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TL- the contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. He stated, while driving 50 mph the vehicle shift began to shift into second, third and then into first gear on its own. The contact reported problem to the dealer but they stated that there was no valid warranty for his vehicle. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 125,000
Upon acceleration, when the vehicle reaches 1500 RPM a shudder is felt. I am experiencing this every day now while driving. After numerous road tests with servicemen, diagnosis has been made that there is a problem with the automatic transmission. The transmission fluid is discolored.
Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) the tcs light and the gear selection "D" light began to blink on my Honda 2004 Odyssey. The transmission started to slip. In a matter of a day the transmission failed as I was on the highway. The tachometer spiked and the transmission would not engage. Then the engine light came on. I could not get the car to accelerate. It was total transmission failure. I had to coast the vehicle off of the highway. The van has 85,000 miles. When I called american Honda motor Corp about recall NHTSA 04V176000 they said I was not covered. [xxx] was not included in the recall so I had to go to my local Honda dealer to have them evaluate it and then they could possibly negotiate some type of assistance from Honda motor Corp. I called my local Honda dealership he stated since we were not the original owner of the vehicle that Honda motor Corp would not help. He estimated that the cost to fix the transmission would be at least $3,200. I took the van to a transmission shop. It cost me $2300 to have the transmission rebuilt and an external cooler put on. Furthermore the engine and transmission mounts had to be replaced. They said the main problem is that there is a manufacture defect that is allowing the transmissions to overheat. Once they overheat they send off flakes that get caught in the filter screens in the transmission that causes more overheating and eventually failure of transmission.
During the week of March 1-5, 2010, my Honda Odyssey was showing signs of slippage when going from one gear to other, however the problem was transient. I was on vacation at deep creek lake, Maryland in the weekend of March 5-7 and was driving back from there on March 7 afternoon. I was on cruise at 55 miles per hour on us 219N, when coming over a small hill, the car suddenly violently shook and was revving up (RPM very high) trying to maintain speed of 55 mph and was unable to do so. I braked and got the car under control and without knowing much merged on I-70E headed towards home at baltimore, md. Driving for about 100 miles, I took exit at hagerstown, md to take gas. After taking gas, I wanted to head back to the highway but unable to continue that much further. The car would not move pressing on the gas pedal and finally had to call aaa towing to tow the car. Anyway, it is with hagerstown Honda and the diagnosis is transmission failure and I need to shell out 3500K from my pocket. Transmission failure for a 2004 Odyssey at 122K miles is absolutely unacceptable and american Honda refusing to do anything to help me out. This car is apparently also not included in the recall list the Honda had earlier this decade on some the Odyssey models for the transmission problem. I think this needs to be investigated and recall expanded.
- Woodstock, MD, USA
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Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) unintended acceleration of my Honda Odyssey- I was slowly pulling into a parking space in front of a store front and the car started accelerating, jumped the curb, hit a post, and went through a store front window. This is the first time this has ever happened. I was the only one injured. I reported the incident to american Honda corporation ON11-13-09. The case number is [xxx]. I tried to brake, but the brake would not stop the vehicle.
We kept getting a vibration at about 30 miles an hour, and often in the same place on the roads in town. Because we live about 45 minutes from a Honda dealer and our Odyssey is out of warranty, we took the car to our local repair shop, where they tried several fixes. After several months of this, we finally took it to Honda and they said the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle only had 97,000 miles on it.
The contact owns a 2004 Honda Odyssey. Whenever the contact drove the vehicle he noticed that the engine and transmission light appeared on the dashboard while driving 35 mph. The dealer informed the contact that the failure could not be reproduced. There were no prior warnings. The failure and current mileages were 78201.
Defective engine and transmission mount, will result in severe vibration and transaxle misalignment defective transmission at 84,000 miles. Dealership require to replace transmission and all engine and transmission mounts.
2004 Honda Odyssey ex L with 89,684 miles. It is currently running fine, except that the check engine light is lit. Two days ago while driving at highway speeds, both the traction control light and the check engine light came on. After 5 minutes the tcs light went off but the check engine light remained. Took car for diagnostic and code P0740 is present. Service manual says to replace entire automatic transmission. Car is shifting properly when driven. Car has had every regular maintenance taken care of including replacing atf fluid at 35,454 and 66,942 miles
Transmission at 92,000 had dark fluid, metal on the magnet, loud whine, slipping gears. Over next 14,000 miles (while Honda said there was not problem) progresses to rough shifting to the point of killing the engine. Finally refused to go into gear and was towed to dealership. Honda replaced with refurb transmission.
See NHTSA campaign id number : 04V176000 outlining recall for transmission problems. We followed all recall instructions, serviced the vehicle regularly only through a certified Honda dealer and now the transmission has totally failed, costing $4,800.
Trans shutters at 30-40 miles per hour dealer said that because no trouble codes were showing up they could not do a repair. I was instructed to drive the car and return when the check light came on the van has 88,000 miles and this problem has occurred several times but no ck eng light.
Normal functionality driving on trip during mild weather on 29 March 2009 from sacramento area to los angeles. After driving over 5 hours, the car suddenly lost power and the vehicle was smoking due to the rapid ejection of transmission fluid from the transmission (breather valve?) which resulted in sudden and catastrophic transmission failure in 2004 Honda Odyssey. The transmission required replacement at 79000 miles and was serviced at a Honda dealership during scheduled transmission service.
The contact owns a 2004 Honda Odyssey. On several occasions, the transmission slipped while driving between 20-40 mph. The vehicle hesitated while driving uphill several times as well. The dealer could not duplicate the failure because it was a random occurrence. The dealer informed the contact to wait until the failure worsened or until the check engine light illuminated. The contact was also informed that her VIN was excluded from NHTSA campaign id number 04V176000 (power train:automatic transmission). The current mileage was 58,000 and failure mileage was 56,000.
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- Decatur, AL, USA