KnownCarProblems2015 Honda Odyssey Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 206 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Honda Odyssey, most often about the engine (26% of complaints, typically around 37,000 miles). It is 20th of 27 Odyssey model years by number of complaints and has 6 recalls.
Most common 2015 Honda Odyssey problems
Engine
53 complaints · 26%Half of these problems showed up before 37,000 miles.
Fire started in engine compartment and engulfed front end of vehicle within 10 mins. Vehicle had just been parked in driveway of home after being driven for approximately 1 hour. My wife noticed the smell of smoke upon exiting vehicle and when I opened the hood there were flames visible at the back of the engine.
2015 Odyssey vehicle's jerking experience started during a stop and go traffic. With three kids and two adults, we were extremely frightened. The vehicle jerked violently when I pushed the gas pedal during the low speed, 5-20 MPH. I went away later that day and we went about our business. After we go back to our home…
Transmission
41 complaints · 20%Half of these problems showed up before 34,000 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission.
2015 Odyssey vehicle's jerking experience started during a stop and go traffic. With three kids and two adults, we were extremely frightened. The vehicle jerked violently when I pushed the gas pedal during the low speed, 5-20 MPH. I went away later that day and we went about our business. After we go back to our home…
A few months after our purchase the Odyssey seemed to jerk after slowing down and then taking off (city stop and go traffic). We mentioned this at our service and the dealership said it was normal with the eco. Last week my family heading out on vacation. About 6 hours, highway driving, into our drive we came upon…
Other or unspecified
29 complaints · 14%Half of these problems showed up before 25,500 miles.
While driving down the highway on an 80 degree sunny day an explosion sound above my head. Opened moon roof visor and glass was shattered. Stopped and looked at the damage. Looked like something pushed it out vs being hit by anything. There was an 8" hole right in the middle and all the shards of glass around it…
When using the push button to start my car the car randomly won't start. Lights come on the dash but the engine doesn't turn over. I have taken my car to the dealer and they cannot identify anything wrong. I have children and having a car that won't start randomly makes my day really stressful. I never know if my trip…
Electrical
28 complaints · 14%Half of these problems showed up before 56,500 miles. Parts named most often: instrument panel.
The sliding door on the driver's side slammed shut when I pushed the close button. If it were operating in manual mode, I would have been prepared for this, and luckily it was only me operating this door in this instance, however, the force with which it shut, unexpectedly, because one tiny electrical wire, which…
Car continues to lose complete battery power. Battery has a charge but will not start the car. Vehicle is in park but completely dead. Nothing was left on in the interior to drain power. No after model additions to the vehicle.
Body and structure
25 complaints · 12%Half of these problems showed up before 28,000 miles. Parts named most often: body.
While driving down the highway on an 80 degree sunny day an explosion sound above my head. Opened moon roof visor and glass was shattered. Stopped and looked at the damage. Looked like something pushed it out vs being hit by anything. There was an 8" hole right in the middle and all the shards of glass around it…
Door almost killed my daughter. We were getting kids buckled in and my 2 year old daughter fell down. I went to the other side to help her. When I opened the door I saw she was stuck between the door and the seat and the door was moving back on her. Her head was jammed between the sliding door cup holder and the side…
Seats
16 complaints · 8%Half of these problems showed up before 40,000 miles.
The contact owns a 2015 Honda Odyssey. While driving 35 MPH, the contact slammed on the brakes and the second row seat on the driver's side detached and hit the back of the front driver's seat. The child occupying the seat sustained minor injuries, which did not require medical attention. The contact received…
The seat recline latching mechanism on one of the second row seats has failed and allows the second row to collapse back into the third row seat. The latch will not latch at all. This puts the person sitting in the 3rd row at high risk of injury if this occurs in a rear end collision. Fortunately,this was discovered…
Air bags
13 complaints · 6%Half of these problems showed up before 33,500 miles.
The contact owned a 2015 Honda Odyssey. While driving 40 MPH, a deer appeared in the roadway. To avoid hitting the deer, the contact swerved to the right, drove off the roadway, and crashed. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no warning indicators illuminated prior to the crash. A police report was filed. The…
The contact owns a 2015 Honda Odyssey. While the vehicle was parked and turned off, the front driver side curtain and driver seat air bags erroneously deployed. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure…
Brakes
11 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 6,500 miles.
I was driving into the garage and brake pedal went to floor with no resistance and car crashed into a cabinet in the front of garage causing damage to car, cabinet and garage wall. Took car to dealer and was told everything checked out ok and there was nothing wrong. They stated there was nothing they could do for me.…
As I was driving slowly apreaching a stop sign, I placed my foot on the brake pedal, was totally off the gas pedal, and the brake pedal went straight to the floor. This was scary, luckily there was no one I from the of me and I hadn't yet hit the stop sign mark, I had to pump the brake many times, swiftly,it finally…
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2015 Honda Odyssey recalls
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Risk: An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Rollx will work with q'straint to inspect and replace the retractors as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed february 5, 2026. Owners may contact rollx's customer service at 1-800-956-6668.
Full defect summary
Rollx vans (rollx) is recalling certain gmc yukon, sierra, chevrolet express 2500, ford transit, e-250, toyota sienna, sienna hybrid, honda odyssey, chrysler town and country, voyager, pacifica, dodge grand caravan, and ram promaster vehicles equipped with qrt-deluxe and qrt-max wheelchair restraints. Please refer to rollx's recall report for specific model year information. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
Fuel system: fuel pump
Risk: Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed september 6, 2024. Owners may contact honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are kgc and kgd. This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21v-215 and 20v-314.
Full defect summary
Honda (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 honda clarity phev, fit, and 2015-2020 honda accord hybrid, pilot, acura nsx vehicles. The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
Seats: mid/rear assembly
Risk: An unlocked second row left outboard seatback increases the risk of injury to the seat occupant during a crash.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will confirm proper operation of the second row left outboard seatback, and install a support bracket to the seat recliner. If the seatback cannot lock, dealers will replace the seatback frame assembly. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began may 7, 2018. Owners may contact honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is x0r.
Full defect summary
Honda (american honda motor co.) is recalling certain 2014-2016 honda odyssey vehicles. The second row outboard seats have a lever to fold the seatback and slide the seat forward to access the third row seats. Due to a manufacturing error, if the walk-in release lever is used to fold a fully reclined left outboard seatback forward, the seatback may stay in the unlocked position (free-folding) or unexpectedly unlock without engaging the walk-in or recliner lever.
Seats: mid/rear assembly
Risk: If the seat tips forward during braking, it can increase the risk of injury.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will install a bracket to the second row outboard floor strikers, free of charge. The recall began april 2, 2018. Owners may contact american honda customer support & campaign center at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is s0g.
Full defect summary
Honda (american honda motor co.) is recalling certain 2011-2017 honda odyssey vehicles. The second row outboard seats can slide sideways to one of two positions. If a seat is placed between either of the two positions when attaching the seat to the vehicle floor, the seat will not latch properly to the seat striker, allowing the seat to tip forward unexpectedly during braking.
Seats: mid/rear assembly
Risk: An unlocked second row outboard seat increases the risk of injury to the seat occupant during a crash.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional bracket and spring to both second row outboard seats, free of charge. Interim letter has been mailed, and a second notification will be sent . Owners may contact honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is kd5.
Full defect summary
Honda (american honda motor co.) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 odyssey vehicles manufactured august 17, 2010, to october 1, 2015. The affected vehicles have second row outboard seats that have a release lever that allows the seats to move for easier access to the third row of seats. This release lever may remain in the unlocked position allowing the seats to move unexpectedly.
Fuel system: tank assembly
Risk: A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel tanks, free of charge. Owners may contact honda/acura customer service at 1-888-234-2138. The recall began on july 29, 2016. Honda's numbers for this recall are ka9 (honda vehicles) and kb0 (acura vehicles).
Full defect summary
Honda (american honda motor co.) is recalling certain model year 2015 acura mdx 2wd and mdx 4WD vehicles, 2016 acura mdx 4WD vehicles, 2015-2016 honda odyssey vehicles, and 2016 honda pilot 2wd and 4WD vehicles. The affected vehicles have fuel tanks that were manufactured with insufficient welds which may separate and allow fuel to leak out.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Inadvertent deployment of air bags
Summary
The office of defects investigation (odi) has completed its review of a petition dated may 30, 2026. The petition requested an investigation into inadvertent air bag deployment in model year (my) 2011-2017 honda odyssey vehicles. The petition contended that air bags can deploy absent a sufficiently severe event to trigger a deployment, such as an impact, rollover event, or g-force threshold breach. The petition further alleged that the diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) and supplemental restraint system (SRS) conflict and inaccurate data is being recorded for the air bag system. An air bag is a supplemental vehicle occupant restraint system that deploys a cushion designed to inflate in millisec
Questions about the 2015 Honda Odyssey
- What are the most common problems with the 2015 Honda Odyssey?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: engine (53 complaints, typically around 37,000 miles); transmission (41 complaints, typically around 34,000 miles); other or unspecified (29 complaints, typically around 25,500 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2015 Honda Odyssey have?
- 6 recalls listed by NHTSA, the latest from December 17, 2025 (equipment Adaptive/Mobility). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2015 a bad year for the Honda Odyssey?
- It is 20th of 27 Odyssey model years by number of complaints, with 206 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.