2026 Honda Odyssey

The contact owns a 2026 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while pulling halfway into a parking spot with her foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, turning slightly right to miss a handicapped spot, crashed into a palm tree, and drove over rocks before the vehicle stopped. The vehicle went from 0 to 30 MPH within seconds. The ignition was turned off during the failure. The driver’s side seat and top air bags deployed and struck the contact in the face, causing a burning of the face. There was smoke inside the vehicle. The driver was able to exit the vehicle. The contact sustained bruises. The driver's son was seated in the driver's side rear seat. The air pressure warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer for an oil change the day before the failure. The vehicle was towed to the residence and then later towed to a Geico lot. The insurance company had inspected the vehicle. The vehicle was scheduled to go to a body shop for further inspection. A Police report was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 6,338.

NHTSA ID

11765824

Incident

Sep 13, 2026

Mileage

6,338 mi

The vehicle has now on two occasions failed to restart after the auto idle off feature has engaged. I now have to remember to turn it off every time I drive. It has left me stranded in the road waiting and hoping I can get it to restart. This has nearly happened on two other occasions as well.

NHTSA ID

11765543

Incident

Sep 19, 2026

I was stopped at the light on Maple and Naper in Naperville. My car engine had turned off as part of the auto idle feature. When I took my foot off the brake, my car did not restart. A message came up telling me to put the car in park. It had already automatically shifted to park and I had to turn the car off and back on to get it to work again. This is a busy intersection and people behind me were honking.

NHTSA ID

11764602

Incident

Aug 18, 2026

At stop lights, the car engine will shut off. It is supposed to turn back on as you lift your foot from the break to accelerate. Three times now, most recently around 4pm yesterday, the car has not restarted. It shifts to park and an error message comes up on the dash. I’m not exactly sure what the message says but it’s something like car failed to restart, shift to park. I have had to power off my car and power it back on all 3 times to get it to work properly again.

NHTSA ID

11764598

Incident

Sep 15, 2026

At a stop light the van turned off and would not turn back on...finally was able to get it to auto zone who said it was a bad battery, we then took it to honda with it only having 7k miles on it. They determined it was the starter from the auto/start/stop feature. What if this was the highway? A 2026 vehicle this should not happen to.

NHTSA ID

11764398

Incident

Jul 1, 2026

My AIS system kicked in causing the engine to shut off. Unfortunately, the engine did not restart. I was unable to start my car or even shift it to neutral for a helpful bystander to help me push my car off of the road. I was blocking traffic on a busy road and I am very fortunate that I was not rear ended. Eventually, after about half an hour, was able to get the car restarted (even then, lots of “clicking” and hesitation with starting). I then drove the vehicle home. I took it to Honda and they made me aware today that they were unable to get the car to repeat this problem, nothing was wrong, I could pick it up and let them know if it happened again.

NHTSA ID

11764140

Incident

Sep 9, 2026

Sitting at a light, the auto stop system activated and shut the engine off. When the light turned green, I took my foot off the brake and the engine failed to. Start and the entire electrical system shut off. The card was completely dead. I sat there for several minutes and I was able to restart the car.

NHTSA ID

11763755

Incident

Sep 11, 2026

While driving my 2026 Honda Odyssey, I stopped at a red light and the engine shut off through the Auto Idle Stop system. I pressed the Auto Idle Stop OFF button because I wanted the engine running again before proceeding. Instead of restarting the engine, the vehicle completely shut down and became inoperable in traffic. I repeatedly attempted to restart the vehicle, but it remained unresponsive for approximately 20 seconds before it finally restarted. This created a serious safety hazard because I was unable to move the vehicle while positioned in active traffic. This was not normal Auto Idle Stop operation, as the engine should have restarted when I pressed the button. This has happened several times already, where the car will not restart the engine. Requesting that NHTSA investigate possible Auto-Idle Stop/failure-to-restart problems affecting the 2026 Honda Odyssey.

NHTSA ID

11763518

Incident

Sep 10, 2026

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2024-2027 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the rear sliding door latch being stuck, causing the door to remain open or closed. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect certain parts from the vehicle prior to attempting a repair of any kind besides diagnosing the issue to corrosion and/or dirt buildup on the latch.

Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel with DTC C1120-14 Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel with DTC C1120-14 Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel with DTC C1120-14 Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a customer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

Dealer Message - American American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2026 Odysseys with a cusomer complaint of the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch inoperable. Customer may also notice a brake system warning indicator on the instrument panel. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.