NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Honda Odyssey Recalls
The 2002 Honda Odyssey has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Honda Odyssey. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 960
- Crashes reported
- 41
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Honda Odyssey, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2002 Honda Odyssey
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V499000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V501000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,657,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V182000
- Reported
- March 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,101,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V268000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V344000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,790,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V370000
- Reported
- June 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,498,481
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Odyssey, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V320000
- Reported
- May 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,281,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 11 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V700000
- Reported
- November 4, 2014
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 9 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 04V176000
- Reported
- April 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,099,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Odyssey, 5 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 02V226000
- Reported
- August 28, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,551
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2002 Honda Odyssey complaints by year
NHTSA has received 960 owner complaints about the 2002 Honda Odyssey, the newest on August 14, 2026. Of these, 41 describe a crash (4%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 42 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Honda Odyssey, the component group named most often is the power train (63%), followed by the air bags (10%) and the structure (6%).
1 of the 2002 Honda Odyssey's 10 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2002 Honda Odyssey owners gave the mileage (746 complaints), the median was 84,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train608
- Air Bags99
- Structure55
- Engine And Engine Cooling42
- Electrical System35
- Vehicle Speed Control33
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 47 | |
| 2003 | 62 | |
| 2004 | 91 | |
| 2005 | 47 | |
| 2006 | 48 | |
| 2007 | 57 | |
| 2008 | 118 | |
| 2009 | 90 | |
| 2010 | 110 | |
| 2011 | 73 | |
| 2012 | 45 | |
| 2013 | 37 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 32 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Honda Odyssey peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 118. 26% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Honda Odyssey drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Honda Odyssey year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 960 complaints about the 2002 Honda Odyssey are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Odyssey by model year
Other 2002 Honda models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted