2005 Honda Odyssey engine problems

139 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2005 Honda Odyssey, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 139 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 88,000 miles 119 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 4
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 119 complaints that include mileage. 18% 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	9
20k to 40k miles	5
40k to 60k miles	8
60k to 80k miles	27
80k to 100k miles	25
100k to 120k miles	17
120k to 140k miles	12
140k to 160k miles	10
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 119 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 88,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 4 fires.

What owners wrote

1) events leading up to the failure, there were no indications prior to the incident. (2) failure and its consequences, and as soon car was put in park and turned off, white smoke came out from under the hood, turning to black smoke and fire within one minute. Whole engine, dash and front of car was destroyed in the fire. (3) what was done to correct the failure; I.e, parts repaired or replaced (and if old part is available) car was totaled.

Reported at 13,000 miles, May 2006 Fire

Owner noticed that the air conditioning was not cooling. Verified that compressor was running, but it did not load the engine - suspected loss of refrigerant. Dealer confirmed no refrigerant was in system, and found that it had leaked out of condenser via a small hole, probably caused by something striking the condenser.

Reported at 66,500 miles, October 2008

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Honda models