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Owner complaints · Engine · every model year

Honda Odyssey engine problems, 2016–2027

842 of the 3,662 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Honda Odyssey 2016–2027 name the engine (NHTSA’s “Engine” heading — the engine and its cooling system). The loudest years: 2025 (211), 2018 (201), 2019 (141). Filed under the same heading across these years: 11 manufacturer bulletins, 2 recall campaigns, 3 NHTSA investigations. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate, none a repair cost, and none a verdict on one car.

842 complaints, 12 model years 23% of everything filed about the Odyssey typically at 67k miles

Honda Odyssey engine problems by model year

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

One row per model year on file, newest first. A year marked in depth has its own page: the complaints, the owners’ words and every document under this heading for that year.

Model yearComplaints naming the engineShare of the year’sTypically atOn file under the heading
20270———the year →
20261334%—3 TSBsthe year →
2025 in depth21154%—7 TSBs · 1 investigationthe record →
20244138%—11 TSBs · 1 investigationthe year →
20231414%—14 TSBs · 1 investigationthe year →
20221511%—1 investigationthe year →
20212719%—16 TSBs · 1 investigationthe year →
2020 in depth7215%—18 TSBs · 3 investigationsthe record →
2019 in depth14114%32k32 TSBs · 2 recalls · 3 investigationsthe record →
2018 in depth20120%94k54 TSBs · 1 recall · 3 investigationsthe record →
20171026%—24 TSBsthe year →
2016 in depth9736%85k21 TSBsthe record →

Two things the counts carry that are not the car: how many of each year were sold, and how long each has been on the road — an older year out-counts a newer one before anything is wrong with it. The share column is the honest comparison across years: what part of that year’s complaints named the engine. Nothing here is a rate.

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When the engine complaints were filed, and at what mileage

Source: NHTSA complaint database
842complaints name the engine, all years

Filed per calendar year, every model year together: 2017: 2 · 2018: 10 · 2019: 14 · 2020: 16 · 2021: 23 · 2022: 48 · 2023: 80 · 2024: 114 · 2025: 192 · 2026: 343

67kmiles, typically

Across the model years, half of the 130 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the engine problem between 16,000 and 100,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.

In owners’ own words

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the engine, from the model years with the most to say. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

The car stalled then stopped when I was at a traffic light, I had to press the start engine button multiple times to restart the car. This issue has occurred 3 times within the last two months
Engine Oct 30, 2025 NHTSA owner report
My car has been dying when I stop at stoplights. We took it into the dealership and they said the battery was sending error messages. So we replaced the battery. It is doing it again. Sometimes it starts but it is getting progressively harder to restart it. It is dangerous to be stalled at an intersection. The car is not even a year old
Engine Oct 27, 2025 NHTSA owner report
There is a chirping coming from the engine area with the engine warmed up AND NOW IS RATTLING UNDER NEATH THE VAN
Engine Oct 25, 2021 NHTSA owner report
The transmission stalls and doesn’t shift into different gears or takes a long time to shift while letting the car roll (almost causing accidents as I have no control) The van also rolled back on its own down my driveway while I was trying to park and wouldn’t go into gear until I was able to get a complete stop.
Engine Oct 23, 2021 NHTSA owner report
On november 11, 2019, I sent my Honda Odyssey to a Honda dealer for maintenance. Everything went normally. After the maintenance, I drove my car back home. Every day, I go to work and work normally. About 10 days after the maintenance, the engine light suddenly turns on. After the car was turned on, the engine lights returned to normal.
Engine Feb 5, 2020 NHTSA owner report

What is on file about the engine, across the years

Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

Recall campaigns filed under this heading, any model year

NHTSA investigations

11 manufacturer bulletins filed under this heading, any model year

The 8 newest are listed; each model year’s page lists every one filed on that year. Quote the document number at a service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

Other systems with a record on the Honda Odyssey

Source: the same files

Every system, every model year: Honda Odyssey problems by year →

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Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communications

Which Honda Odyssey years have the most engine complaints?

2025, 211; 2018, 201; 2019, 141. Raw counts, and an older year has had longer to collect them; by share of each year's own complaints the loudest is the 2025 (54%).

Is there a recall for the engine on the Honda Odyssey?

Yes — 2 campaigns are filed under this heading across these model years: 23V751000 (2019), 19V298000 (2019). A recall is matched by VIN, and applies to specific years; check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

When do engine problems show up on the Honda Odyssey?

Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 67,000 miles across the model years; half of them between 16,000 and 100,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.

What does NHTSA's "Engine" heading cover?

The engine and its cooling system. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.