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Honda Odyssey 2020

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.71 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 65 complaints filed in the first three years, of 484 ever. 95% lower bound 0.54.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.00	136
2009	0.43	51
2010	0.55	57
2011	0.98	106
2012	0.60	70
2013	0.47	60
2014	0.91	114
2015	0.57	71
2016	0.55	68
2017	0.12	13
2018	1.70	176
2019	1.40	144
2020	0.71	65
2021	0.44	35
2022	1.29	80
2023	1.14	70

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Forward Collision Avoidance 184 complaints

camera	230	75%
auto high	90	29%
high beam	87	28%
beam	87	28%
multipurpose	64	21%
multipurpose camera	60	20%

Electrical System 172 complaints

collision mitigation	21	12%
lane keeping	16	9%
auto high	14	8%
departure mitigation	14	8%
road departure	14	8%
power tailgate	13	8%

Lane Departure 126 complaints

camera	126	73%
auto high	58	34%
high beam	54	32%
beam	54	32%
system auto	25	15%
system road	23	14%

When it breaks

59% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 14,000 miles, from 61 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 259 complaints about this component over roughly 77 months before an investigation opened.

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

11282932 · 11288730 · 11298171 · 11319678 · 11325101 · 11329032

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.