2006 Honda Odyssey
Complaints about this year name condenser far more often than the other years of this generation — 9% of them, about 14× the usual rate of 0.6%.
Generation 1 of the Honda Odyssey, which began in 2005 and ran to 2010. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 703 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 242 |
| Involving a crash | 27 |
| Involving a fire | 11 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 19.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- motor — 14.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the other years of this generation (5.6×). Owners wrote it as: motor, mounts, mount, motor mounts.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- power steering — 12% of complaints, 4× usual
- mounts — 8% of complaints, 8× usual
- motor — 8% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE CRACKED AND TWO WERE BROKEN DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND APPROACHING SPEEDS BETWEEN 45MPH TO 65MPH THE ENTIRE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AS IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO FALL APART. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER AND I WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE FAI…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 06V270000 EQUIPMENT
- 14E049000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 14V112000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 10V504000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Odyssey was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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