2021 Honda Odyssey
This year drew an ordinary 132 complaints for a Honda Odyssey — the model's median is 255. What they were about is the unusual part: 10.6% of them mention aware issue, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Honda Odyssey, which began in 2018. 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 | 132 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 255 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- aware issue — 10.6% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: aware issue, bags however, distribution, disconnect.
- off car — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 0.9% across the other years of this generation (7.6×).
- attempted — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: attempted, fell.
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
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V064000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of…
I received a recall and call from the Honda dealership about a left and right side mirror recall, and they needed to be replaced. They were replaced with distorted blurry concave mirrors. Honda dealership was aware of this issue yet still installed them. After…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V010000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V174000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 23V431000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V064000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V877000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 26V227000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V332000 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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