2011 Honda Odyssey
This year drew an ordinary 232 complaints for a Honda Odyssey — the model's median is 255. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.2% of them mention tpms, against 2.5% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Honda Odyssey was redesigned for 2011. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 232 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 255 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- tpms — 8.2% of this year's complaints, against 2.5% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: tpms, reset, stayed, tire pressure.
- brand — 6% of this year's complaints, against 1.5% across the other years of this generation (4.1×). Owners wrote it as: brand, brand new, new 2011.
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.
What owners wrote
BOUGHT THE ODYSSEY 2011 EXL AND DROVE FOR 5 MILES FROM THE DEALOR WHEN THE TPMS LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR EVER. TAKEN AN APPOINT WITH HONDA SERVICE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST THE TYRE PRESSURE. ANOTHER DEALTER WOULD LIKE TO RESET THE WHOLE SENSOR SET…
EITHER THE BRAKE ROTORS WARP OR THE PADS DEPOSIT SOMETHING ONTO THE ROTORS. THE CAR HABITUALLY GOES THROUGH BRAKES, A SINGLE LONG DESCENT WILL CAUSE BRAND NEW BRAKES TO JUTTER BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY, WHICH IS UNNERVING FEELS LIKE IT DECREASES BRAKE EFFECTIVE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V725000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V933000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 11V181000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 11V180000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 13V016000 AIR BAGS 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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