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Loved this van until the transmission went at 20,000.
No problems w/dealer as to no cost replacement under existing warranty, but I'm asking HONDA to provide me w/the 3/36 warranty for the remanufactured one they put in and that they mention in their brochure for remanufactured transmissions. They were arrogant on first call saying that's nly for those who "pay" for a replacement and since mine is being replaced under warranty I haven't paid for it. Excuse me! I certainly did pay for it. I'm planning to continue the battle and bring attention to this w/our state's atty general office. Consumer reports survey arrived today and I'm letting them know about the problem. Noted last months consumer reports mag. has reliability rating of Odyssey in decline from past reviews. Transmission problems no doubt one cause. If all these minivans have tran problems it makes no sense to pay market or above market prices for an Odyssey when you can get a (ie: Windstar) easily for invoice.
Well one bad experience cannot make you say that this van is nothing special. This is the best mini-van on the market and that is why people pay more than all the rest. The Odyssey is better than all the domestic vans and the import ones as well, that's why the high price. No I may be biased because I own one, but the fact is, when comparing mini-vans, the Odyssey wins in every category. Most powerful, very roomy, many options... I own a Canadian version, but could still sell it in the U.S. for much more than what I payed for it. These vans are popular for a reason and one bad experience and a lousy dealership should not make you feel this van is over-rated.
I hope you will change your mind about the Odyssey.
Want transmission problems? Buy a Ford Windstar...
The Honda might be more expensive, but it also lasts a lot longer and with fewer problems.
And I doubt that you will have more failures in the new transmission, Honda's field failure rate for those is about 200 parts per million...
I have to agree with the original comment that Odysseys do have transmission problems. We replaced our transmission at 20,000 miles and are now replacing it again at 32,000. I do agree that Honda has a good reputation and we still own one that has 275,000 miles on it. However, there are more flaws in this particular year (2001).
The Honda Odyssey. The American Rip off, We just traded ours in on a new Dodge Van, The Dodge is the best buy for the money.7 years or 70.000 miles. the Honda Odyssey fell apart after 20.000 miles.
Friend of mine owns one and the transmission died at 50,000 miles. Took a month to get it back, they were about 600 on the waiting list to get a new one. No way I will even consider this van.
My mechanic said we had a leak in our 2001 Honda Odyssey Van's transmission. It was oily on the outside, not leaking drops or puddles. Anyone had same experience?
My wife's 2002 Odyssey just rolled over 10,000 miles. The transmission just blew up on us. Before we bought this, everyone and everything we read said that Honda's are extremely reliable and worth the extra cost. Sorry, but if you can't build a car to last more than 10,000 miles without major malfunctions, you have problems. I'm seeing a lot of this information on the web where people have had the same experience so this is not based simply on one bad experience. If they take a month to get mine back to me as another user had stated, I'll take them to court. That's sorry.
35,000 miles Honda Odyssey transmission gone! I guess nothing is certain in this world.
We hit 60,100 miles and our transmission died. Thank goodness we purchased the extended warranty... ($1,000) as it will cover the replacement transmission. (Van is currently in the shop, getting the new transmission.) The only reason we purchased the extended warranty was because our 3 Dodge Grand Caravans, all had transmission problems. (That's why we switched to Honda.) Now we don't know what to do... stick with the Honda or sell it, in fear that this new transmission may not last past the 12 month warranty. We're really disappointed that we are running into this problem with a Honda product. Hope our daughters Honda Civic transmission hangs in there!!!
Loved the Odyssey until our transmission "disintegrated" at 30,000 miles. Then we got a replacement transmission and that didn't work either. Now it's in the show for the 2d time, and I found out that all Odyssey's have "remanufactured" transmissions! What a scam! I have completely lost faith in this car, and I loved it so before all this started going wrong. What a joke!
I have a '99 Odyssey with 50K miles on it and have loved it from day one, except that yesterday without any warning the transmission just died. I'm being told its past the 36 month warranty and is about $5.4K (parts and labor) to get a new one. Honda is supposed to have this great reputation for quality and we have always diligently performed all the regular recommended maintenance. I am still taken aback by the thought that this fairly expensive, supposed good quality van failed after just over three years of fairly normal usage. Is this a pattern in just the '99 Odyssey's or other newer models as well??
TJ.
I have 2001 Honda accord and transmission broke 3 times until now.
I have to take half day from my work, as dealers don't do warranty work on weekends.
I guess I am repenting buying Honda.
We have a 2002 Odyssey and it is definitely a lemon, all this talk about transmission problems makes me worry. It has been in the shop to replace the alternator (the service manager said there is a recall on this part) and then another time for a computer chip. This morning on my way to work it started making this loud siren type noise that is difficult to describe. I called the service manager to let him hear it as it was making the noise and he said he'd never heard such a noise and that I need to bring it in again. It sounded like when you wet your finger and circle it around a crystal glass... has anyone heard of such a thing?
My '99 Odyssey transmission went out at 45,000 miles. The dealer replaced it at no charge, even though it was out of warranty, so I can't complain about that. But it's just gone again at 90,000. I don't drive it hard. Shouldn't a transmission last longer than 45,000?
I have a 2001 Odyssey. The first transmission blew at 32,000 miles. The second one blew at 64,000 miles. Each time the replacement is re-manufactured. This most recent transmission is worse than the one it replaced. I've had the brakes replaced twice. I'm a single mom who paid over cost for this car intending it to last for quite a long time. Now I'm in a situation where I can't afford to trade it and I have no confidence that it can ever be fixed. I dread taking it back to the dealer again with the complaint that the newest replacement is not shifting correctly. I feel like I'm stuck. Ugh!!