2001 Honda Odyssey Power Train

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO A DIFFERENT LOW GEAR. THE CONSUMER STOPPED THE VEHICLE BUT WHEN IT WAS RESTARTED IT WENT BACKWARDS. *NLM

REPLACED TRANSMISSION IN A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY 2 WEEKS AGO. LAST NIGHT ASTROBE LIKE LIGHT FLASHED UNDER THE DASHBOARD AS THE TCS AND ORANGE TRANSMISSION FAILURE LIGHTS LIT UP. THE GREEN ILLUMINATED SQUARE WITH THE D STARTED FLASHING. THE VEHICLE NO LANGER ACCELERATES AND IS BEING TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH ANOTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT WAS PURCHASED NEW, WAS IN OUR POSSESSION 1 YEAR AND 1 MONTH AND HAS LESS THAN 29,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TWO MONTHS AGO, HAD UNEXPECTED DOWN SHIFT FROM 4TH TO 2ND ON HIGHWAY (LUCKILY DEVOID OF TRAFFIC). HONDA REPAIRED TRANSMISSION BY REPLACING SOLENOID SWITCH, NOT REPLACING TRANSMISSION. AGAIN, WHILE DRIVING (THIS TIME ACCELERATING) TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, UNEXPECTEDLY ALLOWING NO POWER TO DRIVE WHEELS DURING ACCELERATION. LUCKILY WAS ON A DESERTED ROAD, NO OTHER TRAFFIC. IF I WAS PULLING OUT INTO HIGHWAY (AS WE HAVE TO DO TO LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD) RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC, AS UNEXPECTED INABILITY TO ACCELERATE/MOVE INTO TRAFFIC FLOW WOULD MOST CAUSE TRUCKS BARELLING DOWN HILL TO HIT US. LUCKY THIS HAPPENED 2 MINUTES AND 1/4 MILE EARLIER THAN THAT. OTHERS MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. DT

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY HESTIATE TO ACCELERATE AND DIE OUT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS A RESULT OF A DEFECT IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT HOLD THE POSITION OF THE VEHICLE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SHIFT INTO DRIVE, THE CAR CAN DRIFT BACKWARD, REQUIRING I USE THE BRAKES AND THE GAS AT THE SAME TIME TO AVOID HITTING SOMETHING BEHIND ME. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO DOES NOT SLOW THE CAR ON HILLS. IF I AM IN D1, THE CAR WILL FLY DOWN A HILL AS IF IT IS NOT IN ANY GEAR. THE HONDA DEALER INSISTS THIS IS NORMAL. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR YOUR SAFETY STANDARDS BUT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DRIVE ON MOUNTAIN ROADS WITHOUT WEARING THE BREAKS OUT, AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME.

DEALER STATED THAT SHIFT SOLENOIDS SHOULD BE REPLACED BUT THAT PAST CASES THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING TRANSMISSION AT OUR EXPENSE. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE ODYSSEY AND SHOULD MERIT A RECALL. WE ARE PURSUING LEGAL ADVICE.*AK

DRIVING ON RAINY ROAD, APPX 50 MPH, TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR. WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, NO VEHICLES BEHIND, SO NO ACCIDENT. TRANSMISSION THEN REPEATEDLY TRIED TO UPSHIFT, SLIPPED DOWN TO 2ND, REPEATEDLY. PROCEEDED TO SAFE STOPPING AREA IN 2ND GEAR (MANUALLY SELECTED). COULD POTENTIALLY BE VERY DANGEROUS IF DRIVER DOES NOT RESPOND CAREFULLY, IF TRAFFIC IS FOLLOWING, IF ROAD IS SLICK, OR IF IN THE MIDST OF NEGOTIATING A CURVE. A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND VEHICLE DISABLING FAILURE. NLM

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME OUR TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT. FIRST IT WENT OUT AT 19,000 MILES, WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND HAS NOW GONE OUT AGAIN AT 32,000 MILES. HOW CAN WE PROCEED WITH HONDA TO ISSUE A RECALL?

FRONT AXLE BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICE WHEN RESTARTING VEHICLE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WOULD NEED A JUMP, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND NOTICED TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. NLM

AT APPROXIMATELY 6,000 THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO EMIT A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHILE IN FOURTH GEAR TRAVELING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR AND ABOVE. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERESHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NO NOISE. THE NOISE PERSISTED AND BECAME LOUDER. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE SECOND TIME AND POINTED OUT THE NOISE DURING A TEST DRIVE WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

TRANSMISSION GEAR WHINE @ 50MPH. WHEN COMMING TO A STOP OR START FROM STOP FUEL SPLASH(LOUD) IN THE TANK. BAFFLES IN THE TANK MAY BE BROKEN.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK