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#1499 of 2392 Re: Another flashing 'D' problem [mira1] by mira1

Jun 05, 2010 (6:21 pm)

Replying to: mira1 (Jun 05, 2010 5:55 pm)
On further research I found the following. I bought the van after recall date and hence no recall notice, I believe. They should have fixed any problem before selling it to me.
 
RECALL: 2002 - 2004 Honda Odyssey
 NHTSA Campaign Number: 04V176000 www.nhtsa.dot.gov
  
 Manufacturer AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.
 Recall Date: 04/15/2004
 Potential Number Of Units Affected: 1099796
  
 Description POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
 
 Summary ON SOME MINI VANS, SPORT UTILITY AND PASSENGER VEHICLES, CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS CAN RESULT IN HEAT BUILD-UP BETWEEN THE COUNTERSHAFT AND SECONDARY SHAFT SECOND GEARS IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO GEAR TOOTH CHIPPING OR GEAR BREAKAGE.
 
 Consequence GEAR FAILURE COULD RESULT IN TRANSMISSION LOCKUP, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
 
 Remedy ON VEHICLES WITH 15,000 MILES OR LESS, THE DEALER WILL UPDATE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A SIMPLE REVISION TO THE OIL COOLER RETURN LINE TO INCREASE LUBRICATION TO THE SECOND GEAR. ON VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN 15,000 MILES, THE DEALER WILL INSPECT THE TRANSMISSION TO IDENTIFY GEARS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED DISCOLORATION DUE TO OVERHEATING. IF DISCOLORATION EXISTS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL BE REPLACED IF DISCOLORATION IS NOT PRESENT, THE DEALER WILL PERFORM THE REVISION TO THE OIL COOLER RETURN LINE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 21, 2004, FOR PILOT, ODYSSEY, AND MDX OWNERS. OWNERS OF THE ACCORD VEHICLES WILL START RECEIVING LETTERS ON JUNE 28, 2004, AND ON JUNE 29, 2004, FOR OWNERS OF THE TL AND CL VEHICLES. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009 OR ACURA AT 1-800-382-2238.

#1500 of 2392 Odyssey Issues by luvmyhondas

Jun 05, 2010 (6:41 pm)

It'a a bummer that people have had transmission issues. I must say that I LOVE my 2000 Odyssey. I was annoyed when we had to replace the transmission too. However, I must so that we had 174,000 miles on it. The serviceman who typically works on our car from Honda assured us that there were no other problems with the car and that it would be worth it...and yes, it was.
 
That was 3 yrs ago and we literally got 241,000 miles on the car today. I trust the car fully and would take it on a road trip with no hesitation. We have some friends who also have the Odyssey (couple of yrs younger) and they have been very pleased too.
 
Service it regularly and I am sure it's cheaper than a new car note.

#1501 of 2392 POST YOUR STORIES ON FACEBOOK by vanwaanabe

Jun 10, 2010 (7:32 am)

Folks who have been screwed by Honda: realize few people read this site. We can commiseruate with each other how Honda has screwed us, but I suggest you let future Honda customers know how Honda screws their customers. There is a Honda Odyssey site on Facebook. Post your stories there.
 
In my case, we spent $4000 to fix our transmission, it didn't last 300 miles. Took it back to Honda of Bowie, MD, who did the original fix and now they can't "replicated it."
 
We'd been complaining about this for years and guess what, Honda of Bowie could never replicate the problem while it was under warranty. The moment it went out of warranty, they found it!
 
This time, same thing. They can't find it. No attempt to disassemble the transmission and find the problem.
 
Contacted Honda Corporate and they told me "not our problem."

#1502 of 2392 Re: Only Older Models have tranny problems [sham1] by vanwaanabe

Jun 10, 2010 (8:56 am)

Replying to: sham1 (Jun 03, 2010 2:25 pm)
Post on your stories on FACEBOOK. Facebook has an Odyssey page and a Honda page. Facebook will give this more exposure. You want FUTURE customers to understand this is an issue to. Not just us poor saps that Honda is blowing off.

#1503 of 2392 Do other Hondas have the transmission problem? by dragonlady3

Jun 10, 2010 (9:51 am)

My 2000 Odyssey went to 185,000 miles before needing a new transmission. It is now at 221,000 and doing well. I feel lucky.
 
I would like to know what other models/years have a transmission problem or other serious defect before I buy another Honda. If not Honda, Toyota, then who do we buy from at this point?

#1504 of 2392 other hondas by stickguy

Jun 10, 2010 (2:12 pm)

Odyssey was the most common it seems. But Accord and Acura TL both had issues too. Primarily though it was the V6 models. Not sure if it was a different unit, or just dealing with the higher HP.
 
It really does seem that Honda took an undersized and poorly designed tranny and tried to use it with bigger engines and heavier vehicles, causing a spat of failures.

#1505 of 2392 Re: 2008, 2009, 2010 transmission [r93401] by r93401

Jun 10, 2010 (8:28 pm)

Replying to: r93401 (Jan 19, 2010 10:45 pm)
We brought our 2008 Honda Odyssey in to have the transmission checked and they ended up replacing our Torque Converter. After that they ended up adding one more bios update. The van runs great! We are very happy that Honda did not give us a bit of trouble on this. They were proactive. I'd buy another one. Whew!!!

#1506 of 2392 Re: problem with shifting out of Park [px260] by johnboy18

Jun 12, 2010 (6:36 pm)

Replying to: px260 (Oct 23, 2006 1:55 pm)
I JUST HAD MY 03 ODYSSEY IN TODAY 06-12 10 IN FOR ITS 107000 MILE TUNE UP. BELTS PLUGS TIMING BELT WATERPUMP REPLACED. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR REPAIR IN 8 YEARS. LOVE THIS VAN

#1507 of 2392 Re: Only Older Models have tranny problems [vanwaanabe] by sham1

Sep 28, 2011 (1:04 pm)

Replying to: vanwaanabe (Jun 10, 2010 8:56 am)
I'd like to know the FACE BOOK page - can't find it and I'd love to post on there - any ideas? Also - my earlier post got rejected because of a "third party" email -- so here it is again if anyone cares ...
#1487 of 1503
Trip off, trans. failed, trade ruined!!! by sham1
Jun 02, 2010 (10:49 am)
  
This in reply to :
(2002 Blue NA Posted: 05/17/2010
You have probably heard this one, but if enought people make safety (a failed tranney at high speeds and/or heavy traffic is very unsafe!) complaints to NHTSA perhaps they may be forced to take some responsibility. There is also a lawfirm that you can register your complaint for a possible new class action lawsuit. EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT THE ADDRESS!
   
*This is to the attorney's address that is "maybe" gonna take on a class action suit and what I mailed to him:
***I got your email address in a forum today from reading over all of the problems people are having with their Honda's transmission. Well, we should be at Kings Island right now as I speak. My whole family was on the way there when about 25 minutes or so into the ride- our check engine light came on. Then - a few more minutes later, maybe 10-15 - the TCS light on the dash came on! Scare the **** out of me and I told my husband who was driving - please stop and let's check it out but before I could get the sentence out - all of a sudden the thing started jerking like a bull and the rpm's reved up real loud and we lost power and it kept jerking and kept jerking - SCARED ME AND THE KIDS TO DEATH!! We were on the highway - none the less - with the cruise on. Now - we bought this Honda from a dealer brand new with 10 miles on it and it's only got 91,000 on it now! I can't believe this happened. The whole reason we paid $30,000 for a van was because it WAS a HONDA!!! As they say, if I had known then what I do now - .... obviously we would have NEVER bought it! Anyway, we got off of the next exit 143 to a gas station/truck stop and my husband went inside to see about getting some transmission fluid but they didn't have any. The engine was all wet under the hood and the transmission fluid was low but we had no choice to turn around, cancel our Kings Island fun day, and head home (hoping and praying that we would make it)! We got back on I-74 and I called our Honda Dealer where we bought it (Bob Rohrman's Indy Honda) service department and explained to a service tech. what happened and he basically said to pull over - call a tow truck and bring it in so they could look at it! That's it!!! That's all he said! NO - let ME call a tow truck for you and bring you a rental - NOTHING!!! We obviously couldn't do that - we aren't made of money - plus - 6 of us can't fit in a tow truck!!! Again - we paid $30,000 for this van brand new, babied the **** out of it, always kept it maintained and clean (heck - we even had seat covers on it ever since we bought it cause I didn't want to ruin the seats cuz of our kids and grand-kids - especially when we go to alot of ballgames! - and we had plastic on the floors under the mats up until March of this year!) So, anyway, we started to head back only doing about 50 cuz the rpm's were way up there so we had the flashers on and made it down the road to the next exit in Greensburg where there was an AutoZone and my husband bought some transmission fluid. We have that receipt too! We put that in and slowly and ever so carefully made it back home where it now sits in our driveway - I am very sad cuz it was my baby and now ... we have a major dilema.
  
**** We had just decided last week that we were going to trade it in on something newer while we could still get a good deal out of it since it was so exceptionally clean and taken care of. In fact, we had decided to trade it in on another vehicle yesterday but by the time we got everything done - the banks were closed. Our salesman knew we were going to Kings Island and is awaiting our call for us to come back out to trade it in once we got back and we were going to do that tomorrow! Now what? Now what are we going to do? There is no way the dealer will want to take our van on trade now with all of these problems! What are we to do now??? My husband is on vacation this week and believe me - this is NOT how he wanted to spend it!! He has put a call into the salesman but I can guarantee you - it is gonna cost us several thousand dollars on our trade now - IF THEY WILL EVEN TAKE IT!!! We are wating to hear back. I have video of the lights on if you need that. Oh - I forgot to mention - while all of this was going on - the "d" for drive light started flashing too and when we pulled into the truckstop/gas station - we then realized we had lost our Reverse gear too! No kiddin! We had to manually push ourselves backward out of the parking space!! Imagine that!!! Anyway, what do you recommend from here? Please help!!!
 
** So to follow up ... we finally found someone who would take it - gave us $3,000 for it for parts and we ended up buying a Ford. Too bad you cant rely on Honda any longer - or really ANY vehicle anymore because when you look at it .... there is not one single vehicle that is truly american made - with every component in it being made in america which is the only reason we bought the ody in the first place since it was considered to be the best, safest, most reliable, dependable, etc.... yada yada yada - obviously the truth is - you can't believe jack sh*t anymore from ANYONE!!! Just sad! Why is it now "abnormal" now to be what was used to be considered as "normal"? My moto now is ... "Abnormal is now the New Normal ... Normalcy is now the minority!"
 

#1508 of 2392 Re: Odyssey Issues [luvmyhondas] by hondalover1988

Jun 14, 2010 (8:33 am)

Replying to: luvmyhondas (Jun 05, 2010 6:41 pm)
Did you have to pay for the new transmission or did the dealer help with the cost

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