general problems of the 2003 Honda Odyssey - part 2

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle decelerated suddenly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. The technician stated that the transmission would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 65 mph, the vehicle failed to respond to acceleration attempts. The vehicle was moved to the shoulder and was towed to a private mechanic where it was found that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was being repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure and current mileage was 104,000.

Transmission was running very good then go in dealer shop service for a routine transmission fluid service, after 5 miles away from dealer shop,my car was shoot down and transmission dead. _ of course the Honda dealer shop don't accept their responsibility.

Consumer was experiencing jerks while was driving in d gear(automatic transmissions). On 01/05/2013, when consumer was driving on normal city roads, the check engine light and tcs light came on and the vehicle was giving lot of jerks. Consumer drove it back home and on 01/07/2013 took it to dealer. Dealer says it is incorrect gear ratio error code : p0730 and vehicle needs new transmission. Consumer saw similar complaints posted online in a lot of forums. Honda says vehicle is beyond warranty and will not pay for repairs. The manufacturer needs to be looked into why they will not identify this as a common issue and why should consumer pay thousands of dollars for transmission rebuild. Need help in following this up.

I use this vehicle for family transport (my wife and two kids, 11 and 9) and to drive to work and back. The first incident occurred while I was driving on a dry paved 4 lane road (moderate traffic) through a residential area, traveling with my 9 year old son seat belted into his seat directly behind me in the middle row passenger seat. I was traveling about 30 mph when the vehicle abruptly upshifted. It jarred me enough that it caused my left elbow to bump the window and it caused me to slightly swerve into the adjacent lane. My son asked me if that was going to happen again. Thankfully it didn't happen again with him in the car. The second incident happened almost a week later when I was traveling 45-50 mph, this time the sudden force left me with a sore elbow. I have parked the van and am now borrowing a vehicle until the repair can be made.

I was sitting at a traffic light and as the light changed I mashed the accelerator to move forward the car started to rev up but wouldn't move. I put the car in park and then back in to gear. The car jerked and then started forward with engine still revving. The car finally slipped into gear and took off but kept going in and out of gear.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle was engaged in park and the engine was turned off when it rolled away and crashed into a neighboring home. The contact was slightly injured while attempting to stop the vehicle. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired for the failure. The failure and the current mileages were 115,000.

Indeed I can remove the ignition key from my 2003 Honda Odyssey van in any gear. If on a slope, the vehicle will roll away.

Our neighbor came over and asked why our Honda Odyssey was in the center of the street? luckily it had rolled down the sloping driveway backwards barely missed two parked cars in the driveway ,the mailboxes,pedestrians and traffic on the street without hitting anything or anybody . Upon examination we found the transmission was in neutral and the ignition key could be removed while the transmission was in neutral . We also found that due to the design of the shift mechanism it is very easy for us to leave the Odyssey in neutral and remove the key . I see that Honda had a recall on ignition switches for this problem but this did not include the Odyssey minivans that to my knowledge have the same type ignition switch assembly .

Vehicle was parked in a parking lot, light downhill. Vehicle was left and found 5 minutes later 12 meter further down, after a small crash with another parked vehicle. Bumper got scratches. The key can be removed from the ignition when the vehicle is in the n position.

The car was in park with no keys in the ignition and my six year old bumped the shifter out of park and the vehicle rolled down the driveway with him inside. We were right next to the car and were able to jump in and hit the brakes. In a controlled setting, we have replicated this several times.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that when driving various speeds and the transmission was shifting from first to second gear, there was an abnormal shutter. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis where he was informed that the transmission would need a revision to the oil cooler return line to increase lubrication to the second gear. The contact was informed of NHTSA campaign id number: 04v176000 (power train:automatic transmission) and consulted with the dealer. The dealer advised that the recall was performed on the vehicle eight years prior. The manufacturer was notified and the contact was awaiting a return call. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000 and the current mileage was 68,000.

The transmission/ignition key interlock failed, allowing the car to be left in "d" while the ignition key was removed. The car rolled partly out of our garage before it was stopped.

Transmission oil overheating while driving in the freeway causing it to leak and burnt the transmission on all gears and a costly repair of $2400.

I parked the car in the driveway to pick up my 4 yr grandson. I left the car, with keys in hand, but left the car door open. I turned my back to the door to walk around the back of the car, and noticed the car was rolling backwards toward the street. I turned quickly in the direction of the steering wheel attempting to insert my right leg to press the brake. I hopped a few times on my left leg, as the car door was pushing me backwards. Unable to reach the brake, the force of the car door slammed me to the ground on my right buttock and right side. The bottom of the door scraped over my left knee, leaving two gashes and bruised knee, scraped up over my left arm and shoulder, compressing my shoulders, clavicle, chest cavity and base of skull (shoulder to shoulder measuring 19") so they would fit beneath the door (12" clearance). The bottom of the car door is crimped where "it gave" into the pressure of pushing my body into the ground. The car continued to roll across the street, up over the curb, and finally stopped with the rear wheels on the sidewalk and the front wheels still in the street against the curb. No tires rolled over me. When my daughter entered the car to reposition and park it, she found the car in reverse, and I had the keys in my hand. A neighbor had difficulty inserting the key, but was able to start and park it. I drove the van to mohawk Honda, with blood dripping from abrasions. They gave me a ride home while they replaced ignition cylinder, gave me 2 new keys, told me there were no recalls, and charged me $555. When I asked if this should be reported somewhere, I was told no. I saw the NHTSA article in the newspaper today 10/6/12. I have a no fault claim, head CT scan, continuing pt and therapy dealing with ptsd and constant head and neckaches . A brother of my son's classmate was killed 4 days ago as a Dodge caravan rolled over him in his driveway. He was 11 yr.

I can take my key out of the ignition while in drive. Because of the setup of the shifter, and the short space between gears, it's not apparent that the car's not in park, and fairly common for me to remove the key while in drive. I've not had this problem with other cars. Several times I've taken the key out and the car started rolling a little before I stepped on the brake and put the key back in and shifted to park. About 4 or 5 weeks ago I parked at a strip mall in front of a store, and when I came back out my car was backed up against the car on the other side of the aisle, having rolled back about 15 feet. Fortunately there was no damage. Another time my wife went shopping and came out and the car had been in drive the whole time (about an hour) but fortunately the parking lot was flat.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph the rpm increased excessively causing the vehicle to stall. The vehicle was towed to a transmission shop who inspected the vehicle and stated there was a recall and it should go to the dealer for the repairs. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer who stated the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 04v176000: (power train: automatic transmission). The manufacturer was notified who stated the recall was repaired back in 2005 and they offered no other assistance. The failure mileage was 170,000. Pmb.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving 45 mph when she noticed that the vehicle was shifting gears independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. The dealer stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and the current mileage was 136,000. The VIN was not available.

Transmission went out on us while driving to florida, took the van to trans pro in dothan alabama. The tech who looked at the van said that we had no 1st or 5th gears. The discs had melted due to over heating, and that this was a common problem with Honda Mini vans. It cost us over $2700 to fix money we didn't have. I think Honda should pay us in full for the repair. I will never buy a car/van from them again.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the vehicle would not accelerate. The contact was able to stop on the side of the road. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnosis. The dealer stated that the transmission needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that they would cover 10 percent of the repair costs. The failure mileage was 74,500 and the current mileage 74,900. The VIN was not available.

Sudden catastrophic failure of transmission due to loss of fluid, internal heat build-up and total disintegration.

Difficulty shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear. . . I called Honda care services and I was told that my vehicle is out of warranty and they can't shoulder the cost which is unacceptible given that this van had been recalled for transimission issue and many owners had failed transmission. I like Honda vehicles and recommended to my family and friends but after this incident I will never buy another Honda product again.

I parked my van on my sloped driveway, setting the emergency brake. As I was getting out, the van started rolling backward. As I was trying to stop it, I tripped and my left leg was run over by the front left tire. I had an open fracture of my fibula and crush injuries on my shin area (and multiple bruises and pulled muscles elsewhere). I realized later that the van was still in "drive". I had been able to get my keys out without putting it in "park". [I have tested it since then and I still can remove my keys while the van is in "drive" or "neutral"] on testing the emergency brake, I found that it would not hold unless it was pushed all the way to the maximum position. Even though it sounded and "felt" engaged, it did not hold.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a traffic stop, the vehicle would not respond. The vehicle stalled without warning and the contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the transmission hydraulic malfunctioned and as a result, the transmission would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who advised that they would contact him at a later time. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileage was 130,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. While traveling 75 mph, the vehicle suddenly lost power and independently decelerated to 45 mph. Inorder to stop the failure, the contact had to restart the vehicle however the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was informed that the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileages were 108,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle shifted into second gear independently with the engine light illuminated. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number 04v176000(power train). The failure occurred over a hundred times in the past year. The vehicle was not taken to dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 159,333.

We have 74,000 miles on a 2003 Odyssey. It's always felt slipping around 40 mph. We participated in the 2004 recall with the revision to the oil cooler return line, hoping it would help this problem. No change. Around February 2012 the transmission started to take longer going from reverse to drive. We had the transmission fluid replaced on March 2, 2012. On March 6th we went in for the follow-up to check the fluid, and levels were fine. About 8 miles after that, starting up from a stoplight, the car failed to shift from either between 1st and 2nd or 2nd and 3rd, not sure which, but the car was lurching and wouldn't go above 25 mph. The dealership diagnosed the problem and said we would need a new transmission as well as a new computer (ecm).

[xxx], houston, TX 3/3/2012 the problem began on February 15th while I was on my way to teach. I was in stop & go traffic due to an accident ahead of me. As I pressed the accelerator to move a bit, the car did not want to move, and then it hesitantly moved forward a bit, I stopped again because of the traffic. While sitting, the engine began to hum and when I needed to move forward again, the car would not move. I tried taking it out of drive and then putting it back in drive, but the car would not move. Because of another incident, I had it towed to a shop for some bodywork to be done; after picking it from the repair shop, I was on my way to the airport when the same problem of hesitation started again. After returning from my trip, I called the Honda dealer where the car has always been serviced and told them I was bringing it in. I had to pull over several times while driving to the dealership because the car would stall; after pulling over several times and waiting a few minutes for the transmission to work again; I finally made it to the dealership. After the service department checked the car out, I was told that I would need a re-manufactured transmission; cost for this was $4,458. 00 which seemed pretty high. The service rep said Honda does not rebuild the transmission on your car because of the level of difficulty in getting to the parts, so they recommend a re-manufactured one which comes with a 36,000 mile warranty or 3 yrs. In the city of houston, 36,000 miles racks up pretty fast. This is a lot of money to spend on a problem that Honda has yet to fix. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I was driving my car told the dealership my car jerk he told I need a fuel injection. I paid for a that service . Was driving my kids home from school when the car jerk 3 time repeatly so bad we all go scared. My husband drove the care to the dealership. They did a diagnostic test and told me it was the torque chamber in the transmission would cost 4500. 00 dollars to fix . As a hard working american I feel duped and stupid. I feel they sold me a lemon. I think consumer should be told if their is a problem with the vechile before purchasing it.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the transmission caused the vehicle stall while driving 35 mph. The contact stated that the vehicle would also stall while shifting gears, causing the vehicle to jerk abnormally. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and inquired about NHTSA campaign I. D. Number: 04v176000 (power train:automatic transmission) but the dealer advised that the vehicle was previously repaired under the recall. The contact stated that the vehicle was never repaired under the recall. The failure mileage was 82,000. Kmj.

While traveling from florida to virginia down i95 at 70mph in cruise control, I suddenly lost acceleration and looked up in time to see smoke coming from the rear of the vehicle. I pulled over and transmission fluid continued to burn and smoke from engine compartment and then the plastic engine cover caught fire. We were able to extinguish it and have it towed to a Honda dealer, where we were told the transmission overheated for an unknown reason. This van had already had three transmission cooler line recall performed after a similar incident by a previous owner that caused the transmission to need to be rebuilt. After being left with no other option, I opted to refill transmission fluid and continue to drive the can back to virginia. The van operated perfectly and had no issues for the rest of the six hundred plus mile trip home. I am of course now scared to drive it anywhere even though it runs like it never had a problem. It gave no indication of trouble before this sudden overheating either. This could have been much worse especially since we were traveling with three small children including a baby.

Transmission suddenly began slipping - no warning lights appeared -- occurs intermittently -- have read about many similar cases with the Honda Odyssey transmission ---Honda should be fixing/replacing this defect for its customers!.

I was driving the car along and it felt as though it went into neutral. The motor continued to show revolutions on the tachometer but the car slowed down to a stop. I coasted into a shopping center parking lot and turned the car off. I waited about five minutes and started the car again. I was able to put the car in drive and proceed for about three minutes and the same thing as above happened. I called my husband and he came to my location in a different car. I followed him for about four miles while he drove the Honda Odyssey, 2003 and observed the same thing two more times until we reached a garage where our cars had been worked on before. The next day on Saturday, my husband drove his car to the garage and took the Honda to the dealership less than a mile from where it was parked all night on Friday, December 9.

My Honda odyessy's transmission overheated while on a family trip. I have kept up with the service scheduled outlined by Honda. Van has 122k on it now. I bought a Honda expecting to get the long haul out of it! 122k is not my idea of the long haul! the estimate is a $4000 cost to replace the transmision! I have read about the law suit the was won and want to know why this was not a recall of some sort! there is clearly a big problem, there is a website created just for this issue! if I had not done all of the maintence or did not take care of the car I would not be so upset. Code p0730, gear ratio falure.

I was told approximately two months ago that the reason the shift was hard was because I had two broken motor mounts. They were repaired and they suggested changing the transmission fluid. Then right before thanksgiving I noticed my car having difficulty shifting between 2nd & 3rd gear and the rpms were going crazy so I took it to the dealer. I was informed the transmission needed to be replaced for $4200. I have spent about $1500 this year on repairs for this van. I always have driven Hondas and toyotas and fully expected to get over 200,000 miles out of this van. I'm very disappointed to find many people have had the same problem and that Honda is not helpful. This is my last Honda.