2002 Honda Odyssey engine problems

69 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2002 Honda Odyssey, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 69 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 80,000 miles 53 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 5 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 53 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	4
20k to 40k miles	3
40k to 60k miles	6
60k to 80k miles	12
80k to 100k miles	9
100k to 120k miles	4
120k to 140k miles	2
140k to 160k miles	4
160k to 180k miles	6
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 53 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* - on nov 5th, 2006 the contact's vehicle was involved in a crash . The driver was pulling to a parking space at 1- 2 MPH had foot on the brakes but the engine started racing very fast and continued to move forward, striking a guard rail. The driver was wearing a seat belt. The air bags did not deploy. The weather conditions were dry. The driver was injured and hospitalized for six days. A police report was taken. The contact was able to drive the vehicle away.

Reported at 81,300 miles, November 2006 CrashInjury

I was picking up the vehicle after the local dealer completed the recall to replace the timing belt tensioner. I accelerated to merge with traffic and the check engine light and tcs light came on. I immediately returned to the dealer to have the car checked out. The next day the service advisor called to tell me the reason the lights came on was because of high oil pressure.

Reported at 39,724 miles, December 2003

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Honda models