Transmission Not Engage problems of the 2002 Honda Odyssey

I was driving on a road trip and having neared my destination city, I had taken off the cruise control and exited the highway. After slowing down at the intersection, the car would not engage into second gear as I tried to accelerate. It continued doing this until I was able to stop and call aaa and have my car towed to the local Honda dealership. After running the diagnostics, the service advisor told me that the transmission is shot and needs to be replaced. Since it is a long holiday weekend my car is still sitting while they are closed and waiting to hear back on the estimate to replace the transmission.

While driving in heavy traffic with my 3 children in the car the gears suddenly were not engaging and the vehicle not responding properly and we slowed down considerably and without warning to drivers around us. During the drive home this happened several times. I was thankful to get home safely.

Nhtsa recall #04v176000 power train:automatic transmission regarding the forementioned recall, I do not believe that Honda's solution is only a short term solution and a safety issue still exists. The recall service work was performed 4/21/2004 by an authorized Honda dealer. However, the vehicle shutters when changing between second and third gear and will sometimes have a delayed shift between gears where the car slows down quickly while in limbo. Two safety issues are present. One, the car shutters and seems as though it's transmission will cause it to come to an abrupt and violent stop since it's moving at around 35 miles an hour. Secondly, if crossing an intersection after stopping or yielding to oncoming traffic, if the transmission disengages or goes into limbo between second and third, it presents the possibility of being struck by oncoming vehicle. The dealer, brown's Honda of glen burnie, MD, states that the transmission needs to be replaced in it's entirety as replacing components does not fix this problem - it is an inherent problem. I've verified the dealers statement with other professionals. With this said, I believe that Honda's remedy is short lived and to serve as a bandaid and would sincerely appreciate an investigation by the ntsb. Thank you.

2002 Honda Odyssey. While accelerating onto the road/highway, the transmission fails to engage the next gear (3rd) and 'slips' - freewheels as if in neutral! multiple times this has happened, even when accelerating up a hill, and is very dangerous because we can't get into the traffic stream! Honda has refused to acknowledge the design flaw with their transmissions and keeps replacing them with 'broken' ones!! the Honda dealer says the transmission needs to be replaced, but as you can see on Odysseytransmission. Com, that transmission will have the exact same problem in about 30-40k miles!!.

Transmission fail to engage to 3rd gear.

Transmission disengages/slips on numerous occasions.

The contact owns a 2002 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving at speeds of 20 to 40 mph, the transmission would not engage in lower gears. The contact would have to shut off the engine and when restarting, the transmission would function normally for a while. The dealer advised having the transmission replaced at the owners expense. There were no recalls and the vehicle was outside of factory warranty. The failure mileage was 64,000 and current mileage 67,000.

Transmission seems to disengage after slowing down and then accelerating and does the same thing going around a turn or through a traffic light. Car has 63,000 miles on it and to knowledge no one has worked on the transmission and supposedly it was supposed have a modification done on it at some time or another but not to my knowledge so I took it to my Honda dealer and they tell me it will cost $3983. 00 to rebuild the transmission , now from what I have read on the internet about his all Honda are having the same problem so why isn't Honda required to repair these if they are all going bad , just looking on the internet I must have seem hundreds of complaints about Honda transmissions.

My 2002 Honda Odyssey ex # (mi 53,519) has failed to accelerate properly, transmission is failing to engage. The van then functions as if in neutral gear. This is extremely dangerous because it is occurring when driving in traffic. I took it to the Honda dealer and he informed me that I need a new transmission. He also informed me that Honda will not offer any assistance in the cost of this repair. This is unacceptable for a vehicle with such low mileage. Add to that I have discovered that this problem and Honda's response is not unique but is somewhat common.

Sporadically when shifting into 3rd gear,the transmission seems to completely disengage, the engine rpm increases rapidly, and the car loses power. After letting off of the gas, the transmission will shift.

For the past few months, when accelerating my 2002 Honda Odyssey from start, e. G. , entering a highway on an incline, occasionally the gear fails to engage, I. E. , pressing the accelerator increases the rpm to 5k without moving the vehicle. There have been occasions where I've had to pull over to the side. The symptoms were similar to the information on the transmission recall notice I received from Honda a couple of years back. I took my vehicle to Honda of westport, where the service manager (george) told me point blank that the recall campaign was over. After some persuading, they agreed to look at the problem, and said they couldn't replicate it. Last week, the check engine light came on. On calling the westport Honda service dealer, the service manager (george) told me the same thing (I. E. , the recall campaign is over). Frustrated, I took my car to the local mechanic who checked that diagnostics came back with code p703 (incorrect gear ratio), indicating that it was a transmission problem. I called back george at Honda of westport with my findings and he repeated the same "recall campaign is over" and I would have to bear all expenses to repair this vehicle. Given that the problem started back in March, just past the vehicle's warranty, I believe it is unfair of Honda to rebuff me and refuse to entertain the automatic transmission issue which is already well documented.

(1) transmission failed to engage 2nd to 3rd gears while driving. (2) transmission failed and unable to drive the van (3) took the van to Honda dealer. They said the transmission needs to be replaced. Premature transmission failure. It is a known problem for Honda transmission. Some car/van does have extended warranty, but they do not have extended factory warranty for my van. My CO-worker's 1999 Honda Odyssey's transmission was replaced with extended factory warranty after the transmission failed. Why is my van does not have extended warranty? thank you.