Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 01/04/2010 | 155000 | 1 | |
| We purchased a 2003 honda chc in 2006 with approximately 34,000 miles. as of january 2010, the car has 155,010 miles. from the date of purchase, there has been a shudder when decelerating from 40+ mph. we have only taken the car to our local honda dealership for repair and maintenance and have been repeatedly told that there is nothing wrong with the car and that shudder is from an overload. taking the service department at their word, we have never had any repair work done to remove the shudder or taken the car to another dealer. over time the shudder has gotten worse. we have also experienced a hesitation when accelerating and then the car will suddenly lurch forward when it hits gear. again, we were told that there wasn't anything wrong with the car and that we should expect hesitation when the car is switching from battery power to engine power. about 4 months ago, the check engine light came on and we were told that the catalytic converter was in need of replacement. we were given two options-immediate repair or drive until the catalytic converter completely fails. recently the ima light came on and we took the car for diagnosis. the response was that the battery pack needed to be replaced. in addition, we were told that the transmission is beginning to fail. to replace the cvt transmission, battery pack and catalytic converter will cost approximately $7,500. as i have read the other complaints not only from this site, but also other sites on the internet, i now suspect that we have been experiencing transmission problems all along. we have had several other honda vehicles. we purchased this vehicle because of the reliability we have come to expect from honda. $7,500 or more in repairs is unreasonable for any car under 8 years old, especially a honda. *tr | |||
| 09/28/2008 | 60000 | ||
| 2003 civic hybrid throw p1491 code for clogged egr. honda has issued a warranty extension for the same code for the odyssey, but won't acknowledge the same problem with the hybrid. i can't find the dealer service bulletin details for the root cause of the problem with the odyssey. *tr | |||
| 06/01/2008 | 71971 | 1 | |
| Catalytic converter failure 73,860 miles my car needed the first catalytic converter replaced, covered under warranty 93,807 miles my car needed the second catalytic converter replaced, honda helped with cost 113654 miles, my cars check engine light came on with the same diagnostic code p1420, dealer did software update and said everything was fine. 118,000 miles, my car is back in the shop needing a new catalytic converter all this work performed at dealer something must be wrong, causing catalytic converter failure. *tr | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 06/18/2008 | 1 | ||
| Cvt transmission problems, egr valve problems, oxygen sensor and catalytic converter problems, all items had to be replaced over the last 2 years-most recent catalytic converter. *tr | |||