Other powertrain problem on the 2016 Honda Odyssey
When other powertrain problem gets reported
Owners of the 2016 Honda Odyssey report other powertrain problem at a median of 25,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 75,000 miles, from 11 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 92,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 200 miles at the tenth percentile to 85,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 85,696 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
64% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 miles | 10,300 miles | 26,142 miles | 76,725 miles | 85,896 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $400–$4,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 27 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2014, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 2025 at 155,000 miles.
By volume the 2002 carries the most reports, with 333; the 2016 has 23. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
We started hearing a thunking noise while in motion coming from the left front wheel. We took it to the dealership where it was discovered the factory forgot or neglected to tighten the left front axle nut causing the axel to come loose. If this had happened at highway speeds, the dealer told us it could easily have caused a very serious accident. This is a serious problem that may affect other vehicles.
Purchased new 2016 honda odyssey van in md in december 2016. 150 miles into our trip home to nc, just after washington dc, we hit stop and go traffic on I-95. The transmission started making clunking sound and shuddering when trying to go from 1st to 2nd (multiple times). You felt van was going to break and that you had no acceleration. Pulled off to side of road and turned off car ? Nothing was noticeable. Went to nearest dealer that was 5 miles away. Told this can be normal, as van computer needs to learn driving habits. Left dealership, traffic was again stop and go. Within 5 miles had same noise and shuddering, but this time got check engine light and flashing "d" on dash. Repeated again for 3rd time on return to same dealer. They examined car for 2 hours. Check engine code was: p0796 - a/t clutch pressure control solenoid valve c stuck off. However since code did not return after resetting, they could not fix it under warranty. We considered van unsafe to drive (regardless of 4 hour trip remaining). With no choice other than driving unsafe car, we traded it in and suffered significant depreciation for car we owned…
The problem starts when I'm shifting from first gear to second gear while driving and while slowing down to a full stop. The van starts jerking, specially in uphill. I went to honda buena park and they replace the pressure switch under warranty. I picked up the van and after 1 day the problem starts again. This problem is scary specially when your driving along the freeway and starts jerking. The safety of the people inside the van is now unsafe.
Also reported on the 2016 Honda Odyssey
Other body or interior problem
Misfire or rough idle
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
Other fuel system problem
Other brake problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 23 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other powertrain problem happen on the 2016 Honda Odyssey?
Across 11 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 25,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 75,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other powertrain problem on the 2016 Honda Odyssey?
23 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed