2014 Honda Odyssey

VERY ROUGH TRANSMISSION DOWN-SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 1ST WHEN SLOWING DOWN, BUT NOT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND THEN ACCELERATING. THIS CAN BE AVOIDED BY VERY SLOWLY PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ON ACCELERATION (VERY SLOW ACCELERATION). I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. I DO NOT FEEL THIS TYPE OF OPERATION IS NORMAL. FURTHER, I SEE MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE. MILEAGE IS ABOUT 18,000, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW (PURCHASED 10/30/14).

MY 2014 ODYSSEY HAVE THE TRANSMISSION CLUNK. WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO UNDER 20-30KM/H THEN LIFTING OFF THE BRAKE THEN APPLYING THE GAS THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKS/SHUDDERS LOUDLY AND YOU FEEL IT. I CAN REPRODUCE THIS 95% OF THE TIME. I WILL BE TAKING THIS INTO THE DEALER AND WILL UPDATE. BUT SEEING THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THIS EXACT THING HONDA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL.

WE BOUGHT A 2014 HONDA ODESSEY IT'S STARTED JERKING WHEN IT WAS 7500 MILES WHILE DRIVING IN SURFACE STREET IN HENDERSON, NV WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER HAVE IT FIXED THEY SAID THEY UPDATED THE SOFTWARE THEN STARTED JERKING AGAIN FOR THE 2ND TIME WHEN IT WAS 2700 MILES THAT ALMOST CAUSE US INTO AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING TO LOS ANGELES. WE HAD IT TOWED ON 11/29/15 BY AAA FROM LA TO OC IN OUR HOTEL BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH MY KIDS IN IT. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE JERKS COMES AND GO EVERYTIME WE TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THEY KEEP SAYING IT NEEDS AN SOFTWARE UPDATE THEY KEPT OUR CAR AT THE DEALER FOR 2 DAYS THIS TIME THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THEY UPDATED THE SOFTWARE AGAIN. WE LIVED IN LAS VEGAS NOW WE ARE AFRAID TO MAKE A LONG TRIPS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE ENOUGH FOR MY FAMILY. THEY CAN'T JUST KEEP UPDATING SOFTWARE ON THEIR TRANSMISSION EVERYTIME THE VAN JERKS. PLUS WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THE JERKS IS GOING TO START AND STOP ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE FAR AWAY FROM HOME. THIS IS NOT RELIABLE AND UNSAFE. THE HONDA NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CONSUMERS.

I LEASED MY 2014 ODYSSEY ON JUNE 2014. I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT ITS JERKING, THOSE LOUD CLUNK DURING SHIFT TO 1ST TO 2ND GEAR STARTED YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN I DROVE HOME WITH MY WIFE FROM AIRPORT IN STOP AND DRIVE TRAFFIC. THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO DO THIS EVERY TIME I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BETWEEN 10-20 MILES PER HOUR. IT CONTINUED TO JERK AND CLUNK FOR 10 MILES AS I DROVE ON THE FREEWAY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND MADE OUR HEARTS BEAT AS IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO FALL OUT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER NEXT DAY MORNING AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AS NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES CAME UP. THEY CANNOT GET THE CAR TO DUPLICATE ISSUE NOW. I HAVE TO BRING THE CAR TO THEM AS SOON AS THE PROBLEM OCCUR. THEY ONLY DID SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR ME AT THAT TIME, HOPE IT WILL HELP. FOR ONE YEAR OLD 12000 MILEAGE CAR, I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE REASON I CHOSEN HONDA ODYSSEY WAS ITS SAFETY RATE. NOW I FELT UNSAFE IN THIS CAR, ESPECIALLY WITH MY TWO KIDS. I STARTED LOOKING ONLINE AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE NOW! HOPING NHTSA HELP US PUSHING HONDA TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN.

ON SEVERAL PREVIOUS OCCASIONS AND ON THIS DATE IN PARTICULAR EXPERIENCED A SERIOUS JERK THAT APPEARED TO BE TRANSMISSION RELATED WHEN STARTING BACK FROM A LOW MILE PER HOUR SLOW DOWN. AFTER THE JERKING BETWEEN GEARS IT SEEMED TO OPERATE MORE SMOOTHLY THE NEXT TIME. THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IS CONCERNING AS THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 15,000 MILE BUT THE WARRANTY IS ALMOST HALF OVER IN MONTHS. AM CONSIDERING PURSUIT OF A "LEMON" LAW CLAIM FOR THIS AND OTHER MORE MINOR ISSUES. WE TOLD THE DEALER OF THE INCIDENTS AND THEY SAID THAT THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS WE NEED TO GO TO A HONDA DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND NOT TURN OFF THE ENGINE TO SEE IF THE ERROR IS RECORDED IN THE ON BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM. NOT A VERY CONVENIENT FIX.

WE WERE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN CA AND OUR 2014 ODYSSEY ENGINE BEGAN TO CLUNK AND WHOLE CAR JERKED (LIKE RUNNING OVER SOMETHING LIKE A SPEED BUMP) EACH TIME WE TRIED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH SECOND GEAR. FELT LIKE HITTING SOMETHING OR ENGINE FALLING OUT. THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO DO THIS EVERY TIME WE TRIED TO ACCELERATE BETWEEN 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. IT CONTINUED TO JOLT/JERK/AND CLUNK FOR 20 MILES AS WE DROVE ON THE FREEWAY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND MADE MY HEART SKIP BEATS AS IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO FALL OUT/LIKE BEING IN A CRASH. CONTACTED HONDA BUT THEIR SERVICE WAS ABOUT TO CLOSE. WE PULLED OVER TO DO OUR ERRAND AND WHEN WE RESTARTED THE CAR IT STOPPED. THE SHIFTING ON THE VEHICLE IS NOT SMOOTH THROUGH GEARS. TOOK NEXT DAY TO HONDA AND THEY WILL NOT FIX AS NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES CAME UP AND CANNOT GET THE CAR TO DUPLICATE ISSUE NOW. NOW THERE IS A TSB TO UPDATE SOFTWARE BUT DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO UNLESS ISSUE IS DUPLICATED AGAIN. SAFETY ISSUE THAT YOUR BRAND NEW VEHICLE MAY HAVE ENGINE TRANSMISSION FAIL AT ANY POINT DURING TRAVEL. JOLTING IS SO SEVERE WHEN IT HAPPENS THAT IT COULD CAUSE YOU TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND DRIVING A STEADY 50 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUTDOWN. AFTER I REALIZED WHAT THE SITUATION WAS I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL, STEERED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AS SOON AS IT WAS SAFE TO DO AND STOPPED. I JUST HAD THE ENGINE OIL AND FILTER REPLACED WHEN THIS EVENT HAPPENED 3.7 MILES FROM THE REPAIR SHOP. I SUSPECTED A PROBLEM WITH THE OIL CHANGE. AFTER STOPPING I CHECKED FOR OIL UNDER ENGINE (NONE) AND THEN CHECKED THE DIPSTICK (FULL). I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO THE SHOP WHERE THEIR PERSONNEL CHECKED UNDER THE ENGINE FOR AN OIL LEAK AND THEN CHECKED THE DIPSTICK AS I HAD DONE. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE THE VAN TO HONDA. IT?S BEEN A WEEK AND HONDA SAID I NEED NEW HEADS FOR THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE TIMING ?JUMPED?. THE OIL CHANGE HAD NO EFFECT ON THIS FAILURE. SO FAR, NOBODY AT HONDA CAN TELL ME WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSED THE TIMING TO ?JUMP?. THE TOTAL REPAIR IS BEING DONE BY HONDA AND IS COVERED BY THE HONDA'S NEW CAR WARRANTY. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN PRIOR TO THIS UNEXPECTED AND SUDDEN FAILURE. *TR

RPMS RACE WHILE VAN IS IN IDLE AN TAKES OFF WITH A JUMP IN TRANSMISSION. CLANKING NOISE METAL ON METAL IN REAR BRAKES, DOWNSHIFTS AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 35 MPH, SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN AND TRANSMISSION JUMPS FEELS LIKE BEING REAR ENDED, PARKING BRAKE DOESN'T ENGAGE AT TIMES, ON FLAT WHEN PUTTING INTO PARK TRANSMISSION CLUNKS AND VEHICLE HAS A DEFINITE MOVEMENT LIKE SOMETHING FALLING OUT OR ON VEHICLE, LOOSES POWER AT 65 MPH NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE GAS PEDAL IS FLOORED THEN SUDDENLY JUMPS INTO HIGH SPEED THRUSTING VAN FORWARD, TRANSMISSION JUMPS SEVERELY WHEN PARKED ON A GRADED SLOPE AND MAKE METAL CLANKING SOUND. DEALER SAYS THERE ARE NO ISSUES AND THIS IS ALL NORMAL. THIS IS A DIRECT SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME AND I AM WORRIED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AT ONE POINT SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SENSORS WERE PERFORMED BUT DID NOT CORRECT ISSUE. BRAKE ISSUE DISCOVERED AND ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CORRECT TWICE. TOLD THIS IS NORMAL. ALSO A LOUD ELECTRONIC COMPUTER SOUNDING LIKE AN ANCIENT REBOOT OF AN OLD COMPUTER IS GREATLY NOTICEABLE WHEN THE PROBLEMS ACT UP. TOLD THIS IS NORMAL AN NO PROBLEMS BY THE DEALER. I FEEL I AM BEING IGNORED AND TREATED LIKE A STUPID PERSON EACH TIME I CALL. SERVICE MANAGER ACTUALLY STATED THAT HIS HANDS ARE TIED AND TOOK TO NEXT LEVEL OF DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER WHO STATED THIS IS NORMAL. I BEG TO DIFFER. THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER DID NOT SPEAK WITH ME AT ALL. WHAT GAME IS HONDA PLAYING. SAFETY ISSUES AND PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE ARE BEING IGNORED. REARVIEW CAMERA IS ACTING UP AS WELL AS ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS AND SLIDING DOORS ARE SLOW TO RESPOND WHILE CLOSING. WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY WHILE DRIVING. *TR

WE GOT THIS BRAND NEW 2014 ODYSSEY IN EARLY 2014, NOW WITH LESS THAN 7500 MILES. RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING ROUGH, JERKY TRANSMISSION SHIFTING (VERY NOTICEABLE BETWEEN LOW GEARS). TODAY I WENT TO THE HONDA SERVICE AND INFORMED THEM ABOUT THE ISSUES. THE HONDA DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WAS SURPRISED, AND TOLD ME THERE IS NO SUCH ISSUE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. AFTER INSISTING, HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT THIS COMING THURSDAY MORNING SO THAT HIS MECHANIC TO RIDE WITH ME SO THAT I CAN SHOW HIM. I HOPE THE PROBLEM CAN BE DUPLICATED WHEN WE DO THE TEST RIDE WITH THEM. AND THEN I AM AFRAID IF THE PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN DURING THIS TEST RIDE OR IF IT DOES THEY ARE NOT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE OR WORST IS THEY MAY NOT ADMIT THERE IS ANY TRANSMISSION JERKING AND TELL ME ..... EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE ETC. I HOPE THIS CAR IS NOT A LEMON AND WE END UP FIGHTING IN A BATTLE WITH HONDA PURSUING THE LEMON LAW. I COULD NOT FIND ANYWHERE ON THE HONDA OR HONDA OWNER'S WEBSITE ANY LINK SO THAT I COULD SUBMIT TO HONDA THESE ISSUES. I LIKE TO FIND OTHER WEBSITE WHERE I COULD FIND MORE INFORMATION ON SUCH ISSUES. *TR