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Honda Odyssey 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.00 per 1,000

1.4 times this nameplate’s own median · from 136 complaints filed in the first three years, of 495 ever. 95% lower bound 0.83.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20081.00136
20090.4351
20100.5557
20110.98106
20120.6070
20130.4760
20140.91114
20150.5771
20160.5568
20170.1213
20181.70176
20191.40144
20200.7165
20210.4435
20221.2980
20231.1470

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Service Brakes 161 complaints

soft5131%
van2716%
vsa1710%
spongy1710%
duplicate149%
modulator127%

Structure 123 complaints

struts5943%
struts failed1814%
hatchback liftgate1814%
body hatchback1814%
structure body1713%
tailgate struts108%

When it breaks

31% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 50,000 miles, from 421 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

5 investigations covering this model year, 3 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 83 complaints about this component over roughly 25 months before an investigation opened.

Air in brake system

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10214725 · 10219726 · 10219748 · 10221570 · 10225530 · 10225920

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.