1. Honda Odyssey
  2. Problems
  3. 2001
  4. Power Train

2001 Honda Odyssey Power Train Problems

135
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 135 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

What owners report

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
100–150k mi50
60–100k mi36
150–400k mi33
30–60k mi7
1–30k mi3

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 26, 2006 · 76,000 miles

    Power Train

    Transmission failure 2 times @ 76000.00 miles dealer said they replaced transmission but @125000 miles it gave out again worst than last time shop that did work 2nd time said dealer only replaced converter ? Do not understand not very happy. *tr

    ODI 10435313

  • October 14, 2005 · 108,000 miles

    Power Train

    Transmission started slipping and engaging violently and finally didn't work. *tr

    ODI 10442174

  • May 28, 2005 · 55,384 miles

    Power Train

    5/28/05 first transmission replaced under warranty on 06/03/05 10/12/07 second transmission replaced under warranty 10/15/07 with 87,344 miles 11/14/11 third transmission not replaced with 166,230 miles all times incident occurred while driving. Two times while on highway and car stopped working and towed to honda dealer. 1st incidence serviced at maine mall motors s. Portland, me. 2nd and 3rd incidences dealt with…

    ODI 10435251

  • September 1, 2004 · 35,000 miles

    Power Train

    Bought vehicle 2001. First transmission went summer of 2004. Honda paid to replace. Second transmission went summer 2009. We paid to replace. Transmission needs to be replaced again. Vehicle has 157,000 and is 10 years old. *tr

    ODI 10432194

  • July 2, 2004 · 68,000 miles

    Power Train

    The transmission has failed yet again on the 2001 odyssey van. We called honda us to take care of the problem. Honda's only reply is that the warranty is expired and that they are not required to do anything additionally. We appealed to honda on several fronts, including the poor design, history of the van being unavailable, lost vacation as we were actually driving to a destination one time that it failed, and most…

    ODI 10429118

  • June 22, 2003 · 27,000 miles

    Power Train

    Tl* the contact owns a 2001 honda odyssey. The contact was driving 50 mph when the transmission failed to operate with the illumination of the check engine warning indicator. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the transmission was replaced but the failure later recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 27,000.

    ODI 10546395

  • May 20, 2003 · 37,531 miles

    Power Train

    2001 honda odyssey automatic transmission failure on 3 separate occasions as follows: first transmission failure on 20 may 2003 at 37,531 miles. Second transmission failure on 14 may 2007 at 119,849 miles. Third transmission failure on 23 april 2012 at 193,820 miles. These failures are due to a defect in the material or workmanship of the transmission for this vehicle as acknowledged by the american honda motor…

    ODI 10456588

  • March 25, 2003 · 43,865 miles

    Power Train

    While driving back from vacation in nashville, tn on i-65n the transmission began slipping and the vehicle began to slow down rapidly. The particular area in nashville did not have much of a shoulder to pull off on. My family and i were very fortunate to find an off ramp soon and exit the interstate. I found a honda dealer in nashville and was told i would have to wait three days to wait for any kind of service. We…

    ODI 10448274

  • September 18, 2002 · 950 miles

    Power Train

    The honda odyssey transmission failed, my mother with alzheimers was in the car with us, the car is very unsafe, we are the original owners and are putting in a fourth transmission in our 2001 honda odyssey which we gave to our daughter who is a single mom of four children, we had faith in honda and now wish we had sold the odyssey after we replaced the transmission the first time. *tr

    ODI 10425180

  • April 28, 2001

    Power Train

    2001 honda odyssey. Consumer writes in regards to transmission problems. *smd the appeared to be a minimal amount of sporadic transmission slippage between the 1st and 2nd gear. The dealer stated the slipping was normal, because it meant the transmission needed to be serviced. The dealer stated the fluid replacement, would take care of the slipping problem. The vehicle exhibited the same problem 20,000 miles later,…

    ODI 10621659