1999 Honda Odyssey

TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT JUST OVER 56,000. DID NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE PROTECTION SO WAS ENTIRELY ABSORBED BY ME. INCIDENT FAILURE HAPPENED WHILE ON HIGHWAY AND SAFELY MADE IT BACK HOME WITH PRAYERS AND CAUTIOUS DRIVING TECHNIQUES LIKE A BAD THEME PARK RIDE. COST WAS OVER $2,000.00. REPLACED IN FEB. 2010. *CN

1999 HONDA ODYSSEY, 153K MI. TRANSMISSION REPLACED JULY 2007 AT 100K UNDER HONDA'S EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS DRIVEN BY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. ON 3/15, TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN WITH NO WARNING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (APPROX 65 MPH), WHILE IN MOUNTAINOUS PASS (MARKER 77) ON I-8 EAST OF SAN DIEGO . DRIVER (SON) AVOIDED ACCIDENT & OTHER TRAFFIC, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS FOR HIM & 5 PASSENGERS. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. AMERICAN HONDA REFUSES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. TRANSMISSION SERVICED PER PRESCRIBED MAINT SCHEDULE (FLUID DRAIN & FILL AT 30K MI INTERVAL). 50K MILES SEEMS A BIT LOW FOR THE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM COMMONLY SEEN IN 1999-2001 MODELS. *TR

MY 99 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS BEEN BABIED AND TAKEN CARE OF BY MYSELF. I HAVE NEVER HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. I REMEMBER GETTING A LETTER FROM HONDA SAYING THE TRANS. HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 10 YEARS 100,000. I ALWAYS HAD THE TRANS. SERVICED AT MY MECHANIC WITH A T TECH SERVICE EVERY 25,000 MILES.AT 71,000 MILES I NOTICED THE TRANS. STARTED TO SLAM INTO THE GEAR WHEN IT DECELERATED. I CALLED A HONDA DEALER AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE TRANS. LOOKED AT. I WAS TOLD THE TRANS. WAS NOT GOING INTO 1ST GEAR BUT DIRECTLY INTO 2ND GEAR. IT SHIFTED FINE WHEN I TOOK IT THEIR. I TOLD THEM IT WAS SLAMMING INTO GEAR WHEN IT DOWNSHIFTED. ANYWAY I WAS INFORMED THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I CALL AMERICAN HONDA. I WAS INFORMED AGAIN THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN 2006 AT 109,000 MILES.HONDA DID EXTEND THE WARRANTY BUT NOT 10 YEARS. I RECEIVED A FACTORY WARRANTY OF 3 YEARS 36,000 MILE WARRANTY AND THEY EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 7 YEARS 109,000. THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY INCLUDED THE FIRST 3 YEARS.SO THEY REALLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY 4 YEARS. THEY TOLD MY INFORMATION AND WOULD DETERMINE IF HONDA WOULD PAY FOR THE COST OF A NEW TRANS.. I WAS TOLD IT TAKES 2 DAYS TO MAKE THEIR DECISION. I WAS CALLED THE NEXT DAY BY GLORIA OF AMERICAN HONDA AND SHE TOOK THE INFORMATION AGAIN AND THEN WAS ASKED WHAT I WANTED HONDA TO DO. WHEN I TOLD HER TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR OF MY TRANS.. SHE INFORMED ME THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I THEN SAID THEN YOU HAVE MADE YOUR DECISION. SHE TOLD SHE HAS NOT MADE NO DECISION YET. I INFORMED HER THEIR WERE OVER 2000 COMPLAINTS AT NHTSA ABOUT THE HONDA ODYSSEY 99 TO 2002 TRANSMISSION. AND EXTENDING THE WARRANTY AND REPLACING TRANS. WITH REMAUFACTURED ONES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND FAILING AGAIN LATER LEAVING THE $4000.00 REPAIR TO THE OWNER. HONDA REDESIGNED THE TRANS. IN 2003 AND THEY HAVE NO FAILURES. IT HAS BEEN 1 WEEK AND I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM AMERICAN HONDA ON THEIR DECISION. I AM JOINING A CLASS ACTION SUIT TO GET THIS CAR RECALLED. *TR

1999 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SLIDING DOORS. CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR SAFETY RECALLS. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOOR NOT OPENING. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP AND JUMP WHEN SHIFTING. THE FRONT AND SIDE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. THE TURN SIGNALS DID NOT CANCEL. THE TURN SIGNAL/HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

I PURCHASED MY ODYSSEY USED WITH ABOUT 90000 MILES ALREADY ON IT. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES THESE VEHICLES HAD UNTIL I EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. I HAD A 3RD PARTY WARRANTY WHICH COVERED THE REPAIR OF THIS TRANSMISSION AND NOW ABOUT A YEAR LATER AND ONLY 12000 MILES MY VEHICLES TRANSMISSION IS DEAD AGAIN. LIKE MOST CASES IT STARTS WITH A JOLT IN THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY BOTH THE CHECK ENGINE AND TCS LIGHT COMING ON. WELL I HAVE HAD TO DELIVER MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE 3RD PARTY TRANSMISSION REPAIR FACILITY TO FIX MY CAR UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY CANT SEEM TO GET IT RIGHT. I HAVE NOW BEEN WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR 6 MONTHS AND IT IS STILL AT THE SHOP. I HONDA COULD OWN UP TO THEIR PROBLEMS AND FIX THIS THE CORRECT WAY I COULD BRING IT TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM FIX IT WITHOUT HAVING TO REPAY FOR YET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. *TR

TCS/CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. PREVIOUS OWNER CONFIRMS THAT TCS/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD TURNED ON BEFORE. IN BOTH CASES, THE REPAIR SHOP RESET THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. ON THE MOST RECENT SHOP VISIT, THE LIGHTS WERE RESET AND THE REPAIRMAN COMMENTED ON A SLIGHT LATE SHIFT BETWEEN 1 AND 2. I HADN'T NOTICED ANYTHING UP UNTIL THIS POINT, SO I DECIDED TO WAIT AND WATCH FOR THE SHIFT ISSUE. 6 MONTHS LATER, THE LATE SHIFT PROBLEM HAS GROWN. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO REV TOO HIGH AND SHUDDER WHEN THE SHIFT IS FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED. IT IS SOMETIMES POSSIBLE TO APPLY THE GAS PEDAL IN A VERY SPECIFIC MANNER TO AVOID THE STUTTER. OTHERWISE IT OCCURS DURING EVERY SHIFT BETWEEN 1 AND 2. HAVING FOUND MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE SAME PROBLEM ONLINE, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORK DONE (PENDING A REQUEST THAT HONDA PAY FOR THE REPAIR). *TR

MY HONDA WAS VERY SLOW TO START IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THOUGHT I WASN'T WARMING IT UP LONG ENOUGH ONCE THE WEATHER TURNED COLDER. ONCE IT WAS RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT WAS FINE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BUT I HAVE BEEN HAUNTED BY THIS LIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. USUALLY SOMETHING MINOR. ONE TIME I HAD MY CAT CONVERTER REPLACED. MY SON AND THREE OF HIS YOUNG FRIENDS TOOK THE VAN TO THE SNOW. I INSISTED HE TAKE THE VAN OVER HIS CAR BECAUSE IT WAS "SAFER". THERE WAS HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. ON AN INCLINE, HE WENT TO PUSH THE PEDAL DOWN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. IT STARTED DRIFTING BACKWARDS! VERY DANGEROUS IN MAJOR TRAFFIC. HE DRIFTED ONTO THE SHOULDER, PUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON CALLED AAA. THESE KIDS WERE STRANDED IN THE SNOW UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. IT JUST STOPPED! INCREDIBLE! I REPLACED THE TRANNY ONCE BEFORE WHILE THE CAR WAS UNDER ITS ORIGINAL EXTENDED WARRANTY. REPLACED THE TRANNY AT 90,200 MILES. NOW AT 147,000 MILES, I NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. SINCE THE SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS COMPED, THERE WAS NO WARRANTY ON THE REPLACEMENT TRANNY. IT WAS NOT REPLACED WITH ANEW TRANNY BUT A RE-MANUFACTURED UNIT. WAS HONDA SUPPOSE TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE IF MY VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY? *TR

1999 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 68,000 MILES BY A HONDA DEALER BECAUSE OF SHIFTING ISSUES. HONDA REPLACED THIS FOR FREE. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT 137,000 BECAUSE OF SHIFTING ISSUES. I CANNOT GET 70,000 OUT OF A HONDA TRANSMISSION. THE VAN HAS A HARD DOWN SHIFT WHEN SLOWING DOWN. HONDA HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. *TR