I just bought 2009 odyssey from used car dealer at 37125 miles and on the first day itself I noticed few problems with the van which is still under power train warranty. 1) it makes a noise with little jerk during startup, seems like transmission issue 2) steering wheel gets lots of vibration between the speed of 45mph and 57mph and looks like van is being dragged... 3) at the speed of 40-50mph there is wind sound coming underneath of the van looks like it has some kind of resistance by the badly designed aerodynamic body and which makes you feel that car will be dragged by the wind. I hope honda should consider this issue seriously as transmission may cause accident any time, even wind drag and steering vibration may definitely cause an accident.
2009 Honda Odyssey transmission complaints
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Transmission downshifts are extremely rough, especially from 45 MPH. When slowing down from this speed and re-accelerating from 25 MPH (as in slowing for an intersection or traffic), the downshifting and upshifting are both rough - to the point of wondering whether the transmission will fall out, or not. This condition has existed from the day I purchased the car. Took it to the dealer in february 2010 for a honda-requested transmission programming update. That didn't do anything.
Vehicle above 40 MPH honda dealer refuses to work on it anymore.
My vehicle is honda odysee 2009 I purchase this unit u=in triangle dealers in p.r. And my unit have a difficult in the front with the punta de eje y tiene que reemplazarla my husband paid for security bumper to bumper and he sevice is bad I waiting up january and this piece no arrive because triangle talk me and said american honda worked order of november 2009 and my unit continue with defect I need help because is very iconvenient that this unit is new. I callng and this call to dealer always is negative please chek this unit.
Transmission has rough downshifts while decelerating. First rough downshift occurs around 40-45 MPH. The second rough downshift occurs around 25 MPH. During the second rough downshift, it feels as though the transmission is shifting twice. You can also hear a distinct clack noise and feel it through the floorboard of the vehicle. Transmission software updated twice but problem still exists. We also experience abrupt deceleration when removing your foot from the accelerator around 30 MPH. The van slows down abruptly as though the engine has stalled. We feel the transmission behavior is a safety issue because you do not know what level of engine/transmission braking will occur when you take your foot off of the accelerator. This makes you feel uncomfortable driving the vehicle.
2009 honda odyssey lx. 2 times I was stopping and pushed the brake and accelerator at same time. Motor was racing and ABS was coming on - very frightening as I did not know what the problem was and motor is very powerful. Almost rolled into busy 55 MPH intersection first time and almost hit basketball post in driveway second time. Have never had this problem with a vehicle and have been driving for over 30 years. Plain sneakers were being worn - not winter boots. Seems to be little difference in height or location of brake pedal with respect to gas pedal.
2009 honda odyssey - vehicle has moderate vibration at around 40 MPH. Root cause according to honda is defective torque converter clutch. Have not verified root cause with independent source. No accident reported as of 10/26/09.
Van broke down in teh middle of busy highway and traffic.
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