing $3150. Unable to enter VIN: 2hkrl18x1h529138.
Honday Odyssey 2001 transmission failure which needs to be replaced for the 2nd time. It has been 54 thousand miles since it was first replaced.
I own a 2001 Honda Odyssey. I had transmission problems in 2006 that ended in the dealership replacing the transmission. I had 53,000 miles on it. Last week (1/3/11), the 2nd transmission failed. I was driving home from work accelerating up a hill when I lost all forward gears. I pulled over to the side of the road and placed the vehicle in park. All of my forward gears were gone. I was able to drive thr remainder of the way in reverse. I have 95,000 on the vehicle. American Honda corporation will take no responsibility for the problem. I feel the vehicle could have caused a major wreck if I had been attempting a merge onto the highway. I am very upset with this and want NHTSA to take action against Honda. The class action lawsuit of 2006 did not fix the problem.
My 2001 Odyssey transmission first showed signs of failure in sept 2009 (105k mi) while I was traveling through north dakota. I took the van to a Honda dealer in minot nd after the check engine light came on. They reset the warning light and said they did not think it was serious but it should be checked when I got home. After returning home I had the transmission fluid changed and was told the problem could be due to a loose gas cap. The check engine light came on several times after that but I did not sense any slippage until sept 2010. I knew it was going but continued driving it until one cold evening when I could barely get the van moving, I had the sense that the trans would not shift to a low gear and was attempting to start out in 3rd gear (115k mi) . Honda quoted $7500 to replace the transmission. A local transmission shop rebuilt the transmission for $3200. I was told that corroded terminals on the vehicle computer may have been partially to blame for the transmission failure in that the transmission was not getting the proper signals as to when to shift.
2001 Honda Odyssey lx w/towing package transmission failure at 115000mi. Honda dealer quoted $7500 to replace, independent transmission repair shop quoted $3000 to rebuild. Other than the trans, the only other problem with this van is the digital clock light that went out after 6 years. I was hoping to keep it for another 10 years. What are the chances a rebuilt Honda transmission will last 50k miles?.
Second 2001 Honda Odyssey transmission failure. 1) driving to pick up husband at denver airport. No unusual driving situations. 2) 1st transmission failed at 120000 miles; rebuilt transmission failed at 168000 miles. 3) replaced first transmission with rebuilt one. Honda knows that the Odyssey transmission fails. They are asking for $5000 to replace it. We cannot buy a new transmission; only rebuilt transmissions. With Honda only providing rebuilt transmissions, they are guaranteeing that we will have to replace the transmission every 3-4 years. Always just out of the warranty period.
My 2001 Honda Odyssey transmission failed at 87000 miles lynnwood Honda dealer sold and installed a rebuilt transmission for $3600. The rebuilt transmission failed in less than a year at 37000 miles. I believe they installed a faulty transmission. Honda says they won't assist me. Results: I lost $3600 dollars on the repair. Plus I have a van worth $7000(kbb) that doesn't work. Total loss $11000.