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2003 Honda Odyssey electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 84 complaints for the 2003 Honda Odyssey, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
84 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
122,000 miles 59 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 2
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Odyssey Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 122,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 10 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 6 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 122,000 miles
Based on 59 complaints that include mileage. 14% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles10
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles6

What the data shows

Of the 59 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 122,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 11 crashes, 2 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

New 2003 honda odyssey ex-l van caught fire while I was driving. The fire started in the stereo/cd player. Earlier in the day, the radio stopped working, shut off and would not turn on. Later that evening as we were driving, we smelled an electrical fire. A few minutes later, the CD player burst into flames. The fire began inside the CD slot. Blue, yellow and orange flames were soon jetting out of the player.

August 2003 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the ignition switch failed. The two original keys and one additional key failed to turn and would become stuck. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and it was determined that the shift inter lock lever needed to be replaced. The contact asked about NHTSA campaign number: 12v573000 (electrical system); however, the vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 51,256.

Reported at 51,256 miles, May 2015

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