Overview & Reviews
Honda's latest minivan, the totally redesigned Odyssey, features the most powerful V6 in the minivan segment.
- This is the best-engineered, most well-planned minivan ever.
- Leather seats are not available.
User Reviews:
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Has done good for us - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By cdavenport - April 12 - 2:53 pmBought this van at an auction, didnt know it had a transi issue. $2200 later with the recommended upgraded rebuild kit & it has been great since. Getting the van at a discount made the transi rebuild isue to tolerate. Cannot imagine buying & financing at full price and having a transmission go. We love it. Had it for over a year. Now at 190k.
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Great family van except tranny - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By seattlecatfish - October 2 - 4:15 pmWe bought the van with 89k, Im guessing that it already had a fresh tranny (looking back now). All and all I have to be fair in saying that it has served us very well. For 3 years hardly any maintenance just typical little things (fluid levels, tires, ect). I know my way around a car and its a good van. The biggest problem with our van was the side doors being intermittent and then tranny acting wierd. Flushed it, no help. 3 yrs 10mths later, tranny has pasted on. It is a well known problem 99-01 tranny failures. With only one type of tranny to be replaced with at $3300 (w/o labor) each time. About every 3 yrs or less it will need to be replaced. And this is typical with all 99-01. Check Internet and see.
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Love owning this car - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By AMR - August 9 - 5:16 pmI have loved this car from the very beginning. I have driven it for 10 1/2 years and still love it for the most part. There is plenty of room for the four of us and our vacation gear. It drives like a car. There have been a few electrical problems to crop up in its older age like the clock light no longer works and drivers door lock motor fried, but what do you expect its old?
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Honda Ethics - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By Mary F - May 27 - 10:26 amI bought my Odyssey Van new in 1999. It has been a great vehicle, with 2 exceptions, both noted in reviews here and elsewhere. The transmisssion: went out just over 75000 miles the first time I have had three in all. The rear sliding door on the passenger side has never worked properly. After many excuses from the dealer, we closed it for good. Too many reviews here cite the same problems. Honda knew this, and ethically speaking,should have lifted the mileage restriction on recall. These problems had nothing to do with mileage, but with production. The transmission was a big expensive lemon, as was the door. Quality companies stand behind their products. Not this time.
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Great seats for the long drive - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By Mark Cooke - February 23 - 1:30 pmI love my Honda van. I bought it used at 116,000km 6 years ago and it now has 310,000 km on it with only an alternator and the usual tires and brakes. I added a transmission cooler since I pulled a 3000lb trailer for two summers. This van is driven daily in town and driven coast to coast twice in Canada plus has seen 25% of the States.
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I like my Odyssey - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By larrysfixit - November 13 - 7:24 pmI have had the car for 10 years. never had a problem. Great minivan. 28 MPG All the power you will need. Loves to cruse at 80MPH
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The Best - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By christina - March 24 - 11:56 amI purchased this van at 80,000 miles. It now has 246,000 miles and still run like a champ. It is quite, smooth and great on gas. The only thing I had to replace on this van was the wheel bearings at 200,000 miles and of course breaks and rotors, which my dad and I replaced. The sensor in the cat. converter went out, but didnt replace it and no I havent replaced the muffler cuz it doesnt need it. The ignition switch was recalled so I replaced that cuz it was free. That is it oh yeah had to replace the starter again did it with my husband. I love this van. Went from Ohio to Daytona beach for $300.00 in gas at 3.27 a gal.
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Great Van EX version love Honda vehicles - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By lemichaelj - March 16 - 11:20 amLove my van bought a new one, and love Honda vehicles, yes the 99, 2000 models did have tranny troubles but they had a recall that fixed it. I put a trans cooler on mine the day I bought it, every vehicle should have trans cooler. but van is roomy , I have 251000 miles on it now and no major problems, condenser got a hole rubbed in it by a small rock, replaced it and still going strong actually had to spend the night in it when Hurricane Rita came through Louisiana. Thank God for the Roominess, This van rides and drives like a car, rear air for the kids is perfect. Power sliding doors are perfect and although you have to clean the contacts every so often so they close completely, Great van!!!
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Vantastic - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By Quilter - September 5 - 7:58 pmWeve had a great experience with this van -- no problems at all. With 104K miles on it we are selling it to my wifes sister and we bought a new Odyssey van. Its all in how you drive and take car of your vehicle. We used this van on long trips mostly and it performed beautifully on the highway. We consistenly got 27 mpg on the road and 21 in town (unleaded exclusively). Changed oil every 3K miles. Kept it clean followed the service manual waxed it 1-2 times a year, and never had a lick of trouble. We dont work for Honda and dont own their stock either. We have had 3 Chrysler vans, but think Honda builds a better van.
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A Van for all Seasons - 1999 Honda Odyssey
By Jim - November 17 - 10:45 pmWe have taken our Odyssey from Pennsylvania to Allagash, Maine (loaded with canoes and people) to West Virginia (again loaded... with people and canoes, that is) to Florida, the Adirondacks and out to Michigan. This has been a great vehicle to own and has made me a minivan enthusiast - something I would not have thought possible.
