Transmission Noise problems of the 2003 Honda Odyssey

My wife was driving down the road at 40mph when the transmission started making real bad grinding noise then stopped working.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. While driving 45 mph, the contact heard a loud noise and the vehicle stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The transmission warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The mechanic diagnosed that the second gear transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. While driving approximately 40 mph, there was a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 72,600. Updated 5/12/cn.

On Friday April 26, 2013, my wife with my three small children were traveling on an expressway at 45mph. Suddenly she heard a noise and the car speed was dropped unexpectedly. She was almost rear-ended by another vehicle. On Monday April 29, she brought the car to the dealer for inspection and was told the transmission failed with error code p0730 incorrect gear ration 39. To fix this problem, this dealership quoted for $5,000. I contacted Honda on the same day and asked for their assistance. The case manager told me the car is out of warranty and Honda is not responsible for this part failure. Prior to this failure, I brought my car to the local dealership to fix the recent recall on this transmission. This car has regularly maintained and had no major issues recently. This is a very serious issue and Honda must be immediately addressed. They should standby their products and be responsible for fixing at no charge to the consumers who paid a lot more for the comparable cars.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. While driving at approximately 30 mph, the transmission locked and a loud noise was heard. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection where it was diagnosed that the transmission exploded. The vehicle was repaired. The contact was made aware of NHTSA campaign number: 04v176000 (power train); however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Vehicle lost transmission at 65 mph while attempting to pass another vehicle. There was no warning, the transmission was working one minute with complete failure the next. No gear grinding noise, only indication was the loss of power and the high revolutions of the motor. Fortunately, there was no accident and we were in a safe place, able to coast to the side of the road.

Single owner 2003 Honda Odyssey lx. It was parked in garage. Attempted to reverse but reverse gear won't engage with grinding noises coming. Honda says it is out of warranty and not covered. This is poor workmanship if transmission fails before 100k miles.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. While driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle began exhibiting a loud, abnormal noise and became resistant to acceleration attempts. This was the second occurrence of the failure without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for the failure where the contact was advised that the transmission would need replacing. The manufacturer was contacted and she was awaiting a return call. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 106,472.

The contact owns a 2003 Odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle was exhibiting an abnormal noise and driving hard. The dealer replaced the motor mounts and the jet coolant for the transmission under a manufacturers recall. Later while driving 35 mph in clear weather, the check engine and traction control (tcs) warning lights illuminated. The vehicle began to drive rough and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer where a diagnostic test was performed that proved that the transmission was defective. The contact noticed numerous complaints online regarding the failure for his vehicle and contacted the manufacturer. The manufacturer advised the contact that they would return his call at a later date with a response. In addition, the contact stated that he was not informed that the transmission fluid was black, which should have indicated a failure. The vehicle was not further repaired and the contact was awaiting a return call from the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 102,000.

Automatic transmission failure. Car was making a whinning noise when accelerating, took to the dealer who flushed the transmission. Soon after there was the smell of fluid burning. Dealer informed that the transmission has failed. The recall issued in 2004 for the transmission problem was installed on this vehicle. I have researched where transmission failure is a common problem with the model year and vehicle. The dealership acknowledged that transmissions are an issue on this vehicle, however the manufacturer has not done anything to address the defects and failures with this vehicle. This is a major safety hazard considering the transmission can lock at high speeds and may cause a serious accident.

2003 Honda Odyssey with 77,000 miles began to make grind and rattling noise with noticeable blipping of rpms earlier this year. Sound become consistent in July. Local dealer examined the car and determined that the entire transmission had to be replaced. Nhtsa records and numerous internet sites note this type of transmission failure on 2001-2003 Odyssey models. Neither dealer or Honda USA would admit that the transmission was defective, but the dealer offered to replace the transmission with a remanufactured unit for $1,000 "with Honda's help. ".

2003 Honda Odyssey: got the notice in the mail in 2004 about the 2nd gear transmission cooler update / inspection needed for our Odyssey. We had the dealer install the revised cooler and at about 45k miles (shortly after) we noticed a high pitched whine coming from the car at all speeds that increases in pitch / intensity as the vehicle speed increases. If the transmission is put in neutral while the car is driving the noise goes away - as soon as the transmission is re-engaged the noise comes back so the 'gear whine' type noise is definitely coming from the transmission and we didn't notice this until the recall service was performed. Now we have 100k miles and the transmission 'shudders' on the highway when being kicked down from 5th gear to a lower gear like 4th or 3rd so I expect it to fail soon.