2013 Honda Odyssey Body & structure Problems

Paint is failing on roof as notated in service bulletin 19-057.

NHTSA ID

11596952

Incident

Jun 5, 2024

Honda Odessey 2013Driving down a highway at 55mph when we heard a loud backfire. Engine light came on, car shook violently. We immediately pulled into a gas station where a mechanic was present. Mechanic scanned for codes and codes p0302 and P0303 came up. The cylinders had rotated and aligned fouling the spark plugs. and damaging the coil. Had we continued to drive we would have ruined the engine. He changed the coil and spark plugs but noted that the oil consumption was extremely high since last change due to the VCM issue. The Honda Service Bulletin 13-081 revealed the VCM system poses risk of ruining the engine. When I returned home, I inquired what could be done to fix it. The local dealership said purchase a new engine and spark plugs. The warranty fix for this ended in 2021 and I did not buy the car until 2022. The same faulty system has been on the Odessey since 2011 and continues to be installed as of this date 2024. This issue along with the peeling paint coming off in large sheets from the roof and rear door make this car a complete failure and safety hazard.

NHTSA ID

11566104

Incident

Jan 10, 2024

Severe Paint chipping at roof

NHTSA ID

11488575

Incident

Apr 14, 2020

VAN HAS THE BRAUN CONVERSION PACKAGE (WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VAN). WHILE PARKED THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR FELL COMPLETELY OFF OF THE VAN AS IF WAS CLOSING. NO PRIOR ISSUES WITH THE DOOR. THE MOTOR TO THE WHEELCHAIR RAMP HAS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TWICE. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT RAMP MOTOR DID NOT LAST 18 MONTHS AND COST OVER $1800 TO REPLACE. WHEN YOU HIT ANY OF THE BUTTONS TO ENGAGE THE RAMP, YOU HEAR THE MOTOR, HOWEVER IT IS NOT MOVING. YOU MUST PHYSICALLY PULL THE RAMP OUT AND LIFT IT UP. I WAS TOLD THE THE GEAR SYSTEM IN THE MOTOR GOES BAD OFTEN. THE DOOR STILL WORKS(UNTIL TODAY) WHEN YOU HIT THE BUTTON TO OPEN OR CLOSE.

NHTSA ID

11405113

Incident

Mar 27, 2021

Mileage

125,000 mi

PAINT IS PEELING OFF ON THE ROOF IN BIG CHUNKS.

NHTSA ID

11384732

Incident

Dec 1, 2020

Mileage

120,000 mi

PAINT IS PEELING FROM THE TOP OF THE ROOF BETWEEN THE DRIVERS WINDOW AND THE SUNROOF. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN STORED IN VIRGINIA AND INDIANA.

NHTSA ID

11323113

Incident

May 2, 2020

Mileage

155,000 mi

PAINT IS FADING, BUBBLING, AND PEALING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. I'VE SEEN THE MENTIONS OF THE BACK HATCH/DOOR, BUT WE'RE SEEING IT ON THE DOORS AS WELL AS THE BACK HATCH.

NHTSA ID

11318823

Incident

Mar 20, 2020

Mileage

70,300 mi

WHITE PAINT IS PEELING OFF OF THE VEHICLE IN 3 SPOTS. THIS BEGAN ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE TAILGATE, AND 1 SPOT ON THE ROOF BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE MOONROOF. MANY OTHER HONDA ODYSSEY AND PILOT OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

11204152

Incident

Jul 1, 2018

Mileage

80,000 mi

THE PAINT ON THE ROOF HAS BEEN PEELING OFF DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE PAINTING PROCESS AT THE FACTORY. THIS CAUSE PAINT CHIPS TO COME OFF THE CAR AND EXPOSES THE ROOF TO RUSTING.

NHTSA ID

11195702

Incident

Apr 14, 2018

WE WERE ON VACATION LAST WEEK AS WE WERE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH ON I-64 EASTBOUND IN VIRGINIA WE HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AN THEN LOUD AIRFLOW. WE QUICKLY REALIZED OUR SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. THANKFULLY WE HAD IT CLOSED AND THE SHADE WAS ALSO CLOSED AND NO ONE WAS HURT. NOTHING HIT OUR VAN AND WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT THE SUNROOF JUST SUDDENLY EXPLODED. WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER WE FOUND THE CENTER OF OUR SUNROOF WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. WE HAVE FOUND OTHER REPORTS ONLINE OF THIS HAPPENING.

NHTSA ID

11111449

Incident

Jul 8, 2018

Mileage

100,600 mi

THE BACK SLIDE DOORS WILL NOT STAY OPEN MOST OF THE TIME WILL COME SLIDING CLOSED WHEN YOU ARE GETTING IN AND OUT AND I WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS GETTING HURT FROM THEM CAUSE THEY ARE VERY HEAVY DOORS,I HAVE COMPLAINED TO HONDA TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG

NHTSA ID

11103382

Incident

Jun 3, 2018

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR HANDLE FOR SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF IN MY HAND WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET MY CHILD OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN 2016. TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND THEY STATED THAT THE HANDLE MUST HAVE COME OFF DUE TO ALLEGED AND IMPOSSIBLE "DAMAGE" EVEN THOUGH THE HANDLE WAS NEVER SUBJECTED TO ANYTHING BUT NORMAL EVERYDAY USE. IN 2018, THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CAME OFF IN THE SAME MANNER EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE CAREFUL WITH THE HANDLES AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT. REPORTED SECOND INCIDENT TO HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DEALER SERVICE SHOP. BOTH SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH DOOR HANDLES FALLING OFF RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE WITH NORMAL USE. VERY UNSAFE TO BE UNPREDICTABLY PREVENTED FROM GETTING YOUR CHILD OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

11094036

Incident

May 13, 2018

Mileage

44,753 mi

2013 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE TAILGATE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE HYDRAULIC STRAY STRUT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. *JS

NHTSA ID

11066291

Incident

Nov 4, 2014

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HWY 41 IN ACWORTH, GA, WITH MY 2 KIDS IN THE CAR, AND I HEARD A VERY LOUD "POP." IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING EXPLODED, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I THEN HEARD THE SOUND OF WIND, THINKING ONE OF MY KIDS ROLLED DOWN ONE OF THE WINDOWS, BUT I CHECKED THEM ALL AND THEY HAD NOT. I OPENED THE SHADE COVER FOR THE SUNROOF, TO FIND A HUGE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND THE REST OF THE GLASS SPIDER WEBBED/SHATTERED. I QUICKLY CLOSED IT AND GOT HOME TO FURTHER INSPECT. WE WERE UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT HAPPENED, BUT SPENT $800 HAVING IT REPAIRED (AND THAT WAS WITH A USED SUNROOF).

NHTSA ID

11041997

Incident

Jul 5, 2017

Mileage

175,000 mi

PAINT PEELING IN VARIOUS SPOTS ON THE VEHICLE. FIRST SPOT WAS A SMALL PEEL ON THE ROOF, HONDA REPAIRED. NOW THE ENTIRE LOWER HALF OF THE TAILGATE PEELED DURING A SIMPLE CAR WASHING. IT CAME OF LIKE IT WAS A DECAL WITH NO MORE GLUE! UGHH.

NHTSA ID

11004212

Incident

Jun 21, 2017

Mileage

90,000 mi

MY 2013 HONDA ODYSSEY SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE AND THE DOOR SLID FORWARD NEARLY CATCHING MY YOUNG SON'S HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRONT PART OF THE FRAME. ALSO NOW THAT THE CABLE HAS SNAPPED THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN COMPLETELY TOWARD THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE LIMITING THE ABILITY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THAT SIDE IN AN EMERGENCY. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 70K MILES ON IN IT AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE CABLE RUSTED THROUGH IN ONE SPOT ALTHOUGH IT IS COATED IN PLASTIC.

NHTSA ID

11003835

Incident

Jul 8, 2017

Mileage

70,000 mi

OUR 2013 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH 22,000 MILES WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY FOR 2 DAYS AND SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED. THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE FIRE DAMAGES OUR POP-UP CAMPER AND THE SIDING ON OUR HOME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10650340

Incident

Oct 24, 2014

Mileage

22,000 mi

CHILD OPERATED BUTTON TOO CLOSE AUTOMATIC REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND REACHED BEHIND FOR SEAT BELT. IT WAS DARK AND THE CHILD WAS FEELING AROUND FOR THE BELT, WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED ON CHILD'S HAND AND CRUSHED FINGERS. THIS WAS IN THE REAR PART OF THE DOOR, NEXT TO WHERE THE SEAT BELT ANCHOR IS. CHILD WAS SCREAMING AND PARENT OPERATED DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPEN BUTTON TO RELEASE HAND. FINGERS ARE BADLY BRUISED. THERE IS NO WARNING THAT FINGERS CAN GET CAUGHT IN THE REAR, SO IT WAS UNEXPECTED. THERE IS ALSO NO AUTOMATIC RELEASE SIMILAR TO THAT WHEN AN OBSTRUCTION IS ENCOUNTERED IN THE FRONT PART OF THE DOOR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10567080

Incident

Mar 4, 2014

Mileage

22,000 mi

WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE 2013 MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE DO NOT SOUND THE BEEPER IF THE DRIVER OR FRONT PASSENGER DOOR IS OPEN WHILE DRIVING. PAGE 77 OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL CLEARLY STATES "THE BEEPER SOUNDS AND THE INDICATOR COMES ON IF ANY DOOR OR THE TAILGATE IS OPEN WHILE DRIVING." WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND AMERICA HONDA AND THEY SAY THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS FEATURE NOT WORKING AS STATED IN THE MANUAL AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT DESIGNED TO ALERT THE DRIVER TO THIS HAZARD AS STATED IN THE MANUAL. THIS COULD BE QUITE DANGEROUS TO SMALLER INDIVIDUALS SHOULD SOMEONE BE DRIVING WITHOUT A DOOR COMPLETELY CLOSED. THIS ALSO MAKES ONE WONDER HOW MANY OTHER SAFETY FEATURES HONDA CLAIMS TO HAVE IN THEIR VEHICLES THAT DO NOT WORK AS THEY CLAIM AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE INJURY AND HONDA IS HIDING FROM THE CONSUMERS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10537223

Incident

Aug 26, 2013

Mileage

7,000 mi

THE THIRD ROW, RIGHT HAND SIDE ARM REST/CUP HOLDER AREA WALL GETS HOT TO A POINT THAT PASSENGER ON THAT SIDE CANNOT SIT AND IS HOT ENOUGH TO BURN A PERSON.THIS ALSO AFFECTS THE COOLING/AIRCONDITIONING OF THE CAR AS WELL. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN CAUSE FIRE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10510176

Incident

Apr 26, 2013

Mileage

797 mi