By accessing this website, you acknowledge that Edmunds and its third party business partners may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to collect information about you and your interactions with the website as described in our
Privacy Statement, and you agree that your use of the website is subject to our
Visitor Agreement.
Comments
My father in law's Chevy pickup could make a gallon of coolant disappear without a trace, in 100 miles of driving. It was dripping from a heater hose onto the back side of an exhaust manifold, where it boiled off before hitting the ground--would only leak when the system was pressurized (hot), so not a drop ever hit the ground. Drove us both crazy as he went through about 10 gallons of coolant before I happened to catch it in action...I had the hood up when he shut down the engine and could hear the sound of water dripping into a hot skillet, crawled up on top of the air cleaner and could finally see the little puffs of steam at the back of the engine, and straight above it the heater hose with a pinhole leak. Easy to fix, but hard to find.
The Odyssey has about a mile of heater hoses and pipes, and I have wondered if my leak was something similar, but most of them would show up either on the garage floor or inside the van...so this EGR crossover area makes some sense to me.
Yesterday, while siting on passenger seat of my co-worker's brand new 2001 Acura MDX, I heard the same reverse engagement clunk when he put the transmission into P from D at complete stop. Because of my personal interest to the design of the Honda automatic transaxle, I always pay close attention to this particular noise whenever there is a new Honda or Acura nearby. I've heard the same noise most of the time so far. Anyway, I just want to pass on the observations that the clunk is normal and is the characteristics of Honda, Acura's automatic transaxles.
Happy driving!
Thanks for the heads up, at least we know that Honda/Acura doesn't think its going to be a problem. My '83 3 speed slush box does the same and hasn't failed us yet.
Drew
Host
Vans, SUVs, and Aftermarket & Accessories message boards
it to the dealer five times so far - always with the "no problem found" result. I've just
recently noticed that there are two Honda Service Bulletins listed for this (actually one
and an update). The numbers are 99041 (Honda) and SB610300 and SB615713
(NHTSA). they were released first in Oct 1999, and then in Nov 2000.
BUT...I can't find the contents of these service bulletins anywhere. It's impossible.
Does anyone know where to get the full text of the service bulletins and not just the
summary My dealer (obviously) doesn't seem to know anything about them, and alldata.com has stopped providing Honda TSBs under *request* from Honda.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Which puts me on the computer later than the chats, but we will try..Thanks again and see ya soon
-N
Bruce
Bought 2001 LX in Sept. 2000, noticed slight steering vibration and a pull to the right a few hundred miles later. At less than 300 miles I took it to the local dealer. I live in Vancouver Washington but purchased the van in Seattle (about 200 miles away) since they had one in stock.
The local dealer balanced and aligned the wheels. The pull to the right was fixed but the vibration was still present. My wife is the primary driver of the van and she rarely drives above 65 mph so we rarely experienced the vibration. Because of this we did not return it to the dealer like we should have.
Last May we drove the van to Idaho (800 mile round trip) for the weekend. Most of the freeways are 70 mph. The vibration drove us nuts.
By this time we had nearly 10,000 miles on the van. The dealer rebalanced the wheels, and as expected the problem was still present.
I actualy gave the service tech. some printed copies of messages posted here about the problem and what other dealer did to fix it (new tires and mag wheels). The service tech was very interested in the things people reported about it. He did the rim-out test on each wheel, used a high-speed dynamic balancer, etc. All his tests showed things to be within factory specs.
The dealer installed 4 new Firestone Affinity's, which did nothing for the problem.
By this time the service manager was working with the regional service rep and Honda tech support. From this the dealers service manager said Honda just released a documented problem with some steel wheels on the Odyssey LX. Honda is calling it a "2 dimensional conical weld failure at high speed". I was very happy to hear Honda actually admit and document a vibration problem with the steel wheels.
The dealer had a set of new Honda mags in stock and agreed to let me have them if it fixed the problem. They did, everything is now smooth and solid at well above 65 mph. For my trouble I got 4 new tires and a set of alloy wheels. I'm just happy to get this problem fixed.
I was also very happy with the response and professionlism of this Honda dealer. Even though I did not purchase the van from them they gave me first class service. My faith in Honda standing behind their product has be restored.
Like others have reported, this dealer had never seen the vibration problem before. They spent a lot of time researching and diagnosing before Honda of America released the defect info on the wheels.
If anyone is still fighting this problem you or your dealer can probably call Dick Hannah Honda in Vancouver Washington and talk to John the service manager (360)256-5000. I told him I was going to update this discussion group with the information he found. Honda tech support should also have it.
Hope this information helps.
they stuck real bad before. Its just a heavy duty tape put over the offending seals, then they grease it. Coming close to 2 years since I had it done and not one problem has surfaced. The tape still adheres as good as day one also. Didn't work quite as well for some of the other posters though but for me it was the fix.
Where can I buy extended warranty for $795 any help would be appreciated
As if you couldn't tell from my handle, I also live in Colorado. You and I both know that backcounty roads come in a wide variety. I have taken the Odyssey to the trailhead on the Buttonrock Dam Road, west of Lyons, and up the Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. These are both relatively well maintained roads, with some steep sections. I didn't have my surveying equipment along, so I don't know how steep. The Odyssey has good cooling even at trail speeds, and will spin a front wheel (and engage the TCS) any time you mash the throttle on dirt, so I guess the low end torque is adequate. When you get it pointed down one of those grades you will wish for a lower low gear, or an anchor to toss out to give the brakes a break. In short, if you take it easy, the Odyssey will go where any other minivan or sedan will go, but it will not go over Rollins Pass without some damage.
I can't begin to describe the noise... almost like a "grating" noise. My Ody is a 2001 with 4,000 miles on it. Is this an "Ody trademark" like the gas swishing? The vehicle operates wonderfully and I'm very happy with it. Just wish the tranny noise wasn't there.
Anyway, there is a fix which involves adding weights to the cable to dampen the resonance(?). I have not yet seen a TSB number for this fix. Somewhere in the archives of this topic or the Honda Odyssey topic, you can find some good posts on it, including one gentlemen whose van was used as one of Honda's "guinea pigs" for their fix. Another documented a DIY fix for this problem. If you do search for them, please post the archive name and number for those of us too lazy to do it ourselves:-)
Hope to see you and your Odyssey in the backcountry someday.
Thanks.
Are there any TSB or recalls for '01 Ody of any kind. I can't seem to find any anywhere. Thanks for your help!
shahbr@rocketmail.com
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/index.html
I do let off the throttle when I see a red light ahead. I use the minimum braking I can. (I have used the ABS a few times when people pulled out in front of me). I also get pretty good ( average 21.5 MPG) fuel mileage. I believe the 2 are related.
Thanks!
I have a '00 lx, purchased 10/99 w/ 13K miles which has performed flawlessly until about 3 weeks ago. I'm aware of the oft-discussed vibration at high speeds, torque converter problems (not ruled out), 'lugging', and 'thunk', but this doesn't seem to fit what I've heard before:
Mrs 3k experienced a 'jerking' in the car when accelerating from a dead stop 2x, which she percieved as a transmission problem. Every time I drove the car it was fine. She mentioned the problem when she took it to our local Honda dealer for an intermediate oil change. They performend some diagnostics (she couldn't tell me just what) and found nothing wrong.
Shortly thereafter, I experienced the problem(s) -a pronounced jerking (I wouldn't describe it as a 'thunk') when accelerating from a stop, and a strong vibration (almost a groan) from underneath the vehicle when accelerating out of a turn. Everything seems to occur right around 1500 rpm. The tach needle appears to bounce between 1k and 2k for a second.
I've had the jerking problem with my Integra, and the problem turned out to be a dirty fuel injector, which was always curable by a adding some fuel injector cleaner to the next tank full. I think the car was close to 100K before I experienced it the first time.
After two consecutive tankfulls of cleaner/premium in the Ody, the problem is still there intermittently. It never appears until the engine is well warmed up, and gets worse as the tank gets toward empty. If I didn't know better, I'd swear it was a filthy fuel injector with sludge at the bottom of the tank, but the car isn't old enough to have such problems.
As I get ready to take it back to the dealer, I'd appreciate any insight the group might have.
Thanks
Model = Odyssey
Year = 2001
I didn't count them, but there are 20-25 of them in my SEARCH Central search.
Steve
Host
Vans, SUVs and Aftermarket & Accessories Message Boards
Just saw a recent entry regarding leaking torque converters (as opposed to locking). Unless it's a typo, this is the first I've heard about them leaking. The source of my problems perhaps?
Anyone else have this problem? Oh, I've also reported this twice to NHSTA.
The service bulletin is number 99-041 and apply's to all 99 and some 2000's that vins (last eight)fall bettween yh500001-yh611940.
swircenske
There are a few that cover wide year spans such as 1999-2001. The most common that we see is for the sliding doors and the third row seat.
Should be time to do this in about a month on my 99EX. Approximately, what should I budget for this job only? No other problems or maintenance will be needed.
I looked at the shop manual, and it looks like relatively major "surgery" to do the job; so I don't think that I'll attempt it myself.
Marl
I just talked to my service rep who said the Service Bulletin on the A/C knock says "this is a normal condition"... Nothing about replacing the idler pulley. Since I don't have access to the full TSB, I have no way of confirming anything. Help?! (the van goes in tomorrow).
Replaced the sliding doors seals to fix the sticking problem. No problems since.
Tranny does bump sometimes on the downshift. Got the idiot treatment from Gillman Honda in San Antonio on the tranny question.
Radio volume knob is too sensitive when adjusting the volume. Need additional settting on the AC fan. The low is too low and the next setting is too high.
The Honda design engineers rule. American auto design engineers need to learn from Honda or get out of the business.
Anyone with tranny replacements have any advice on warranties (my three years is up in Oct '02)?
Thanks