2014 Honda Odyssey problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Power Train (57) · Service Brakes (44) · Engine (40)
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216 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (5)
Fuel System, Gasoline:delivery:fuel Pump 2023-12-18 · campaign 23V858000 · 2,490,460 vehicles
Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Clarity PHEV, Fit, and 2015-2020 Honda Accord Hybrid, Pilot, Acura NSX vehicles. The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
Risk: Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KGC and KGD. This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.
Seats:mid/Rear Assembly 2018-03-13 · campaign 18V170000 · 254,568 vehicles
Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2014-2016 Honda Odyssey vehicles. The second row outboard seats have a lever to fold the seatback and slide the seat forward to access the third row seats. Due to a manufacturing error, if the walk-in release lever is used to fold a fully reclined left outboard seatback forward, the seatback may stay in the unlocked position (free-folding) or unexpectedly unlock without engaging the walk-in or recliner lever.
Risk: An unlocked second row left outboard seatback increases the risk of injury to the seat occupant during a crash.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will confirm proper operation of the second row left outboard seatback, and install a support bracket to the seat recliner. If the seatback cannot lock, dealers will replace the seatback frame assembly. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began May 7, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is X0R.
Seats:mid/Rear Assembly 2017-11-17 · campaign 17V725000 · 806,936 vehicles
Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2011-2017 Honda Odyssey vehicles. The second row outboard seats can slide sideways to one of two positions. If a seat is placed between either of the two positions when attaching the seat to the vehicle floor, the seat will not latch properly to the seat striker, allowing the seat to tip forward unexpectedly during braking.
Risk: If the seat tips forward during braking, it can increase the risk of injury.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will install a bracket to the second row outboard floor strikers, free of charge. The recall began April 2, 2018. Owners may contact American Honda Customer Support & Campaign Center at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is S0G.
Seats:mid/Rear Assembly 2016-12-27 · campaign 16V933000 · 633,753 vehicles
Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 Odyssey vehicles manufactured August 17, 2010, to October 1, 2015. The affected vehicles have second row outboard seats that have a release lever that allows the seats to move for easier access to the third row of seats. This release lever may remain in the unlocked position allowing the seats to move unexpectedly.
Risk: An unlocked second row outboard seat increases the risk of injury to the seat occupant during a crash.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional bracket and spring to both second row outboard seats, free of charge. Interim letter has been mailed, and a second notification will be sent . Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is KD5.
Air Bags:side/Window 2014-04-07 · campaign 14V175000 · 24,889 vehicles
Defect: Honda is recalling certain model year 2014 Odyssey vehicles manufactured October 2, 2013, through December 16, 2013. The shorting terminal, an electrical connector used to prevent air bag deployment before being installed into a vehicle, may have been damaged during assembly of the passenger-side side curtain air bag.
Risk: If the shorting terminal is damaged, the passenger-side side curtain air bag may fail to deploy thereby increasing the risk of occupant injury in a crash.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the damaged shorting pin with a new shorting coupler, free of charge. The recall began on May 16, 2014. Owners may contact Honda at 1-800-999-1009. Honda's number for this recall is JE2.
Service bulletins (158)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Engine 2026-02-01 · A26-001 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
service bulletin - the piston ring function deteriorates due to ring low wear toughness and sticking from sludge. oil adheres to the spark plug leading to carbon fouling and misfire. this can set dtcs p0301 no. 1 cylinder misfire detected, p0302 no. 2 cylinder misfire detected, p0303 no. 3 cylinder
Engine 2025-08-29 · A25-061 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
service bulletin - the piston ring function deteriorates due to ring low wear toughness and sticking from sludge. oil adheres to the spark plug leading to carbon fouling and misfire. this can set dtcs p0301 no. 1 cylinder misfire detected, p0302 no. 2 cylinder misfire detected, p0303 no. 3 cylinder
Engine 2025-07-29 · ONL6Z6072025 · Other
owner notification letter - the piston ring function can deteriorate due to ring low wear toughness and sticking from sludge. oil adheres to the spark plug leading to carbon fouling and misfire. this can set dtcs p0301 no. 1 cylinder misfire detected, p0302 no. 2 cylinder misfire detected, p0303 no.
Engine 2025-07-18 · A25-061 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
service bulletin - the piston ring function deteriorates due to ring wear and sticking from sludge. oil from the crankcase adheres to the spark plug leading to carbon fouling and misfire. this can set dtcs p0301 no. 1 cylinder misfire detected, p0302 no. 2 cylinder misfire detected, p0303 no. 3 cyli
Engine 2025-06-17 · AEBM06172025901 · Other
dealer message - piston ring effectiveness may be reduced due to excessive wear and oil sludge build-up, which can cause oil to adhere to the spark plug, potentially leading to carbon fouling and misfire triggering dtcs p0301 through p0304 and cause the mil to come on.
Engine 2025-06-17 · A25-061 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
service bulletin - the piston ring function deteriorates due to ring low wear toughness and sticking from sludge. oil adheres to the spark plug leading to carbon fouling and misfire.
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What owners report
2026-10-10 · Structure:body“the paint is literally falling off my entire van, i believe in the white pearl color, it looks ridiculous. the break warning also comes on randomly even with no one infront of me.…”
2026-10-09 · Visibility/Wiper“was driving down road and passenger side mirror exploded. did not hit anything just a boom. mirror housing parts broke off, mirror fractured. never had a problem with side mirrors. came home and disengaged the two wire prongs that were hold the reflective parts to housing unit. the camera part also became disengaged. …”
2026-09-30 · Unknown Or Other“the driver’s-side power sliding door cable failed suddenly while the vehicle was parked on a hill. the failure caused the sliding door to close on me with significant force and caused the vehicle to continuously alarm. the vehicle was taken to a local honda dealership, where the issue was diagnosed and repaired. because the repair was necessary to …”
2026-05-22 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 155,000 mi“the contact owns a 2014 honda odyssey. the contact stated that while the wife was driving into a park lot the vehicle suddenly stalled and would not restart. the vehicle was later towed back to the home. the cause of the failure was not yet determined. the manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. the…”
2026-04-29 · Structure:body“rear sliding doors will not shut automatic or otherwise!!!!! having to pull the door shut to get it to shut could result in someone arms or fingers being crushed! the cord could snap and hurt someone! kids riding in backseat could fall out of car while the door won’t shut! the door could open while driving down the road! these doors have costs us h…”
2026-04-26 · Engine“about mid-2025, honda announced a warranty extension campaign (not a formal nhtsa recall) for: * 2013–2017 honda odyssey (and some pilots) * related to vcm (variable cylinder management) what the problem was: * piston rings wear prematurely * oil gets past the rings → fouls spark plugs * leads to: * misfires (p0301–p0304) * oil consumpti…”
2026-04-17 · Fuel/Propulsion System“fuel pump issue, hard to start and low accelerate …”
2026-04-10 · Engine“all of this has been diagnosed and confirmed by richfield-bloomington honda. it is a catostrophic failure of the motor. cylinder 6 is misfiring. they are recommending a full motor replacement. last year, i had the piston ring issue on this car and the dealership had to rebuild the motor. the van has about 125,000 miles on it and is good service,…”
2026-02-07 · Vehicle Speed Control · 💥 crash“while brake pedal depressed and car coming to a stop at a traffic light, car surged forward as engine revved and hit another car in front of it. brake pedal was depressed the entire time.…”
2026-01-29 · Engine“the piston ring function has deteriorated causing ring low wear toughness such to the point that sludge has been created fowling the spark plug. this leads to carbon fowling and misfiring of the engine. there have been two incident's one in march of 2025 and the second in late july of 2025. both times we after my wife freak out because the car w…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.