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The Honda Odyssey had a quiet beginning in 1995, but quickly became one of the top selling minivans on the market. Creative fold-into-the-floor third row seating and a roomy cabin are the notable highlights of the Odyssey. When adding up the long list of features, reliability and safety you will admit that the Honda Odyssey is entitled to be a top seller. What most competitors offer as upgrades, the Honda Odyssey makes it a standard within the four different trim packages.

The Honda Odyssey LX has a 244-hp 3.5L 24-valve SOHC VTEC V6 engine, ACE body structure, VSA with traction control, ABS, advanced multi-stage airbags with rollover sensor, OPDS, front and rear air conditioning, one-motion 60/40 split 3rd-row MagicSeat, 120-watt AM/FM/CD audio system with MP3 input, retractable center tray table with bag hooks, and sixteen” wheels with covers. The Honda Odyssey EX has upgrades including power sliding doors, tri-zone automatic climate control, steering wheel-mounted audio controls, available rear DVD entertainment system, HomeLink remote system, front door courtesy lights, power adjustable driver seat, AM/FM/6-disc in-dash audio system, exterior temperature indicator, and sixteen” alloy wheels. The Honda Odyssey EX-L includes Variable Cylinder Management, Active Control Engine Mount System, power moon roof, power sliding doors, power tailgate, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, rear view camera, Honda’s satellite-link navigation system, rear DVD entertainment system, auto-dimming rear view mirror, power adjustable passenger seat, leather-trimmed seats, heated front seats, XM radio, and sixteen” alloy wheels. The Honda Odyssey Touring has fog lights, programmable windshield wipers, memory-linked side mirrors with reverse gear tilt-down, body-colored parking sensors, power adjustable pedals, 2-position memory driver seat, a 360-watt AM/FM/6-disc in-dash premier audio system, XM radio, programmable multi-informational display, miles-to-empty indicator, compass, and 17” alloy wheels.

What makes the Honda Odyssey so easy to drive is the responsive steering, smooth suspension, V6 engine and the wonderful turning radius. The gear switches from the five-speed automatic transmission are tight and smooth no matter if your at highways speeds or running late for soccer practice.

The Honda Odyssey makes summer road trips simple with quick access for getting the kids in and out and plenty of cargo and passenger space.

My wife loves her Honda Odyssey .  The problem is I just discovered the model year she is driving has a history of transmission failures to the tune of $3000 dollars to repair or replace … bummer.

We have been put a lot of miles on in a short period of time and I have been pulling a loaded trailer with the van. It pulls really nice with 250 horsepower under the hood.  I have been really pleased with the van but it has started to shift really hard between first and second gear.  I can’t tell if it is actually the shift causing the problem or if it is the lock up torque converter causing the problem.

Anyway it continues to progress to destruction.  This past weekend I decided to check the transmission fluid on the off chance the level was low.  I am using synthetic transmission fluid and I have been running the van hard.  It is up to 162,000 miles + now.  I fully expected some dark fluid probably slightly burnt smell (that nasty burning tranny smell).

Considering the transmission is shifting improperly and my wife has been stuck in 4th gear a couple of times driving home (and I have been pulling heavy trailers) you can imagine the absolute shock on my face when I pulled the dipstick to see a perfect beautiful light red color, at the proper level, with no odor of burnt.  WOW.

I change my motor oil and transmission fluid on a regular basis to try and make my vehicles last forever.

I wish my tranny would last forever because of the synthetic transmission fluid I’m using but I am obviously having problems.  What I am finding from my research is we have gone a lot longer than all the other folks that ran into this transmission problem.  I haven’t sorted it out yet but I am hoping its a computer problem and not mechanical.  My transmission fluid isn’t showing the problem anyway.

If you know the answer to this problem please post below otherwise… wish me luck!