2016 Honda Odyssey: transmission slipping

6 of the 272 complaints about the 2016 Honda Odyssey describe transmission slipping.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 5 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Transmission slipping by model year

2025
1
2022
1
2020
2
2019
9
2018
7
2016
6
2015
2
2014
5
2012
1
2011
1
2010
2
2008
3
2007
8
2006
4
2005
6
2004
28
2003
100
2002
177
2001
60
2000
29
1999
25

What owners say

Filed Sep 14, 2022 · Transmission · GA

While accelerating, especially up an incline, the vehicle (2016 Honda Odyssey) shudders as if the transmission is repeatedly slipping. Instead of rising smoothly, the tachometer bounces up and down as it is increasing. If you plotted the rpms as a function of time, it would look something like a "sawtooth" pattern. The issue seems to go away once a cruising speed is reached. This jerking makes me worried that the transmission could fail at any time and result in an emergency situation and/or accident. The vehicle is currently at the dealership but they seem uncertain as to what will fix the issue. They want to start with a $600 transmission flush. Then if that doesn't fix it, they want an additional transmission flush. And if that still doesn't fix the issue, then they want to try replacing the torque converter. This appears to be an issue known to Honda but of which owners have not been made aware. It appears to be a flaw in Honda's software resulting in an inability to maintain the transmission fluid in an safe and appropriate range. Honda should be required to notify all owners and issue a recall to fix this issue.

Filed Sep 29, 2021 · Transmission · IN

Problems accelerating, the transmission slipping while accelerating. Possible torque converter locking up. Taking to dealer soon. No warning lamps, messages yet.

Filed Aug 4, 2021 · Transmission · DE

The transmission keeps slipping between 20 to 65 mph. The Dealer (Price Honda - Dover, DE) flushed the ATF system like the Service Bulletin 17-043 & 17-044. The issue still keeps happening. They said the Torque converted needs to be replaced but it is national backorder. But since it is on backorder, They can not do anything about it. They are saying the car is safe to drive and that driving it will not cause damage the transmission. This seems very unlikely.

Filed Mar 27, 2021 · Transmission · WA

Transmission keeps slipping. Not typical for a car so new. Everytime we accelerate, it slips.

Filed Aug 12, 2020 · Transmission · 28,000 miles · OH

After puchasing my car, the transmission started slipping on a regular basis. Between 5-40 MPH it's like the car doesn't know how to shift gears automatically and jolts every additional 5mph or so. Seems very unstable. It has been a problem since about 28k miles. We're at 51k and it still does it every time we drive. There are no diagnostic codes that show up (we went to several different repair places) and are told it's impossible to do anything about other than rebuild the transmission. This is absolutely not what should happen on a car at less than 30k miles.

Filed Oct 30, 2018 · Transmission · 15,000 miles · AZ

Transmission is randomly slipping going 30 to 40 miles in traffic. Issue started around 15k miles, current miles is 30k miles. Since then, we have had this event for about 12 times in the lifetime we have owned this new vehicle. We have take our vehicle to surprise honda dealer but unable to duplicate issue and do anything. During this event, vehicle will shake, make noise and stall. We have to go to the side of the road and restart engine. Lately, we have to restart engine 3 times in order to reset issue. We feel there is a highly safety concern with our vehicle issue since it stall between traffic.