| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006089144 | Incident Date: Nov, 23 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MERRILLVILLE | Consumer's State: IN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: ODYSSEY | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5FNRL180X3B | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 18 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 25 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Honda odyssey 2003 transmission failure. had problem with transmission for almost a year while vehicle under 3 year/36 miles. took vehicle to local honda dealer with transmission making loud clunk noise & unable to engage properly on several occasions almost year ago with vehicle odometer reading approx 30k miles only. we were asked that its normal variant for that vehicle noise clunk & warm up your car, do more often transmission oil change. since that last visit to dealer we drove vehicle another 5 k over a year. during our recent long drive with family & 3 young kids over thanks giving weekend from missouri to indiana. transmission starts slipping & making more noise problems. took vehicle to honda dealer on saturday 12/16/2006 with odometer reading 35,550 miles after reading all reviews posted by honda odyssey consumers. honda dealer called me today( 12/18/2006) that transmission may fail & need to be replaced. i believe honda motor co has jeopardize the life of our family with a imminent transmission failure during our recent trip despite the fact we brought the vehicle transmission problem to honda dealer attention in good faith not even knowing that their is recall on certain odyssey transmissions for premature failure. will nhts investigate our complain that despite a memo to all dealer about transmission failure problem, why honda motor co waited to risk the life of our family by letting us drive an additional 5k miles. *nm |
