I was returning home and after driving on the freeway for approximately 45 minutes of driving at approximately 65 mph I heard a pop under the hood of my van and began to see smoke. I was unable to accelerate and had to turn on my hazard lights and pull off the freeway at the next exit. Upon taking my vehicle to my mechanic, I was told my transmission had failed.

- Redlands, CA, USA

With no prior warning the vehicle began smoking out of the tail pipe. When pulled over, car was smoking under hood and all fluid poured out of the bottom. Had car towed to mechanic. "blown or cracked" head gasket was his diagnosis. Had car towed to shop to have repaired. After two weeks in the shop, the mechanic informed me that the car was still leaking antifreeze into the oil and that there is a porous leak somewhere in the engine. This car is not abused and I have regular oil changes with fully synthetic oil. This is just icing on the cake. I was excited to purchase this vehicle because Honda has such a great name. In the summer of 2009 I had to repair the air conditioning ($900) and replace wheel bearings ($300). This was just a few months after I replaced the tires for the first time ($2000). (purchased vehicle used in 2008 w/ 35000 miles) in 2010 it was time for tires again (not even 20K miles later). I depaxed them for $2000 and am still running on this same set of tires. It seems that the engine problem is a defect with Honda and from what I am reading, they will not take responsibility. I have not contacted Honda in any way but was curious if it would matter.

- Griffin, GA, USA

Broken engine mount, right rear. Took car in for torque converter recall. Dealer did the software update and then advised that engine mount is broken.

- Seal Beach, CA, USA

Car was purchased with broken motor mounts, but it has never been in a crash. Seems to be a common theme with this Odyssey. Paid over $900 to get all 3 replaced at Honda dealership. Seems to be a very poor design.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

I want people to know that Honda now has a software fix for shuddering transmission problems and shaking. Our 2005 Odyssey touring would shake between 35-45 mph. We had the transmission serviced several time and never had a broken engine mount. Honda just came out with this fix in late June 2012 and it seems to have solved our problem. Our Honda garage installed this software update for free even though we now have 122K. It only takes 15 minutes. Hope this helps.

- Vermilion, OH, USA

Three days after purchasing the Odyssey van, a severe vibration in the front end occurred. It was taken back to the dealer and I was told that the electronic motor mounts needed to be replaced. $1500 later, the problem was fixed. On June 28, 2012, with 122000 miles on the same Odyssey van, the same motor mounts need to be replaced. This time, all three need to be replaced at a cost of $2200.

- Mebane, NC, USA

Motor mount!!!!! like many others it appears Honda has known about this issue and other than charging the customer for the excessively priced part to repair this issue that seems it may occur again after 50K. Seems like a racket to me. Our recent visit to the dealership didn't even need the service adviser to check out the problem. Apparently just mentioning vibration and they know that it's the motor mount. If Honda doesn't volunteer to recall this issue and NHTSA doesn't find just cause, I think perhaps a class action suit will remedy the situation.

- Fort Lupton, CO, USA

Vehicle has been exhibiting a very harsh shaking/vibration while in eco mode. This is distracting as well as uncomfortable. Recently the vibration has gotten so bad, we can not see out of any of the mirrors as the shaking vibrates them to the point of complete uselessness. The worst part is that we just paid $2000 at a dealership to replace the rear motor mount and flush transmission again. We have had this van since 60K and serviced transmission four times now, replacing motor mount twice. This time, with no apparent effect.

- Coffeyville, KS, USA