My backup camera does not function or cannot be viewed due to error messages, system freezing, camera errors which is unsafe. The radio is effected and the HVAC controls, too. This happens randomly while driving, when starting the car as well. I have rear windows that will not roll up, which is unsafe. Wipers also do not function correctly. They wipe too slow or too fast and cannot be controlled, which is unsafe. These conditions have happened since vehicle was new and continue to happen. Honda does not have a fix for this.
2018 Honda Odyssey electrical complaints
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At random times either stationary or moving, the audio multi function unit will lock up and disable various features of the car including security systems and climate control. I have taken this vehicle to the dealer and they state that there is no fix for it and that I should turn it off and back on to try to reset it. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. As there have been several recalls already concerning electronic controls and safety systems I'm concerned that this randomly present malfunction could create a critical system failure at an inopportune time resulting in an accident.
We have been having issues with our driver side door since it was 6 months old they have fixed it twice now including the recall a few months ago, and it is back to not closing. The first time they fixed it when we were waiting on parts the door got totally suck closed and could not be opened any way. This is becoming a safety issue. I have 10 plus videos from over the last 18 months where the door refused to close and bounce back open multiple times I have to switch the door to manual to get it to close, we also get a anti theft error at least 1 time a week and honda has no idea on that error either. All my photos and videos are too big to attach.
While driving on i65 the driver's screen that displays speed, rpms, fuel gauge, etc went completely black for approximately 30 seconds.
The rearview camera isn't functioning. The infotainment screen will not shut off when the vehicle is turned off, and the rearview camera is never displayed when the car is in reverse.
Car was powered off on level ground, no lights, radio, nothing was turned on in car. No sensors displayed in dashboard, no sounds from car. Hatch was left opened for 2 days for an event. When event over, car would not turn on. Took to dealership who said car battery died. They said it was probably bad battery since nothing was on battery should not drain. I suspect it's a fuse issue with the hatch door draining the battery not a bad battery.
Beginning at 10,077 miles my vehicle began experiencing defect symptoms with failures of its central control panel touch screen/display. Multiple vehicle functions and features are controlled and displayed through the touch screen. Many failures have been documented with video and in the presence of qualified honda service personnel. This central touch screen also serves as a controller for radio-media connectivity, phone calls, navigation, and it is the backup camera display. Failure symptoms included issues while the vehicle is in motion: slow navigation system performance, delayed backup camera images when transmission is shifted into reverse, display "freezing", warning messages appearing on display, touch screen display which stays on all night and drains battery after vehicle is shut down, and camera failure messages. The backup camera is sometimes completely nonfunctional when reversing the vehicle. Two honda dealers have verified that the completely nonfunctional backup camera issue exists. Each control/display occurrence while the vehicle is in motion represents a distraction of driver attention. The touch screen/display/central controller/audio unit has now had 11 repair visits. I have substantial video and printed documentation. American honda motor company is aware that such problems exist, and they are unable to provide a remedy, further, american honda motor company denies that failed backup camera performance is a safety matter. *bf 'parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).'
Entertainment system malfunctions constantly. Center console displays message: 'camera system problem. Image cannot be displayed.' this will happen randomly while the car is on whether I'm driving or not. I have noticed it happening more often when the AC is used. It almost always happens whenever remote start feature is used.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda odyssey. While driving various speeds, the vehicle shifted into neutral gear without warning. The failure occurred intermittently. The check engine and collision warning indicators illuminated. Honda of olathe (1000 n rogers rd, olathe, ks 66062, (913) 782-3636) diagnosed that the fuse and the battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 24,000. The VIN was unavailable.
When closing the power sliding door, it reverses direction.
Cabin watch malfunctions and turns off, when that occurs the rear entertainment system freezes and stays on even when the car has been turned off. I needed a new battery just a week after purchasing the vehicle. Now I know to turn the screen up when the cabin watch malfunctions so that my battery does not drain. The steering wheel controls also malfunction frequently so I cannot change the station via the steering wheel.
On 30 dec 2018 as my family and I drove through osceola county, florida, our odyssey displayed an error message that read, "some driver assist systems cannot operate: radar obstructed." the temperature was around 70 deg f and it was moderately foggy. The message cleared itself after 20-30 minutes and the driver assist systems came back online. We did not see any such error for the rest of our trip. At the end of our trip, on 3 jan 2019, when my family and I were just outside charlottesville, virginia, the vehicle proceeded to brake quite aggressively without driver input, as if it were avoiding a collision. It occurred near mile marker 115 on I-64 westbound, on a downward slope at dusk on dry pavement. We were perhaps 1000-1200 ft from the exit itself, well beyond the range of the 'extra long' setting on the acc at 70 MPH. The only cars in front of us were already at the exit and did not appear to be undergoing any unusual maneuvers. This off-ramp is particularly long at this exit so I would not anticipate that those vehicles just entering the ramp were decelerating rapidly. I was using acc and lkas, as I had during most of our trip. When the van was braking, I instinctively depressed the throttle pedal to try to maintain speed. That resulted in the engine revving and no change to the hard braking. I disengaged the acc using the 'cancel' button and that appeared to end the hard braking (I may have briefly depressed the brake pedal at the same time but cannot be sure). I will also estimate that we went from around 70 MPH to around 30-40 MPH in those 2-3 seconds. There was no obvious external reason for the emergency braking maneuver instigated by the honda's onboard system. This presented a significant potential hazard. We were very fortunate that there were no vehicles immediately behind us or we would have run a very high risk of rear collision.
2018 honda odyssey. Consumer writes in regards to problems with electrical equipment. *ld
I've had my 2018 honda odyssey touring for 2 months; it has 2600 miles. My vehicle shifted into park while driving 70mph on the interstate! The car made a popcorn/gravel slamming against the car sound while felt as though the bottom half of the van was trying to separate from the top!! Talk about frightening! It briefly flashed ""collision mitigation"-something,, but it was just on the screen for a half-second. I pulied over to the side of the highway, put my foot on the brake and pressed the drive button. It happened again maybe 10 minutes later on a busy road traveling at 45mph. I arrived at my first destination, researched how to turn off the collision mitigation system, and continued to my second destination. It happened twice on the highway on the way to that destination, flashing the same warning so quickly that I couldn't read it, same noise, vibration. I called the dealership from which I bought it. They towed the vehicle to the dealership. They could not reproduce the problem. "best educated guessed" that the battery was the problem, though I never received a low battery warning from my vehicle, and they performed a battery reset procedure. The dealership expects me to drive my family home in this vehicle without changing or even inspecting the transmission or parking pawl, which was the cause of the load popcorn/gravel noise. I have contacted honda and a case has been opened.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda odyssey. When the contact pressed the remote key to unlock the doors, the windows and sun roof would erroneously open. In addition, the alarm would randomly activate on occasion and, after turning off the vehicle, the interior lighting would remain illuminated. The failures were not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 1,000.
As I put the vehicle in reverse, an error message appears "camera system failure" and the backup camera does not work.
Crakling sound on dash from side to side, noisy and stronger by the weeks. Took ca to the dealer with 12k miles; three attempts were made. Honda service replaced the audio system, next attempts they said it was my iphone cable. Now, with 14k miles, can't use radio, bluetooth, carplay and the ent system freezes. Any call I make or receive, the cracklin starts and call freezes until gets disconnected. Does not matter if the car is parked or on the road. Have more than 10 videos showing the problem. Will go now to the 4th attempt to see if it can be fixed.
Upon proceeding through an intersection the van began to automatically break to a complete stop from approximately 30-35mph, screeching tires, then shutting completely off. The entire dashboard cluster was dark as was the computer display for the radio/other controls. Looking down the "park" indicator was lit red. I pressed the break and the van started up and went into gear driving as if nothing occurred. This scared me and upon my call to honda, they said it's related to another "electrical system update" which needs to occur but has not been completed so there was nothing they could do. I reached out to another dealership explaining the situation and they advised me to use the roadside assistance to have the van taken to them for safety reasons.
I was out of state on vacation. While driving my car in the city, a 2018 honda odyssey exl purchased oct. 2017 with only 6000 miles, the engine light came on and I got an emissions warning notice that I needed to get the emissions system checked. I called a local honda dealer and he told me to drive it around for a week and see what happened; ie: if the message went away or something happened to the car. After a week I called the dealer again and he told me to bring the car in to be checked. They gave me a loaner car to use. After approximately 3-4 days he called and said there was evidence of rodent chewing on the coating of the wires. He said the cause was wire harness chewed causing short in shielded wire. He said he needed to keep the car another couple of days to check all the wires. He called me back a couple days later and said that the whole system was affected and needed to get a new harness. Apparently the coating on the wires was soy based. I did some checking and there were several law suits against several auto manufacturers in 2014 and 2015 about this problem of rodents eating the coatings on the wires. I had to wait 2 months before getting my car back as the harness was on back order. The total cost of this was $2619. I had to pay out of pocket $500 and my insurance company paid the rest. I feel that this should have been covered by honda as they have known that this was a problem for several years and yet they still were putting in wiring coated with soy based product.
Entire dash turned off while driving including speedometer and information screen-replaced radiohead. All warning lights came on while driving-replaced fuel injectors. Popcorn sound and warning light came on while driving after picking up car from getting fuel injectors replaced-stating it's a bad rear entertainment system. I bought my car 1 year ago and it's obviously flawed.
In the summer the backup camera will occasionally stop working and the message "camera too hot" will appear on the information screen. Honda states this is normal operation. I believe this is a safety hazard that honda should resolve.
A humming or bass sound at different speeds in motion, bbmmmmm bbmmmm noise also a humming and static from the radio when vehicle is off and sitting still off and on at different intervals, some days you have it and others you don't.
Driver door does not unlock. The automatic unlock beeps like it is working, but does not unlock the door. I have to crawl into the back and then I can unlock driver door internally. This problem occurs randomly making it hard for dealership to see problem and fix. They will not fix unless it can be repro ducible. I have found that there is a forum with a lot of people having this same issue and unable to get fixed due to honda wanting it reproducible.
Touring-rear entertainment system shuts off to black screen and cabin watch loses signal and gives an error code. While driving long distances, the kids can only watch the first 30 minutes of their dvd before the system seems to overheat and completely shutdown. We have resorted to turning it off to let it cool down ( dvd that is removed from the player comes out scalding hot) before retrying to let them watch and have it fail a few minutes later. Cabinwatch seems to act up at the same time the rear entertainment system fails.
Sliding doors will not close. Sometimes the door will close almost to the end and then recoil or the door will not close at all (it just beeps). A large number of people appear to be having this issue with all sorts of fixes that are not solving the problem (https://www.odyclub.com/forums/81-2018-odyssey/309801-driver-s-side-sliding-door-stopped-closing.html#/topics/309801?page=6) and appears related to nhsta complaint number 10136418. Dealer inspected and replaced motors on both doors per honda's recommendation. Problem immediately reappeared making it so the door cannot be closed unless disengaging the power to the doors, exiting the vehicle, and manually closing the doors. It happens every day and is getting worse.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda odyssey. While driving approximately 15 MPH, the vehicle jerked and the engine revved. The contact stated that the engine remained on, but the vehicle did not shift into drive or reverse. All the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Prior to this, while driving different speeds, the vehicle decelerated, lost power, and shut off. The vehicle was taken to perfection honda (2603 american rd se, rio rancho, nm 87124, 505‑221‑5084) where it was determined that there was no failure. The failure recurred several times and the vehicle was taken to the same dealer who was unable to duplicate the failures. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and stated that they would be investigated. The contact stated that nothing was done. Also, whenever the spare tire was in use, all the safety systems, such as the lane keep assist, lane departure warning, collision mitigation system, and the adaptive cruise control system turned off. The contact took the vehicle back to the same dealer who was unable to duplicate the failures and stated that the vehicle was operating as designed. The contact was provided a loaner vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 4,000.
On march 24, my 2018 honda odyssey shifted into park at 65 MPH on I-95 in philadelphia. The honda rep, oliver (a honda employee), explained to my husband that when the computer in the car connected to the collusion avoidance sensor disconnects, a computer assumes the car is off and that forces the car into park regardless of the speed it is going. This is what happened when I was driving, the entertainment panel screen went blank and while it was rebooting, I lost all control of the car, no gas, no brake, steering was difficult. When it reboot, it was in park and the engine made a terrible noise like metal hitting metal. I was barely able to steer the car to the side of the highly with my three children ages 8 months, 2 years and 4 years old in the car. The honda rep believes the problem has to do with the way the power cable is connected to the battery. He explain that this caused the sensors to disconnect intermittently. The rep, oliver, blamed the problem on the dealership during their repair of the car for an unrelated issue. However, this is incorrect. The car front sensor have been losing connection to the computer since we took it home before the dealership touched the battery. There are other issues with this car's electrical and computer system that I would not bring up, but oliver's description of the car computer system makes it relevant. He explained that the car has 6 computer connected with ethernet cables. Much of the work for the basic function of the car and transmission is done by the computer that also runs the entertainment system, the big screen common in the front panel of cars. Oliver explained when one computer gets bogged down, it takes the entire system down. Our car and a lot of other 2018 honda odyssey have a known flaw that honda has not fixed in well over a year. The bug, take the camera and retainment system down
I purchased a brand new 2018 honda odyssey elite.. (their higher trim) $50k as soon as I drove off the lot. The car gave me an error. I ignored it. I took it to the dealer ship they install a new battery that apparently this is a special kind of battery. The problem with the rear entertainment system keeps in default. I took it in 6 times already no solution just run around. When you start everything is fine after 10 minutes of playing anything the screen goes crazy. I attached pictures. Nothing works. Some times if you restart the car you are lucky and you get picture. But must of the time you have to wait for a few hours. I think honda deserves a visit to make things right. I called the dealer ship several times but they told me to call corporate which I did and they open a case. But no solution yet.
Please see the attached letter regarding the power sliding door that fails to shut all the way.
Sometimes, the driver side, read door would not close with button, instead I have to hard push the door to close it manually. It happens with both key and "close" button inside the car. This is happening periodically.
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