Model-year matrix

Honda Odyssey
which year?

Compare every Honda Odyssey model year the EPA recorded, 1995 to 2026. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Honda Odyssey year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Honda Odyssey?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Honda Odyssey years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2018

962 indexed complaint reports; forward collision avoidance is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2018 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2002

960 indexed complaint reports; power train is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2002 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2019

924 indexed complaint reports; forward collision avoidance is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2019 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Honda Odyssey model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2025 Honda Odyssey

NHTSA complaint allegations: 313
Combined EPA economy: 22 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,800
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelselectrical system 165engine 163unknown or other 82

Open the 2025 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2026 Honda Odyssey

NHTSA complaint allegations: 24
Combined EPA economy: 22 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,800
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 11unknown or other 8engine 6

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2026 has 289 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2025.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Honda Odyssey by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Honda Odyssey model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2026	24	forward collision avoidance 11unknown or other 8engine 6	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2025	313	electrical system 165engine 163unknown or other 82	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2024	87	electrical system 37engine 30unknown or other 21	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2023	95	forward collision avoidance 35electrical system 28unknown or other 19	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2022	129	forward collision avoidance 36electrical system 33unknown or other 17	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2021	133	electrical system 50forward collision avoidance 30unknown or other 30	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2020	448	forward collision avoidance 280lane departure 164electrical system 158	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2019	924	forward collision avoidance 360electrical system 213lane departure 186	22	2	$2,800	Dossier →
2018	962	forward collision avoidance 327electrical system 250engine 184	22	2	$2,800	Dossier →
2017	39	engine 10power train 7electrical system 6	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2016	266	engine 91electrical system 38power train 38	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2015	203	engine 53power train 42electrical system 28	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2014	307	power train 73engine 59service brakes 58	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2013	210	engine 69service brakes 55structure 20	21–22	2	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →
2012	242	service brakes 58engine 39electrical system 34	21–22	2	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →
2011	232	electrical system 66service brakes 39engine 25	21–22	2	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →
2010	255	structure 54engine 46electrical system 32	18–20	2	$3,100–3,400	Dossier →
2009	198	structure 64engine 34electrical system 20	18–20	2	$3,100–3,400	Dossier →
2008	499	structure 136service brakes, hydraulic 88service brakes 62	18–20	2	$3,100–3,400	Dossier →
2007	830	service brakes, hydraulic 139structure 138steering 113	18–19	2	$3,250–3,400	Dossier →
2006	703	steering 128structure 102power train 89	19–20	2	$3,100–3,250	Dossier →
2005	830	structure 139power train 106steering 100	19–20	2	$3,100–3,250	Dossier →
2004	584	power train 224air bags 110structure 55	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
2003	914	power train 543air bags 132electrical system 84	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
2002	960	power train 613air bags 102structure 57	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
2001	619	power train 337structure 64suspension 51	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
2000	675	power train 233structure 122latches/locks/linkages 107	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
1999	518	power train 172electrical system 116structure 80	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
1998	73	electrical system 35power train 16service brakes, hydraulic 8	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
1997	20	electrical system 10vehicle speed control 3service brakes, hydraulic 2	20	1	$3,100	Dossier →
1996	70	air bags 25electrical system 18engine and engine cooling 11	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
1995	96	air bags 28electrical system 25service brakes, hydraulic 18	20	1	$3,100	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.