2014 Honda Odyssey problems
The 2014 Honda Odyssey has 410 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (18%) concerns drivetrain & axles. After that come engine (15%) and brakes (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 410 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 25,000 miles 283 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 | 121 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 58 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 34 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 33 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 17 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 283 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 25,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 14,000 miles (58 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 21 complaints mention a crash; 12 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Honda Odyssey with enough data (297 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 saturday july 19th my son almost choked to death on the middle row seatbelt. I have three young kids of 7,6 and 4. The 7 and 6 were playing and suddenly the seatbelt wrapped around my sons neck. My wife quickly attempted to unattached and untangle and she could not. The seatbelt just got tighter and tighter and there was no emergency release button either from the top or bottom of the seatbelt.
After returning from an errand, my family and I were parked in our driveway. My four-year-old son was sitting in the third row passenger side and buckled using the car's seatbelt. He was sitting in his toddler carseat, per guidelines. In trying to unbuckle himself, he became inextricably entangled in the seatbelt. The more he or I tried to free him; the tighter the seatbelt became around his torso, even making indentations and abrasive red marks on his skin.
While my son was reaching for seatbelt his arm/wrist got stuck in door as it was closing. Door would not move and just sandwiched his wrist. Whether car was in drive or park door would not open or close. Finally we got his wrist out and door closed.
The brakes on our 2014 odyssey started vibrating slightly when applied at 20,000 miles. Slowly the vibration has increased with time and is now very apparent at 28k. Our dealer claims that there is no service bulleten on the issue and it appears tha the brake rotors are warped and need to be resurfaced. However, we are very cautious drivers and hve never encountered this problem with any of our numerous other vehicles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 honda odyssey. While driving various speeds, the vehicle jerked and did not change gears without warning. The vehicle was taken to bergstrom honda (located at 3285 s washburn st, oshkosh, wi 54904) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.