2025 Honda Odyssey
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Electrical system is the leading concern among 385 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 13th highest complaint count among 26 Odyssey model years with reports.
Of the 2025 reports, 2 involved a crash. 7 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Air bags, sensor, occupant classification, front passengerMay 21, 2026
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civic, 2017-2022 Accord Hybrid, and 2016-2022 Accord vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash.
Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.
Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 29, 2026.
Campaign 26V332000 on NHTSA.gov
Equipment adaptive/mobility, wheelchair restraints/securement, latch/anchorDec 17, 2025
Vantage Mobility, LLC (VM) is recalling certain 2021-2026 Honda Odyssey, 2021-2025 Chrysler Pacifica, and Toyota Sienna vehicles equipped with QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors, free of charge. Owner notification letters was mailed January 27, 2026. Owners may contact Vantage Mobility customer service at 1-800-488-9082.
Campaign 25V877000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints: engine
209 reports, newest first. Show all
Electrical system, Vehicle speed control, Engine, Jun 26, 2026
My 2025 Honda Odyssey has experienced an intermittent failure of the Auto Idle Stop system on four separate occasions. While stopped at a traffic light, the Auto Idle Stop system shuts the engine off as designed. When I release the brake pedal to proceed after the light turns green, the engine fails to restart automatically. Instead, the dashboard lights illuminate and flash, and the vehicle displays the message "Press brake and START button." Pressing the START button once does not restart the engine. I have had to repeatedly press or hold the START button before the vehicle eventually restarts. During these events, the vehicle is completely disabled in active traffic and cannot be driven until it restarts. This has occurred four times, including while stopped at busy multi-lane intersections. The vehicle remained stationary after the traffic signal turned green while surrounding traffic expected it to move. This created a safety hazard because the vehicle unexpectedly became immobilized in an active traffic lane. I took the vehicle to an authorized Honda dealership. The service advisor acknowledged they are aware of similar complaints from other 2025 Odyssey owners but indicated Honda has not provided a definitive repair or service procedure. A diagnostic appointment has been scheduled. I have also found numerous reports from other 2025 Honda Odyssey owners describing the same Auto Idle Stop failure. In many of those cases, dealerships ultimately replaced the starter under warranty after diagnosis. The consistency of these reports suggests this may not be an isolated incident. I am submitting this complaint because this is a safety issue. A vehicle that unexpectedly cannot move when traffic begins to flow creates a risk of a rear-end or other collision.
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 26, 2026
The vehicle stalled at a traffic light and would not go into park or shut down to restart for about a minute. There were no warning signs or warning lights. It is a safety issue due to this potentially happening in the middle of an intersection while waiting to turn. The vehicle is being taken to the dealership on Wednesday, July 1st.
Engine, Jun 25, 2026
while stopped at a redlight the auto idle stop engaged and engine shut off. When releasing the brake to accelerate the engine failed to restart and completely stalled in traffic requiring a manual restart. warning lights flashed on the dashboard. Then the same thing happend when stopped at a stopped sign.
Engine, Jun 24, 2026
Van has repeatedly stalled during the idle stop restart process when stopped at a stoplight. The van will stall and the dashboard lights up with many symbols. To briefly include, a red exclamation, check engine and battery symbol among others. The car has to be completely shut down and restarted to turn over and function. Obviously an unexpected stalled vehicle in traffic is a significant and potentially injurious or deadly problem. This has been happening periodically since Jan 2026 on a 1 year old van with approximately 12k miles. I have asked the dealer to investigate and they claim no error codes and the battery is ok. I suspect either a starter, brake pedal issues, or software update is needed. I would encourage the NHTSA to issue a recall or service bulletin as a quick google search reveals this is a common issue on newer Odyssey vans. This vehicle is available for inspection upon request.
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 24, 2026
My vehicle has failed to restart at intersections when the idle start stop feature is engaged. Have to put car in park and manually shut off car and restart the car to get it to restart. Get an error code for a little while about brake issue.
Power train, Electrical system, Engine, Jun 24, 2026
When I come to a full stop and the Idle Stop feature engages, sometimes the engine will not restart. I get a message saying to press the button to start the engine, but it does not start after doing that either, so I have to shut the car off and restart it. There are a bunch of lights that flash when this happens.
Electrical system, Other or unspecified, Engine, Jun 23, 2026
While in traffic, the van goes into idle and then will not restart. This has happened to us at least 5 times. The frequency has increased and now occurs at least once a week. We are very much worried about how unsafe this is because we could be hit from any direction while in active traffic. We noticed NHTSA investigation (ID# PE25-03) is already underway and feel that the issues apply to our situation. We need immediate help please.
Engine, Jun 23, 2026
My 2025 Honda Odyssey fails to restart after the Auto Idle Stop (AIS) system engages at a complete stop at traffic lights and intersections. When I release the brake, the engine does not restart as designed. I am forced to shift into Park and manually restart the vehicle using the ignition button. This has occurred multiple times and is intermittent. I am aware of NHTSA engineering analysis EA25004 covering this exact issue on 2018-2025 Honda Odysseys. Honda TSBs A23-008 and A23-010 have not yet been applied to my vehicle. This defect creates a safety hazard as the vehicle is unable to proceed through an intersection when traffic clears. Additionally, after driving for 20+ minutes, if I stop the vehicle and then try to restart within 5-10 minutes, the restart is very slow, almost sounding like the battery is not strong enough to turn over. I have to turn off the vehicle and then press start a couple of times to get it to work. If i then proceed for another 5 or so minutes, turn it off for just a couple of minutes and restart, it is dead with no sound on the initial restart atempt and I need to try a couple of times. You ask for a date below. This has been recurring since purchased the car in September of 2024
Engine, Jun 23, 2026
The van has intermittent warm-start slow cranking and occasional Auto Idle Stop restart failures. The van fails to start intermittently during auto idle stops. This puts the driver and passengers at risk by failing to drive right away. It causes a potential collision from the rear. It has not been reproducible by the dealer and was inspected by the dealer. No warnings were present prior to failure. This started happening about 2-3 months ago.
Engine, Jun 22, 2026
My 2025 Honda Odyssey Elite repeatedly shuts off completely while stopped, with the Auto Idle Stop feature engaged, and fails to restart on its own. The engine dies at a complete stop and will not restart until I shift the vehicle into Park and manually restart it. This has happened more than six times. It occurs only at complete stops such as traffic lights and stop signs. No warning light illuminates. This creates a safety hazard because the vehicle is dead and immovable in active traffic until I can restart it, exposing me and my passengers to rear-end collision risk. This matches the known Auto Idle Stop defect already under federal investigation for this vehicle.
Power train, Other or unspecified, Engine, Jun 22, 2026
When the engine shuts off while braking at a light/stop sign etc occasionally the car will fail to turn the engine back on and the car will go in to park and the only way to get in to drive is to restart the car. This happens once or twice a month.
Electrical system, Other or unspecified, Engine, Jun 20, 2026
Auto Idle Stop feature has caused the vehicle to stall / shut down at a stop light on several occasions causing hazard when we can't drive. Entire engine has to be stopped and restarted which is scary in heavy traffic.
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 19, 2026
-Defective Starter. -Starter randomly fails to restart vehicle after being warmed up. -When the DC motor internal copper windings get heat soaked after being driven and warmed up, the motor's internal resistance gets too high to draw sufficient current to turn over engine properly. This happens when intentionally shutting off motor (ie. getting gas, going into a store then coming out in a few minutes), the engine either will not crank at all, or cranks about two engine revolutions, will not start and then stops trying and remains in full accessory mode. It will not attempt a restart either. The only remedy is to fully shut down the vehicle, then try a fresh start after a few seconds. Sometimes it will start the engine, sometimes it will repeat the issue and you have to try again. This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS when this problem occurs when the vehicle is at an intersection or traffic light, shuts itself off due to the auto-start/stop, then fails to restart the engine when expected when the light turns green. Especially at traffic lights if you're the first car in line., and especially if you're the first car to go with traffic behind and in a single lane of traffic. Having to totally shut the car down, then do a fresh restart while blocking an intersection with tons of cars behind and all waiting on your car to decide if it wants to re-start with cars flying around you into the shoulder or ditch to get around is an extremely dangerous position to be in, forcing other drivers into doing ridiculous things to get around you and WILL if not already cause major accidents. I believe Honda knows this is an issue. They are blaming bad batteries and alternators which can easily be ruled out with independent battery and alternator testing in the vehicle, while the problem of no/slow cranking remains. The problem IS defective starters, that have or will absolutely cause accidents by stranding vehicles in intersections because of failures to restart.
Power train, Other or unspecified, Engine, Jun 16, 2026
Engine fails to restart after the Auto Idle System shuts it down, leaving vehicle stranded in traffic. The issue is sudden and unpredictable, and may not appear in inspection. A stalled car in live traffic is a safety concern. The vehicle is at a dealer for diagnosis and repair. No warning appeared before the problem began happening. (About 5 times in 2.5 months.) Sometimes when it occurs, a brief error message seems to appear on the dash, but quickly disappears. It usually takes cycling through restarting the car to get going again. Not a good environment to stop and take video, although it's almost impossible to record.
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 15, 2026
I am reporting a critical safety issue regarding the auto-start-stop system on my 2025 Honda Odyssey. On June 15, 2026, the vehicle's engine shut off at an intersection as designed but failed to restart, stranding the driver in active traffic and presenting a severe safety hazard. I previously brought the vehicle to an authorized Honda dealership approximately two weeks prior to this incident after noticing early symptoms of this failure. At that time, the dealership diagnosed the issue as low battery voltage and replaced the battery; however, this repair did not resolve the underlying fault. The vehicle continues to unexpectedly stall during traffic stops due to the auto-start-stop failure, representing an ongoing and significant danger to the vehicle occupants and other motorists.
Steering, Seats, Engine, Jun 15, 2026
Engine will fail to start when shut off to stop light or when shut off at anytime when engine is hot. Very dangerous situation. Acts like starter is dragging. There is a clunking in the steering column when making a turn mainly to the left that can be felt in the steering wheel. Driver seat is splitting open on the side. Keeps setting code p0441 for evap system..
Electrical system, Other or unspecified, Engine, Jun 12, 2026
Vehicle shuts off with with the start/stop feature. then will not restart the motor after taking foot off the brake causing a dead vehicle in the road with no warning. Then its a scramble to get it to restart and its difficult to start. this happens at random and seems like honda refuses to fix.
Power train, Electrical system, Engine, Jun 10, 2026
2025 Honda Odyssey Auto Idle Stop fails to restart engine after automatic shutdown at intersections; vehicle must be restarted manually; safety hazard; repeated occurances; video documentation made. Reference: NHTSA EA25004
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 10, 2026
Electrical restart feature failures, battery dash indicator comes on and the restart feature won’t engage. This has happened on several occasions on busy roads with lights vehicle won’t move without manually turning off vehicle and putting into park to restart. Was almost rear ended by large truck after being unable to restart vehicle after being stopped at a red light.
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 8, 2026
Bad starter. When utilizing auto start/stop, the engine would fail to restart at stop. The car would need to be shifted back to park, turned all the way off, and then back on to restart, resulting in a delay - an unsafe practice at an intersection.
Engine, Jun 6, 2026
Vehicle has auto start/stop and when shutting down at a stop will fail to start back up. Have to shut vehicle down completely and then try to start back up.
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 5, 2026
-Engine fails to restart on its own from a complete stop at a traffic light or road intersection with the AIS function engaged. -This issue presents a significant safety hazard for my two small children and me. On multiple occasions, we have been unable to move due to severe traffic congestion, leaving us vulnerable to aggressive and hostile behavior from other drivers. The resulting situation is both stressful and unsafe, particularly when traveling with young children. -Issue has happened several times -No warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure -Reported the issue to the dealership as the vehicle is still under warranty. Per service technician, there is not alarms or issues with the vehicle. Nothing is being done by Honda to address this issue. Please help
Electrical system, Engine, Jun 2, 2026
Auto Idle Stop (AIS) system fail to restart: The engine fails to restart on its own after a complete stop at a traffic light or intersection with the Auto Start/Stop function engaged, putting the driver in dangerous and panic situation.
Engine, Jun 1, 2026
The Auto Idle Stop has failed to restart the car when stopped at a traffic light. This has happened twice now, and has caused me to become a road hazard as I am not able to get the car turned back on before the light turns green. This has happened twice in the past month (May 7 2026 and June 1 2026). Have not yet taken the car back to the dealer. No warning lights or anything came on prior to the incident. Just stopped at a light and the engine stopped, then did not turn back on when the brake pedal was lifted.
Electrical system, Engine, May 30, 2026
Car completely turns off when I’m stopped and idle stop has engaged. Seems to happen when the AC is running hard. Sometimes, the car turns back on by itself in seconds. Other times, I have to turn the car back on myself by pressing the “engine on” button, and I struggle to get the car to turn back on. Very dangerous to be obstructing traffic at busy intersections or on a busy highway when stopped while another car ahead is making a turn. I’m scared to drive this car with my children in it. It is a minivan! I understand this is a known issue under investigation by NHTSA, but I’m struggling to get my local Honda dealer to acknowledge and address it. This issue happens at least 1x a day when I’m running the AC.