1996 Honda Odyssey — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 86 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)24 (27.9%)Official recall records for this system: 62, covering model years 1998–2026.
• Electrical system18 (20.9%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 1997–2020.
• Engine12 (14.0%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 1999–2019.
• Brakes9 (10.5%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 2005–2019.
• Seat belts5 (5.8%)Official recall records for this system: 20, covering model years 2011–2026.
• Speed control & accelerator4 (4.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999.

Other / uncategorized: 5 classifications (5.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (25,100 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), electrical system and engine.
• Safety recalls (290 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and fuel system.
• Transport Canada recalls (238 records, model years 1997–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (5,826 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and body & structure.
• Investigations (76 records, model years 1999–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), body & structure and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 26reports included a mileage
• 128,914average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 132 records for 1995 132
2. 1996 104 records for 1996 104
3. 1997 63 records for 1997 63
4. 1998 125 records for 1998 125
5. 1999 815 records for 1999 815
6. 2000 973 records for 2000 973
7. 2001 886 records for 2001 886
8. 2002 1,304 records for 2002 1,304
9. 2003 1,257 records for 2003 1,257
10. 2004 807 records for 2004 807
11. 2005 1,002 records for 2005 1,002
12. 2006 753 records for 2006 753
13. 2007 887 records for 2007 887
14. 2008 573 records for 2008 573
15. 2009 264 records for 2009 264
16. 2010 320 records for 2010 320
17. 2011 367 records for 2011 367
18. 2012 386 records for 2012 386
19. 2013 358 records for 2013 358
20. 2014 476 records for 2014 476
21. 2015 343 records for 2015 343
22. 2016 410 records for 2016 410
23. 2017 111 records for 2017 111
24. 2018 1,287 records for 2018 1,287
25. 2019 1,241 records for 2019 1,241
26. 2020 689 records for 2020 689
27. 2021 308 records for 2021 308
28. 2022 279 records for 2022 279
29. 2023 180 records for 2023 180
30. 2024 151 records for 2024 151
31. 2025 372 records for 2025 372
32. 2026 45 records for 2026 45

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 4mention a crash
• 2mention a fire
• 3mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 1
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 33
• Owner complaints NHTSA 70

Explore the underlying evidence records