NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Honda Odyssey Recalls
The 2012 Honda Odyssey has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 17, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Honda Odyssey. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 245
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Honda Odyssey, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2012 Honda Odyssey
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 17V725000
- Reported
- November 17, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 806,936
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2017 Odyssey
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 16V933000
- Reported
- December 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 633,753
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2016 Odyssey
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 13V143000
- Reported
- April 15, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 204,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Odyssey, 2 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V016000
- Reported
- January 18, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 748,481
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Odyssey, 1 other model
Suspension: front
- Campaign
- 11V602000
- Reported
- December 22, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Honda Odyssey
2012 Honda Odyssey complaints by year
NHTSA has received 245 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda Odyssey, the newest on September 20, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (6%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Honda Odyssey, the component group named most often is the service brakes (24%), followed by the engine (16%) and the electrical system (15%).
None of the 2012 Honda Odyssey's 5 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2012 Honda Odyssey owners gave the mileage (186 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes58
- Engine39
- Electrical System37
- Structure25
- Power Train24
- Unknown Or Other23
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 24 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 22 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2012 Honda Odyssey peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 32. 38% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Honda Odyssey drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Honda Odyssey year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 245 complaints about the 2012 Honda Odyssey are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Odyssey by model year
Other 2012 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted