2001 Honda Odyssey problems
The 2001 Honda Odyssey has 721 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (27%) concerns transmission. After that come drivetrain & axles (20%) and body & structure (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 721 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 62 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 99,000 miles 519 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 35 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 27 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 40 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 75 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 87 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 79 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 42 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 61 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 31 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 26 |
| 200k+ miles | 16 |
What the data shows
Among the 519 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 99,000 miles. For transmission specifically, the median reported mileage is about 98,000 miles (163 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 62 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Honda Odyssey with enough data (224 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Conusmer was rearend by a vehicle that was driving at approximately 30 MPH. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's seatbacks reclined backwards, causing back pain and whiplash. Vehicle is still being fix , cause unknown.
Consumer stated on 11/25/03 he was involved in a side impact accident, while his wife was driving. The consumer stated that the air bags did not deploy and that his seat, which was the passenger side at the time of the collision, collapsed. He stated he injured his shoulder, and while his daughter was seated on the third seat, she was also injured. He states also that his wife was traveling about 35-40 MPH.
I bought a 2001 honda odyssey and within 5 months of owning it I broke down on the highway. I was driving and all of a sudden the rps went up and down and the van stopped within 60 seconds. I am the second owner and since buying the car this has never happened. I had the car towed to my house and then to a dealer. I was told that it needed a new transmission which would cost between 2100 and 2500.00.
While driving up a narrow, twisty mountain road, transmission failed, rendering car unable to move forward and, despite application of power, car started rolling backward down slope. Was able to find a crossroad to back into to get car out of the flow of traffic. This is the fifth transmission failure in this car in 150,000 miles. All of the failures have occurred in traffic, creating a safety hazard.