2002 Honda Odyssey Power Train

I HAVE A 2002 ODYSSEY WITH 101,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED. DEALER IS SAYING $4,600 TO REPLACE IT WITH A REBUILT ONE, PLUS $396 FOR TWO CRACKED ENGINE MOUNTS (CAUSED BY THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VAN DUE TO THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION). THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS THE RECALL IN 2004 AND I HAD THE VAN INSPECTED AT THAT TIME AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEY SEEM TO IMPLY THAT SINCE THEY INSPECTED THE VAN AT 30,000 MILES, THEY'RE OFF THE HOOK. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH AMERICAN HONDA AND AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. *TR

LTR FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT, REGARDING HIS COMPLAINT FILED WITH NHTSA RE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *NJ THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL YEAR. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND IS PERIODICALLY UNABLE TO PROPERLY CHANGE GEARS. HONDA DEALER REPORTS THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. ONLY 79,000 MILES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER :04V176000) WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED BY DEALER. FOLLOWED REGULAR RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE TWICE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO THE SECOND GEAR. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A CLEAR, SUNNY DAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO MOVE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE LIGHTS LOCATED ON THE GEARS BEGAN BLINKING. HE HAD TO PRESS EXTREMELY HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE SINCE IT WAS ABLE TO BE MOVED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE FAILURE IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE ANOTHER VEHICLE COULD HAVE CRASHED INTO HIS VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 48,000.

TRANSMISSION ON MY HONDA ODYSSEY BEGAN TO SLIP AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES. TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICING AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT TELL WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SENT US BACK OUT ON THE ROAD AFTER THEY TOLD US THE WARRANTY ON THE DRIVE TRAIN HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO 100,000 MILES. WENT BACK IN AT 60,000 MILES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, ENGINE REVVING BETWEEN GEARS, LOSING POWER ETC. TOLD US A VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ALSO TOLD US THE WARRANTY HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED ON THE 2002 BUT ONLY ON THE 1999-2001'S. AT 70,000 MILES THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE AND ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT STARTED POPPING ON. TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER CALLING HONDA USA THEY AGREED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PARTS IF WE PAID $1000+ FOR LABOR. I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2002 MODEL AND THAT THE NHTSA HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THE 2002 TRANSMISSION. YET HONDA DID NOT INFORM ME OF THIS THE TWO TIMES I CAME IN AND TOLD THEM I WAS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. BOTH TIMES THEY SENT ME AND MY FAMILY BACK OUT ON THE ROAD IN A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *TR

OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY'S TRANSMISSION STARTED DOWNSHIFTING ON IT'S OWN WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS AT 70,500. THIS DECELERATION USUALLY OCCURS WHEN GOING INTO SECOND GEAR, BUT HAS ALSO HAPPENED AT HIGHER SPEEDS. IT OCCURS SEVERAL OR MORE TIMES EVERYTIME WE DRIVE THE CAR (WHICH IS EVERYDAY). WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO TRAVEL IN THIS VAN DAILY, AND AFTER READING ALL THE REPORTS ON THE INTERNET, WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. IN ONE RECENT INCIDENT A SEMI TRUCK WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BEHIND US. AS I ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH LANES TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED, OUR HONDA DECELERATED, AND WHEN I PUSHED HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR, IT DID NOT RESPOND. LUCKILY A CAR IN THE NEXT LANE SLOWED DOWN TO LET US OVER, AND WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE HAVE TAKEN OUR HONDA INTO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY STATED THEY WERE "UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM" WHEN THEY DROVE THE VAN. THE VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN ON TWO OCCASIONS , AND THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR (8-07), ALTERNATOR BELT -DUE TO BROKEN BRACKET (6-08). RIGHT BEFORE IT BROKE DOWN ON THESE OCCASIONS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OTHER DASH LIGHTS WERE FLASHING, AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WAS BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER ON 8-21-08 DUE TO ANOTHER BREAKDOWN AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THEY CLAIM IT NEEDS A NEW BATTERY , ALTERNATOR BELT, AND TWO NEW ALTERNATOR BRACKETS. HONDA IS OBVIOUSLY BUYING THEMSELVES TIME BY FIXING THE "MINOR ISSUES" IN HOPES THAT WE WILL BE ANOTHER CUSTOMER WHO CRAWLS TO THE 100,000 MILE MARK WHEN OUR WARRANTY EXPIRES AND WE'RE INFORMED OUR TRANSMISSION MYSTERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE KEEP THIS VEHICLE WE'LL BE PAYING FOR IT SINCE IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO HOLD HONDA ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT BEFORE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.`*TR

TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO DISENGAGE AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING AND DOES THE SAME THING GOING AROUND A TURN OR THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT. CAR HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT AND TO KNOWLEDGE NO ONE HAS WORKED ON THE TRANSMISSION AND SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS SUPPOSED HAVE A MODIFICATION DONE ON IT AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER BUT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE SO I TOOK IT TO MY HONDA DEALER AND THEY TELL ME IT WILL COST $3983.00 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION , NOW FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HIS ALL HONDA ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM SO WHY ISN'T HONDA REQUIRED TO REPAIR THESE IF THEY ARE ALL GOING BAD , JUST LOOKING ON THE INTERNET I MUST HAVE SEEM HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT HONDA TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING CAUSING THE CAR TO COAST UNTIL IT "SLAMMED" BACK INTO GEAR. THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 60K MILES AND IS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR SERVICE. THIS TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE OCCURS ON A REGULAR BASIS MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SLIPS WHILE MERGING INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM THAT THEY DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AS SOON AS I DROVE THE VAN OFF THE LOT, IT BEGAN SLIPPING AGAIN. THE 1999 - 2001 ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES WERE RECALLED, BUT THE DEFECT WAS NOT CORRECTED FOR THE 2002 MODEL YEAR, THEREFORE THE 2002 SHOULD BE ALSO BE RECALLED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN. DEALER SAYS TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH COMPUTER. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY - TRANSMISSION DRIVE LIGHT BLINKS INTERMITTENTLY. RESETS UPON RESTARTING VEHICLE. VEHICLE HESITATES/BUCKS ON OCCASION AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. MILEAGE AT 102,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AS DIRECTED. HONDA RECALL ON TRANSMISSION PROBLEM INVOKED WITHIN SEVERAL MONTHS OF INITIAL RECALL NOTICE. I AM HEARING AND READING THAT ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD OF FAILURES, BEGINNING WITH THE RECALL NOTICE. IT'S A KNOWN AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CODE P700, SLIPPING OUT OF 2ND GEAR AND HIGH ACCELERATION. TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $800 - $4000 AND THEY ALSO REFERENCED THE BULLETIN ON HONDA ODYSSEY'S. WILL TAKE IT IN FOR A 2ND OPINION. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY LX WITH CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON HIGHWAY. DRAMATIC AND SUDDEN REDUCTION IN SPEED. COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. IN 2005, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THREE YEARS LATER, SHE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WOULD COST $5,400 TO REPAIR. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR $1,675 WORTH OF REPAIR COSTS. THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT STATE WHAT CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

TOOK CAR IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE HIGH RPM WHEN AUTOMATIC MINI VAN WAS TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS. CONTINUED MAINTENANCE AND THE PROBLEMS WHICH THEY CLAIMED WERE NOTHING. NOW MY TRANSMISSION AT 65,000 NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. A RECALL FIX THAT WAS MADE THEY TOLD ME WOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THEY WANT TO CHARGE FULL PRICE ON MY TRANSMISSION THAT I BROUGHT TO THEM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WARRANTY WAS UP TO GET FIXED AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. NOW, NO WARRANTY AND THEY WANT TO REPAIR IT. *TR

I PURCHASED MY NEW 2002 ODYSSEY EX IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2001 AND AS OF JULY 21 TH E CAR HAS 87,520 MILES. SOMETIME LAST WEEK, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO CAPITAL HONDA FOR REPAIR ON FRIDAY JULY 18, 2002. SERVICE ADVISOR, ANGELO PINILLOS CALLED ME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR HAS THE FAILURE CODE OF P0730, WHICH MEANS NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND PCM. HE TOLD ME THAT "HONDA DPSM OFFERED ONE TIME GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE CP 25% AH 75% AND CUSTOMER WOULD PAY $2979.25 VALID FOR 30 DAYS." I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1999 ODYSSEY AND HONDA SHOULD PAY FOR ENTIRE REPAIR. DEALER SAID I CAN TAKE THE CAR HOME AND SO I DID. I CALLED HONDA MOTOR (800-999-1009, CASE MANAGER'S EXT 118047) AND THEY HAVE OPENED A CASE FOR ME AND THE CASE STILL UNDER REVIEW. HE ASKED ME TO SEND HIM PROVE OF CHANGING THE TRANSMISSIONFLUID BUT I TOLD HIM THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND IT. HE SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT HONDA WOULD NOT ABLE TO HELP ME MUCH IF I DON'T HAVE THE MAINTENANCE RECORD. I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, THE RPM WENT UP FOR NO REASON AND THE CAR HAS NO POWER BUT IT WENT AWAY AFTER RELEASE THE GAS PADDLE. IT HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK AT FIRST AND THE FREQUENCY HAS BEEN UP TO LIKE 3 TIMES A WEEK AND THEN THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT ON. I DON'T REMEMBERED WHEN BUT THEIR RECORD SHOWS THAT MY CAR HAVE BEEN SERVICE ONE FOR THE TRANSMISSION RECALL BY OTHER DEALER WHICH I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OIL CHANGE ONCE OR TWICE. HONDA SHOULD PROVIDE FIX THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE TO IT CUSTOMER JUST LIKE THEY DID FOR ODYSSEY 1999-2001. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY PURCHASED NEW. 2ND GEAR IS FAILING AT 90,000 MILES. WE COMPLAINED ABOUT 2ND GEAR PRIOR TO 2004 RECALL. TOOK CAR IN FOR RECALL 2004, OIL COOLER INSTALLED DESPITE OUR COMPLAINTS OF 2ND GEAR PROBLEM ALREADY OCCURRING. 2ND GEAR IMPROVED FOR A YEAR AND THEN STEADILY GOT WORSE. NOW HAVE TO REPLACE. HONDA PAYING FOR TRANS BUT NOT LABOR AFTER MUCH ARGUING. WE BELIEVE CAR WAS DANGEROUS BEFORE AND AFTER OIL COOLER INSTALLED WITH MANY SCARY OCCURRENCES...DEALER ALWAYS SAID IT WAS FINE BUT FINELY TOLD US TO REPLACE TRANS LAST WEEK. WOULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN CAR IF I HAD BEEN FULLY AWARE OF THE REAL DANGER. BELIEVE MANY ODYSSEY SARE BEING DRIVEN IN UNSAFE CONDITION WITHOUT OWNERS BEING FULLY AWARE OF DANGER AND HONDA NOT SHOWING CONCERN FOR THEIR CONSUMERS WHO HAVE MISPLACED THEIR TRUST IN THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH ABOUT 50K MILES NEEDS TRANSMISSION REPLACED. BASED ON MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB AND A RECENT CONSUMER REPORTS ISSUE I BELIEVE THIS MODEL YEAR VAN NEEDS TO EITHER HAVE THE WARRANTY EXTENDED FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR A RECALL ISSUED TO PROVIDE NEW TRANSMISSIONS. I KNOW THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR MODELS UP TO 2001 BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER HAS AGREED TO PAY HALF THE COST I'M STILL NOT SATISFIED BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT AGAIN. THERE ARE COUNTLESS ACCOUNTS ON THE WEB OF OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD MORE THEN ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN THE SAME VAN. THIS IS ALSO A BIG SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE VAN SOMETIMES DOESN'T SHIFT GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. SOMEBODY CAN EASILY BANG YOU FROM BEHIND. *TR

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, VAN STALLS, HESITATES DURING SLOW AND FAST SPEEDS. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WHILE ON A HILL, STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SO WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE PLACE. VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED. APPEARED TO WORK WHEN TOW TRUCK ARRIVED ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER, BUT HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER SO AS NOT TO HAVE A PROBLEM ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST USING A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS ABOUT $3000. MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. DEALER SAID THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN WITH 95K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BASED ON MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB AND A RECENT CONSUMER REPORTS ISSUE I BELIEVE THIS MODEL YEAR VAN NEEDS TO EITHER HAVE THE WARRANTY EXTENDED FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR A RECALL ISSUED TO PROVIDE NEW TRANSMISSIONS. I KNOW THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR MODELS UP TO 2001 BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER HAS AGREED TO PAY HALF THE COST I'M STILL NOT SATISFIED BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT AGAIN. I PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THEIR ODYSSEY AND THERE ARE MANY ACCOUNTS ON THE WEB OF OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD MORE THEN ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN THE SAME VAN. *TR

I BOUGHT THE VAN IN JAN 2007 WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS 46000 MILES. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED TWICE SINCE. I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH MY VAN NOT GOING INTO 3RD GEAR IN JAN 08. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT THEIR SERVICE REPS COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THEY ASKED ME TO COME BACK WHEN IT BECAME WORSE. ON APRIL 1ST, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER RUNNING DIAGNOSTICS, THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID THEY CALLED HONDA ON MY BEHALF AND THAT HONDA OFFERED TO PAY 50% OF THE COSTS. I CALLED HONDA AND OPENED A CASE FILE. THE CASE MANAGER SAID HE'LL GET BACK TO ME IN 2 DAYS BUT CALLED ME AFTER A WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME, I ASKED THE DEALER TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY FREQUENTLY GETS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR WHILE CHANGING TO 3RD GEAR, OCCASIONALLY SHIFTS INTO A NEUTRAL STATE, AND RANDOMLY SHIFTS BACK INTO 2ND GEAR. TWO DEALERS AND AMERICAN HONDA HAVE ALL REFUSED TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED AS A RECALLED MECHANICAL FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY'S. THE DEALERS WANT TO CHARGE APPROXIMATELY $5K TO REPAIR IT WITH A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND BOTH DEALERS AND AMERICAN HONDA SHOULD ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS APPARENT DEFECT. THEY CLAIM THAT THE "OIL JET KIT" WAS TO PREVENT THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPEN, BUT AS A RESULT THAT MEASURE OF PREVENTABLE MAINTENANCE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. I WOULD LIKE MY VEHICLE REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT NO CHARGE. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY AND ITS TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACE BY A NEW ONE DUE TO A FAILURE ON THE THIRD CLUTCH. THEY SAID IT IS NORMAL BUT A MADE SOME RESEARCH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ( HONDA OWNERS FORUM) EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEMS LIKE MINE. WIKIPEDIA AND IDENTIFIX ON THEIR ARTICLES DESCRIBE THIS PROBLEMS AS DEFECTS NOT CORRECTED ON THIS VEHICLES. ON 1999 THEY MADE A HUGE RECALL REGARDING TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND THEY STILL HAVE IT. THE QUOTATION FOR THE REPAIR IS AROUND $3,500. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. THANKS *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPPING AFTER THE "COOLING TUBE" RECALL WAS INSTALLED. THE VAN HAD ~62,000 WHEN THE 'COOLING TUBE' WAS INSTALLED. HONDA DEALER WANTS $3000 TO REPLACE. I HAVE SINCE DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HONDA IS IGNORING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FATALITIES. WHEN ACCELERATING TO GET ON A FREEWAY OR OTHERWISE, AND THEN YOU UNEXPECTEDLY LOSE POWER IT CAUSES OTHER BEHIND YOU TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION. WHY ISN'T THERE AN NHTSA.GOV "DEFECT INVESTIGATION" OPEN ON THIS? *TR