2018 Honda Odyssey UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.
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OUR NEW 2018 HONDA ODYSSEY EX HAS FAILED TWICE TO RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. THE FIRST TIME I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE AND PUSHED ME OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY AFTER PRESSING THE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES THE ENGINE RESPONDED. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ON A FREEWAY TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT ABOUT 55 MILES PER HOUR COASTING BEHIND TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME. AGAIN, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND THE FIRST TIME I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. AFTER ABOUT THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE ENGINE RESPONDED. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER. THEY KEPT OVERNIGHT TO TEST IT WHEN IT WAS COLD AND RAN DIAGNOSTICS. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I HOPE THEY FIGURE THIS OUT BEFORE THIS CAR KILLS ME.
ON MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018 AT ABOUT 8:00 AM MY WIFE WAS SITTING STATIONARY AT A STOPLIGHT AND THE WINDOW IN THE REAR HATCH EXPLODED. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS/VEHICLES AROUND HER AND THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR. THE WINDOW EXPLODED FOR NO VISIBLE REASON. THE GLASS SHATTERED EVERYWHERE INTO THE REAR PART OF THE VAN AND REAR SEAT AREA. WE BROUGHT THE VAN TO INVER GROVE HONDA IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN (WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VAN NEW IN DECEMBER, 2017) AND THEY REFUSED TO CLASSIFY THIS AS A DEFECT AND DIRECTED US TO FILE A CLAIM WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY (WHICH WE DID). THEY DID PROVIDE US WITH A LOANER CAR FOR FREE AND HELPED US WORK WITH A GLASS REPLACEMENT SHOP. HOWEVER, I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT, THE GLASS HATCH WINDOW SHOULD NOT HAVE EXPLODED FOR NO REASON.
I JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW HONDA ODYSSEY 2018 EX-L ON OCTOBER 16, 2017. TURNED OFF THE ENGINE COMPLETELY AND WILL HEAR SEVERAL LOUD POP SOUNDS FROM THE BACK OF THE VAN.
WHEN DRIVING, MY VAN WILL SWITCH FROM DRIVE TO PARK. THE VAN MAKES A RUBBLING SOUND THEN CUTS OFF. I RESTART THE VAN THE VAN AND IT DRIVES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. I'M TAKING IT TO THE HONDA DEALER NEXT WEEK.
FRONT AND REAR PARKING SENSOR FAILURE. TURNED CARE ON AND ALARM SOUNDS AND FLASHES PARKING SENSOR ERROR. ALARMS CONTINUOUSLY.
VEHICLE RANDOMLY DISPLAYS A WARNING THAT ANTI-THEFT CANNOT COMMUNICATE AND INSTRUCTS DRIVER TO PRESS AND HOLD POWER. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS AT RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, WE DISCOVERED THAT IT MEANT THE RADIO POWER, NOT THE PUSH START FOR THE CAR. IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THIS MEANS THE RADIO ANTITHEFT OR THE VEHICLE ANTI-THEFT. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND IN A PARKING SPOT. IT HAPPENED ON START UP (AND REMAINED THERE DURING ALL 4 RESTARTS). IT WENT AWAY AFTER PRESS AND HOLDING THE RADIO POWER BUTTON.
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The 2018 Honda Odyssey has 56 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.