One problem related to wiring has been reported for the 2018 Honda Odyssey. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Honda Odyssey based on all problems reported for the 2018 Odyssey.
I was out of state on vacation. While driving my car in the city, a 2018 Honda Odyssey exl purchased oct. 2017 with only 6000 miles, the engine light came on and I got an emissions warning notice that I needed to get the emissions system checked. I called a local Honda dealer and he told me to drive it around for a week and see what happened; if the message went away or something happened to the car. After a week I called the dealer again and he told me to bring the car in to be checked. They gave me a loaner car to use. After approximately 3-4 days he called and said there was evidence of rodent chewing on the coating of the wires. He said the cause was wire harness chewed causing short in shielded wire. He said he needed to keep the car another couple of days to check all the wires. He called me back a couple days later and said that the whole system was affected and needed to get a new harness. Apparently the coating on the wires was soy based. I did some checking and there were several law suits against several auto manufacturers in 2014 and 2015 about this problem of rodents eating the coatings on the wires. I had to wait 2 months before getting my car back as the harness was on back order. The total cost of this was $2619. I had to pay out of pocket $500 and my insurance company paid the rest. I feel that this should have been covered by Honda as they have known that this was a problem for several years and yet they still were putting in wiring coated with soy based product.