2005 Honda Odyssey

WHERE DO I START....ORIGINAL OWNER, PURCHASED BRAND NEW. NO PROBLEMS FOR ABOUT 3-4 YEARS, AND THEN: TRANSMISSION WHINE, TOOK IN TO DEALER OFF AND ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, COULD NEVER IDENTIFY ISSUE, THEY SAID. BUT AS SOON AS THE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED, MIRACULOUSLY, THEY IDENTIFIED IT, AND NOW SAY I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. MOTOR MOUNTS FOUND TO HAVE CRACKED; PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON PER INTERNET FORUMS, BUT HONDA DEALERSHIP DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR POOR DESIGN/FAULTY MOUNTS. DOOR FOR SECOND ROW HAS ISSUES SLIDING; ANOTHER COMMON PROBLEM PER INTERNET BUT NOT PER DEALER. AND FINALLY, THE STRUTS FOR THE REAR HATCH BROKE, ALMOST INJURING MY SON VERY BADLY WHEN HE WAS PUTTING HIS BIKE IN THE BACK. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND ASKED ABOUT A RECALL AND THEY SAID NO. I PAID $300 4 MONTHS AGO, AND JUST NOW FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL 3 YEARS AGO, AND THEY DENIED IT!!!!! I HATE HONDA AND WILL NEVER BUY THEIR CARS, AND DO NOT TRUST THE DEALERSHIP. UGHHH!!!! *TR

WHEN THE CAR REACHES A SPEED OF 30-40 MILES AN HOUR THE ECO GEAR KICKS IN CAUSING THE CAR TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE UNDER THE CAR IN THE TRANSMISSION AREA. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS MOTOR MOUNTS, TORQUE CONVERTER, WHEEL ALIGNMENT, ETC. I HAVE FOUND A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT WAS FILED IN CALIFORNIA. I WANT TO BE ADD TO THAT LAWSUIT IF POSSIBLE. *TR

I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM DEALER WITH MINIMAL PROBLEMS UNTIL ABOUT 85,000 MILE WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR TWO DAY AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THIS PROBLEM I HAD THE TIRES BALANCED TO ENSURE THAT THIS WAS NOT THE ISSUE. MY SISTER-IN-LAW DROVE THE CAR AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN TO HER, SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE VEHICLE SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AT 65 MPH. I THEN STARTED TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM TO FIND MANY ARTICLES ON HOW THE REAR MOTOR MOUNT FAILS ON VEHICLES WITH AS LITTLE AS 50,000 MILES. THE DEALER STATES THIS IS A DRIVABILITY ISSUE AND THE VEHICLE WILL BE FINE WITH A NEW MOTOR MOUNT AT THE TUNE OF $700. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD A MOTOR MOUNT ISSUE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM WHEN THE MOUNT FAILS THE ENGINE DOES NOT JUST RISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BUT BEGINS TO VIBRATE WITH THE VEHICLES TIRES IN MOTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 50-55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN MY ENGINE MALFUNCTION AND BLINKING "D" INDICATOR CAME ON, I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND IMMEDIATELY HE TOLD ME HE HAD OTHER HONDA COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, HE TOLD ME IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT WAS SOMETHING FREQUENTLY IN MODEL YEAR FROM 1999-2006, AND THAT HONDA WAS IGNORING THE PROBLEM, PLEASE HELP I HAVE A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY AND IT GIVING THE SAME ISSUES. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS A 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY. I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY TWO CHILDREN ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING 75 MPH AND SUDDENLY SAW A FLUME OF SMOKE BEHIND MY CAR. I NOTICE THE RPM JUMPED AND I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE IMMEDIATELY. IT SMELLED LIKE SOME LIQUID WAS BURNING. PULL THE CAR OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND LOOK TO FIND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED AND SPRAYED ALL OVER THE ENGINE, HOSES, BATTERY, RADIATOR, ETC - CAUSING THE SMELL. TOWED IT BACK TO MY HOUSE. WHEN THE CAR GOT TO THE HOUSE, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SHOWED US THAT THE ATF HAD LEAKED PROBABLY COMPLETELY OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. I WOULD LIKE FOR HONDA TO RECALL THE TRANSMISSION AND FIX MY CAR. IT'S NOT ONLY A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION, IT ALSO A HAZARDOUS - WHAT IF IT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE - WHEN THE FLUID SPRAYED OUT. *TR

HAVE HAD A FEW PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASED VAN NEW. FIRST PROBLEM AROUND "08 IS A VIBRATING-SHUDDERING FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. AT ABOUT 35- 45 MPH AND JUST BEFORE THE "ECONO" WOULD KICK IN, I WOULD FEEL THE VIBRATING START. IF I INCREASE MY SPEED QUICKLY AND GET ON UP TO ABOUT 50MPH, IT WOULD STOP. THOUGHT IT NEEDED A TUNE-UP..DID THAT-STILL VIBRATED. THOUGHT IT WAS TRANSMISSION-HAD IT FLUSHED-STILL VIBRATED. IT WASN'T A CONSTANT PROBLEM BACK IN "08, BUT IRRITATING.NOW IN 2013 IT IS MANY TIMES A DAY AND SHUDDERS VERY BADLY. TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALER TODAY ABOUT THE ESCALATED VIBRATIONS. TEST DROVE IT AND SAID VIBRATIONS WERE FROM TORQUE CONVERTER AND NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION.ALSO NEEDED TIMING BELT REPLACED. I DID'NT EXPECT TO HEAR TRANSMISSION-EXPECTED TO HEAR REAR MOTOR MOUNT(600.00) NEEDED REPLACING. I SPECIFICALLY TOOK MY VAN IN TO CHECK THE MOTOR MOUNT.WHEN HE SAID TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSMISSION I ASKED HIM WHAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS LOOKED LIKE. HE SAID THE TECH DID'NT MENTION THAT .NO ONE LIKES TO HEAR THEY ARE ABOUT TO INCCUR SOME EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, BUT I DID'NT EXPECT TO HEAR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT 170,000 MILES.THE FELLOW AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT"HECK,THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE 2005 ODYSSEY".OUR NISSAN TRUCK HAD OVER 300,000 MILES AND OUR DODGE DUELLY HAS OVER 200,000 MILES NEITHER WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES.SO, THIS ISSUE STILL REMAINS UNREPAIRED-WAITING ON ESTIMATE FROM DEALERSHIP. YIKES! THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HAS NOT OPERATED CORRECTLY FOR 3-4 YEARS NOW. IT DOES'NT CLOSE ALL THE WAY. IF YOU OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR,WHEN YOU CLOSE IT ITWILL BEEP LIKE ITS NOT CLOSED.YOU HAVE TO GET OUT AND MANUALLY SLAM IT SHUT. THEY SAID IT MAY BE THE MOTOR...TOO MUCH TO FIX IT..SO WE JUST DON'T USE IT.RECENTLY WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES,I HEAR A WHINNING SOUND AND STEERING IS MORE DIFFICULT. *TR

I HAVE VERY LOW MILEAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT. ALSO THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS BLOWN. THE MECHANIC SAYS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION IT AFFECT THE REAR SEAL. I KNOW HONDA HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH ITS TRANSMISSIONS AND THEY HAVE HELPED SOME PEOPLE AND NOT OTHERS. I FILED A CLAIM AND WAS DENIED YET IT SEEMS THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE THE SAME AS OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPED. *TR