10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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2020 Honda Odyssey Owner Comments

problem #8

Apr 152024

Odyssey

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Our vehicle is only a few years old and the front camera failed. It will not do any Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Warning, etc. Honda refuses to cover this even though it is a manufacturer defect.

- Queen Creek, AZ, USA

problem #7

Mar 182024

Odyssey

  • miles
We bought a used 2020 Honda Odyssey, and a few months after buying this vehicle, the infotainment screen blanked out and the vehicle information screen also blinked out. This occurred at the same time with no warning whatsoever. I just turned on the car, and none of the screens came on. These screens are the ones that show the mph, our mileage, cruise control, etc, and also the screen that shows the back up camera, in car calling, back up alert system. None of that works anymore. We made an appointment to take it to a Honda dealership and a few days later it flickered back on and so we did not keep the appointment. Just a month and a half later, it happened again and this time it has not come back on for over a month. We took it to the dealership and were charged $200 for them to tell us it was something wrong with the Honda computer system and the whole thing would need replaced and we would be charged $1800. This is on a barely 4-year-old vehicle & we did not have the money to replace a defective system. So we have been driving without a mph display. We put our phones up on the dashboard and try a GPS MPH app, but it is wildly inaccurate, and it is a major safety concern because we have no idea what speed we-??re going and we have to guess. This is a car with low mileage and barely 4 years old!! We paid a lot of money for the back up camera, in car calling, and extra features like that specifically for the safety of those features. And now we-??re being told that basically they can-??t find the problem and we have to pay $1800 for those rather high-priority safety features like knowing how fast you-??re going. I also have a newly licensed teenage driver and another who will get her temps in 2 months. I can-??t even let them drive our vehicle because they certainly don-??t have the experience necessary to drive with no speedometer. We live in a state that doesn-??t allow handling a phone in any way. This vehicle helped me comply with that & now I must use a phone to show my mph

- Mentor, OH, USA

problem #6

Jan 052024

Odyssey

  • miles
Was driving to work while raining.hit a water puddle hydroplaned, The stop brake warning light came, vehiical slammed on the brakes, and the steering wheel locked up. There where not other vehicals on the road.Rolled the vehical 3 times. On several occasions our honda van has slammed on the brakes without any vehicle or obstacle present.

- Beaumont, TX, USA

problem #5

Jul 212023

Odyssey

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Front windshield camera, controls adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lane departure mitigation, front collision mitigation, auto high beam, all the lights came on and all the features stopped working. We were 1500 miles from home when this happened had it repaired at a dealership $1300. I called Honda corporate and after 2 days a customer service representative called me back. He told me the vehicle was 2500 miles out of warranty and it's a car and cars are going to break down. That I should drive it back home and have the dealership repair it and they might be able to help with some kind of reimbursement. I did not want to drive it that far without all the systems functioning so he said well that's on me.

- San Benito , TX, USA

problem #4

Feb 022022

Odyssey

  • miles
Continuously intermittent lose of all main dash board information to include speed, all advanced safety features, display goes totally black. Continuously intermittent lose of infotainment system. Includes radio, gps, backup camera and all other options.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #3

Feb 192022

Odyssey

  • miles
On several occasions our honda van has slammed on the brakes without any vehicle or obstacle present. The automatic braking system has worked properly when someone ahead brakes aggressively... but the instances i'm talking about have occur without vehicles in our lane. 1 time it was coming around a turn and i almost lost control of the steering since i wasn't expecting a hard brake. I haven't gotten it inspected or looked at. the safety feature seems to work properly but then will sense something that isn't there.

- Taylor, TX, USA

problem #2

Oct 102021

Odyssey

  • miles
While driving at approximately 40 mph with the lane keeping assist feature turned on, I attempted to turn on the cruise control. The cruise turned on, but the center instrument panel did not report that cruise was on, nor the speed at which cruise was set. Using the steering wheel controls to increase the speed or decrease the speed did not update the instrument panel. The speed stayed locked at 4:00pm with the cruise control indicator off. The instrument panel with the speed, etc locked up. Several moments later the entire panel went back and remained black for a short period of time. I had no speedometer nor other critical instruments available on my instrument panel. About 10 seconds later or so, the panel came back on and acted normal. It showed cruise was in fact on and set to 43. I promptly turned off cruise control and left it off

- Dublin, OH, USA

problem #1

Aug 132021

Odyssey

  • miles
I went to park at a curb, and when I went to stop the van jumped over the curb and almost into a building. I had to almost push the brakes into the floorboard. It was like the car accelerated on its own. I was lucky there was only a flower bed it went through and nobody was on the sidewalk. I have called multiple Honda dealerships and they said there was no recall or any problems with the acceleration. No warnings went off, this was at 7 am when this happened.

- Minot, ND, USA

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