Honda Odyssey 2018 2019 Almost killed us twice! Watch before you buy! 

You got it from a 3rd party dealership? It's a big no. It had been abused! Buy only CPO or brand new Hondas!

Im sticking with odyssey’s cause they are my dream car so 2016 or 2010 top of the line I used to have an odyssey the dealer told me that it would cost your gonna laugh $17,000 just for the alternator my dad went with me and the dealer said yah 1700 and it also looks like your having Honda sensing problems I’m not gonna replace the windshield nor the camera just for $1700 if you want I’ll pay $2,000 for the alternator. So we pay get the odyssey back and he says oh btw I put the parking brake on. Me: uh ok

Good. Not sure why they keep putting this junk tech on vehicles. The issues outweigh the mpg savings 😂

Right

The lemon law is hard has to be 3 same repairs to be considered then u have to go threw corporate lawyers. Smh what a failure with Honda all these years then u produce this trash

Yup, two times with the same issue and you can use a lemon lawyer. Keep all receipts.

Thanks for sharing this!

There was a recall for loose battery terminals.

Yes

absolutely, at 49k its shifting from drive to sport by itself. Hard shifts all the time, delayed shifts from zero.

105k in the book and 120k is viable. Did my 07 ex-l at 129k and 12 years old. Belt looked new. But yeah its expensive service and wait till the valve service, woo hoo thats a lotta work

Do you take terminals off while charging? Any damage to electrical system possible while charging if terminals are still connected while charging? It's an hassle to take terminals off and enter radio code / clock adjustment etc.

Exactly. AFAIK some early models don't come with AGM batteries but the regularly ones that will drain FAST if they are constantly idling and not maintained.

What an idiotic comment.. I'd like to see you in the freezing cold with your family.

I got exactly the same issue today. Someone helped jump start my car and I replaced the battery at Autozone. I bought my odyssey in 2017 and the battery I replaced was the 2nd one Honda installed under warranty service in 2019.

My 2012 Oddy exl still runs like a champ. Bought the car from a small dealership at 142k miles. That was since 2019 of Oct. Now it's 2023, I'm at 216k miles. I've done alot of driving and ofc, some repairs and replacements. New batteries, new front control arms, new steering rack, new wheel hub/wheel bearings, new axles, new inner and outter tie rods, new brake kits, new sway bar links, new suspensions, new power steering high pressure hose, new tires, new coils, new spark plugs, and vcm muzzled. All these I self done. I do the work knowing what I've done. ofc, next things to be ahead of the problems to do are the valve cover gaskets, oil pan gasket, water pump, timing belt, new cat, and finish up with rear new control arms, new rear toe arms, new sway bar bushings, new serpentine belt, and new idle tensioner. Just basic things after 200k. No worries of electrical problems or whatsoever. Just maintenace wise things. Might seem like alot but I prefer to stay ahead of the problems. Doing my own oil changes and transmission flush saves me money and time. Shooting for 1Million miles for a free newer Oddy in the future.

Same issues my 2016 Odyssey shut off also while driving on the freeway and the dealership said they cannot duplicate. So dangerous cause all electrical disappeared and I pulled over luckily and was able to restart it after holding down the radio button for 2 seconds.

I have the same issue on my 2020 odyssey

My wife had an issue when she got off the freeway and the van went into park. 2018 Honda odyssey elite

@@marcospadilla9819 possibly due to loose battery terminals. There was a recall.

He just didn’t take care of it

if its a brand new car you should be cover by factory warranty , why you dealership charging you money ?

**EDIT: the following solution applies to models with incandescent headlights. I am not sure if it works with models with LED headlights** TL;DR- DRIVING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON IS THE SOLUTION. Feel free to read on and learn about the problem... The unusually shitty charging system in this Honda model is supposed to be a feature but it's actually a flaw. The foolish charging system is designed to improve fuel economy, the unintended consequence of which is shortened battery life. The god awful charging system allows the system to starve at about 12.3V I have personally found while driving, unless there is a large current draw, or if the battery is really getting drained to a point where it's about to die. You can overcome this ridiculous charging system by driving with your HEADLIGHTS ON all the time. I know this because I checked it out with an OBD2 meter that gives a running voltage measurement while driving. After I replaced my battery I saw that the car was running at 12.3 volts unless I turned my fan on all the way high or if I drove with my headlights on. With a large current draw you can see the voltage go up to 14.1. Initially I was baffled by this and after doing a lot of research I found that Honda uses an assinine dual mode charging system. I also spoke to a mechanic who said the alternators have clutches so that at certain points they're not even spinning. All in the name of fuel economy at the cost of our safety.

The injector issue is most likely a simple cleaning issue. Our odyssey had same issue until I found out they are using GDI engines so basically the valves don’t have fuel flow over them to enter the engine, so fuel additives don’t help. They put a special tube atop the engine and it uses a $15 bottle of cleaner every 20k miles. Fixed my problem immediately that I had for a year and hasn’t come back.

Omg...same here. My was a lease and debating to buy it...not now. My battery did crap out too.

Which minivan did you change it to now? Sienna, Pacifica, or others? I need to switch my suv to minivan. Suv is too small for a family.

Get a Toyota van or Lexus.

The door lock sensor. The tip off is that the door unlocks the doors as you approach, without touching the car or fob. The power drain is that door sensor connecting via radio waves with your fob over and over. They can connect over a great distance. Power drain will continue until fob is out of range or remove fob battery. Took 3 trips over 8 months until a factory engineer visited the dealership. He knew the problem right away. Hope that helps

Are you leaving your keys nlinsode the van? You're not supposed to, keeps the vehicle from shutting all the way down.

What have you done now?

2019 my transmission is toast at 15k miles

damn

I am thinking of getting 2023, but seems there a lot of transmission issues. I love everything else, but I don’t worth spending so much to have 50/50 chance of transmission going out.

As an owner of even older Odyssey I agree with you that the drain might be connected to the door, but not necessary to the interior light, because it might be off with the door closed but still unlatched - this is based on my experience with Odyssey doors. On the other hand his van has less than 30K miles, it is almost brand new car by the standard of used cars and it should have no such problems whatsoever. Also, I read a forum of Ody owners the other day and I was amazed with a number of posts about transmission problems. Starting from the very first generation of these vans in 2000 and up to the last generation of 2020 Honda was unable to make a reliable transmission. It is 20 years!!! And for 20 years owners have been facing the same problem - failing transmissions. I think this is all that a person should know when choosing a new or used Honda.

That’s true Honda dealers are terrible no one knows how to fix the say it’s working fine

Nope, American Honda. They issue the warranty and don’t honor it.

Older model? I have a 2017- junk

Good luck with that. They give you a case number and never answer the phone, and if they do answer they don’t say one word. Their warranty department is even worse to deal with. They lied and said nothing is covered under the warranty. Was laughing at that! The 2016 Odyssey has been sitting in the driveway for 8.5 months while my lemon lawyer does battle. Honda is going to loose so bad in court. American Honda is a real POS company now. If the problem is less than 10,000 just take it to small claims court which is easier and faster. I have learned and am getting a Toyota.

David Doe your problem sounds very similar to ours. Checked voltage of battery it was 12.3. Long story short remote battery was low. Replaced remote battery and problem solved. Now I carry 2 spare batteries .

You probably are in year 2017 or older. We had a 2013 and it never had any issues. We now own a 2021 and the van goes from drive to park all on its own among other issues. It’s the computer part of the van that glitches. We have taken it to Honda twice now and still have issues. It is dangerous. I was in Destin, FL and traffic was thick. Came to a stop at a light and the van decided to go from drive to park. Light turned green and the van would not respond. It would not go back to drive. People were getting upset with me sitting on the road in thick traffic. I had to turn the van off and back on to get it into drive again. This is one example of many.

@@lauraweaver82 I’m so glad I’m looking at these reviews because I wanted to get a 2019 but I think I will stick with the 2015

Lol 😂 right shit

**EDIT: the following solution applies to models with incandescent headlights. I am not sure if it works with models with LED headlights** TL;DR- DRIVING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON IS THE SOLUTION. Feel free to read on and learn about the problem... The unusually shitty charging system in this Honda model is supposed to be a feature but it's actually a flaw. The foolish charging system is designed to improve fuel economy, the unintended consequence of which is shortened battery life. The god awful charging system allows the system to starve at about 12.3V I have personally found while driving, unless there is a large current draw, or if the battery is really getting drained to a point where it's about to die. You can overcome this ridiculous charging system by driving with your HEADLIGHTS ON all the time. I know this because I checked it out with an OBD2 meter that gives a running voltage measurement while driving. After I replaced my battery I saw that the car was running at 12.3 volts unless I turned my fan on all the way high or if I drove with my headlights on. With a large current draw you can see the voltage go up to 14.1. Initially I was baffled by this and after doing a lot of research I found that Honda uses an assinine dual mode charging system. I also spoke to a mechanic who said the alternators have clutches so that at certain points they're not even spinning. All in the name of fuel economy at the cost of our safety.