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Honda Odyssey 2018

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

1.70 per 1,000

2.4 times this nameplate’s own median · from 176 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1003 ever. 95% lower bound 1.45.

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.

Electrical System 260 complaints

tailgate	65	25%
power tailgate	31	12%
tailgate control	25	10%
mitigation	25	10%
departure	23	9%
adaptive cruise	18	7%

Forward Collision Avoidance 208 complaints

camera	243	69%
auto high	91	26%
road departure	87	25%
multipurpose camera	53	15%
system road	47	13%
monocular	42	12%

Engine 190 complaints

rod	55	29%
bearing	38	20%
rod bearing	32	17%
van	31	16%
connecting	26	14%
connecting rod	24	13%

When it breaks

54% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 24,000 miles, from 271 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 259 complaints about this component over roughly 77 months before an investigation opened.

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

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:

10995676 · 11011737 · 11029929 · 11032131 · 11035181 · 11042632

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.