Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problems of the 2003 Honda Odyssey

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. While driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle decelerated into second gear and the speed decreased to 35 mph. The vehicle jerked violently and abruptly. The rpms increased to eight thousand rpms and the vehicle failed to shift out of second gear. The contact was forced to shift into neutral gear at 25 mph in order to coast. The contact managed to shift into drive from neutral gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 04v176000 (power train). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 249,000.

1. Van shudders/loses power when driving ~ 35 mph, especially uphill. 2. Cannot shift lever into either low gear. 3. Reverse would hard "thunk", especially when cold when putting into gear from park. Would also slip out of gear and cause van to break before going back into reverse. Now does not work.

2003 Honda Odyssey transmission slipping out of gear when accelerating after entering highway.

2003 Honda Odyssey transmission slipping, leading to eventual failure. Transmission slips out of gear when going from 2nd to 3rd gear, engine revs, wheels lose power. Event has occurred 10-12 times over the last 2 months, particularly when accelerating from a slow speed (traffic light, stop sign, turn, etc. ). It gets hazardous when there are cars behind yours because your vehicle loses power to the drive wheels leaving the driver to pump the accelerator, down shift to d3 or shift into neutral then back to drive. I've had to pull off to the shoulder to prevent getting run off the road by cars behind me.

I have a 2003 Honda Odyssey with a trasmission problem . Seems it slips out of second gear a known problem in Honda Odysseys from 1999 to 2004. Honda issuedd a recall for a temporary fix to get the cars out of warranty. The sales manager at Honda in gurnee illinois confirmed that this is a known problem in Honda Odyssey and Honda is burying their head in the sand. My car now needs a new transimision estimate cost 3800. I called Honda and they denied any recovery of this cost. I searched online and this problem is huge in these vans. I know 3 people with Honda Odyssey with the same problem.

Our 2003 Honda Odyssey began slipping out of gear while we were driving 10 days ago. It slipped three times, and we were driving the van on a highway with our child in the car. We no longer felt it was safe to drive the van, so we had it evaluated at the car dealership where we purchased the vehicle new in 2003. They told us our transmission is failing at only 88,000 miles. We have had all regular and routine maintenance done for this vehicle through the years, and have had the transmission flushed twice according to schedule. We researched this on our own and see that many Honda Odyssey vehicles have had transmission failures prior to 100,000 miles. We wonder why there has been no recall to fix this problem. There was a 2004 recall for the transmission, for which we promptly had our van serviced. The dealership's service manager assures us that the 2004 recall 'had nothing to do with your current transmission failure. '.

The transmission on my 2003 Odyssey just failed at 83,000 miles. 2nd and 3rd gears, mainly over 25 miles per hours, do not work predictably. When one would normally expect it to go to third gear, it slips. The car just started this today. From what I have read, the dealership will charge thousands of dollars to replace it. I am dropping it off tonight or early tomorrow morning. I hope it is only a part, and that I don't have to replace the whole transmission; I can't afford it. The car has had average maintenance by the dealership. This is a safety issue. I can't pull into and out of intersections predictably. Taking a left from a busy highway, such as the one I live near, is dangerous, because I don't know what the van will accelerate like. What if it slips out of gear, and I get stuck in a lane of oncoming traffic? I hope that Honda is required to fix or replace the transmission. No one expects this out of a six to seven year old car with 83,000 miles anymore. People may try to drive slowly anyway, because they cannot afford to replace the transmission. There are accidents waiting to happen, because the cars behind the van will expect it to accelerate, and it will get caught in the middle of intersections.

I bought a used 2003 Honda Odyssey from power Honda of valencia in December 2007. In April 2008 the car would not shift out of second gear or go faster than 35 mph. The rpms would rev very high 5k+. I took it into the dealer and they said it needs a new transmission. American Honda offered me a 25% discount on a rebuilt transmission, but I just bought the car 4 months ago and I feel that others are having the same problem leading me to believe that they are bad Honda transmission.

We own a 2003 Honda Odyssey ex with 89,000 miles on it. We bought it used in 2007. Last week the transmission "shuddered" for two miles while on the highway. I pulled over, turned off the vehicle, restarted it, and continued. About 50 miles later, the transmission slipped out of gear while I was trying to merge into traffic on an interstate. I was able to pull over, get the van into a gear, and "limp" home. I have now studied this issue and learned that Honda has a serious problem with transmissions with their v-6 engines. The van, in fact, does require a new transmission - and it will me significant dollars. Fortunately I was alone in the van at the time, and no accident occurred, but one very certainly could have. Losing all power at the wrong time could be disastrous(goes without saying). I am disappointed that Honda knows about these problems, and has not taken proactive steps to prevent them. I would hope that NHTSA would compel them to.

Had a recall for adding oil jet cooler for the second gear area. Don't have the recall # started having problems with the vehicle on the road or in town when you go to accelorate it revs up, it goes to 7,000 or 8,000 rpms. It doesn't shut off. Sometimes it will stay in 3rd gear. It does different things at different times. This occured in March the 1st time. Its done this atleast four times since then. Its like your driving along like it goes into neutral then it shifts out of gear and the rpms go up. Contacted the dealer they are going to fix it for half price.

1. There were no events that led to the failure. 2. When slightly accelerating between the speeds of 35-45 mph, the transmission shifts out of gear, the tachometer would shoot way up, and the vehicle would start slowing down. The check engine light did not come on, except on one occasion recently. This problem did not happen on a daily basis. Some days it would happen once, while other days it would happen several times. This almost resulted in being rear ended on several occasions by cars and big rig (18-wheelers) trucks that were following closely. My wife was becoming increasingly afraid to drive the vehicle because the issue was happening at a higher rate (on a daily basis) prior to the transmission being replaced. This is a potentially dangerous safety issue. The number of occurrences is too many to remember. 3. After taking to the dealer on numerous occasions, the dealer finally replaced (free of charge) the transmission when the check engine light finally recorded a transmission code error.