2001 Honda Odyssey power train problems

“IT WILL SHIFT HARD IN ALL GEARS. SOMETIMES WON'T START, WON'T MOVE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES. IF YOU GET IN THE HIGHWAY IT DOES IT. IF YOU ARE AT LOW SPEEDS IT DOES IT. IT'S SCARY WHEN IT DOES IT. AND DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAPPENS.”

“I WAS DRIVING ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IN MY LANE AND DIRECTION I WAS TRAVELING, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURN RED, WHICH IMPLIES MY VEHICLE TO STOP. I STOPPED. WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURN GREEN, WHICH IMPLIES MY VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD, MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL FORWARD. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE, WITH SOUNDS AND FEEL OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, SLIPPING AND AT TIMES NOT MOVING. I BARELY MADE IT TO A SAFE PLACE , A NEAR STORE PARKING LOT, TO GET MY VEHICLE OUT OF DANGER OF A BUSY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. I HAD TO BE TOWED TO A FRIEND'S HOME SOME 40 MILES FROM THE VEHICLE OCCURRING PROBLEM OF NOT OPERATING IN A SAFE MANNER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT RAN SINCE. IF YOU PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE PERIOD. THE VEHICLE IS AND HAS REMAINED IN MY YARD AT MY RESIDENT.”

“MY 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY WAS SHAKING AND WHEN I WOULD SHIFT IT IN GEAR AND WOULDN'T SHIFT AND IT WOULD DRIVE ROUGH. I CHANGED ALL THE SOLENOID BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. NOW I'M JUST GOING TO JUNK IT I CAN'T AFFORD PUTTING A NEW TRANSMISSION IT ONLY HAS 112,000 MILES. I ONLY USED MY HONDA TO GO TO WORK AND HOME IN THE CITY STREETS.”

“I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD NORMAL AND THE NEXT MOMENT MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS AS NORMAL AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV WITHOUT PROPELLING MY VEHICLE ANY FARTHER. I SLOWED DOWN AND THEN COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I EXPERIMENTED ONCE I WAS SAFELY OFF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO RE ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. IT LET ME GO FOR ANOTHER FEW MILES THEN I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED TO DRIVE IT TO MY MECHANICS SHOP AND ON THE WAY IT STOPPED AND WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. I WAS ONLY ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM MY HOME. FITTINGLY ENOUGH I HAD TO PARK IT IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BUSINESS. THAT BUSINESS WAS A FUNERAL HOME. ALL THIS TOOK PLACE ON A CITY STREET WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC THE NEXT MORNING, I WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY A CO-WORKER WHO WAS GOING TO GIVE ME A RIDE AFTER I DROPPED IT OFF. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE ERUPTED REVVING AND AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS IT SLOWED OBVIOUSLY BUT THE SECOND I PRESSED ON THE PEDAL AGAIN IT WAS REV WITH NO MOTION. NOW I HAVE A VAN WITH A NEW TIMING BELT, NEW REAR BRAKE LIGHT (I…”

“FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE WE OWNED THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING AND THE VEHICLE AGAIN ISN'T DRIVABLE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS Y/M/M WITH MANY COMPLAINTS. NHTSA AND HONDA NEED TO DO A RECALL. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE HAD ANY CARS AROUND ME. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT BY HONDA. WE'RE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND HONDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AS IS NHTSA BUT NO MAJOR ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR”

“DRIVER ABLE TO SHUT OFF IGNITION AND REMOVE KEY WHILE TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR STILL IN DRIVE. MY TEEN DRIVERS THAT ARE LEARNING TO DRIVE HAVE DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES, EVEN AFTER I HAVE POINTED IT OUT TO THEM. THE VEHICLE SAFETY INTERLOCKS SHOULD PREVENT THIS SCENARIO BUT IN THIS VEHICLE, THE SAFETY FEATURE HAS FAILED”