Warnings problems of the 2026 Honda Odyssey

Two problems related to warnings have been reported for the 2026 Honda Odyssey. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2026 Honda Odyssey based on all problems reported for the 2026 Odyssey.

1 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 06/04/2026

I was driving down a 35mph road, the car in front of me slowed down, I was about 2 car lengths behind it. No notice, no warning, my Odyssey slammed on the brakes and brought me to an abrupt stop with no notice and no need. Everything in the van flew forward and in the floor. Luckily there was no one directly behind me. It gives me serious whiplash when this happens and it is uncalled for, the car in front of me did not stop it only slowed down, there was plenty of room between our vehicles (we were only going about 30 mph) and there was absolutely no warning- just bam! and my van was stopped in the middle of the road. Something needs to be done about this, someone is going to be killed! I took it to the dealer the last time and they said the van did not record it. So another easy out for Honda! and nothing they can do. . .

2 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 11/12/2025

On November 12, I was on the highway in the right lane, there was a car about 4 car lengths ahead of me in my lane and the car in the middle lane was quite a distance ahead. Just as I got in the middle lane, boom! the vehicle's cmbs malfunctioned and slammed on the brakes - no warning, visual or audible, just came to an abrupt stop. Thank goodness no one was behind me or I would have been dead. It was an instant whiplash effect as well and then as I was then merging back into the right lane to exit the highway, it did it again! there were no cars anywhere near me as I had slowed down due to the trauma from the first braking malfunction and all the cars were quite a distance ahead and thank goodness there were no cars behind me. Then on November 25, the same thing happened again. Driving down the highway, no cars near and boom! I am brought to an abrupt stop in the middle of the highway! the cmbs malfunctioned again in the middle of the highway. I took it to the dealer and conveniently there were no codes so they said there was nothing they could do. Someone needs to do something about this! to answer your questions 1) cmbs system is malfunctioning and has been for quite some time on Honda vehicles 2) if there would have been a vehicle behind me, I most likely would have been killed. If my dogs would have been in the van, they would have been injured. It gave me whiplash 3) I took it in and they did nothing until I complained, then they kept it a second day and drove it and said it didn't do it. But they weren't even going to do anything until I pushed the issue. This is a known issue with Honda as I found out after it happened to me. 4) the dealer 5) absolutely no warnings before it happened.


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