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2025 Honda Odyssey

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 390 safety complaints about the 2025 Honda Odyssey with the US government. Of those, 3 describe a crash, 7 people were injured and no death is recorded. 2 recall campaigns are open against it, covering the air bags and adaptive and mobility equipment.

The most complained-about system is the electrical system, named in 206 complaints, 53% of the total. The typical failure was reported at 15,300 miles, the median across the 26 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers February 2025 to September 2026 · How this is counted

What is on file

390 complaints on file

390

Complaints

3

Describe a crash

0

Mention fire

7

People injured

0

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free. Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a model year. A further 1 defect investigation is open and unresolved.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 206 · 53%
ENGINE 205 · 53%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 103 · 26%
POWER TRAIN 36 · 9%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 21 · 5%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 14 · 4%
SERVICE BRAKES 14 · 4%
STEERING 8 · 2%
SUSPENSION 8 · 2%
LANE DEPARTURE 7 · 2%
STRUCTURE 7 · 2%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 6 · 2%
0 85 169

Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it. One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 390.

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2026 at 323.

340 255 170 85
25 26

This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2025 to 2026, the last of them a part year, which is why its column is drawn faint.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA crashes a car into a barrier and a pole and measures what happens to the dummies inside. This is what it awarded the 2025 Honda ODYSSEY, and it is a separate question from what owners report going wrong later.

Test PV FWD
Overall
Frontal crash
Frontal, driver
Frontal, passenger
Side crash
Side barrier
Side pole
Rollover
Chance of rollover 13.6%
Stability control standard Forward collision warning standard Lane departure warning standard

A dash means NHTSA did not rate that test for this vehicle.

Recall campaigns

2 on file

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER

26V332000 · May 21, 2026

The defect
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.
The risk
Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
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.

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) · up to 98,892 vehicles across all model years covered

EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR RESTRAINTS/SECUREMENT:LATCH/ANCHOR:

25V877000 · December 17, 2025

The defect
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.
The risk
An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
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.

Vantage Mobility · up to 1,019 vehicles across all model years covered

Defect investigations

1 on file

An investigation means NHTSA has decided a pattern is worth examining. A preliminary evaluation is often closed with no action; an engineering analysis is the stage that usually precedes a recall.

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

EA25004

Still open engineering analysis · opened March 26, 2025

the engine and its cooling

On June 3, 2022, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE22005 after the agency received VOQs and several field reports concerning the Auto Idle Stop (AIS) feature on 2016-2019MY Honda Pilot vehicles. The complaints allege that the engine fails to restart on its own from a complete stop at a traffic light or road intersection with the AIS function engaged. The subject vehicles are equipped with a 3.5L engine with a 9-speed automatic transmission. On January 6, 2023, Honda released service bulletins 23-008 and 23-009. These service bulletins address the failure to restart issue in the 2016-2019MY Honda Pilot vehicles, as well as the 2015-2020 Acura TLX, 2016-2020 Acura MDX, 2019-2022 Honda Passport, and 2020-2023 Honda Ridgeline vehicles. The repair outlined in the service bulletins is a two-stage countermeasure to remedy the issue. The first stage is a Programmed Fuel Injection (“PGM-FI”) software update. The second stage is only deployed if the software update fails to remedy the issue. The second stage, depending on the model and model year, consists of replacement of the starter assembly, starter relays, and a valve adjustment. Additionally, Honda extended the warranty coverage to 10 years with unlimited mileage for vehicles requiring the second stage component replacement. ODI continues to receive complaints of the AIS failure to restart, with many complainants alleging the campaign countermeasures had been completed.NHTSA has reviewed Honda's Information Request Letter responses involving warranty claims, lawsuits, and consumer complaints in addition to ODI's own data. This Engineering Analysis is being opened to further consider the potential safety defect, including gathering additional data regarding Honda’s service campaign efficacy. ODI is additionally expanding the scope to encompass all vehicles addressed in Honda’s service bulletins 23-008 and 23-009 as well as newer model year vehicles, which are substantially similar to the vehicles covered by the service campaign. To review the ODI reports cited in the Opening Resume ODI Report Identification Number document, go to NHTSA.gov.

In owners’ own words

Quoted from the complaint file

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

2 injured

Honda Odyssey EX-L sport 2025 has been facing the issue of idle stop not working causing engine to stall, engine failing to restart, shutting off completely during mid traffic especially during adaptive cruise control operation. This is causing an unsafe driving situation. While this issue was reported to Scott Clark Honda multiple times and they have claimed to fix this issue in Aug 2025, the issue continues to exist and root cause hasn't been fixed. This seems to be related towards the on-going investigation by NHTSA. Please help to resolve at the earliest since no further support is being received from Honda.

NHTSA complaint 11694397. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STEERING

1 injured · crash · towed

While driving straight on the highway on a sunny day the car left the lane on it's own, resisted attempts to get it back into the lane, and crashed into the concrete barrier after we swerved around and the car bounced around. Lane keeping assistance and automatic cruise control were active. The lane lines looked perfectly fine. A couple minutes before the accident the car left the lane unexpectedly but we were able to get back into it. Before going on the trip we took the car to the dealer and complained about issues with the car not starting after it shut off while idle at stop lights, or not starting properly, like engaging the parking brake and getting stuck, or starting and rocketing

NHTSA complaint 11744403, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

1 injured · crash

My wife was driving our 2025 Honda Odyssey on [XXX] on a neighborhood road around [XXX]. She came to a stop sign and stopped to turn right. Upon accelerating to turn right, the emergency braking system activated slamming on the brakes and bringing the vehicle to an immediate stop. There were no other cars, pedestrians or other obstacles with any line of sight. The sudden stop caused her to whiplash hurting her shoulder. We brought the vehicle to Joyce Koons Honda of Manassas. They downloaded the data and confirmed that the emergency braking system had activated but there were no reason codes given. They couldn't find any other issue and test drove the vehicle for 10 miles with no incident.

NHTSA complaint 11687600, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

1 injured

The CMBS braking system is completely faulty. It regularly brakes for shadows on the ground, going up hills, or for no reason at all. There have been SEVERAL near misses where cars behind me have almost rear ended me because of this cars erratic braking. I have a neck injury from this most recent episode of the car slamming the brakes for no reason.

NHTSA complaint 11712100. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Idle Stop system - NHTSA EA 25004 My 2025 Odyssey fails its auto-restart from a stoplight, stumbles, and then has a very rough secondary start.

NHTSA complaint 11767975. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ENGINE
I’ll be at a red light and when it’s time to go the car is off and I have to put on the emergency lights until I get car on usually after three times of pressing the brake and pushing the start button. The car shuts off while idling at a red light and does not turn back on when brake is released.

NHTSA complaint 11768136. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
On September 25, 2026, I was stopped at a traffic light in my 2025 Honda Odyssey when the automatic idle stop activated. I was at a busy intersection with a line of cars behind me. When the light turned green, I took my foot off the brake and pressed the accelerator, but the vehicle shut off. I tried several times to restart the vehicle but was unsuccessful. It took several minutes before I was finally able to get the vehicle started again. During that time, I had a line of cars behind me waiting for me to move. Being stuck at a busy intersection with a vehicle that would not restart was very unsafe. I was concerned that a vehicle behind me could hit me because I was unable to move when the

NHTSA complaint 11767737, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ENGINE

crash

> While driving our Honda Odyssey, we have experienced a recurring and extremely serious safety issue involving the vehicle’s Auto Idle Stop/Auto Stop feature. When the vehicle comes to a stop at an intersection, the system automatically shuts the engine off as designed. However, on multiple occasions, when it is time to proceed, the vehicle has failed to restart. The engine remains off and we are unable to immediately get the vehicle restarted or move it out of the roadway. > > **This is not an isolated incident. This problem has occurred frequently and has recently begun occurring with increasing frequency.** We are extremely concerned that the condition is becoming progressively worse

NHTSA complaint 11767873, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Vehicle intermittently failed to start. On one occasion following an Auto Idle Stop event, the restart was difficult (details in the "additional details" field). The vehicle did not restart as intended after disengaging the brake from Auto Idle Stop and manually restarted causing a several second delay in the roadway. On another occasion, after filling for gas, the engine cranked normally but did not start on the first attempt and started normally on the second attempt. Honda dealer diagnosed a defective starter and is replacing under warranty. Replacement starter is currently on national back order. Vehicle is included in NHTSA's active investigation (EA25004) regarding Odyssey

NHTSA complaint 11767897, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SEAT BELTS
Drove over railroad tracks and the seat belts locked up on the driver and passenger. Smelled smoke right after.

NHTSA complaint 11767351. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Honda Odyssey

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2026 38 2 —
2024 108 3 —
2023 99 5 —
2022 135 9 —
2021 142 8 —
2020 474 14 —
2019 975 20 —
2018 992 16 3
2017 39 2 —
2016 270 6 —
2015 206 6 —
2014 308 5 —
2013 210 6 —
2012 245 5 —
2011 233 5 —
2010 255 1 —

Other 2025 Honda models

CR-V 253 Pilot 202 Prologue 150 Ridgeline 90 Accord 85 Civic 74 HR-V 45 Passport 40

Complaints on file, same model year.

Every Honda on this site — 192 vehicles.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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