2001 Honda Odyssey

I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 82082 MILEAGE ON IT, AND NOW THE MILEAGE IS 82867, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, WENT TO THE MECHANIC, THEY PULLED OUT P0740 ISSUE, WHICH ACCORDING TO THEM IS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE, ACCORDING TO THE REVIEWS FOUND ONLINE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH HONDA ODYSSEY 1999-2004 MODEL. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE HONDA SHOULD EITHER RECALL ALL THOSE MODEL OR FIX THE PROBLEM, OTHERWISE CUSTOMER LIKE ME WOULD GET RIPPED OFF. *TR

IN 2009, AT 90,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WE BOUGHT NEW. THE DEALER NEGOTIATED WITH HONDA A GOODWILL REPLACEMENT OF A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHERE WE HAD TO PAY $1471.68. WE WERE NEVER TOLD OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT SHOULD HAVE COVERED ENTIRELY THE FIRST FAILED TRANSMISSION. SINCE OWNING THIS VEHICLE, WE HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON SCHEDULED AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON OUR CARS AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP. ON APRIL 12, 32,000 MILES LATER, THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP INTERMITTENTLY, THEN SERIOUSLY ON MY DRIVE HOME FROM WORK. IT SLIPPED IN LOWER GEARS AND WOULD NOT GO INTO HIGHER GEARS. I BARELY ESCAPED BEING REAR ENDED ON THE WAY HOME AND WAS LUCKY TO MAKE IT HOME. WHEN I CONTACTED HONDA AMERICA 7 DAYS AGO, IT TOOK HONDA OVER 1 WEEK BEFORE TELLING US THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER ANYTHING SINCE WE WERE OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS OR 36,000 MILES. WE ALSO OWN A 2001 HONDA ACCORD BROUGHT FROM THE SAME DEALER ON THE SAME DAY. WE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILED TRANSMISSION AT @ 90,000 MILES WITH THE ACCORD ALSO AND WERE GIVEN A GOODWILL OFFER BY HONDA THAT OFFSET THE COST WE HAD TO PAY. OUR 2001 ACCORD IS A TICKING BOMB WITH 120,000 MILES AND WE WILL NEED TO GET RID OF IT BEFORE IT FAILS ALSO. APPARENTLY THE ORIGINAL AND THE REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS ARE DEFECTIVE. I READ ONLINE THAT HONDA DID NOT REBUILD THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, BUT ONLY REPLACED THE GEARS THAT FAILED. ACCORDING TO AN EXPERT TRANSMISSION MECHANIC, THERE IS AN ENDEMIC PROBLEM WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED BY A SOFT DISK COMPONENT THAT RUNS VERY HOT THAT CAUSES GEARS TO BE CHEWED UP AND EVENTUALLY FAIL. THIS MEANS THAT REBUILT DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BEING REINSTALLED IN THE CARS WHICH WILL FAIL AGAIN BECAUSE THE COMPONENT CAUSING THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPLACED AND IT CONTINUES TO DAMAGE THE GEARS. WHAT RECOURSE IS THERE? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND SUDDENLY STALLED. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPUTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN CRUISE AT 70 MPH. I FELT A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND TURNED THE CRUISE OFF. WITHIN 2 SECONDS, I FELT THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOT HAVE POWER EITHER. I COULD SMELL FUMES INSIDE THE CAR. I PULLED OVER TO SAFETY. LUCKILY FOR THAT SPEED, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER WITHOUT GETTING REARED. 1ST TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON MY VAN AT 89K MILES. NOW TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AT 156K MILES. SO THAT MEANS THE NEW TRANSMISSION FAILED BEFORE EVEN 60K MILES. NOW THE NEW REPLACEMENT I AM TOLD IS GOING TO COST 4000$. THE VAN RESALE VALUE ITSELF IS NOT EVEN THAT MUCH. WILL HONDA PITCH IN TO REPLACE THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION FOR FREE? *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND WOULD NOT GO IN TO GEAR. WENT IN AND OUT OF SLIPPING GEARS. SHIFTED DOWN TO DRIVE 2 AND DRIVE 1 TO SEE IF THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE SLIPPING, BUT IT DID NOT. WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR, LOUD NOISE HEARD AS WELL. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP IN 2008 AT 108,000 DUE TO AN EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY WHICH RESULTED FROM A 2006 CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION THE FIRST TIME AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE WARRANTY ON THE 2ND TRANSMISSION HAD EXPIRED BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY. AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE, I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE SO THAT I COULD GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. I HAD TO RELY ON OTHERS TO GET ME TO WORK AND BACK HOME FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHILE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY HONDA ODYSSEY IS STILL SITTING AT MY WORK PARKING LOT BECAUSE I AM AFRAID IF I TRY TO DRIVE IT, IT WILL STRAND ME IN TRAFFIC AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ETC. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING SO THE VAN STOPPED MOVING. ANY PRESSURE ON THE GAS PADDLE WAS LIKE REVVING IN NEUTRAL. AFTER STOPPING THE VAN FOR ABOUT A MIN AND RESTARTING, WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE DRIVE BUT IT WOULD FAIL AFTER MOVING ABOUT 50 YARDS. SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS. THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE WAS REPLACED A FEW YEARS BACK. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. HONDA SAYS THEY WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND OFFERED AN EXTENDED 109,000 MILE OR 7 YEAR WARRANTY AND MY CAR IS BEYOND THIS WARRANTY COVERAGE. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WILL COST BETWEEN ABOUT $3,000 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION OR OVER $5,000 FOR A NEW ONE. THE CAR IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT $5,000 IF THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM NOW MUCH LESS WITH THIS PROBLEM PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT $1-2,000. THERE IS A WEBSITE HERE DEDICATED TO THIS EXACT PROBLEM FOR HONDA ODYSSEYS WITH MANY FRUSTRATED HONDA OWNERS: HTTP://WWW.ODYSSEYTRANSMISSION.COM/. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY IN AUG 2001 AND IN JUNE 2009 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 98000 MILES. TOOK IT TO WILLIS HONDA (THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM ) AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED (WITHIN EXTENDED WARRANTY (93 MONTHS & 109000 MILES) ON MILES AND 2 MONTHS OUTSIDE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON MONTHS. HONDA AGREED TO FOOT HALF THE COST ($1200) AS A ONE TIME GOODWILL. NOW IT IS 145000 MILES AND THIS WINTER SINCE JANUARY (I LIVE IN NJ) I NOTICE THAT WHEN IT IS COLD AND THE ENGINE IS COLD AND I START DRIVING WITHOUT WARMING UP AROUND 20-25 MPH THE ENGINE REVS (POSSIBLY BECAUSE THE GEAR SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 3RD DOESN'T HAPPEN SMOOTHLY). TOOK IT TO THE WILLIS HONDA WHO HAD INSTALLED THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IN JUNE 2009 (36 MONTH/36000 MILE WARRANTY). IT IS NOW LITTLE OVER 43 MONTHS AND AROUND 47000 MILES ON THIS TRANSMISSION. THEY SAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ($5500) AND THAT REPLACING THE FLUID/FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. ARE TRANSMISSIONS EXPECTED TO LAST ONLY 47000 MILES. I THINK HONDA IS SELLING BAD EQUIPMENT. *TR