I cannot believe the crappy luck I've had with my 04 Odyssey. Tranny failed with 23000 miles on the car.

Dealer replaces tranny. (Under warranty)

I pick up car, tranny fails after 5 more miles.

I have been a Honda "guy" since I bought my very first car (86 CRX). Nothing like this has ever happened.

I know the Odyssey's have some tranny issues but this is ridiculous.

Need to vent

 

5 miles? Sounds like either an installation screw-up, or a tranny that was (refurbed?) not right to begin with.

Sorry about that man, that sucks.

 

The OdyClub Forums are full of such hard luck stories:

http://www.odyclub.com/forums/

I'm thinking of trying the Odyssey after many years of Chrysler minivan ownership, but still have concerns about the Ody as a long term replacement.

Brian

 

That's just horrible. I hope that Honda does what is right and fixes it for you with no questions asked.

Sorry for your woes.

I hope that Honda and Toyota (who has also had their share of quality issues lately) aren't taking the same attitude that the American car manufacturers did in the '60s and '70s and letting quality slip while they rest on their laurels.

 

I've posted my story on ODYCLUB. I've seen the amount of transmission troubles on that site but not too many complaints below 50000 miles. I have a friend and a relative who had their Odyssey trannies fail too but only learned this after purchasing mine.

So this is just crappy luck I guess. Not necessarily a horrible vehicle.

I have to say that the second time it failed, the service manager at the dealership was on his toes. He personally delivered a courtesy car to my house a half hour after calling him.

IMO being level headed got me better results than flipping out.

 

Glad to hear that they're at least stepping up to the plate for round two.
I'm by no means implying the Odyssey is a bad vehicle, quite the opposite since I'm considering one in spite of the transmission problems that have cropped up from the Gen 2 versions on. Hopefully the new (Ridgeline) transmission is finally up to the task and eliminates this Achilles heel on the 2007's of an otherwise class-competitve people hauler.

Brian

 

wow, i have an '05 with no problems... it does clunk when going into reverse and always has-
we have a trailer hitch and they installed something in the tranny to aid in pulling loads (they said a cooling unit)
have about 25k miles on it now-
hope yours works out... its a great car-
when we want to take a car with lots of room and comfort thats the one we take!

guess i better trade it in on a new one in the next year or so!!

 

I have two aunts who bought Odysseys. They loved them until the problems started. One is on its third transmission. The other has had many problems (didn't ask for details).
Not sure why the Odyssey was such a miss compared to the very mechanically similar Pilot.

 

Maybe Honda let their usual QC pass to let them ramp up supply to meet overwhelming demand?

I've had a clunky transmission in my 05 Accord. However it's been running fine with 60k+ miles. (fingers crossed )

 

Honda has had tranny issues for V6 powered vehicles basically since 1998 (V6 Accord). The last generation MDX didn't seem to have many issues and the current TL and Ridgeline seem fairly good, but the Odyssey and last generation Accord (new Accord seems to be more-or-less fine) have gotten hammered with these issues. The last generation TL was very well known for failed trannies. Too bad, since a 2003 TL-S can be had for as little as many Accord's of that year and it's a lot more car for the money.