2023 Honda Odyssey: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 88 complaints about the 2023 Honda Odyssey and NHTSA has issued 5 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is electrical system, named in 25 of them.

88
Complaints
5
Recalls
2
Crash reports
3
Fire reports
10
Injuries
120.5
Severity index

Severity index 120.5 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 120.5p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2023 Honda Odyssey sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 80 2023 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2023 Honda Odyssey ranks 16 of 80 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 80% of its model-year peers. See the full 2023 ranking.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 25 complaints (28.4%)25 28%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 24 complaints (27.3%)24 27%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 15 complaints (17.0%)15 17%EngineEngine: 11 complaints (12.5%)11 12%StructureStructure: 10 complaints (11.4%)10 11%Service BrakesService Brakes: 9 complaints (10.2%)9 10%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 7 complaints (8.0%)7 8%Visibility/WiperVisibility/Wiper: 6 complaints (6.8%)6 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2528.4%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE2427.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1517.0%
ENGINE1112.5%
STRUCTURE1011.4%
SERVICE BRAKES910.2%
LANE DEPARTURE78.0%
VISIBILITY/WIPER66.8%

Complaints filed per year

014292022: 12023: 232024: 192025: 292026: 16 (partial year)222324252926
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20221
202323
202419
202529
2026 (year to date)16
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 71.0x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
23V43100015/06/2023BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTIONHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2023 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Pilot, and 2019-2023 Passport vehicles. Due to a faulty Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) communication coaxial cable connector, the rearview camera image may not appear on the display. As
24V11400015/02/2024STEERINGHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Odyssey and 2024 Acura RDX vehicles. The steering gear box assembly may not have been tightened properly, allowing water to enter the assembly and cause corrosion and binding gears.
23V85800018/12/2023FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMPHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 H
25V87700017/12/2025EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR RESTRAINTS/SECUREMENT:LATCH/ANCHOR: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.
26V33200021/05/2026AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERHonda (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-
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.