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Total NHTSA Complaints
325
Owner filings recorded
#1 Reported Problem
Electrical System
171 reports (52.6%)
Crash Incident Reports
2
Filings citing a crash
Fire & Injury Reports
6
0 fire • 6 injury filings
Defect Investigation Analysis

Executive Problem Findings

AutoUtility currently tracks 325 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Honda Odyssey. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 171 complaints (52.6% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash, 6 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: 325 complaints submitted under federal penalty.
  • • Primary Subsystem: Electrical System accounts for 52.6% of submissions (171 reports).
  • • Secondary Systems: Engine & Cooling (163), Powertrain & Transmission (29).
  • • Crash Incidents: 2 filings cite an impact or collision.
  • • Thermal Incidents: 0 filings cite smoke or fire.
  • • Reported Casualties: 6 injury filings • 0 fatality filings.
Category Distribution

Reported Defect Categories for 2025 Honda Odyssey

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

Electrical System
171
52.6%
Engine & Cooling
163
50.2%
Powertrain & Transmission
29
8.9%
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
22
6.8%
Fuel & Propulsion System
19
5.8%
#1 52.6% SHARE

Electrical System

171 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
#2 50.2% SHARE

Engine & Cooling

163 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
#3 8.9% SHARE

Powertrain & Transmission

29 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
#4 6.8% SHARE

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

22 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

⚠️ 2 Crash 🩹 5 Injury
Deterministic Text Analysis

Recurring Symptoms Identified in Owner Reports

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

Engine & Cooling 3.1%

Engine Stalling / Sudden Shutdown

10 complaint narratives describe this symptom.

NHTSA Narrative Match
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 2025 Honda Odyssey

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

Engine & Cooling ODI #11760174
Filed: 08/27/2026
Defect Report

"Our 2025 Honda Odyssey Touring has repeatedly stalled or nearly stalled while driving. Of at least three dealer visits, the stalling issue was first formally documented on XXX, when we reported the engine shutting off twice while driving and the brake warning light activating twice. DTC 15477..."

Incident Date: 08/27/2026 NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Powertrain & Transmission ODI #11760051
Filed: 08/27/2026
Defect Report

"My van will stall at red-lights. It started three weeks ago. The car is a year and a half old. The auto- idle stop system is activated. We stop at a red light. Car stops. When we go to start car dings and thankfully has started 3 times. This time, the car made a ding and did not re-start. I was..."

Incident Date: 08/27/2026 NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Engine & Cooling ODI #11760047
Filed: 08/27/2026
Defect Report

"Engine fails to restart after auto off."

Incident Date: 07/23/2026 NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Engine & Cooling ODI #11759886
Filed: 08/26/2026
Defect Report

"Starter failure due to heat. Vehicle has failed to restart several times while stopped in traffic and at a traffic light due to the Auto Idle Stop function."

Incident Date: 08/09/2026 NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech ODI #11759780
Filed: 08/26/2026
Defect Report

"I am filing a safety complaint regarding a recurring, severe defect involving the 2025 Honda Odyssey's starter motor and the factory-installed Auto Idle-Stop (idle-stop) system.While driving, the vehicle's Auto Idle-Stop system engaged as designed when coming to a complete stop in traffic. However,..."

Incident Date: 08/18/2026 NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
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 95 2 5 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Honda Odyssey 90 1 3 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Honda Odyssey Current Page 325 2 2 Current
2026 Honda Odyssey 0 0 2 View 2026 Problems →
Exhaustive System Audit

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2025 Honda Odyssey

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 60 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Injury Entries Fatality Entries
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 64 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 48 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 45 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 42 0 0 2 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 14 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 13 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 9 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 8 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 7 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 7 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 3 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 3 1 0 2 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 3 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 3 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN 2 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 2 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,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 2 0
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC; AUTOHOLD BRAKE SYSTEM/BRAKE HOLD 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE 1 1 0 1 0
STEERING,SEATS,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,ENGINE,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
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Related Official Reports for 2025 Honda Odyssey

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Search Intelligence

Quick Answers: Common Problems & Reliability Questions for the 2025 Honda Odyssey

Direct, deterministic answers synthesized from verified United States government databases for the 2025 Honda Odyssey

What are the most common reported problems with the 2025 Honda Odyssey?

In official NHTSA consumer records, the most frequently cited issue area for the 2025 Honda Odyssey is Electrical System, appearing in 171 records (52.6% of submitted filings).

Secondary reported categories include Engine & Cooling (163) and Powertrain & Transmission (29).

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Is the 2025 Honda Odyssey a reliable vehicle?

AutoUtility does not issue subjective reliability scores or commercial ratings. In official United States government records, NHTSA tracks 325 consumer defect complaints and 2 safety recall campaigns for the 2025 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.

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Source: NHTSA ODI & Safety Recalls Databases

Are there crash, fire, or injury reports associated with the 2025 Honda Odyssey?

Among consumer complaint records on file with NHTSA for the 2025 Honda Odyssey, 2 filings cite a crash, 0 cite smoke or fire, and 6 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 2025 Honda Odyssey?

NHTSA ODI records list 1 formal defect investigation involving the 2025 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.