2001 Honda Odyssey

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. UPON REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION THE FIRST TIME, THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED 30,000 MILES LATER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. NOW AFTER THE THIRD REPLACEMENT, THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED FOR THE FOURTH TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *JB

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING INCORRECTLY. ON ACCELERATION, WILL SLIP THEN SUDDENLY CATCH PRODUCING A SHOCK AND SPINNING WHEELS. ON DECELERATION, WILL DOWNSHIFT AND GRAB ABRUPTLY, PRODUCING A SHOCK OR SHAKING THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER LUTE REILEY HONDA REFUSED TO FIX IN JUNE, 2004. SEVERE SHOCKS FROM TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAVE NOW CAUSED ENGINE MOUNTS TO FAIL. *JB

THE TRANSMISSIONIS FAILING ON MY 3-YEAR-OLD HONDA ODYSSEY AT 65,500 MILES. HONDA ADMITS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THEY WILL NOT DO IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY SAY THE VEHICLE IS A "GRAY MARKET" CAR. IT WAS PRODUCED IN CANADA LIKE ALL OTHER 2001 ODYSSEY'S AND "IMPORTED" TO THE USA ONE-YEAR-OLD WITH 18,000 MILES. I BOUGHT IT USED. HONDA SAYS THEY WON'T COVER IT UNDER THEIR NEWLY ANNOUNCED EXTENDED WARRANTY ON DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS BECAUSE IT WAS INTENDED TO BE DRIVEN IN CANADA. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT CANADIAN ROADS WERE SO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE IN MINNESOTA. I ASKED IF THAT MEANT THAT THEY WERE IMPLYING THAT I DID SOMETHING ILLEGAL. THEY SAID "OH NO, BUT "BROKERS" BRING THESE CARS IN FROM CANADA BECAUSE THERE IS A SHORTAGE IN THE USA AND THE PRICES ARE LESS IN CANADA." SOMEHOW IT IS MY FAULT THAT HONDA USA PRICE FIXING CREATES A GRAY MARKET? DOES THE VEHICLE NOT SAY HONDA ALL OVER IT? WAS IT NOT MADE ON THE SAME LINE IN THE SAME PLANT WITH THE SAME PARTS AS ALL OF THE OTHER 2001 ODYSSEY'S? IS CORPORATE DIVISIONAL INFIGHTING PUTTING ME THE CONSUMER IN THE MIDDLE? THEY MAKE A DEFECTIVE TRANNY AND NOW THEY WON'T STAND BEHIND IT. HONDA HAD A STERLING REPUTATION UNTIL THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE STARTED TO SURFACE. A QUALIFIED TRANSMISSION SHOP RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME IT IS A SAFTEY HAZZARD AND COULD LOCK-UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. DO THEY REALLY THINK IF SOMEONE IS KILLED BY THIS THEY WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN COURT? THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR POOR PRODUCT QUALITY. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ME TO GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME HIGH AND DRY WITH A $5,000 FIX-IT BILL (DEALER QUOTE) ON A 3-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE I PAID BIG BUCKS FOR. SEEMS FRAUDULENT TO ME! THIS IS A DISASTER IN THE MAKING AND MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE AN INNOCENT LIFE IS LOST.*AK

I OWN A 2001 HONDA ODESSEY. 2 WEEKS AGO WHILE DRIVING THE VAN BEGAN SHIFTING HARD UP AND DOWN. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME AND I WENT TO TURN LEFT AND PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN TO GO BEFORE A CAR CAME AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD!! THEN THE CAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED SENDING US FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. I DID NOT WANT TO CHANCE ANYTHING HAPPENING AND TOOK IT RIGHT INTO A TRANSMISSION PLACE. THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A NEW CAR AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE "RELIABLE" . ALSO, I HAD ANOTHER CAR WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE EFFECTS WERE NOT SO SUDDEN AND FREIGHTENING! I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I BEGAN TO RESEARCH MY PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. I WAS EVEN MORE UPSET WHEN I CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL, ONLY A "GOODWILL" WARRANTY. THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT I COULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WARRANTY BECAUSE MY CAR WAS INITALLY PURCHACED IN CANADA AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. SHE PROCEDED TO TELL ME THAT THEY WILL ONLY FIX THE CAR IF THE NHTSA TELLS THEM THEY HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL. I THOUGHT A HONDA WAS A HONDA. I AM EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED IN READING OTHER ACCOUNTS WHERE REPLACED AND REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

HONDA IS NOT HONORING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT THEY HAVE ON THE TRANSMISSIONS OF THE 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. I PURCHASED A HONDA RECENTLY AND IT TURNS OUT THE SELLER DID NOT DISCLOSE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. I FOUND OUT 5 DAYS AFTER BRINGING IT HOME FROM A HONDA DEALER. I ALSO FOUND OUT HONDA HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS BUT WILL NOT COVER IT BECAUSE THE CAR CAME FROM CANADA WHICH WAS ALSO NOT DISCLOSED. BOTH HONDA US AND HONDA CANADA HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THIS BUT WILL NOT COVER IT BECAUSE IT IS A CANADIAN HONDA (ALTHOUGH IT WAS SOLD BY A US DEALER IN THE US TO THE PARTY I BOUGHT IT FROM) AND BECAUSE I AM A US CITIZEN. I READ AN ARTICLE IN USA TODAY THAT SAID HONDA HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THEIR TRANSMISSIONS THAT WERE EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THIS YEAR OF HONDA ODYSSEY AND OTHER VEHICLES THEY MAKE TO 100,00 MILES OR 7 YEARS DUE TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS MADE TO THE NHTSA BECAUSE NHTSA WAS GETTING READY TO ISSUE A RECALL. HONDA HAS REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THE HONDA I PURCHASED AND IT ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT AND IS A 2001. I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AS HONDA TERMS GRAY MARKET CARS. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED MOST OF THE HONDA'S ARE MADE IN CANADA THAT COME INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST , SOME ARE ALLOTED FOR CANADA AND SOME FOR THE US AS I HAVE FOUND OUT. BUT ME AS THE AVERAGE CONSUMER KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS AND HONDA DOES NOT WANT TO HONOR THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THAT. HONDA MADE THIS AUTOMOBILE, THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS. THEY HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON IT IN BOTH COUNTRIES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE NOW AS I DO NOT WANT TO RISK MY CHILDRENS SAFETY OR MINE IF THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD FAIL COMPLETELY, SAY ON THE FREEWAY. HONDA KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS AND HAS REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE . CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME?*AK