What year Odyssey's had Bad Trannies

I'm considering a 2000 Odyssey with 90,000 miles. What year were they
afflicted with bad trannies? Consumers sez the '99 had a weak trans, but
the 2000 looks OK. Anyone know for sure? Also, any other issues to be
aware of with the Odyssey?

Thanks,
WW

 

It's the luck of the draw , but if you think you're going to buy a vehicle
with 90000 miles on it and live happily ever after chances are you're
dreaming.

 

For all the information you would ever want on he Odyssey and transmissions
go to www.odyclub.com forum.

 

If it's an Odyssey with a V-6 motor, unfortunately it has or will have a
tranny problem. New or used! Honda has extended the warranty on 99-01
Odyssey's to 7 years or 100,000 miles whichever occurs first. They need to
do that on all years from 1999 to current year. Yeah, even 2005's may need
it. Just watch and wait.
Howard

 

Not a late model 04, and not the 05. By mid-04, they had fixed the
problem.

But it's freakish how the Odyssey got caught up with the same bad
transmission starting in 99 as Honda put in the Accord starting in 99,
and how--when they went to the all-new 5 speed unit with the 02
Odyssey--there was yet another problem in THAT transmission.

They need to stop hiring ex-Chrysler and -Ford guys to do their
transmissions. We all expected better than that from Honda.

 

I repeat!
"even 2005's may need it. Just watch and wait."
Betcha a nickel.
Howard

 

hmmmmm, I'm awfully tempted to take that bet.

But maybe that's just my optimism that Honda has fired everyone involved
in previous transmissions, and is past all this.

 

i will take that bet!!! I put a tranny in an 05 touring model last
week for differential bearing noise...
i also did 1 02 oddy and 1 99 oddy tranny last week.
Chip

 

A friend of mine here in Canada has a 2001 LX Odyssey, and his dealership
replaced his tyranny, even though it was 2000 miles over the wty.
I have a 2000 Ody with 30000 miles, and I'm considering taking mine in too!
-chris

 

Darn,
Could've been 5 cents richer, but then I knew I could win.
Howard

 

What exactly is the problem with these trannys - no one is perfect but
is it a case of cost cutting or just a design fluke? Looking at Big3
models it's strange how cars such as Crown Vics which haven't changed
for years suddenly develop new problems - I can only assume they're
putting more and more of a squeeze on suppliers who are forced to make
parts cheaper and weaker until you get a major problem. I just hope
Honda is not looking at Ford and GM as the way to build cars.

Bob

 

Honda might want to look at GM for AC and Trannies - two things GM generally
does well.
GM engines on the other hand... oh well.

 

Kinda sobering to hear someone say that.....

Rumor is that the engineer that was responsible for the hot gear issue
voluntarily retired.....

He now resides in a pine box somewhere underground.

Apparently it bothered him too...

-Snip-

 

It was not nearly as big a percentage of missions that we originally
feared. The L4 Accord is performing very well, the Ody failures were only a
small percentage of total vehicles sold, the '05 Ody had only a minor issue
with low gear, the V6 Accord hot gear issue has been a minute percentage.
Honda has voluntarily extended the drivetrain warranty to protect customer
investment in our product. (These were design issues, not assembly issues.)
To date, most of those transmissions that were goodwilled out by Honda were
done so with remarkable efficiency.

To date, we have built over 5.4 million automatic transmissions here in
Ohio.

That's five point four million, since 1997.

L4 Accord, V6 Accord, V6 Ody,4WD Pilot, L4 Civic, Acura V6 CL,V6 TL, 4WD
MDX, Ridgeline, Element.

When we see that customers-valued customers- have had issues that they
didn't feel got resolved in a fair and timely manner it only makes us work
harder to prevent something like that from ever occurring again.

I can't speak for everyone at Honda, but I grew up there. I've never
even been in a GM or Ford plant.

 

gm chrysler and ford don't build cars. they build junk.

 

I have had (4) "goodwill" transmission replacements in our 2000
Odyssey, first at about 80,000, one at 85,000, one at 87,000, and last
week one at 110,000. Thanks to Honda for replacing post-warranty. No
thanks to Honda for designing a system that clearly does not fulfill
Honda's historically legendary quality, and has left us in a vehicle
that is not worth even half of what we owe. Asked dealership to buy it
back for what we owe so we could afford a new one, they refused. My
family collectively has owned 11 different new Hondas since 1984, and
until this one all have been as-billed. I can't afford the risk of
keeping the vehicle, nearly a $4,000 repair if they won't warranty the
next failure.

My wife and I would have appreciated Honda saving us from this car, as
I cannot in good faith sell this to an unsuspecting family knowing what
I know. Honda is losing me on this one.....all companies/products have
problems, the difference is in how they are handled.

Jon

 

Very interesting as I myself have been a true Honda patron since 1987 & am
now moving over to the other side with Toyota as the quality at Honda is
just toooo much engineered less than it used to be & the gap between them &
other high end quality autos is visibly lessening.

It may be best to sell your Ody to a buyer clearly knowing of the potential
issue & also signing the sales sheet "as is".

T

 

Fellas:

You wouldn't be smart consumers if you didn't consider another
nameplate; I'm not trying to blow sunshine where it don't belong. It would
disappoint me to lose either of you, but you are not alone in your concerns.
Four transmission replacements in one vehicle is more than just a
concern; it's tragic. It bothers me that we didn't get to the solutions
before we did. All the while we were working on solutions, our customers
were dealing with problems the real world. It's financially tragic as well,
considering that each one of those goodwill replacements costs us (Honda)
over three thousand dollars apiece. Quite frankly, after the first one, all
the profit from the original sale was probably lost, so imagine what the
fourth replacement did for us. Try to quantify that in terms of how badly
Honda worked to save it's customers.
I deal first hand with failed transmissions, and I can tell you that
the problem is solved; it is my hope that we don't lose loyal buyers. It is
my belief that these design issues were growing pains, experienced as Honda
moved into new technology with 5-speed automatics. I'm telling you we have
matured in this area.

-Snip-

 

-Snip-

Should have read "in terms of how HARD Honda worked.."

poor choice of words on my part...

 

Presume any Honda from about 1998 onwards with an automatic, is likely
to have tranny problems. Some you just live with, it's only the ones
that leave you stranded that Honda has so far addressed publicly.

J.