2007 Honda Odyssey: shudder or vibration when accelerating

Filed May 17, 2019 · 76,000 miles · CA

The vehicle makes a shuddering sound on start and has problems in shifting gears. The noise can be heard even while driving on the street.. Please advise as to is there any transmission problem in the vehicle. It has only 76000 miles on it and driven singlehandedly.

Filed Oct 8, 2018 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · CT

I bought my 2007 odyssey in 2014. It had 55000 miles on it and appeared to be in very good condition. It ran very well except that the emissions light would come on and usually stay on. It did pass during one short period. Noticed as it went over 60,000 it had more and more transmission problems. Would not back up; wouldn't go into eco mode; shuddered during driving, until it was undriveable. There were no conditions under which the transmission worked well.

Filed Apr 17, 2016 · Driver assistance · 48,000 miles · FL

Vsa light stays on. Braking is soft. After hard stop car shuddered and drove rough upon accelerating . Braking is no longer the same as before the light came on.

Filed Apr 21, 2015 · Engine · 90,108 miles · NY

While exiting a parking lot and accelerating to aprox. 20 MPH, the vehicle began to shudder and vibrate violently accompanied by the illumination of the check engine warning light. We shortly afterward noticed a reduction in power. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop, who stated that, there were several misfire codes generated when diagnosed. The repair shop diagnosed the failure as the cylinder 5 coil having melted into the cylinder. As a result, the shop had to remove the cylinder head in order to remove the coil and spark plug from the vehicle. The repair shop stated that the failure was caused by the spark plug becoming loose and fuel leaking into the cylinder head chamber. The repair shop stated that this was the third of these failures seen by them. The dealer of purchase and the manufacturer were alerted of the failure but offered no resolution. The dealer (keeler honda, latham ny) was in fact quite rude about the failure in general. We were concerned of the safety risk involved with the failure. The vehicle was repaired with the total bill of $2411.00. The failure mileage was 90,108.

Filed Mar 19, 2014 · Engine · 96,000 miles · NJ · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle began to shudder and vibrate violently accompanied by the illumination of the check engine warning light. The contact shut the engine off and when restarted, the failure recurred. The contact later noticed a reduction in power. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who stated that, the timing belt and motor mounts would need replacing. Additionally, the dealer suggested having a tune-up performed, as there were several misfire codes generated when diagnosed. The dealer continued to diagnosis the failure as the cylinder one coil having melted into the cylinder. As a result, the dealer was unable to remove the coil and spark plug from the vehicle. The dealer stated that the failure was caused by the spark plug becoming loose and fuel leaking into the cylinder head chamber. The manufacture was alerted of the failure but offered no resolution. The contact was concerned of the safety risk involved with the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 96,000.

Filed Sep 2, 2012 · Acceleration, Transmission · 59,000 miles · NY

When traveling at 30 to 40 MPH and you let off gas pedal, trans downshifts. Sometimes a shudder at highway speeds. Picked speed control because transmission was not an option.

Filed Jul 14, 2012 · Body · 57,003 miles · WA · 1 injury

My wife had mentioned she had been experiencing some problems with the hatch on her honda. Yesterday she said it was slow to open; today she said it would not open at all. I went out to look at the hatch and try to determine if she had a blown fuse, etc. I pushed the button on the remote and the tailgate opened, contrary to what she had told me. It seemed to open slower than normal. I went to see if anything was attached to the hatch that would slow down its opening. It was raining, so I stepped under the hatch. Without warning it came down on me. The interior of the hatch hit me on the head, knocked me forward then hit me in the back of my legs, causing pain to both my shins and calves where I was struck by the hatch and rear bumper. I already have some issues with a stained neck due to military related service. When the hatch hit me on the head I felt a sudden jolt of pain in my arm and shoulder, like a huge electric shock. Now my neck is very sore/stiff. I have had many other cars with rear hatches. The hatch struts would slowly lose their effectiveness, and would give you some sort of warning that they were going to be in need of repair. These hatches would become less effective in the winter, during cold weather. This is not the case with our odyssey. It happened suddenly; one day it was fine, the next day it was smacking me in the head. Something is wrong with the design of these things. I'm going to contact honda of america and let them know that they have a serious safety flaw in that these things could suddenly fail so rapidly. I'm a strong, healthy man. I work as firefighter in a big city, so this kind of trauma is not a huge deal to me. I shudder to think what would have happened if a smaller person was struck by this hatch.

Filed Apr 19, 2012 · 31,500 miles · MN

Excessive shuddering / jarring with 2007 honda odyssey touring model. Problem was recognized when initially purchases used from luther honda in hopkins, mn. They said it was an engine mount issue and replaced one of the engine mounts. Problem still exists with shuddering/jarring occurring when the eco system kicks in and out.

Filed Feb 17, 2012 · Transmission · 50,802 miles · MA

Car hesitates on downshift at 40 and 20 MPH. On 6/26/11 I brought car into local honda dealer to have a manufacturer product update addressed that was targeting this transmission judder issue. Dealer performed a software update which proved to be ineffective. On 9/7/11 I went back to the dealer to have them check the software update again since the transmission judder was still present. The dealer told me that they would charge me $115 to look at the car, not including cost of any repairs. Since honda's product update notification indicated this update should be free of charge and the dealer was intending to charge me, I left the dealership in anger without having them look at the car. On 11/19/11 I brought car back in because the issue was still present and agreed to pay their diagnosis fee of $115. They recognized the problem and flushed the transmission fluid to try to resolve. On 12/17/11 the issue was still not corrected so I brought the car in again. The dealer recognized that there was a problem but said it was "slight" and that I should continue to drive the car until the problem became more pronounced. This, despite the fact that honda's documentation says driving the car without having this issue fixed could damage the transmission. Honda's product update letter to the dealer indicated torque converter should be replaced if software update wasn't effective, but the dealer refused to do that. 12/19/11 I brought the car in again out of dissatisfaction with the conclusion of the 12/17/11 visit. Dealer again attempted a software update, which again proved to be ineffective. On 2/6/12, I contacted american honda to explain the history. I am now being asked to pay for part of this repair, which would have been free of charge to me had the dealer addressed it during one of my initial visits. I don't feel I should incur any cost for this update.

Filed Nov 30, 2011 · Transmission · 20 miles · CA

Bought the 2007 odyssey ex-l res nav new in 2007, did not notice the 40~50mph judder during the 10 minutes test drive. I did notice that while driving it back home, but that was too late and the money was with the dealer already. Brought it back to the dealer and they said it was normal, even though you can find lots of complaints from internet. I should have done more research before I made this purchase. Too much penalty to trade in for others. From that on, I just avoid that speed range as much as I could. After dealer updated the transmission code last year, the vibration still exists and just slightly improved. But the down shift is kind of rough when cruising to slow down. Sometimes it even stuck at unexpected low gear when driving on a down hill while gas is off. Even though I only have 38k miles on it so far, but worry it might not last long enough to worth the money I paid. Any way, I just told all my friends go get a "toyota sienna" and definitely not honda odyssey. Honda/acura have lots of transmission issues and they need to recall all those cars. This is the first and last honda for me, no more honda ....!

Filed Nov 17, 2011 · Transmission · 64,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda odyssey. The contact was driving 35 MPH when the vehicle began to shake and shudder before down shifting abnormally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the torque converter was locking and unlocking the transmission but they could not duplicate the problem. The contact believed that there was a problem but the dealer stated there was no problem. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 64,000.

Filed Nov 16, 2010 · Transmission · 64,789 miles · GA

Extreme pressure had to be applied to the brakes, in order to get the vehicle to slow down on a downhill road at the same time the clutch shuddered, it not only shuddered, but it made the entire vehicle shake and rattle as if it were falling apart. Scared to take the vehicle on long run. Also vehicle shakes sometimes during normal braking action.