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Total NHTSA Complaints
95
Owner filings recorded
#1 Reported Problem
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
30 reports (31.6%)
Crash Incident Reports
2
Filings citing a crash
Fire & Injury Reports
11
3 fire • 8 injury filings
Defect Investigation Analysis

Executive Problem Findings

AutoUtility currently tracks 95 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2023 Honda Odyssey. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 30 complaints (31.6% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash, 3 cite a fire, 8 report one or more injuries.

Methodology Notice: Consumer complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Filings are not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and do not constitute an audited component failure rate.
Incident & Severity Profile
  • • Total Owner Reports: 95 complaints submitted under federal penalty.
  • • Primary Subsystem: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech accounts for 31.6% of submissions (30 reports).
  • • Secondary Systems: Electrical System (28), Engine & Cooling (13).
  • • Crash Incidents: 2 filings cite an impact or collision.
  • • Thermal Incidents: 3 filings cite smoke or fire.
  • • Reported Casualties: 8 injury filings • 0 fatality filings.
Category Distribution

Reported Defect Categories for 2023 Honda Odyssey

Factual proportion of owner complaints categorized by automotive subsystem in NHTSA records

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
30
31.6%
Electrical System
28
29.5%
Engine & Cooling
13
13.7%
Body & Structure
11
11.6%
Visibility, Wipers & Glass
9
9.5%
#1 31.6% SHARE

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

30 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

⚠️ 1 Crash 🩹 2 Injury
⚠️ 1 Associated Recall Campaign
#2 29.5% SHARE

Electrical System

28 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

🔥 1 Fire 🩹 4 Injury
#3 13.7% SHARE

Engine & Cooling

13 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

🔥 1 Fire
#4 11.6% SHARE

Body & Structure

11 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

🩹 2 Injury
⚠️ 1 Associated Recall Campaign
Federal Oversight

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)

Formal engineering analyses and preliminary evaluations opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

ODI Action #EA25004 OPEN Engineering Analysis (EA)
Opened: 2025-03-26 • Active
Subject / Subsystem
No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages
Affected Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:CRANK/CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR
Recall Linkage
No direct recall linkage
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.
Consumer Filings

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2023 Honda Odyssey

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Engine & Cooling ODI #11758148
Filed: 08/20/2026
Defect Report

"After stopping the car in a left turn lane in the intersection, the car engine, dash board and infotainment system shut down. No warnings or other items appeared, the car died. After scrambling since it put traffic to a standstill, I shifter to park and returned on the car. Which worked and allowed..."

Incident Date: 08/16/2026 NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE
Engine & Cooling ODI #11757567
Filed: 08/17/2026
Defect Report

"Seems like due to the auto idle, it makes the engine idle so low that it dies- my car died in middle of the road- the first time, I had it jumped, and mechanic said it was a fluke, second time, despite the testing not showing any issue, he said we can try to replace the battery, so we did, but 6..."

Incident Date: 08/06/2026 NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE
Other / Miscellaneous ODI #11756755
Filed: 08/13/2026
Defect Report

"My 2023 Honda Odyssey (only 2.5 years old with 60,000 miles) recently had a complete tailgate failure. The dealership diagnosed the issue as a failed roof seal. This factory seal failure allowed water to leak inside the vehicle, directly shorting out the tailgate motor module causing the module to..."

Incident Date: 08/12/2026 NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Electrical System ODI #11756123
Filed: 08/11/2026
Defect Report

"This vehicle needs to be added to the current recall 23v-431. Media screen goes blank and rear camera in operable when this happens."

Incident Date: 08/10/2026 NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER
Other / Miscellaneous ODI #11754121
Filed: 08/01/2026
Defect Report

"I was driving down the highway at highway speeds with no other vehicles around me and with my air conditioning on and the sunroof exploded."

Incident Date: 07/31/2026 NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Multi-Year Trend

Complaint History for Honda Odyssey

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Honda Odyssey 203 8 6 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Honda Odyssey 268 9 6 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Honda Odyssey 39 3 2 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Honda Odyssey 969 13 16 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Honda Odyssey 930 15 20 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Honda Odyssey 452 4 14 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Honda Odyssey 136 2 8 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Honda Odyssey 130 4 9 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Honda Odyssey Current Page 95 2 5 Current
2024 Honda Odyssey 90 1 3 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Honda Odyssey 325 2 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Honda Odyssey 0 0 2 View 2026 Problems →
Exhaustive System Audit

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2023 Honda Odyssey

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 49 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Injury Entries Fatality Entries
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 12 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 7 0 0 2 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 6 0 1 1 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 5 0 0 2 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 4 0 1 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 4 0 0 2 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 4 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 3 0 0 2 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 2 1 0 1 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 2 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
CHEST CLIP, BUCKLE, HARNESS 1 0 0 0 0
CHILD SEAT 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 1 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Related Workstations

Related Official Reports for 2023 Honda Odyssey

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2023 Honda Odyssey Safety Recalls (5) →

Official recall campaigns, safety defect descriptions, and manufacturer free remedy instructions.

2023 Honda Odyssey Safety Ratings →

NHTSA 5-Star NCAP crash test results, driver assistance systems, and rollover resistance ratings.

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Search Intelligence

Quick Answers: Common Problems & Reliability Questions for the 2023 Honda Odyssey

Direct, deterministic answers synthesized from verified United States government databases for the 2023 Honda Odyssey

What are the most common reported problems with the 2023 Honda Odyssey?

In official NHTSA consumer records, the most frequently cited issue area for the 2023 Honda Odyssey is Driver Assistance & Safety Tech, appearing in 30 records (31.6% of submitted filings).

Secondary reported categories include Electrical System (28) and Engine & Cooling (13).

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Is the 2023 Honda Odyssey a reliable vehicle?

AutoUtility does not issue subjective reliability scores or commercial ratings. In official United States government records, NHTSA tracks 95 consumer defect complaints and 5 safety recall campaigns for the 2023 Honda Odyssey.

Reviewing documented component complaint distributions, recall remedy notices, and active federal investigations provides an objective, evidence-based view of the vehicle's historical safety and defect record.

Cross-reference official safety recall campaigns →
Source: NHTSA ODI & Safety Recalls Databases

Are there crash, fire, or injury reports associated with the 2023 Honda Odyssey?

Among consumer complaint records on file with NHTSA for the 2023 Honda Odyssey, 2 filings cite a crash, 3 cite smoke or fire, and 8 report one or more injuries.

Incident entries represent consumer descriptions at the time of submission to federal authorities and do not establish mechanical causation or legal liability.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Consumer Logs

Has NHTSA formally investigated defects on the 2023 Honda Odyssey?

NHTSA ODI records list 1 formal defect investigation involving the 2023 Honda Odyssey (1 currently open).

Federal defect investigations are formal engineering evaluations opened when safety defect trends emerge, and do not by themselves establish a confirmed defect or mandatory recall.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Registry
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database under 49 CFR Part 576.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.