Engine light and using oil. Codes p3497 and p3400. Engine oil pump outputs high oil pressure causing cylinder pause mode. Vehicle in motion. Same problem as service bulletin 13-055 with 2013 odyssey.
2010 Honda Odyssey engine complaints
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2010 odyssey w/ about 159k miles. Engine started misfiring. There was a recall on this, but honda is saying it expired, and I am not eligible for cost coverage, and the repairs only have a 50% chance of fixing the issue. I bought the car used in 2016, and they say the recall expired after make year. I was driving my car to work and it lost the ability to accelerate and white smoke was coming out exhaust. And the belt snapped and it has been parked since early february.
Tl* the contact owned a 2010 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while his wife was driving a burning odor was present. After parking and exiting the vehicle smoke and flames were present coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department was called to the scene and extinguished the fire. During the incident, the vehicle was destroyed. A fire report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the fire was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The local dealer was not notified. The failure mileage was 79,000. *bf
2010 odyssey w/ about 70k miles. Engine started misfiring. There was a recall on this, but honda is saying it expired, and I am not eligible for cost coverage, and the repairs only have a 50% chance of fixing the issue. I bought the car used in 2019, and they say the recall expired 8 years after make year. I was driving my family to the beach and it began struggling to accelerate. White smoke was coming out exhaust.
The car is currently registering individual cylinder and multiple random cylinder misfires. When starting- the engine will vibrate excessively for a short period of time then will even out and run normally. At idle, the engine will experience mildly excessive vibration. I have taken the car to several repair shops and have replaced coils and spark plugs. One repair shop mentioned a valve timing control code on their diagnostic equipment. I took the car to an official dealer for the manufacturer and they did not identify this code. The dealer indicated that a valve adjustment was needed. I then retrieved the car and had an alternate dealer for the manufacturer diagnose the issue. This second dealer service department also indicated that a valve adjustment was needed. The valve adjustment repair was performed. The car drove normally for a few days then began reand an gular moderate to heavy vibration, the 'check engine' light flashed on and off then eventually stayed on continuously. The car was returned to the dealer who had done the valve adjustment and the dealer indicated that the car engine needs to be replaced or that both head gaskets need to be replaced. I found that there was a class action lawsuit filed against this manufacturer related to valve timing control problems leading to cylinder misfires and engine failure with an extended warranty offered as a result. I called the national corporate offices and inquired if this warranty applied to my vehicle. They advised that there was an extended warranty related to the issues I had described but that the VIN for my vehicle was not listed among the warranted vehicles. I was told my only option would be to file a complaint to see if the nhsta could require the manufacturer to include my vehicle under warranty for repair as the warranty resulted from a lawsuit related to a known design issue with the car.
Van will start periodically. But the next day the battery will be dead & has been jumped off with jump box & other vehicles assist. But battery is new, terminals cleaned. Van will not even make a clicking sound. I feel that there is evidence of faulty ignition switch, starter relay or parked/neutral safety switch & maybe more depending on chassis electrical. The vehicle is also stationary until the next morning.this happens to be my wife's vehicle... Need this fixed asap..
The vehicle was in motion, when the check engine light started flashing and the vehicle started jerking. I rushed to the dealership and I was informed that there was misfiring and they had to update the software, replace the spark plugs. They also informed that the piston rings were leaking and some of the engine oil was burnt, I also heard that this was an issue on this vehicle that others had faced, a class action lawsuit had been filed where honda had provided a warranty extension and not a recall, so the issue will have to be handled by me. I was worried about my family's safety and honda was not ready to resolve the issue.
Engine lost power all of sudden when exiting highway, barely going up on a slight uphill.
Transmission has motor lock up engine won't turn over and transmission will not go into any gear, both engine and transmission need replacing free of charge had it tow home, where it has been sitting for weeks, they said its under recall, how can I get it there if the motor lock
Engine is tripping the code "p3497" because the onboard computer is making the engine burn too much oil. This could cause a catastrophic engine failure. Research indicates that it's caused by a faulty oil pressure switch assembly.
Oil overconsumption, multiple calls to honda and was told my VIN did not fall under the extended warranty they gave. Fastward to today 3/26/19 and the engine is shot and was told by the honda dealership here in tallahassee that I need a new engine. This is negligence on part of american honda. This vehicle was purchased from a honda dealership in miami in 2013 and has been serviced ever since at south motor's honda in miami until we moved up to havana, florida. After our move vehicle has been serviced at flowers honda in thomasville, georgia.
Check engine light started flashing, vsa light came on, rough idle, felt like it was going to shut off when stopped at lights. Took my van in to see why check engine light was flashing. After diagnostics, was told that piston 3 was misfiring, and these engines are notorious for this misfire issue.
Pivot bolt on the auto-tensioner broke twice. The first time the pivot bolt broke was after I had the alternator replaced and I was driving down the highway to take children to school in subzero winter conditions. I barely made it home as my van was running only on the battery. If I had stalled along the road, me and my children were at risk of hypothermia or possibly death due to frigid -40 cold weather. I then had a new tensioner pulley bracket installed and after driving down the highway and the pivot bolt broke off completely again. This is very dangerous condition that can cause serious harm or death due to defective pivot bolt..
Within the last 12 months multiple times I have experienced sudden unexpected acceleration of the engine while braking. When it happened, I was on a city street and was able to stop the car by hard braking to avoid a collision with the car in front of me. I then took the car out of gear (shifted to neutral) and the engine acceleration stopped. This happened today (8/21/18) and multiple times (at least five) in the past year.
Hello, I have a 2010 honda odyssey. 2-3 months ago my wife had to pull our van over the road because of a significant shaking (vibration) of the whole vehicle. She got pretty scared and gave me a call. Then, we took the vehicle to the dealer that we had purchased. We have been told that spark plugs had oil leaked through the engine. They replaced the spark plugs and the issue of significant shaking was resolved. Since then, I have been checking the oil level and each week I am adding a quarter of oil. Then, I have gone through some search and found that 2008-2013 odyssey models are powered by a six-cylinder engine with a variable cylinder management (vcm) system. The system is designed in a way that allows oil to leak into the engine's combustion chamber, leading to premature spark plug degradation, reduced fuel economy, and excessive oil consumption. As a result, many odyssey owners report having to replace their spark plugs frequently and refill the motor with oil between oil changes. This is what I am exactly having. I have called honda customer care and have been told that your van is not under warranty anymore as it is 8 years 7 months old and if it was less than 8 years, it was going to be covered under warranty. My concern is excessive oil leakage on a long trip can cause significant engine heating and/or significant shaking of whole vehicle may repeat when I am on an interstate and my whole family can face an serious accident issue. I appreciate your helps in getting honda to fix my engine as this fix is quite expensive for my budget. Thank you very much and best regards.
Configured with 1 chair behind driver and all other rear seats removed or folded down. Payload consisted of myself (driver), spouse, 4 great dane dogs (550 lbs.), dog food and groceries. No cellphones accessible or in use and all vehicular entertainment functions switched off. About 4:00 pm thursday march 1, 2018 weather clear, dry and air temperature in the low 70s exited costco (ih10w) parking lot, proceeded over ih10w on bridge toward the intersection with vance-jackson rd. At approx. 35 MPH. Encountered line of stopped vehicles backed up from the traffic light. Usual and normal force on the brake pedal did not produce the expected slowing. Employing maximum panic force on brake pedal finally brought the vehicle to a stop short of collision. Immediately shifted into 'park' where upon the unloaded engine raced to high RPM. Switched ignition to 'off' without removing key. Did not observe tachometer during the foregoing excitement but engine sound was loud and high pitched. Checked floor area for objects or obstruction and found it clear. Drivers left foot being firmly planted on the floor, only the right foot had access to brake or accelerator. Restarted engine and proceeded home normally but with great trepidation and caution. Subsequent experiment in a safe area revealed that the engine can indeed be shut down, while in motion, from any transmission selection without going to 'park' although with consequent loss of power assisted braking and steering. This knowledge does provide some guidance for any future run-away episodes. My spouse will be strongly discouraged from driving this vehicle in the future. Perhaps unrelated to this incident (excepting the possible commonality of engine management computer), this van has twice experienced battery depletion due to parasitic drain when parked overnight.
2 wks ago 1/7/18 we noticed a ticking noise that my husband said sounded like it was coming from the engine sitting at idle or moving..he checked the oil and there was none there..it was not time for a routine oil change and we get them done reg. At a nissian dealership..he put 2 qts of oil and lucas additive to see if the noise would quite down..however it did not and has started to get louder..he then went to a mechanic friend who used a stethoscope and said that it was coming from the engine for sure..we called the dealership who we got the van from and they said to bring it in because they didn't understand why there wasn't any oil in it..they said that they did some research and show that honda settled a lawsuit about fast oil comsuption and engine failure..my local honda dealership said that there is nothing they can do because the extended warranty went out 9/17 and it would need to have a cel..I asked them if they would be able to start a complaint with american honda but they said that since I'm not a customer of their dealership that it would be out of their control..it sounds terrible at idle and when you are going through 1st and 2nd gear..I'm afraid that it's not safe to drive with my kids in the car and will stall out anywhere..I don't know what to do because a new engine will cost thousands of dollars and I'm afraid that the van is only worth like $6-7000 but we owe like $12900 still
Have to add oil every 1000 miles.
Burns 2+ quarts of oil between oil changes
Letter from senator burr on behalf of constituent [xxx] re 2010 honda odyssey third engine failure prior to november 2017 for honda to correct the issue. *ld information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr the consumer stated the engine must fail a total of 3 times for the same defect before november, 2017. The engine failed a total of 2 times. The first failure did not meet the manufacturer's guidelines due to the repair not being serviced by a honda mechanic. The consumer requested that the failure be repaired regardless of the deadline and another engine failure. Updated 08/23/2017
Oil consumption problem multiple oil changes and spark plug changes have occured
Our engine is always so low on oil it does not register on the dip stick. In this state I add 1.5 quarts of oil. I read online that a massive amount of honda vehicles have this issue when our vehicle triggered a check engine code and looked up the code. I brought the vehicle to the dealer in westminster ca and they did a check for oil consumption and had us return in 1000 miles. When we hit that mileage 3 weeks later I checked the oil in the morning before returning to the dealer and again the oil did not register on the dip stick. The dealer had the van for 4 hours and then told us it was checked and found to be 0.60 quarts low and that they considered it with normal range of oil consumption. I personally believe they lied and that the van was at least 1.25 quarts low. Have no idea what our options are now since I feel the dealer was dishonest, just keep adding 1-2 quarts every few weeks and hope the engine does not fail I guess.
Due to excessive oil consumption my car engine failed and was not able to be repaired. My wife was about to go on a trip and fortunately we had it looked at or else she would have been in serious danger of driving this vehicle with my children inside. I wrote 2 letters to honda asking for a new car or a credit towards a new car. The second letter I received a call stating since I did not own the car they could not assist me. The girl, stevie, told me if I wrote more letters that would be considered harassment????
Vehicle burns oil. Oil light on dash will illuminate and dipstick will be dry when checked. Requires operator to add new oil between routine oil changes. On board computer will indicate significant oil life remaining through the process.
Purchased this van 03/24/16.. While driving on highway,the check engine light came on, I pulled over check the dip stick and there was but a drop of oil in it ...I took a taxi to the nearest gas station bought 3 bottles of oil and I added 2 quarts of oil that day, I had called 2 days prior to make an appointment for an oil change and they told me I should wait till its at 15%(it was at 30% when I called) then 2 days in the light came on... I didn't drive the van after I got home till the date of the appointment 08/18/16, the dealer service dept. Telling me that they are going to place the van on a oil consumption test and I must check the oil levels each time I fill up at the gas station.. And return after 1000 miles ( basically I hear drive until the engine brakes an then it will cost you to fix or replace cause your at fault) an engine should be using oil and the dealer should know where the oil is going, don't tell me its normal to burn at least a quart of oil its not**** I know about vehicles ... Then to clear the check engine light they say I have to pay for an software update (4 mths after buying this van) and I have a 2 year warranty for this van... To much deceit with these dealers
Fuel smell, fuel leak.
(1) air conditioning failed,(2) excessive oil consumption (3) poor mileage (extremely rough running. All occur when the vehicle is operating (in motion).
Traveling in motion at 40mph than a sudden acceleration of engine and speed. Very difficult to stop with brakes. Honda odyssey was put on neutral than brakes were applied to stop vehicle. My vehicle was on a secondary rode at the time of sudden acceleration. We called aaa to pick up our honda odyssey and took it to our local mechanic for the rest of the day.
Letter from senator burr on behalf of constituent re 2010 honda odyssey van v-6 engine disappearing oil (attn: beverly gillon).
Unexpected sudden acceleration while parking.
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