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2018 Honda Odyssey problems

Owners have filed 1,653 complaints about the 2018 Honda Odyssey with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 19.8% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 15.1%.

Complaints1,653

Crashes22

Fires7

Injuries43

Deaths9

What owners report breaking

Forward collision avoidance 19.8% · 327

Electrical system 15.1% · 250

Engine 11.1% · 184

Power train 9.7% · 161

Lane departure 9.6% · 158

Unknown or other 8.7% · 143

Structure 5.7% · 95

Fuel/propulsion system 4.7% · 77

Severity

Of those complaints, 22 describe a crash, 7 describe a fire, 43 report an injury and 9 report a death.

Reading the numbers

Across the 27 model years of the Honda Odyssey in this data, 2018 draws the most complaints of any of them.

Filings are rising — 1043 in the last three years against 359 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 19,000 miles.

In owners' own words

Our 2018 Honda Odyssey has a little over 33,000 miles on it; and out of nowhere several warning light came on, such as Adaptive Cruise Control problem, Lane Keeping Assisst Problem, Collision Mitigation system problem, Road departure mitigation system problem. Scheduled an appointment with Honda Service, however they refuse to event take a look at it, and cancel my appointment half an hour prior to appointment time. Forward collision avoidance

The forward camera sensor used in the 5th generation Honda Odyssey Touring is experiencing high rates of failure, especially in hot weather. This causes failure of the Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping Assist, Collision Mitigation system, Road Departure Mitigation, and Auto High Beam systems. The part number of the camera is 36160-THR-A72, 36160-THR-A73, or 36160-THR-A74 depending upon the date of manufacture. Forward collision avoidance

All of the advanced driver assistance systems have failed: adaptive cruise control, emergency braking, forward collision warning, lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance. Additionally, there is a brake failure fault. The Honda dealership said that the plastic cover over the radar is prone to fogging and that we should clean it. We tried that and it did not work. Still get all of the faults and warnings. Forward collision avoidance

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other Honda Odyssey years

2014 406 complaints · 18.0% power train 2015 273 complaints · 19.4% engine 2016 356 complaints · 25.6% engine 2019 1,621 complaints · 22.2% forward collision avoidance 2020 913 complaints · 30.4% forward collision avoidance 2021 212 complaints · 23.6% electrical system

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