Equipment Problems of Honda Odyssey - part 2

Multiple times the engine has totally shut down due to the auto idle stop system power loss. I have had the battery replaced a couple times and had the Honda dealership do the software update and I'm still having issues. This is a major safety issue as the car unexpectedly shuts down and takes a minute or so to get started again causing traffice backups.

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The vehicle has an automatic stop/start feature that is enabled by default, though there is a button readily accessible to deactivate the function easily ea. Time the vehicle is operated. The vehicle has just had the starter replaced under warranty @ 25k miles. There have been issues with the vehicle struggling to start for at least six months now - rough, slow starts where the engine is struggling to turn over. If I forget to turn off the auto-start/stop function, the engine will sometimes shut off at a red light - but it won't turn on again when the light turns green and it's time to move. I have had this happen a handful of times in traffic - the engine turns off and will not restart when normal procedures are followed.

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I was waiting at a stop light. The idle system kicked and the vehicle turned off, as expected. Upon lifting my foot off the brake, the vehicle failed to start and the car went into park. I was unable to restart the car after holding the brake pedal down and pressing the start button multiple times. After many failed attempts, I shut off the power to the vehicle, waited a min or so and restarted the vehicle. I then put the car in drive and continued thru the intersection. This was in a busy intersection and could have easily caused an accident, but thankfully it did not. This is the 3 time this has occurred with this vehicle.

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Power loss when idle; it fails to restart normally, and then the car stalls for several minutes. It happens frequently despite the van being less than 2 years old (at least 3x weekly).

When coming to a complete atop, the engine switches off (the idle stop function), which is ok, but when I release the brake the engine often fails to restart. I’ve replaced the battery but this appears to be a common problem. It’s been happening more now at the end of summer when it’s hot for some reason. I was told there is a similar investigation open: ea25004.

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When I am stopped at a red light, the auto shutoff is activated, and when I lift off the brake and try to accelerate forward at the green light, the vehicle stalls for about 15 seconds, leaving the driver and passengers vulnerable to a car accident. One of the passenger seatbelts triggers the "no seatbelt" alarm, even when the passenger is buckled. If no one is seated there, there is no alarm. This only happens when someone is seated there. In order to bypass the alarm sound, the passenger has to unbuckle and re-buckle so that the car knows that the passenger is seated. Once the car shifts after a turn or curved road, the alarm will sound again. During an average 20 minute car ride, it'll probably do this 5-6 times, depending on how many turns or curves there are on the route.

The van is experiencing the auto stop-start defect causing major safety issues for my family. The car stalls randomly at stop signs and stoplights and is unable to be restarted quickly, creating a major traffic and safety hazard. The car often will not turn on at start up. The dealer stated that it needed a new starter. Then said that Honda would not replace the starter until a tech looked at it. Then after several weeks still had not moved forward getting a tech. Then said to bring the van in for them to keep until they could get a tech, and offered a small car without room for the kids as a loaner for the indefinite amount of time they want to keep the van. There were no warning lights when it has happened. This issue is already being investigate by the NHTSA - investigation number ea25004. This is a known issue for Honda and I am unable to get a safe vehicle or get my vehicle fixed. Below, I have to choose a date for the incident, but this is ongoing and has happened on more dates that I can possibly log. It happens weekly, if not daily.

My 2025 Honda Odyssey has experienced the same problem 4 times when stopped at a light. The engine shuts off when stopped at a light but then fails to restart and instead the vehicle automatically shifts to park and stalls; the battery light illuminates and the whole vehicle has to be shut off before the vehicle will restart and be able to shift into drive. It appears this is a problem with the "auto idle stop feature. " it happened twice a few weeks apart and then happened twice during the same 30-minute drive. The vehicle also jumps/jerks forward occasionally when my foot is removed from the break at a stop sign or light in a way that doesn't seem normal.

I own a 2026 Honda Odyssey elite. On multiple occasions, the auto idle stop system shut the engine off while stopped at a traffic light. When I released the brake pedal to proceed, the engine failed to restart, leaving the vehicle disabled in traffic. I was forced to shift the vehicle into park and manually restart the engine using the start/stop button. This defect has occurred multiple times. I first reported the issue to my Honda dealership on June 2, 2026. After two visits where the dealer was unable to duplicate the concern, I captured the failure on video. During my third repair visit, the dealership's engineer personally experienced the failure twice while testing the vehicle. Honda customer relations opened a case and worked with the dealership. The dealership ultimately replaced the battery but advised me that this was only the next diagnostic step and not a confirmed root cause of the failure. This defect creates a significant safety hazard because the vehicle can become immobilized in an active traffic lane after the light turns green, exposing occupants to the risk of being struck by other vehicles.

The auto start/stop feature doesn't work as needed. It will randomly lurch, turn the car off make me put it in park and then have me restart it. Sometimes the car does not start right away and I am stuck on the road until it decided when and if it will restart. Myself and my family of 5 are not stuck in the road scared of getting smashed into by other drivers unaware that we are stopped or anticipating for us not to be stopped in the middle of the road. I really dont want my family to go to the hospital or die because of this nonsense. Sometimes it doesn't fully shut off but will give error warnings like collision mitigation assistance even though there is nothing for it to mitigate. There are no cars around me and it shouldn't have done this. This has been happening for some time and only happens haphazardly meaning I can't always have the dealer identify or diagnose the issue. Then when I brought it to the dealer, they told me it was because of a power liftgate module error. Which was not true and didn't solve the issue.

The auto start and stop feature failed on numerous occasions. So when I am in the middle of a road stopped waiting for a car to turn my van will autostop but then it fails to restart. This has caused me on numerous occasion to be stalled out in the middle of busy roads and intersections. I almost was involved in an accident that was a near miss luckily. I have young children and I fear for their safety in our van as this issue can cause a serious accident if not corrected.

When the engine shuts off while braking at a light/stop sign etc occasionally the car will fail to turn the engine back on and the car will go in to park and the only way to get in to drive is to restart the car. This happens once or twice a month.

The malfunction involves the auto idle stop / auto start-stop restart system on my 2025 Honda Odyssey, including related battery, charging, starter, starter relay, brake switch, and power distribution module components. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. The vehicle has shut off while stopped in traffic, usually at a red light, and failed to restart normally. This has happened four separate times. This puts my safety and the safety of others at risk because the vehicle can become disabled in an active traffic lane or intersection, creating a rear-end collision hazard and blocking traffic. I took the vehicle to hill country Honda in san antonio, texas. I told the dealership the vehicle had stopped and failed to restart normally multiple times, and I provided video and pictures to the service advisor. The dealership stated the battery had run down because of the auto idle stop system and charged the battery for approximately two hours. I was also told that if it happens again, the procedure may be to charge the battery again before moving forward with further diagnosis or repair. As far as I know, the dealer has not reproduced the failure while in possession of the vehicle. However, they were made aware of the repeated failures and reviewed the video/pictures I provided. I do not know whether american Honda has inspected the vehicle. It has not been inspected by police or insurance representatives. Warning messages appeared during the failure, including “system problem detected. Shift to park” and “to continue to drive, depress brake pedal and push switch. ” these appeared when the auto idle stop system had shut the engine off and the vehicle did not restart normally. I had no clear warning before the first incident.

Automatic sliding door on the driver's side has a rear latch that will not hold the door closed. Currently being fixed at dealer. There was a recall for this model and year for this problem, however my VIN number is not included in the recall.

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-front multipurpose camera internal failure. Apparently this is a known cause which creates a "christmas tree" of warning lights: lane keeping assist problem, adaptive cruise control problem, auto high beam problem, road departure mitigation system problem and collision mitigation assist problem. There is a class action lawsuit on this. - safety was at risk as I have 3 kids and I was worried that it was going to stall. I spent couple days going to the dealership and autozone trying to solve whether it was the battery, accelerator, or the camera and spent 125 dollars to assess the problem - problem has been reproduced my dealership. Just had it repaired - no other warning lights were present before this problem.

Auto idle stop feature has caused the vehicle to stall / shut down at a stop light on several occasions causing hazard when we can't drive. Entire engine has to be stopped and restarted which is scary in heavy traffic.

While in traffic, the van goes into idle and then will not restart. This has happened to us at least 5 times. The frequency has increased and now occurs at least once a week. We are very much worried about how unsafe this is because we could be hit from any direction while in active traffic. We noticed NHTSA investigation (id# pe25-03) is already underway and feel that the issues apply to our situation. We need immediate help please.

The infotainment system in my 2018 Honda Odyssey is malfunctioning, just as is reported by many other Honda vehicle owners. I am experiencing the same issues as others where the speakers are crackling, the audio fails, the screen turns off intermittently while the vehicle is operating leading to the reverse/back-up camera to fail. When the screen is operational it glitches at times (I have videos of the occurrences mentioned). I am aware that a recall was issued in June of 2023 (NHTSA recall 23v-431) but when I brought my vehicle to Honda cars of mckinney (dallas, TX), they said that my 2018 Honda Odyssey did not have a recall of the infotainment system and charged me a diagnostic fee but returned my vehicle without resolving the issue.

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We took our vehicle in to Honda to repair the mirror recall and they were unable to repair it because they did not order the parts necessary to complete the work. All this despite us making an apt well in advance so they could be prepared. Upon picking up our vehicle, we were told “not to worry about it because if the mirrors haven’t fallen off by now, they probably won’t. ”.

I own a 2026 Honda Odyssey elite equipped with the factory rear entertainment system and apple carplay. When using apple carplay navigation (apple maps, google maps, or waze) while passengers are watching a movie on the factory rear entertainment system, every navigation voice prompt causes the movie playback to stop. After playback stops, the movie cannot be restarted from the vehicle controls. The only way to restore normal operation is to stop the vehicle, turn the vehicle completely off, restart it, reconnect apple carplay, and restart the movie. However, the problem repeats the next time a navigation instruction is given. This creates a driver distraction because passengers immediately ask for the movie to be restarted, and the driver is presented with an infotainment system that does not respond as expected while the vehicle is moving. Drivers may attempt to troubleshoot or repeatedly interact with the infotainment controls instead of focusing on driving. My Honda dealership advised me they were able to reproduce this issue on multiple new 2026 Honda Odyssey vehicles on their lot, indicating that this is not unique to my vehicle. Honda customer relations has also been notified.

Stopped at a stoplight, the engine will just die. It won't start again by pressing the gas peddle. It will require a few moments to try to restart it. It is very stressful and dangerous when people are waiting behind you. This is not safe. It won't happen every time but the few and far between are not good. We have replaced the battery and it sounds like other people have had this problem but no recall has been made to fix it.

For a couple of weeks we have been having issues with our 2018 Honda Odyssey's back right door. When you go to open it, something happens where it makes it shut after fully opening. Our resolution for the time was to just push on the door harder and it would continue to slide open. Today, on xxx I was going to put my [xxx] son in his carseat, which is located mid van right side. He snuck infront of me and was standing in the path of the sliding door, it did what it normally does, the same door did not detect his body and began shutting on him. As it was squeezing his shoulders I was pushing back on the sliding door with all my strength, and after a few seconds it opened back up. I'm not sure whether the sensor failed, or it can't detect past a certain height, but either way it was a very scary situation. This had just happened an hour ago, so I haven't reported it to any authorities or anything. I came home and googled how to make a manufacturer report and it lead me here. If I had not been standing behind my son, I believe the door would have continued shutting more, enough to sustain serious injuries if not more. My son physically was okay, aside from a red mark on his upper arm where the door was shutting on him, he did need at least 5 minutes of consoling after, which only happens when something truly hurt him. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Vehicle shuts off with with the start/stop feature. Then will not restart the motor after taking foot off the brake causing a dead vehicle in the road with no warning. Then its a scramble to get it to restart and its difficult to start. This happens at random and seems like Honda refuses to fix.

While running in expressway, van lost it's power and went to parking mode while driving x 3, have to turn on and off the engine in order to restart in the middle of expressway. This put myself, 2 toddlers, and other family member in the car to get hit by the vehicle that is with us especially in the express way, and could have resulted to death at worst. Luckily able to take to the dealer and they said that the battery was dead and not holding any charge at all, this happened 6/10/26, we bought the car 4/2025 brand new, and currently have 8500miles on it. Dealer replaced the battery the same day. There was no warnings on the dashboard that was telling us that the battery was getting low or having any issue. This incident could have killed us in an instant with no warning at all. This is very dangerous.

While having the idle-stop system in use our van had shut off three times at a red light when we took our foot off the brake to press the accelerator. This left us at an intersection with a dead engine. Not knowing what was going on it took us a few moments to get the van turned back on and into drive. I had the van in for routine service and asked them to look at it with no issued found. It will go in again next week for additional checks. The only warning light is the battery icon comes on. Battery was checked at the dealer with no issues found.

After approximately 60 miles of highway driving, I was stopped at a stop light and the auto engine off feature automatically shut the engine off. When I lifted my foot from the brake pedal in attempt to accelerate forward, the van did not turn back on and a battery warning light showed on the dash. I attempted to restart the van without success x 2, it was not turning over. My van was stalled in the middle of the road, cars passed around on both sides. Upon my third attempt to restart the van, it did restart and I have had no further issues since. Though, I have been shutting off the auto engine off feature since that time. I understand there is a well known issue with the auto engine off feature of Honda Odysseys in this generation. I am respectfully advocating for a formal recall as a stalled van in the middle of traffic poses significant risk to the public.

Vehicle safety complaint – automatic sliding door injury to child to the national highway traffic safety administration, I am submitting this complaint to report what I believe may be a serious safety defect involving the automatic sliding door on my Honda vehicle. On June 9 at approximately 5:00 p. M. , while the vehicle was parked in a residential driveway, the automatic sliding door severely injured my [xxx] son. He had unbuckled himself from his car seat and slid out of the vehicle as the automatic sliding door was closing. I witnessed the entire incident. As the door closed, his entire hand, as well as the skin on his leg, became trapped in the door. The automatic sliding door did not stop or reverse after encountering his hand and leg. Because the door is automatic, I was unable to immediately release him and had to wait for it to reopen before I could free him. Those moments felt incredibly long while my son was trapped and screaming in pain. When I was finally able to remove him from the door, his hand was severely injured, visibly deformed, and had significant swelling almost immediately after the incident. To my knowledge, nothing obstructed the normal operation of the door, and the automatic sliding door was being used in its normal operating mode. The fact that the door did not stop or reverse after trapping my son's hand is the primary reason I am submitting this complaint. Immediately after the accident, I took my son to an urgent care facility. The providers there instructed us to seek immediate evaluation by a pediatric orthopedic specialist, and we went directly to a pediatric orthopedist. He was diagnosed with a broken hand. This injury has resulted in medical expenses, significant emotional trauma for our family, and a complete loss of confidence in the safety of this vehicle. I purchased this Honda because I have three young children, including [xxx] twins. I chose this vehicle because I believed its safety and convenience feat information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information a.

The auto idle stop (ais) system is not working. When it stops the car at a red light, it fails to restart the car. I have to shift back into park and restart the car. That is a potentially dangerous situation.

Idle stop issue- we were at a stop light and the engine idle stopped. When the light turned green and the foot was taken off the brake, the engine did not turn back on. We had to turn hazards on and turn van completely off. We tried several times to restart the vehicle and the engine did not respond. We finally got it to turn on a couple minutes later but the engine sounded as if it was struggling to turn on.

While the van is at a complete stop at the intersection it shuts off and behaves as if it needs to be restarted. A message appears instructing me to press the brake and push the start button to start the van. I took it to Honda, but they were unable to find the issue. They replaced the battery to see if that would fix the problem, but about a month later, it happened again.

2025 Honda Odyssey has completely shut down at a traffic light and stop signs. This has now happened multiple times. When waiting at a red light the car fails to restart the car when I take my foot off the brake and I get a message “to continue to drive depress brake pedal and push switch” . The red battery light comes on and the car puts it self in park. The car fails to turn on or turn all the way off. The car is stuck in park in the middle of traffic.

Auto start stop feature caused car to shut off at lights- happened 4-5x. Very dangerous. Battery replaced but then still had issues. Starter replaced.

Brake lights completely out and almost caused a major accident.

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Moonroof exploded while driving 55 mph. I took pictures. It was completely distracting while driving and a very scary incident. Searching online provided a class action lawsuit against Honda for this issue. We have not been able to get it looked at due to it being the weekend and the service department is not open. No police were called. Insurance claim started. No warning before it happened.

Engine fails to restart on its own from a complete stop at a traffic light or road intersection when the auto idle stop function is engaged.