2011 Honda Odyssey problems
The 2011 Honda Odyssey has 294 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (23%) concerns electrical system. After that come brakes (15%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 294 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 17 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 27,000 miles 225 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 | 97 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 38 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 35 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 20 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 225 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 27,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 2,000 miles (57 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 17 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2011 ranks 18th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Honda Odyssey with enough data (199 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
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.
On october 15, 2017 at 10:20pm my grandson was heading to my home and while leaving the expressway, both of the front safety bag covers blew out hitting him and the front passenger. However, the bags never deployed. This happened without a collision but when the cover hit his eyeglasses, only a sizzling sound was heard and powder powder came out causing the loose of control of the vehicle hitting in a frontal manner another vehicle that passed by.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while traveling at 55 MPH, the driver veered off the road and crashed into a ditch. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. The driver sustained severe head injuries, a concussion, and bruising throughout her body. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while traveling 35 MPH the brakes were depressed suddenly and the rear passenger seat flipped forward while it was occupied by her children. The failure recurred. As a result of the failure, one of the babies sustained a nose injury. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired.
Sunroof of our odyssey exploded while driving on highway. I took the car to the dealership and we saw that glass was bowed out. Serviceman at the dealership said this looks to have occurred from pressure inside the vehicle. We had no cargo and nothing was touching the sunroof. Luckily kids were not in the vehicle at the time and vehicle was in control, but this is dangerous and could cause injury.