Automatic Transmission problems of the 2008 Honda Odyssey

2008 Honda Odyssey with vcm. The transmission chronic jerking when shifting between 39-41, 49-51, 59-61, 69-71 mph. Complained to Honda dealer three times, but the master mechanic did not find any issue. This happened since vehicle was purchased.

I have a 2008 Honda Odyssey. Was preparing to stop at a red light, when the car suddenly accelerated upon stepping on the brakes. Had to put car into park and shut off to stop the accelaration. Rpms were up to 6. That was 2 1/2 weeks ago. Yewsterday 1/19/11 the same thing happened upon stepping on the brake to stop for a car in front of me, the car accelerated again to where I could not stop the vehicle and hit the car infront of me. I had to shut down the engine to stop the car from execcesive acceleration. Brought the car to Honda the first time it happened and they told me they could find nothing wrong with this vehicle. Currently its at the dealer where I had it towed becuase this vehicle is a danger to the road.

The contact owns a 2008 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated while driving from 20-45 mph, the judder would fail, causing the clutch to lock independently. The contact received an unknown recall pertaining to the judder failure. The dealer made upgrades to the vehicle software but the failure persisted. The dealer advised that the vehicle would need to first adapt to the software updates before the failure would be corrected. The manufacturer was contacted but did not provide any assistance. The failure became progressively worse over time. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 35,000.

2008 Honda Odyssey has to have transmission replaced at 4000 miles/ 3 months old due to leak. Dealership tried replacing front case seal but didn't fix problem. Service writer said that this is known problem with Honda and these transmissions and that they always try replacing seal first then replace transmission.

Two weeks ago we purchased a 2008 Odyssey. Saturday morning, it drove itself into a shed after traveling up a hill and still in park! situation: I was unhooking a trailer, my son was helping. I got in the van to pull the trailer forward a bit as we were on a hill and the trailer was stuck, seen as it was not latched down. . My fault, as soon as I moved it unhooked and started rolling away, I slammed the van into park, got out and ran after the trailer, got the trailer stopped, I then turned around and the van was driving off, not just slowly but picking up speed as it was driving up a hill and then drove into the neighbors shed. I ran after it in an attempt to catch it, it is my belief that it had to have been going about 15 miles per hour. I got to the van and it was in park. I had to turn the key of to get it to quit trying to inch it's way forward. I called the dealer and they basically said no known issues so you are screwed. . I called Honda of America nd they were not really willing to assist in the matter. I do have a claim ticket open with them at this time.

2008 Honda Odyssey leased on may 27, 2008 at ps Honda (long island). Car broke down on August 15 at I-95 CT tpke. Cause was a transmission leak and clutch got burned. Under warranty but they don't know when will it be fixed. Honda westport and ps Honda refused to shoulder car rental. Filed a complaint at american Honda about the new van that broke down and refusal to pay car rental.

On 4/28/08, the vehicles throttle stopped responding while in motion in traffic and then had to be pulled over to the side. While this happened the check engine light and the vsa lights came on. The vehicle slowed down all of a sudden due to this in traffic. Similar problems have happened in the past for 4 other times. Here are the dates and description of each event. 1. On 12/30/2008, the check engine light and the vsa lights on the vehicle came on with weird engine noise and I called the dealer (auto west Honda) immediately to notify them of the problem. Dealer requested to bring in the vehicle to their service center. Vehicle was taken into the dealership on 01/02/2008. 2. On 01/13/2008, the check engine light, vsa light and slide door lights came on and the rear right side sliding door stopped working. Vehicle was taken into the dealership. Dealer performed repair attempts and replaced the relay unit. 3. On 01/26/2008, the check engine light, vsa light and the slide door lights came on and there was no engine response to the throttle, vehicle was towed into the dealership the same day. Dealer attempted a repair and said ecm was replaced. 4. On 04/11/2008, the check engine light, vsa light and the slide door lights came on and there was no engine response to the throttle and the vehicle was again towed into the dealership. Vehicle was at the dealership till 4/19/08. Dealer performed a repair with advice from Honda tech support and said that the multiplex unit was replaced and problem should not re-occur.

Automatic transmission hesitation shifting 2nd to 3rd gear. Hesitation is pronounced during cold starts.