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2026 Honda Odyssey

Gas

Minivan - 2WD
1 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

85 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

RecallsNHTSA campaigns 2

Complaints2 crash · 5 injured reported 52

Crash ratingNHTSA overall 5★

Fuel economybest combined, EPA 22 mpg

2027 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

The 2026 Honda Odyssey is sold in the U.S. as a gas minivan. The most efficient version, the Odyssey, is EPA-rated at 22 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of B. Owners have filed 52 complaints, most often about the engine. NHTSA crash-tested it at 5 stars overall.

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Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitCompare a trim →

Trim	Powertrain	Drive	MSRP	HP	Torque	MPG comb	Seats	Cargo (2nd row)	Wheels
EX-L	Gas	FWD	—	280 hp	262 lb-ft	22 mpg	8	86.6 cu-ft	18 in
Sport-L	Gas	FWD	—	280 hp	262 lb-ft	22 mpg	8	86.6 cu-ft	19 in
Touring	Gas	FWD	—	280 hp	262 lb-ft	22 mpg	8	86.6 cu-ft	19 in
Elite	Gas	FWD	—	280 hp	262 lb-ft	22 mpg	8	86.6 cu-ft	19 in

MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov

Configuration	Powertrain	Drive	Engine / motor	City	Hwy	Comb	Annual fuel*
Odyssey	Gas	FWD	3.5L 6-cyl	19	28	22	$3,050

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 49436.

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Recalls (2)

Source: NHTSA recall database

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Air Bags

98,892 vehicles 32% reported repaired

Problem Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civic, 2017-2022 Accord Hybrid, and 2016-2022 Accord vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash. Risk Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury. Fix Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 29, 2026.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Dealer notice PDF

NHTSA campaign 26V332000 reported May 21, 2026 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

1,019 vehicles 1% reported repaired

Problem Vantage Mobility, LLC (VM) is recalling certain 2021-2026 Honda Odyssey, 2021-2025 Chrysler Pacifica, and Toyota Sienna vehicles equipped with QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured. Risk An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury. Fix Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors, free of charge. Owner notification letters was mailed January 27, 2026. Owners may contact Vantage Mobility customer service at 1-800-488-9082.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 25V877000 reported Dec 17, 2025 Vantage Mobility the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

Whether any of this applies to one specific Odyssey

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2026 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Honda publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →Honda’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2026 Honda Odyssey, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

52complaints filed

2 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 5 injuries · 0 deaths reported

8.7 per 10,000 built · Honda reported 59,838 Odyssey built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2025: 2 · 2026: 50

Most-cited components

Engine 22

Electrical System 19

Unspecified 18

Forward Collision Avoidance 14

Service Brakes 6

Lane Departure 4

In owners' own words

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.

Sitting at a light, the auto stop system activated and shut the engine off. When the light turned green, I took my foot off the brake and the engine failed to. Start and the entire electrical system shut off. The card was completely dead. I sat there for several minutes and I was able to restart the car

Electrical System Sep 11, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11763755

While driving my 2026 Honda Odyssey, I stopped at a red light and the engine shut off through the Auto Idle Stop system. I pressed the Auto Idle Stop OFF button because I wanted the engine running again before proceeding. Instead of restarting the engine, the vehicle completely shut down and became inoperable in traffic.

Engine Sep 10, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11763518

The blind-spot monitoring system on our 2026 Honda Odyssey Elite fails to operate properly in hot weather. When ambient temperatures are high, the system does not detect or alert to vehicles in the adjacent blind-spot areas, and an error message appears stating “blind spot detection unavailable.” This failure increases the risk of…

Lane Departure Sep 3, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11762024

There is a very strong exhaust smell in the cabin. This occurs under the flow and recirculate HVAC options and is not improved by changing the engine and cabin air filters

Fuel/Propulsion System Aug 27, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11760045

I own a 2026 Honda Odyssey Elite. The vehicle has unexpectedly applied the brakes while driving even though there was no vehicle, pedestrian, or obstacle in front of me. The braking event occurred without warning and without any legitimate reason for the Forward Collision Avoidance system to activate.

Forward Collision Avoidance Jul 15, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11750594

When i was driving, going about 45 MPH, the emergency braking system beeped and breaks were engaged. Not to a complete stop but like a "break tap". Nothing was in front of beside our behind me. It was terrifying and I'm unsure why this happened. Please be advised, this can cause an accident

Service Brakes Jul 9, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11749390

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Reported by Honda itself: 3 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 4 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 5.0 per 100,000 built. Every Odyssey model year, by year and system → Dated and by system, they are exhibit F of the defect dossier.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

Configuration	Overall	Frontal	Side	Rollover	Rollover risk
PV FWD	★★★★★	★★★★★	★★★★★	★★★★☆	14%

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program. Standard driver-assist: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking.

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 16

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-10-12

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 15 others, 1 over-the-air update

Most often about: Service Brakes, Engine, Structure, Suspension, Electrical System.

ATI&10122026901 Other
2026-10-12 · Structure — Body
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2024-2027 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the rear sliding door latch being stuck, causing the door to remain open or closed. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect certain parts from the vehicle prior to attempting a repair of any kind besides diagnosing the issue to corrosion
ATI&09242026901 Other
2026-09-24 · Structure — Body
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2024-2027 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the rear sliding door latch being stuck, causing the door to remain open or closed. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect certain parts from the vehicle prior to attempting a repair of any kind besides diagnosing the issue to corrosion
ATI&09182026901 Other
2026-09-18 · Structure — Body
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2024-2027 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the rear sliding door latch being stuck, causing the door to remain open or closed. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect certain parts from the vehicle prior to attempting a repair of any kind besides diagnosing the issue to corrosion
ATI&08042026903 Other
2026-08-05 · Service Brakes
Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel with DTC C1120-14 Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like
ATI&07202026901 Other
2026-07-21 · Service Brakes
Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel with DTC C1120-14 Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like
ATI&06172026902 Other
2026-06-17 · Service Brakes
Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel with DTC C1120-14 Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like
ATI&06092026901 Other
2026-06-09 · Service Brakes
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
ATI&05262026902 Other
2026-05-26 · Service Brakes
Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

Diagnostic trouble codes on file

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints

Codes documented against this model year in the federal record. A code appearing here does not mean this vehicle will set it — it means the code is part of this nameplate-year's documented history.

Code	What it means	Most often filed under	Where it appears
P0441 P0441 on Honda →	The evaporative purge is not flowing the way it should.	Engine · EVAP purge valve →	3 bulletins

Generic codes (the second character is 0 or 2) mean the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States. Manufacturer-specific codes (1 or 3) mean whatever the automaker assigned, and no honest source can define them for you — which is why the ones here carry the evidence instead of a definition. A code is a link when enough separate federal documents name it across the catalogue to be worth a page of its own; the rest are listed here, where the vehicle is the context that makes them mean something.

Compare the 2026 Odyssey with

Any vehicle, your weights →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2026 Toyota Sienna · Minivan · grade A	Odyssey +4.7
2026 Chrysler Pacifica · Minivan · grade C	Toss-up
2026 Kia Carnival · Minivan · grade B	Carnival +3.3
2026 Chrysler Voyager · Minivan · grade C	Odyssey +11.2

Odyssey by model year

all years, side by side →

Year Safety Recalls Complaints

2027 A 0 0 22 mpg 2026 this page B 2 52 22 mpg 2025 B 2 435 22 mpg 2024 C 3 121 22 mpg 2023 C 5 105 22 mpg 2022 F 9 141 22 mpg 2021 F 8 147 22 mpg 2020 F 14 487 22 mpg 2019 F 20 993 22 mpg 2018 F 16 1,007 22 mpg 2017 B 2 39 22 mpg 2016 D 6 271 22 mpg

Common questions about the 2026 Odyssey

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Does the 2026 Honda Odyssey have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 2 recall campaigns for the 2026 Honda Odyssey. The most serious on file is 26V332000, covering Air Bags. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2026 Honda Odyssey?

NHTSA gave the 2026 Honda Odyssey 5 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 5-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 4-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it B (85/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2026 Honda Odyssey?

For the 2026 Honda Odyssey, the best EPA combined figure is 22 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2026 Honda Odyssey?

Owners have filed 52 complaints with NHTSA about the 2026 Honda Odyssey, most often about engine, electrical system, unspecified. Of those, 2 involved a crash, 5 reported injuries. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.

Are there service bulletins for the 2026 Honda Odyssey?

The manufacturer has filed 16 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2026 Honda Odyssey, most often covering service brakes, engine, structure. The most recent is dated 2026-10-12. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

Is the 2026 Honda Odyssey better than the 2026 Toyota Sienna?

The Honda Odyssey edges it, 87.6 to 82.9, on tech & comfort, performance, space & cargo. The Toyota Sienna is ahead on fuel & range and safety. Raise the fuel & range weight from 3 to 4.7 and it flips. We publish a full side-by-side of the 2026 Honda Odyssey against the 2026 Toyota Sienna — specifications by family, equipment feature by feature, safety record and ownership costs. You can re-weight what matters to you and the verdict recalculates.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

Data	Held	Source	What it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations	1 configurations	EPA certification records	Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates	none	EPA emission certificates	The EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page.
Recalls	2	NHTSA recall campaigns	A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints	52	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	1 tested	NHTSA NCAP	Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins	16	NHTSA manufacturer communications	Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations	none	NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation	No defect investigation has been opened.
Driver-assist crash reports	none	NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01	No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like.
Specifications filed with NHTSA	none	NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns	We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment	4 trims	Manufacturer press kit	Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.

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