1996 Honda Odyssey: engine stalls while driving

Filed Apr 27, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 165,800 miles · AZ

Was waiting in the left turn lane to make the turn, light turned green and when trying to make the turn, vehicle stalled suddenly without any notice or engine problems. A family member was present in the car when this happened. Have had engine stall after starting before and had the battery checked. No issues were noted with anything before this sudden stall in traffic. Have researched and found numerous similar complaints with honda vehicles and ignition switch problems with same results about vehicle stalling in traffic without any signs of the stalling about to occur.

Filed Dec 26, 2009 · Engine · 152,790 miles · NY

My 1996 honda odyssey died several times while stationary and/or driving, including one incident on the highway at high speed. I took it to aaa care plus, got spark plug, spark plug wire set, distributor replaced. It still stall frequently. After doing a google search learned that 1996 odyssey has problem. Other have also reported. Want to know what honda is doing about it as this model was recalled for same problem in china and europe.

Filed Feb 20, 2007 · Electrical · 140,788 miles · NH

In the past 2 months my 1996 honda odyssey died numerous times while stationary and 3 times while driving, including 2 incidents on the highway at high speed in rush hour traffic on a busy highway. I was able to recognize the power failure and react quickly enough to get off the road and avoid being rammed into by other vehicles, but it was a frightening and dangerous situation. After the first episode on the highway, I took it to my local mechanic, who suspected either a fuel line problem or ignition switch problem, but given that the vehicle was not dead, they could not identify the problem with certainty. On january 3, 2007 the car died while driving on the highway, and I had the vehicle towed back to my local mechanic. They were able to determine that the problem was a faulty ignition switch. It is clear from searching online about this problem that this year and model has had many reported problems of this nature. There are also numerous bulletins about this problem for the 1996 honda odyssey. There is a report of a recall for faulty ignition switches by honda of over 484,000 vehicles in japan and china for models including my vehicle model and year. Http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20060615/honda_recalls_484_626_cars_to_fix_faulty_ignition_switch-id-10585.html I had no help from multiple calls to honda customer service on jan. 3, 2007. They tell me there is no recall on my specific VIN and that there is nothing further I can do other than file the report with the federal safety agency. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Note that I called the federal safety agency twice to report this and was instructed to leave my name and phone # which I have done. *jb updated 04/13/07.

Filed Dec 13, 2005 · Electrical · NE

Ignition switches I have a 1996 honda odyssey van and the vehicle completely shut off while driving on the freeway. This was extremely dangerous and I had three children in the vehicle at the time.

Filed Feb 2, 2004 · Electrical · 103,300 miles · GA

I have a 1996 honda odyssey lx and it has stalled out many times with my four year old daughter in atlanta, ga rush hour traffic. I drive thirty miles to work each day and is very dangerous to not know when the car will just quit. I took the car to catherine's automotive repair & service and they determined it was an electrical problem with the ignition switch. They have seen many other hondas with the same problem and are aware of honda recalls. My car is a '96 and was not under the recall. I believe this is unfair that a certain year should be disqualified when it has exactly the same problems as other hondas.

Filed Oct 17, 2002 · Electrical · OH

Consumer states that while drving, vehicle will stall or sometimes will not even start. Vehicle has been serviced 6 times for the same problem. Dealer is unable to fix. Finally consumer asked to have ignition switch replaced. Found out that it had repeatedly failed. Tsconsumer requests reimbursement of monies paid for repairs because of a recall issued regarding this same problem.