2002 Honda Odyssey Power Train

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY- ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 86,000 MILES. THERE IS A HARSH JERK WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND PROBLEM ACCELERATING WITH HIGH RPM. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG BEFORE. ON APRIL 7, 2009 AT 87,000 MILES THE DEALER SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FREQUENTLY THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINES REV UP. THIS IS HAZARDOUS POTENTIAL ON THE ROADWAYS. THE HONDA DEALER HAS CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY OFFERED TO PAY FOR 50% OF COST WHICH IS $1700. *TR

NO UNUSUAL EVENTS LED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IN SUBURBAN TRAFFIC, MOSTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WITH THE OCCASIONAL STOPLIGHT. THE FAILURE IS THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT, OR SHIFTS WITH A LURCH OR A SHUDDER, GENERALLY IN THE HIGHER GEARS. IT ALSO OCCASIONALLY FAILS TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND REQUIRES SEVERAL MOVEMENTS OF THE SHIFT LEVER. THE DEALER HAS STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED, AND IS A KNOWN DEFECT OF THIS YEAR TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. *TR

SHIFTING PROBLEMS FROM DEFECTIVE COOLING SYSTEM. *TR

DRIVING ON FREEWAY, TRIED TO ACCELERATE (FROM ABOUT 60MPH) AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. WAS VERY DANGEROUS; CAR SLOWED DOWN IMMEDIATELY, LARGE SEMI BEHIND ALMOST HIT US. LOOKED AT DASHBOARD, CAR WAS STILL IN D (DRIVE) BUT THE ENGINE RPM WAS ALMOST REDLINED. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT TO N THEN BACK TO D TO ENGAGE TRANSMISSION. THIS MORNING, TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH ROUGHLY 54,000 MILES- RIDICULOUS TO NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE FAILURE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH ONLY 91,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING IN LOWER GEARS. CLUNKING SOUND WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A FULL STOP. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS VEHICLE IS PART OF THE SECOND GENERATION ODYSSEYS THAT ARE WELL KNOWN FOR EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURES. *TR

HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR MAXIMUM. PRIOR TO FULL FAILURE THERE WAS A HITCH IN THE SHIFTING AT LOW GEARS. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX FAILED. DEALER INDICATED IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $5,700. THEY INDICATED THAT CURRENT TRANSMISSION RECALL WAS NOT VALID AND I DID NOT QUALIFY. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY OWNER OF A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. AT APPROXIMATELY 66,000 MILES, I BEGAN TO FEEL THE VEHICLE JARRING WHEN ACCELERATED. AFTER A WEEK, IT BEGAN TO SHAKE(TWICE). A FEW DAYS LATER, WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR, IT REMAINED IN A NEUTRAL STATE WHILE THE RPM WAS GOING WILD, IT DID THAT FOR A FULL MINUTE AS I WAS MERGING INTO THE HIGHWAY, IT DID THAT AGAIN AS I WAS CHANGING LANES IN WHICH A VEHICLE HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID A DISASTER. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO FINDLAY HONDA OF HENDERSON ON APRIL 30, 2009. THE SERVICE ADVISOR, JOHN, DROVE THE VEHICLE (WHILE I ACCOMPANIED) TO SEE IF HE COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER A MILE OR SO ON THE HIGHWAY HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO...SO WE WENT BACK TO THE SHOP WHERE I WAITED. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, JOHN ADVISED ME THAT IT MAY TAKE LONGER AND ASKED IF THEY COULD KEEP THE VEHICLE UNTIL 3 THAT AFTERNOON, NO PROBLEM. AT APPROXIMATELY 3PM THAT SAME DAY, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL STATING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS READY TO PICK UP, THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE. I ASKED THAT HE KEEP IT OVERNIGHT AND TEST DRIVE IT AGAIN IN THE MORNING, IT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THE NEXT MORNING FROM JOHN WHO PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS IN DISBELIEF, AFTER ONLY 66-67,000 MILES. I WAS QUOTED APPROXIMATELY $4,500. FOR THE REPAIR. AFTER A BIT OF BANTERING AND ARGUING WITH EVERYONE FROM THE SERVICE ADVISOR JOHN, TO THE SERVICE MANAGER JESSE, TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER SHAWN, TO THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM AMERICAN HONDA, I WAS OFFERED A 50% DISCOUNT. A 'REMANUFACTURED' HONDA TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN PLACE OF THE FAULTY ONE. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON 2/7/04 WITH 28,317 MILES. ON 2/17/04 WITH 28,784 MILES BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN SAYING THE TRANSMISSION WAS HESITATING. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ON 6/29/04 BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION (2ND TO 3RD GEAR TRANNY OIL KIT INSTALL) WITH 35.385 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ON 9/28/04 BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN AT 40,676 MILES WITH THE SAME HESITATION ISSUES. I WAS TOLD THEN THAT THE HESITATION WAS MERELY CAUSED BY THE ELECTRONIC SIGNAL IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ACCELERATOR. I TOOK THAT AS GOSPEL AND DROVE WITH THE EVER WORSENING ISSUE UNTIL TODAY (9/5/09). ON 9/2/09 I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUSH TO SEE IF THAT MIGHT HELP. THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE TLC LIGHT WAS ON. THE SERVICE PERSON AND MECHANICS DID NOT EVEN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, EVEN THROUGH THEY WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AROUND THEIR LOT. I MENTIONED THE LIGHTS TO THE SERVICE PERSON WHO TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS AND IF THE LIGHT STAYED ON TO COME BACK IN. THEY WOULD TURN OFF THE LIGHT AND SEE IF IT SAID OFF. IF IT CAME BACK ON I SHOULD BRING THE VAN BACK IN. MY TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED. IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC MY VAN STARTED TO SLAM IN AND OUT OF GEAR. I HAD TO SLAM ON BREAKS TO KEEP FROM SLIDING OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOWER GEAR KICKING IN AT 70 MPH. LUCKILY I HAD JUST DROPPED OFF MY DAUGHTER AND IT WAS ONLY MY WIFE AND I IN THE VEHICLE. I AM UPSET THAT I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOTALLY IGNORED THE LIGHTS THAT WERE ON, AND THAT THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE AROUND WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WOULD GET WORSE. I FOUND TWO BLOGS WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES - FAILING TRANSMISSIONS EVEN WHEN MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND FAILING SERVICE AT HONDA DEALERSHIPS. YOU PEOPLE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE MANY 1998 - 2003 HONDA VANS OUT THERE AND THEY ARE JUST TICKING TIME BOMBS. *TR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP HERE IN KILLEEN TEXAS EVERY MONTH FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS NOW REPORTING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING WITH MY VAN AND EVERYTIME I GO THERE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS DOESN'T FIND IT OR THE MECHANIC DID NOT FIND ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AND NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY $3000 FOR REPAIRS AND THAT MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED SEPTEMBER 2009. *TR

THE CAR SLIPS FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURS OFTEN, AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY. THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE FAILURE IS THAT THE CARE IS NOT ENGAGED IN A GEAR SO WE HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO TRY TO REENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER, THEY SAID I WILL HAVE TO PAY $2,500 FOR THE NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE SINCE IT IS HONDA'S FAULT, A BAD TRANSMISSION IN THE 2002-2004 ODYSSEY. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THERE WAS A RECALL THAT DID AN INSPECTION OR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. HONDA OFFERED $1,000.00 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. COST FOR REPAIR FROM HONDA WAS $5,500.00. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AT A COST OF $2,400.00. *TR

HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILING AT 106,000 MILES. SHIFTS VERY HARD. SCARY TO DRIVE. NOT RELIABLE FAMILY VEHICLE ANY LONGER. IS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW, BUT HONDA WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. MANY PEOPLE REPORT EXACT SAME ISSUE ON SAME YEAR VEHICLE. MANY HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 OR 4 TIMES. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 100K MILES. DEALER RECOMMENDS TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND COMPUTER FOR $5K. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *NJ WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONSUMER FELT A HUGE LUNGE IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS THROWN FORWARD, THEN BACKWARD AGAINST THE HEADREST AND THE RPM'S AND SPEED OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED CONSIDERABLY. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. *JB

I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE RPM IS GO UP TO 4-5, BUT THE VAN IS NOT MOVING. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 72,000 MILES. REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE, YET 1 WEEK AGO IT TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND MISSING SHIFTS, BETWEEN 1 AND 2, 3 AND 4. DEALER EXAMINED IT, SAID NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED, QUOTED $3500, CLAIMING THAT INCLUDED $3500 "GOODWILL" FROM HONDA. NOW CAR IS DISABLED UNTIL I FIX IT. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY, 98K MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH, TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH. ONCE OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE TCS LIGHT AND ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO LOST REVERSE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED 15 MILES TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP. THEY SAY THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 25-30 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED A ROUGH SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 88,948 MILES ON IT THAT NOW HAS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND CODES FOR P1491 EGR VALVE FAILURE AND P1740 4TH PRESSURE SWITCH FAILURE. HONDA REFUSES TO FIX THIS FOR LESS THAN $5000. THE EGR VALVE FAILURE IS WELL-DOCUMENTED IN A SERVICE BULLETIN AND ON THE INTERNET AND HONDA HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY REPAIRS FOR THAT TO 80,000 YET WONT' EXTEND ANOTHER 8000 FOR MINE. I CANNOT AFFORD A $5000+ REPAIR OR NEW CAR AND IT IS NOT FAIR THAT A CAR I PAID $30,000+ FOR IN 2001 BASED UPON ITS REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY IS FAILING ME AFTER ONLY 88,000 MILES MOREOVER, THE NO. OF COMPLAINTS BY FELLOW HONDA OWNERS FOR THIS SAME DEFECT CLEARLY SHOWS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT HONDA NEEDS TO ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR. THE CAR MAY NOT BE SAFE BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TRANSPORT MY KIDS IN THIS CAR BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW CAR OR TO GET THIS FIXED. HONDA REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND FUND THESE REPAIRS. IT IS NOT FAIR AND WITH NO RHYME OR REASON THAT HONDA WILL COVER THESE PROBLEMS UP TO 80,000 MILES BUT NOT TO MINE WITH 88000 MILES. MOREOVER, I BELIEVE MY PROBLEM COULD HAVE STARTED AT 80,000 MILES BUT WAS NOT PROPERLY AND TIMELY DIAGNOSED. PLEASE EXPAND YOUR ACTIONS AGAINST HONDA TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE REPAIRS JUST AS THEY ARE UNDER WARRANTY SERVICE PROBLEMS. *TR

OUR 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY WHILE DRIVING AT 40 OR 60 MILES PER HOUR SEVERELY JERKED FORWARD AND THEN BACKWARDS WITH THE SAME EFFECT ON THE PASSENGERS AS HITTING AN OBJECT, VERY SCARY> I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND HE SAID THE PROBLEM WAS BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS WHICH WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $600.00. THREE DAYS AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER THE PROBLEM RETURNED INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS OBSERVED BY THE DEALER TECHNICIAN AND NOW IDENTIFIED AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM RECOMMENDING TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACEMENT AT $4800, WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT WHY WE BUY HONDAS. WE DO NOT EXPECT TRANSMISSIONS TO GO BAD AT 103,000 MILES. NOW AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH, I DISCOVER THAT A LONG LIST OF HONDA OWNERS ARE SUFFERING WITH THIS DESIGN DEFECT WITH NO OR LITTLE HELP FROM HONDA. AS A OWNER OF THREE HONDA VEHICLES AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS WILL TURN ME TO ANOTHER MANUFACTURER IF HONDA DOES NOT OWN UP TO ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO BUILD A SAFE RELIABLE VEHICLE. *TR

2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EX HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY NO RECALL OR SOME OTHER SOLUTION? *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE SEALS AND BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE INTERNAL FILTER WAS CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS FROM THE LINING ON THE PLATES THAT WORE OFF DUE TO NORMAL FRICTION FROM THE PAPER-LIKE LINING WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT AND SLIP. *JB

I OWN A 2002 ODYSSEY HONDA THAT HAS 98000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND I THINK HONDA MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. THIS CAR HAS NOT PULLED ANY EXTRA WEIGHT. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY COMPLETELY FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME ON SUNDAY 3/7/09. THE MILEAGE ON THE VAN AT THE TIME WAS APPROX. 112,000. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VAN, ALBEIT SLOWLY, TO A NEARBY HONDA DEALER, GUSTMAN OF APPLETON, WI., WHERE I LEFT IT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS ODYESSEY'S TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TO THE POINT WERE A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY. ON OR ABOUT 6/17/05 AT 56,427 MILES THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY LAKELAND HONDA IN SHEBOYGAN, WI. PRESENTLY, HONDA OF AMERICA WILL ONLY COVER 55% OF THE TOTAL REPAIR BILL AT GUSTMAN IN APPLETON. AND, BESIDES THE NEW OR REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION HONDA IS REQUIRING THAT THE ODYESSEY'S $800 COMPUTER ALSO BE REPLACED. THE TOTAL COST IS EXPECTED TO RUN ABOUT $4,300.00. SUBTRACTING HONDA'S 55% LEAVES ME WITH A BILL OF AT LEAST $2,365. I AM CONCERNED THAT SHOULD THIS 3RD TRANSMISSION FAIL AN ACCIDENT MAY RESULT AND SOMEONE COULD GET INJURED. SO FAR I HAVE BEEN LUCKY. IN MY VIEW HONDA OF AMERICA IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE OWNERS OF THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING GEARS. INTERMITTENT FAILURE. NEW TRANSMISSION REQUIRED ON 2002 88,000MI HONDA ODYSSEY. *TR

I OWN A 2002 ODYSSEY HONDA THAT HAS ONLY 50000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND I THINK HONDA MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. I PAID TOP DOLLAR FOR THIS CAR EXPECTING IT TO GO MUCH FARTHER THAN 50000 MILES BEFORE ITS DEAD. I HAVE NO HITCH. THIS CAR HAS NOT PULLED ANY EXTRA WEIGHT. *TR