Honda Odyssey is a Piece of Junk

[Anonymous]

yes. We thought ours was just a weird lemon/fluke. NEver buying another Odyssey.

[Anonymous]

I traded in my 2019 odyssey after 11 months I hated it so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Honda Odyssey is there for people who think the most expensive car is the best and want to spend $15k more for "less" depreciation.

Oh. I thought it was for people trying to be sensible and frugal.

[Anonymous]

I have a 2014 Ody van. Gen 4. But it only has about 26000 miles on it. No problems. Use it for trips, tow a uhaul of luggage for family of 8. Been a good performer. But, again, only 26k miles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a 2014 Ody van. Gen 4. But it only has about 26000 miles on it. No problems. Use it for trips, tow a uhaul of luggage for family of 8. Been a good performer. But, again, only 26k miles.

The Gen 4’s are great (2011-2017.) It’s the Gen 5’s with all the issues. My friend just traded her two year old 2018 (with so many issues) in for a 2017 to get back into Gen 4. She had an older Gen 4 before buying the 2018.

I have a 2014 bought new, 60k miles, no issues. Plan to keep for awhile.

[Anonymous]

I have a 2012 one with 50k miles. No problems.

[Anonymous]

2010 model here with 60k miles, no issues thus far. 2010 was also that last model year of 3rd gen Odyssey. Anytime we buy a new car, we tend to get the last model year of generation for two reasons. 1) the newer model is on the way or already here so the "old" model is less attractive in comparison and price tends to be lower but most importantly 2) by last model year, they've worked out all the minor issues with that model, last year should (in theory) be the most reliable year.

[Anonymous]

I have a 2012 (Gen 4) and mine has not been great. Transmission issues -- the infamous piston ring/misfiring which thankfully was covered but it did cause a great deal of stress during a vacation. I have had so many issues with sensors breaking. None of actual systems have trouble, but the sensors keep breaking and each sensor is always hundreds of dollars to fix. Now my door has issues. I just want it to last 2 more years to make it 10 years.

[Anonymous]

I have a 2007 Honda Odyssey with the original engine still running at 289,853 miles. Just to confirm no typos it is two hundred eighty-nine thousand eight hundred fifty three miles. Very satisfied with this car !!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a 2007 Honda Odyssey with the original engine still running at 289,853 miles. Just to confirm no typos it is two hundred eighty-nine thousand eight hundred fifty three miles. Very satisfied with this car !!!

[b]2005 with a few thousand more miles. Now, we had some issues with ECO locking to the engine and oil bypassing through the cylinders. We kinda rigged it to work and it is not the smoothest drive but no tranny issues or other major issues although the engine issue is enough. We just use it now to haul stuff and as an emergency car. The 2004 Accord though just starts and goes with in issues. The 2015 Equinox is a nightmare. It is going to the shop with CEL, see dealer now, reduced engine power, and it shakes, rattles and rolls. That junk runs OK and then fails miserably and then another stretch of nice behavior. Next, we will go to Toyota.

[Anonymous]

2015 Honda Odyssey, no probs. Guess I'm glad I didn't trade it in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I had a 2011 Odyssey that gave us nothing but problems. It was a redesign year and they messed up big time. It started with little things, like the windshield wiper motor burning out within 200 miles of purchase, and then got progressively worse. The automatic doors would just bounce open when you shut them. Finally the electrical system fried the radio. Honda would not help because the car was 4 years old at that point. We had to replace motherboard in the radio/sound system and then I traded that thing in for a Sienna. I'll never go back.

First year model of redesigned year should be avoided. New cars have a lot of bugs

We have a 2011. Got the 7-year warranty on it and never used it.
It does have some quirks with the sliding door which sometimes gets stuck when it's too cold (took this to the dealer to fix but they couldn't replicate it). The battery sensor is also quirky at times. So, nothing major so far as we approach the 100k mark.

Had a 2001 prior and the transmission needed to be replaced at about 100k miles so we traded it for the 2011. Would have bought the 2010 but it was actually more expensive than the 2011.

[Anonymous]

2015 model- 72k. No problems! Love the Odyssey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 2019 Odyssey has just been a dream. Love everything about it. Not one thing has gone wrong. But it's only two years old...

How is it only 2 years old?

[Anonymous]

2004 still killing it here. (Only 95k on the clock.) Last of that series so they had most of the tranny issues figured out, and hadn't gone to CVT yet. I would avoid CVT like the plague.

One thing that surprised me though, is they advised changing the tranny fluid every 30k... which is about twice as often as I usually do in a vehicle... but after reading about peoples' tranny nightmares I'm happy to do it. Literally this weekend I'm swapping the tranny from my 1995 Grand Cherokee. That's $2500 I wasn't hoping to spend...

Next up: Tesla. Much simpler vehicle. Tired of transmissions altogether.