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Honda Odyssey 2009

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

0.43 per 1,000

0.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 51 complaints filed in the first three years, of 197 ever. 95% lower bound 0.31.

Against its own model years

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

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.00	136
2009	0.43	51
2010	0.55	57
2011	0.98	106
2012	0.60	70
2013	0.47	60
2014	0.91	114
2015	0.57	71
2016	0.55	68
2017	0.12	13
2018	1.70	176
2019	1.40	144
2020	0.71	65
2021	0.44	35
2022	1.29	80
2023	1.14	70

What owners describe

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

Structure 63 complaints

struts	16	25%
gate	15	24%
manually	13	21%
lift	13	21%
lift gate	11	18%
hold	11	18%

When it breaks

24% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 65,000 miles, from 160 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Stabilus Rear Liftgate Struts Failing

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:

10263934 · 10272952 · 10273511 · 10273827 · 10279064 · 10289845

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.