2018 Honda Odyssey Reliability Report

The front camera mounted on the windshield fails without warning. It takes adaptive cruise, lane keeping, collision mitigation braking, road departure mitigation and auto high beams offline all at once. A string of warning messages appears at startup or while driving. Failures range from about 30,000 to 120,738 miles, and some vans lose a second camera. Replacement runs from about $1,335.88 to $1.5K, often out of pocket, and parts can be back-ordered. A smaller group of reports describes hard false braking, such as over raised railroad tracks. Two crashes are on file.

This category is a mix. The most serious reports describe a delay of about 3 seconds before the van moves from a stop, and that delay is blamed for one crash. One van caught fire while driving after an engine warning. Other complaints cover a power sliding door that closed on a child's arm instead of reversing, sliding doors that grind or will not latch, and a moonroof that shattered on the interstate. Owners also report infotainment and dash blackouts, stalls after Auto Idle Stop, and tailgate failures caused by roof seam leaks.

Rear body seams above the liftgate leak and let water reach the power tailgate control module. The tailgate then stops working, will not latch, or opens and closes on its own. Some owners also find mildew under the headliner. Power sliding doors are the second pattern. They stall partway and reverse, refuse to open, or pop open over bumps, sometimes even after recall repairs. Other reports include weak tailgate struts that let the gate drift down onto people, a sunroof that shattered at 2500 miles, and one fire near the third row.

Many reports center on fuel pump recall 23V-858. Some owners wait indefinitely because dealers lack parts. Others whose VINs are excluded describe the same symptoms: hard starts, stalling at lights or on the highway, and hesitation when merging. A few vans stall again after the recall pump is installed. Separately, the high-pressure fuel pump in the engine bay fails around 82,000 miles, causing a loud engine noise and a loss of power. One owner reports a strong fuel smell and a leak after filling the tank.

When pulling away from a stop, the gas pedal stops responding for 1 to 3 seconds. Then the van surges hard enough to spin the tires. This happens most often while turning left across traffic or merging, and some owners report it at highway speed too. The problem tends to recur for years, and dealers often cannot reproduce it or have no fix. One owner reports traumatic stress from repeated near misses. Several other reports here describe the front camera failing, sometimes right after a battery replacement, with quotes near $1500.

Collision mitigation braking brakes hard when nothing is ahead, often on curves or during turns at intersections, which raises the risk of being rear-ended. Dealers call this normal, and the system turns itself back on every time the van starts. Camera failures that disable the braking aids also show up here, with one quote of $2000. Other reports describe a soft pedal that sinks toward the floor on the first press, and front rotors that shake the steering when braking at speed. In one crash with 3 injuries, neither the warning nor automatic braking activated.

Passenger-side and curtain bags go off while driving with no crash or impact. This is the most common report. Reported mileages include about 103,000 and 135,000 miles, and one passenger went to the hospital. Other owners describe deployments from minor events such as a popped tire or a rear-end hit, while in one side impact the bags did not deploy at all. An SRS warning light also appears, which one dealer traced to the passenger seat weight sensor at 59,000 miles. Repair costs often fall on the owner.