Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would stall without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the relay pump failed. The vehicle was repaired. The contact also indicated that while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle would shake as the gears changed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 164,000.
2004 Honda Odyssey engine complaints
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I had all major services at honda dealer ( four wheels alignment at 95000 miles in 2012, timing bell at 100000 miles in 2012, oil transmission service at 109500 miles in 2013, alignment at 121000 in 2013). I bought extended warranty for 7 years or 100000 miles when I bought my car. During that time period and all services at honda dealer they did not advise any thing. Today I brought my car for air bag recall, alignment and oil transmission service, they told me that I need to replace all three engine mount cost approximately $1380. I was shock because it too expensive. I can not understand why engine mounts easy to break. I went home researching online and surprising to discover that a lot of people had same problem. I think this engine mount defected or design problem cause engine mounts easy to break (normally need to replace over 200000 miles) and honda needs to address this issue. Please advise me what I suppose to do because if engine mounts broke it going to effect suspension, balancing and alignment system etc... Thank you very much.best regard, *tr updated 4/28/16
I purchased a honda odyssey from a local honda dealer march 2012 with 122,000 miles on it and what I was told was a brand new transmission. November 2014 I drove the car to my grandmothers house 5 hours away for thanksgiving and the day after the return trip the car began slipping gears. Honda wants $5,100 to fix it. The transmission that is in it now if they indeed put a new one in it is only 2 1/2 years old and has 47,000 miles on it!! That is ridiculous!! I paid $7,900 for a car that lasted me only 47,000 miles!!
Driving on highway on 11/15/2014 way to work around 65 MPH and suddenly felt a jerk as some one hit from behind, looked around and keep driving felt jerk again and speed of vehicle came down pulled car to the side. Stopped the engine for few minutes and started the car again put gear in drive and car is moving very slowly even giving enough gas. End of calling tow truck and towed car to close by dealer. Dealer called me today 11/15/2014 to inform there is a transmission failure and need around $6000 in repairs.
Broken rear motor mount.
Driving 2004 odyssey (140k miles) down I-95 in richmond (from nova) and started losing power (dropping speed with increasing rpms). Bad smell and smoke out the back LED me to believe it was my catalytic converter. Check engine light never came on. Found a shop that replaced the cc. While replacing they noticed lots of oil under my vehicle. Turns out it was transmission fluid. The shop topped off the transmission fluid (4 qts), let it run for a while, didn't see a leak, and I drove off the lot. I noticed the check engine light was still on so I returned to the auto shop. They were having trouble erasing the error code so the light would go off so they recommended I have it fixed when I returned home. I was on my way to a north carolina beach with no other problems encountered (albeit a check engine light still lit). Local driving at the beach at low speeds (below 40 MPH) caused no issues. The following week on my way from the nc beach to nova, the tcs light was now lit (in addition to the check engine light). Within a few miles I encountered a similar situation while heading north on I-95 (as I did the week before while heading south on I-95) though not as severe (slight drop in speed with increasing rpms, bad smell with smoke out the back of the vehicle). I found out the next day about the honda odyssey transmission problem. Sounds like I was lucky to get 140k out of it, though not happy to hear about the lack of responsibility taken by honda. My wife and I have been loyal honda customers since 1984 with 4 vehicles purchased. No more.
Check engine light and tcs light came on while driving the van at highway speeds. The transmission shifts smoothly and sounds fine, but the repair shop pulled a code of p0740--tc clutch failure. The transmission is failing, and this is apparently a common problem with honda odysseys. While our transmission lasted longer than many odysseys' do, I think that transmission failure at 119k is unacceptable.
It was thursday, early evening, and I was driving on a country road, approaching a stop sign, when the 2004 honda odyssey van's power cut out. The engine went dead in the middle of the road. It just suddenly cut off for no reason. I was able with difficulty to steer it to the side of the road. I turned the ignition "off" and called my husband thinking I might need aaa to come tow the car. After the van sat for a few minutes, I was able to get it to start again, but it sounded terrible and the engine's engagement felt weak. I was a few miles from an auto repair shop and decided to slowly drive it there and leave it overnight. I was told the next day that the transmission had failed and the mechanic mentioned that there had been a recall on my van of which I was unaware. I looked up the recalls on the federal safety agency site that honda and issued and noticed that my van's VIN number was in the range that had been recalled for transmission problems. I called local honda dealers about this as well as the honda corporate number. Each said that even though my van's VIN was in the batch that was recalled and even though the exact problem that I had experienced was the reason for the recall, they did not feel obliged to assist with the van's repair. Neither the local honda dealer nor honda corporate would give an explanation as to why they felt they did not need to shoulder any of the transmission replacement costs. I believe this is against the law. Can corporations like honda really get away with ignoring the law? After paying for a $4,600 transmission replacement, I do not have the money to fight them.
The motor mounts on this vehicle have to be replaced. There has been a banging noise coming from the engine upon acceleration for some time. I brought it to the repair shop and they are telling us that we have to replace the motor mounts at over $1000.00. He has told us that this is a very common problem in this model vehicle. We have done research and found many others complaining to you and honda, as well as other forum boards. This is a dangerous situation that is being overlooked by honda. Motor mounts are not a routine maintenance part. They should not be failing at all. As you know, failure of this part could cause catastrophic results causing a vehicle to careen into others, due to not being able to stop. This should clearly be a recall issue. The consumer should not be footing the bill for an obvious safety issue that honda is choosing to ignore. An investigation should be conducted immediately into this negligent behavior on honda's part.
5/6/14 took my vehicle into the local service station for diagnosis of clunking engine noise. Had to pay $1400 to replace both motor mounts that were completely worn out . Also has to replace the outer tie rods that were worn out creating a completely unsafe vehicle. Less than a week later, the d light went black. Suddenly it came back on along with the check engine light. Took vehicle back to the service station and they now diagnosed it with the p0740 code tcc lockup solenoid. Called several transmission shops that told me the only way to fix this is to get a new transmission at a cost of $3500 and up. This is very discerning that the transmission didn't last longer and this is a known problem with this model vehicle and honda refuses to issue the recall on all 2004 transmissions. There are service bulletins out there referring to this specific issue. I called american honda and they refused to assist stating the vehicle is way out of warranty to assist financially. I have had all the service done at the dealer until there was an issue last year with the heating/air conditioner that the dealer was unable to successfully fix after 6 visits and numerous coolant flushes. I have no faith in that local dealership to help. Now I'm stuck with a money pit and can't afford to replace it. Never again honda. They have certainly lost my loyalty after all this. We dealt with the same issue with the 2003 acura tls transmissions that were bad, 3 transmissions later and no help from honda who knowingly covered up their faulty transmission problems and left consumers footing the bill.
While coming to a stop for vehicles stopped at the traffic light at the end of my street, I rear-ended an oil truck in front of me. My driver's side airbag deployed as I applied the brakes to stop, causing me to lose control and hit the oil truck. My vehicle was totaled and my injuries were not severe.
Have owned this oddysey since 2008 and the vehicle at that time had around 40,000 miles. At that time I had to replace the front engine mount. Las week I went to the dealer for 90k service and they tell me I need to replace both the front right and front middle mount again!!!. So these mounts last 40 to 50k miles at max, outrageous for a brand like honda. I will cost me now 800$ to replace these 2.
Vehicle was never serviced properly.
The contact owns a 2004 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while at the dealer for routine maintenance, he was informed that the two motor mounts (front and side/right) would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure (or pretend to be not aware of it). The approximate failure mileage was 95000. It seems that the engine mount issue with the honda odyssey should be looked into. After scrolling thru the pages of complaints I noticed there was a complaint on every page. This look to be either a cash cow for local dealers or a honda defect. Can the federal safety agency protect us? Please do something to help us. If you can't help would we be better off calling a congressman?
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while at the dealer for routine maintenance, he was informed that the motor mounts would need to be replaced. The motor mounts failed again shortly after being replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.
It seems that the engine mount issue with the honda odyssey should be looked into. After scrolling thru the pages of complaints I noticed there was a complaint on every third page. This look to be either a cash cow for local dealers or a honda defect. I have had three replaced and currently have been told that I have 2 broken again. Can the federal safety agency protect us? Please do something to help us. If you can't help would we be better off calling a congressman?
One of the engine mounts broke back in 2005 and had four more broken over the years. I currently have 2 that are broken but will not replace them due to cost and it seems this is a defect due infact to the volume of times they have broken. Toyota has replaced them twice.
I took the van to the dealership for and oil change and its 60,000 mile check up. I was told two of the engine mounts are cracked and/or broken. About $900 to replace both of them. Upon looking on the internet, it seems this is a very common problem for honda odysseys at about that mileage around that year. With so many with the problem, there should be a recall.
I did not know the motor mount was an issue on honda odyssey but I already replace one so far on my van after a month I took my van for a ignition recall and overall the van did not any problems at all after getting it back from the dealer but after a few weeks the engine keep shutting down in a low idle, no accidents so far only mad people behind me when my van stalls. Can you (the federal safety agency) investigate or let me know if this is a honda issue or my, one other problem is suspension is to noisy feels like leaving wheels behind I hope you take matter on all complaints before someone get hurt.
I started leasing honda odyssey 2004 from honda dealership in april 2004 for 3 years, has not any problem with vehicle in that period (warranty period). I bought after lease and all problems started. 1): radio stopped working, honda replaced "free" because I bought additional 2 year warranty with $100 deductible, 2): back side window also stopped on open position, honda fixed for $100 deductible, (past 4 years both side windows doesn't work), 3): (one of major problems for blue color odyssey's this year), paint started peeling from hood, roof, under glass of both side sliding doors, around back both side windows and whole paint on tailgate, honda covered only hood, roof and around back both side windows, when asked to paint rest of places they said don't have instruction about other spots from honda (its was very funny, like: "doctor know better, are you dead or alive"), now honda offers me for paint it with discounted price. 4) transmission fails, couldn't get any gear until resetting from hole top of steering will,changing trans oil didn't resolve this problem (this what mechanic told me) in honda dealership 5) in 2011 on scheduled oil change mechanic told me to change all engine mounts and front shocks for $2500, hydraulic engine mount got leak and broke other mounts, I bought all engine mounts and front shocks for $700 and changed my self....now SRS electronic control unit....I guess its too many defects and problems for this car....btw I'm a first and only owner of this odyssey and got only 96k miles on it....
We have a 2004 honda odyssey, bought it used in the summer of 2009 with 79,766 mile. Now at 91,160 mile, it's having major issues. On october 12, 2013, we drove the van to the store and back home just fine. On monday, october 14th when we tried to drive the van again, it would not reverse or drive at all. The engines starts up just fine in parking and in neutral gear. As soon as the gear was shifted to d or r, the engines stalled. Plus the d drive light was flashing prior to the failure. Searching online I found that owners of 2004 honda odyssey was having the same issue with the transmission failing. On october 22, I called to honda america to see if I can get some assistance for helping with the repair. I was given a case number. That same morning, I had our odyssey van towed to a honda dealer to be diagnosis of the problem. I have never drove a car that transmission would fail. If honda doesn't assist me with the repair, this will be the last honda I will ever buy!
Received news from a local honda dealership that all 4 engine mounts were broken for a cost of $925. When looking for parts happen to see the amount of chatter regarding engine mounts on several model years of the odyssey. Lesson learned... Perhaps check this site before buying any vehicle. Seems honda should cover some of the cost at least.
Check engine light on; honda dealer talks about transmission issue and asking it to be replaced. Replacement cost: $6500 I heard that many other honda odyssey owners complaints about transmission problem and it has to be addressed that honda odyssey van is having critical transmission issue built between year 1999 to 2004. Transmission became defective with no reason, so much frustrated as vehicle has hardly done 100k miles.
Engine mount is broken. Both side mount and front mount.
Brought odyssey to dealer for recent recall. After recall repair, dealer service recommended front motor mount be replaced at a cost of over $400. I searched online and found several customers receiving similar recommendations, and one customer recommended informing the federal safety agency. Is this a problem with hondas?
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda odyssey. The contact stated while the vehicle was being repaired by the dealer they stated both the left and right motor mounts needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact did not contact the manufacturer regarding the defective motor mounts. The failure mileage was 52,000. The VIN was not available.
I took our 2004 odyssey mini van to our honda dealership for a recall on the ignition switch. While there, the dealership identified three of the four engine mounts were broken, resulting in a $858.78 repair. The dealer claims that the problem is not uncommon in vehicles with 100,000. We've had cars much older than this and have never experienced this problem! If it's "not uncommon" in honda odysseys, I think it should be investigated. Perhaps another recall from honda is due.
Took in our 2004 honda odyssey mini-van to fix open recalls. Dealer found a broken motor mount. I've never had such a thing happen to any vehicle and was surprised that it would fail at such low mileage. After researching online I come to find that this is a frequent problem for the honda odyssey.
I took my car in on a recall for shift interlock, was told all my engine mounts were broken and it was going to cost me 1000.00. This should be a safety issue and should be a recall on this, the mileage on my 2004 honda odyssey is 101434. This is a safety issue and honda should pay for this cost. Honda is known for there reliability and dependability, should stand behind there vehicles. I had to call around to see what it would cost and is being fixed. I can't afford to pay this but I am forced to. I purchased the van because of the reliability of there vehicles and now this. So what is honda going to do about this problem? Another complaint # is 10425453. This is ridiculous and this repair is going to cost me 700.00 and I want a settlement amount to cover this cost. I expect to hear from someone on this matter and sooner the better.
Took our honda odyssey van in for service with the local honda dealer. Was told that we had broken motor mounts. Dealer service center said that this is a common problem for this year/make/model and was a real risk to our safety if we didn't get it fixed. If it is such a risk, why is there not a recall? From looking at the number of complaints on this site, there are so many is it to numerous to count them all.
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