2019 Honda Odyssey Reliability Report

These are mixed reports, and the most serious are two engine-bay fires that started after the van was parked, one at under 700 miles. One injury report involves a sliding door that closed on a child's hand instead of reversing. Other reports repeat known problems: a delay on acceleration followed by a sudden leap, center display blackouts, sliding doors that fail in cold weather, and fuel injector code P219A on vans whose VIN falls outside Honda's warranty extension. One owner also reports a moonroof that shattered while driving.

Most of these reports are about fuel pump recall 23V858000, and many say the repair part was not available for a long time. Where failures happened, the van hesitates, won't accelerate even though the engine is running, or stalls, sometimes with several warning lights on. Some owners say stalling or hesitation came back after the recall repair. One van caught fire while being driven at 25 mph, and its owner was still waiting on recall parts. Separate reports cite fuel injector failure with code P219A and rough idle.

Failing fuel injectors set code P219A or P219B with an "Emissions System Problem" warning. They cause rough running, skipping, and weak acceleration. Honda extended injector coverage to 10 years or 150,000 miles under bulletin 21-010, but many owners say their VIN is excluded and they paid around $1,900. Fuel pump failures also leave vans stalled or unable to move, with a cascade of warnings for brakes, stability assist, and power steering. Several owners complain that recall parts took months to arrive.

Worn rod bearings cause a knocking or rattling from the engine. It gets worse over time and ends in power loss or the engine shutting off. Shops find metal in the oil and quote a full engine replacement of $9,000 to $13,000. Reports cluster between about 63,000 and 72,000 miles, and some owners say their VIN was left out of the related recall. Leaking fuel injectors cause rough idle, black smoke, and limp mode. Two reports involve fires, one after the engine lost oil at highway speed.

The van fails to accelerate when pulling away from a stop or during a turn, then surges forward. That leaves drivers stuck in traffic or braking hard to avoid the car ahead. Five reports involve crashes. In one, another car hit the van when it would not accelerate from a stop, and the owner was still waiting on fuel pump recall parts. Others describe unintended acceleration in reverse and a confused braking response when collision mitigation kicked in. Some owners say stalling continued after the fuel pump module was replaced.

Power sliding doors stop after about an inch, won't open even by hand, fail to latch, or reopen again and again. Most of these reports involve the driver's side door, and owners cite repairs near $1,000. On the liftgate, water leaks through the rear body seams onto the control module, so the gate opens or closes at random or stops working. Some power liftgates close by themselves on a slope. Non-power tailgates open only to about 5 ft 10 in, and owners report repeated head strikes.

Curtain, seat, or driver air bags go off with no crash, often after a pothole or bump, sometimes at highway speed. Owners report ringing ears, hearing damage, a minor burn, and blocked side visibility. Many of these vans had roughly 100,000 to 112,000 miles. Other reports describe the opposite: front air bags that stayed off in crashes, including a deer strike at 70 mph and a collision with a tree. An SRS warning light that keeps returning after module, wiring, and air bag replacements is another repeated complaint.