2013 Honda Odyssey problems
The 2013 Honda Odyssey has 276 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (28%) concerns engine. After that come brakes (20%) and body & structure (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 276 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 28 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 20 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 35,000 miles 196 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 | 58 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 47 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 28 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Among the 196 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 35,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 75,000 miles (47 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 28 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 20 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 20th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Honda Odyssey with enough data (179 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
I was in a motor vehicle accident, and when the airbags deployed. A woman, who leaned into the passenger side of my vehicle to see if I was hurt, said she could smell something burning and saw the sleeve of sweatshirt jacket on fire. Had she not checked on me, the sleeve of my sweatshirt may have burned all the way up my arm. As I only have use of the arm that caught fire The vehicle is at a body shop, waiting for insurance issues to be worked out.
The headrest failed and collapsed in a 60mph side impact collision. Causing the 8 year old child in the seat to have her shoulder injured. Contacted Diono waiting on a response back. Pictures attached show 2 identical seats at the same proper height. Upon impact you can see the child on the impact side has the headrest collapse and come crashing down on her shoulder. She was evaluated by paramedics on sight.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the front driver's side emitted a loud noise as the steering wheel moved abruptly to the left. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a ditch. The contact did not sustain any injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for the failure however, the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 10,000.
Folsom lake honda has not repaired our seat for the two safety recalls that we have repeatedly called them about. They never seem to have the part or may just be unwilling to perform the repair. At this point we are afraid to seat our kids in the outer 2nd row seats.