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Honda body & structure problems

Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 5,563 complaints involve body & structure. The Odyssey accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 2005 Odyssey with 139 body & structure complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
5,563 about body & structure, all Honda models
Most affected
Odyssey 26% of these complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 3,159 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
369 and 43

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Honda models

ModelComplaintsShare
Odyssey1,44226%
Accord1,06619%
Civic82615%
CR-V67512%
Pilot4228%
Passport2374%
Fit1974%
Ridgeline1673%
GL18001032%
HR-V1032%

Worst model years for body & structure

  1. 2005 Honda Odyssey139 complaints
  2. 2007 Honda Odyssey138 complaints
  3. 2008 Honda Odyssey136 complaints
  4. 2000 Honda Odyssey122 complaints
  5. 2006 Honda Odyssey102 complaints

Body & structure complaints by model year

Honda body & structure complaints by model year 0 225 450 1990: 47 '90 1991: 49 1992: 29 1993: 27 '93 1994: 19 1995: 45 1996: 55 '96 1997: 47 1998: 151 1999: 216 '99 2000: 274 2001: 229 2002: 220 '02 2003: 308 2004: 177 2005: 258 '05 2006: 291 2007: 435 2008: 442 '08 2009: 203 2010: 213 2011: 130 '11 2012: 128 2013: 154 2014: 141 '14 2015: 138 2016: 193 2017: 151 '17 2018: 264 2019: 186 2020: 74 '20 2021: 33 2022: 39 2023: 83 '23 2024: 57 2025: 42 2026: 15 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199047
199149
199229
199327
199419
199545
199655
199747
1998151
1999216
2000274
2001229
2002220
2003308
2004177
2005258
2006291
2007435
2008442
2009203
2010213
2011130
2012128
2013154
2014141
2015138
2016193
2017151
2018264
2019186
202074
202133
202239
202383
202457
202542
202615

Among the 3,159 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.