2025 Honda Odyssey Problems, Recalls & Reliability
494 owner complaints sit in the federal file for the 2025 Honda Odyssey, alongside 2 recall campaigns and 1 defect investigation. It scores 29/100 on the trouble index — still early — complaints build over a vehicle's first decade on the road. Engine leads the reports, typically around 16,000 miles.
Too early to call
Where 2025 sits among all Odyssey years
What owners report
“When Idle start/stop function is engaged and then goes to restart, the engine hesitates or fails to restart all together.”— owner report to NHTSA, 2025 Odyssey
“Vehicle shut off and put itself in park leaving a stop light. Was hard to restart.”— owner report to NHTSA, 2025 Odyssey
“6 month old new Car stalled out at red light Took a few minutes to restart Think it had to do with idle start/stop”— owner report to NHTSA, 2025 Odyssey
“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…”— owner report to NHTSA, 2025 Odyssey
Recalls (2)
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,…
Fix: 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…
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…
Fix: 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.
Federal defect investigations
Questions buyers ask
Is the 2025 Honda Odyssey reliable?
The 2025 Honda Odyssey drew 494 complaints in federal safety records — still early — complaints build over a vehicle's first decade on the road. Its trouble index is 29/100, scored against the model's worst year (2018).
What are the most common 2025 Honda Odyssey problems?
The top reported problems for the 2025 Honda Odyssey are engine (160 complaints), electrical (154), and other (79).
Does the 2025 Honda Odyssey have recalls?
2 recall campaigns apply to the 2025 Honda Odyssey. Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer.
Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.