1999 Honda Odyssey

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION SLIPPING.. IT WOULD BE IN ONE GEAR THEN SLIP INTO A LOWER GEAR. THE SPEED VARIED WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT MAY COST UP TO $5000.00 TO REPLACE IT.*AK CONSUMER FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM TWO DIFFERENT WEBSITES IN REGARDS TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *LA

WELL, OF COURSE, WOULDN'T YOU KNOW...ON FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2004 AT 5:00 PM AND APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER (FROM 05/10/04), MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIFTH TIME SINCE 10/06/03. DALE AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO CALL IF IT CAME ON AGAIN AND BRING IT IN ASAP. THE EARLIEST THE DEALER COULD SEE ME IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004. MY MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY 99,383. HONDA HAS EXTENDED THEIR TRANMISSION WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. LOOKS LIKE 100,000 MILES WILL BE HERE BEFORE I KNOW IT. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE SHARING A VEHICLE BECAUSE I REFUSE TO PUT ANYMORE MILES ON THIS CAR. CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE? IT SEEMS THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD.*AK

IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE MY LAST CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ON 05/10/04, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS IS THE FORTH TIME SINCE 10/06/03. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE PERSON, DALE, TOLD ME IT COULD BE NUMEROUS THINGS (E-VAL, TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER OR SHIFT SOLENOIDS). WOW! DID SOMEONE SAY TRANSMISSION? BUT HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE COMPLETELY SURE, I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE MY CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS TO RUN THE "THOROUGH" TEST AND THEY WOULD CHARGE ME APPROXIMATELY $70. SO, WHEN THEY REPLACED MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOUR MONTHS AGO (AND DIDN'T DO THE 5 HOUR TEST), WERE THEY COMPLETELY SURE IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER? UPSET ABOUT THIS NEW DISCOVERY, I TOLD THEM I JUST SPENT OVER $800 FOUR MONTHS AGO ON SOMETHING THAT THEY "THOUGHT" WAS WRONG AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME TO LOOK AT THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. DALE LATER CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD RESET THE LIGHT TODAY AND IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO COME BACK RIGHT AWAY AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO "NARROW IT DOWN." *AK

WELL, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID COME BACK ON LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THREE MONTHS. ON 01/07/04, THEY CHECKED THE CAR AGAIN AND SAID THAT IT WAS THE CONVERTER AND THAT WHILE THEY WERE IN THERE I SHOULD ALSO REPLACE THE O2 SENSOR. I AGREED TO IT AND MY ESTIMATE (FOR PARTS) WAS NOW $742.83. AFTER TEN DAYS, I CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE IF THE PARTS WERE IN AND THEY WERE, BUT NO ONE BOTHERED TO CALL ME. ON 1/21/04 WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON AND AT 88,846 MILES, MY CONVERTER AND SENSOR WERE REPLACED FOR A TOTAL OF $857.81.*AK

ON 12/17/03, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE HONDA DEALER BECAUSE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 MONTHS THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. I TOLD THEM THAT I AM STILL FEELING SOME HARD SLIPPAGE ON DOWNSHIFTS. WITH APPROXIMATELY 82,500 MILES ON MY CAR, THE TECHNICIANS BELIEVED IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE ESTIMATE WAS $701.90. THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PART AND I WOULD HAVE TO PREPAY. I WAS UNEASY ABOUT THIS (AND NOT TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF MONEY), SO THEY RESET THE INDICATOR AND SAID THAT "IT WOULDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE CAR IF I DIDN'T FIX IT NOW. ALL THAT WOULD HAPPEN WOULD BE THAT THE LIGHT WOULD CONTINUE TO COME ON. *AK

ON 10/16/03, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WOULD GO DEAD WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS AFTER I HAD BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE "CHECK ENGINE WAS ON" DUE TO "CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD. INTERMITTENT CODE". AND THE DEALER RESET THE LIGHT. IT WAS DETERMINED THIS TIME BY MY HONDA DEALER THAT THE CAUSE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL (02-031). *AK

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE TCS LIGHT ONE YEAR AFTER HAVING MY ENTIRE STEERING RACK REPLACED. ON 10/06/03 (AND 81,372 MILES), I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER. I TOLD THE TECHNICIAN THAT AGAIN I FELT MY CAR DRIVING ROUGH AND SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATIONS. THEY ASKED ME WHAT KIND OF GAS I WAS USING.(?) FOUND CODE P0420 "CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD. INTERMITTENT CODE". THE DEALER RESET THE LIGHT.*AK

IN MAY OF 2002, I PURCHASED A USED 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY FROM A REPUTABLE HONDA DEALER IN CONWAY, AR. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, THE CAR HAD 48,680 MILES. THE CAR WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS LATER, I NOTICED TWO THINGS: MY GEARS WERE SLIPPING AND MY POWER STEERING FLUID GETTING VERY LOW. ON 10/29/02 (AND 57,163 MILES), I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE I RESIDE IN MONROE, LA. IT WAS DETERMINED FROM THE TECHNICIAN THAT MY POWER STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING AND THAT I HAD TO REPLACE MY ENTIRE STEERING RACK. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY! RACK WAS REPLACED. *AK