FaultScore

Worst years for a Honda Odyssey

Owners have filed 17,040 complaints about the Honda Odyssey with NHTSA across model years 1990 to 2026. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2007 Honda Odyssey

1,039 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2026 Honda Odyssey

41 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda Odyssey year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 A 41 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 C 533 3 0 16,000 Engine & Cooling
2024 B 152 2 0 8,750 Electrical System
2023 C 158 4 4 28,411 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 C 183 8 2 20,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 B 212 3 3 19,000 Electrical System
2020 D 923 6 1 9,715 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 D 1,624 28 10 16,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2018 D 1,658 22 7 19,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2017 B 48 3 0 24,000 Engine & Cooling
2016 C 356 15 3 31,222 Engine & Cooling
2015 C 273 10 5 28,000 Engine & Cooling
2014 C 406 21 0 25,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2013 C 276 28 8 35,250 Engine & Cooling
2012 C 326 22 9 40,000 Brakes
2011 C 291 18 2 27,030 Electrical System
2010 C 340 16 12 65,000 Engine & Cooling
2009 C 243 7 9 60,000 Body & Structure
2008 D 617 46 8 53,500 Brakes
2007 F 1,039 62 23 56,725 Brakes
2006 D 879 35 21 69,720 Engine & Cooling
2005 D 1,046 25 12 77,250 Engine & Cooling
2004 D 715 54 11 106,573 Transmission & Drivetrain
2003 D 1,095 63 14 103,400 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 D 1,120 60 6 85,900 Transmission & Drivetrain
2001 C 721 20 4 99,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2000 C 785 27 4 97,767 Transmission & Drivetrain
1999 C 664 13 11 100,790 Transmission & Drivetrain
1998 B 89 4 4 156,136 Electrical System
1997 B 24 3 2 120,000 Electrical System
1996 A 88 4 2 113,468 Airbags
1995 A 112 2 2 135,000 Airbags
1994 1 0 1 Fuel & Propulsion
1990 2 0 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers

What breaks on a Honda Odyssey

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2002

Engine & Cooling 1,944 11.4%

Worst in 2018

Electrical System 1,849 10.9%

Worst in 2018

Worst in 2019

Body & Structure 1,426 8.4%

Worst in 2005

Brakes 1,195 7.0%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2018

Airbags 830 4.9%

Worst in 2003

Worst in 2019

Steering 566 3.3%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2000

Suspension 304 1.8%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 2005

Exactly what failed on a Honda Odyssey

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 1,484 32.3%
Body 742 16.2%
Adaptive Cruise Control 423 9.2%
Door 391 8.5%
Warnings 374 8.1%
Automatic Emergency Braking 330 7.2%
Latch 268 5.8%
Assist 241 5.3%
Warning 236 5.1%
AIR Conditioner 101 2.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda Odyssey, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 1995 peak 342 Aug 2026

Honda Odyssey problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Honda Odyssey

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.