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1999 Honda Odyssey transmission problems

The 1999 Honda Odyssey has 172 transmission complaints filed with NHTSA — 26% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

172

Transmission complaints

26%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Transmission complaints by year

Odyssey transmission complaints by model year612 complaints1995: 1 complaints1996: 1 complaints1997: 1 complaints1998: 16 complaints1999: 172 complaints2000: 233 complaints2001: 337 complaints2002: 612 complaints2003: 543 complaints2004: 224 complaints2005: 106 complaints2006: 89 complaints2007: 78 complaints2008: 41 complaints2009: 18 complaints2010: 24 complaints2011: 19 complaints2012: 24 complaints2013: 14 complaints2014: 73 complaints2015: 42 complaints2016: 38 complaints2017: 7 complaints2018: 158 complaints2019: 120 complaints2020: 14 complaints2021: 5 complaints2022: 14 complaints2023: 3 complaints2024: 8 complaints2025: 18 complaints
Odyssey transmission complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION SLIPPING.. IT WOULD BE IN ONE GEAR THEN SLIP INTO A LOWER GEAR. THE SPEED VARIED WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT MAY COST UP TO $5000.00 TO REPLACE IT.*AK CONSUMER FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM TWO…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Transmission · June 29, 2004

Common questions

How many transmission complaints does the 1999 Honda Odyssey have?

NHTSA has 172 complaints about the 1999 Honda Odyssey transmission — 26% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.