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Honda Odyssey

The V6 minivan. High family mileage plus cylinder deactivation makes it a regular in misfire threads; sliding-door and body electrics stay out of the powertrain corpus but dominate ownership forums.

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Honda Odyssey
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Generations

  • RA and RL 1994–2010

    The J-series V6 with powered sliding doors, whose motors and position sensors generate more complaints than the powertrain does.

    Body styles
    MPV
    Platform
    Honda Global Midsize
    Engines
    • 2.2 four-cylinder — F22B6 · petrol · F22
    • 2.3 four-cylinder — F23A7 · petrol · F23
    • 3.5 V6 — J35 · petrol
    Transmissions
    4-speed B7XA automatic · 5-speed BYBA automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive
  • Fourth generation 2010–2017

    The North American minivan; J-series V6 with cylinder deactivation, so a misfire code may describe that mechanism.

    Body styles
    MPV
    Platform
    Honda Global Midsize
    Engines
    • 3.5 V6 i-VTEC — J35Z8 · petrol · 339 Nm (250 lb-ft) · J35 with cylinder deactivation
    Transmissions
    5-speed automatic · 6-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive
  • Fifth generation 2017–present

    Ten-speed automatic on later cars; the sliding doors are their own electrical surface.

    Body styles
    MPV
    Platform
    Honda Global Midsize
    Engines
    • 3.5 V6 i-VTEC — J35Y6 · petrol · 355–362 Nm (262–267 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    10-speed automatic · 9-speed ZF 9HP automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

CAN data

Bus databases covering this vehicle, mirrored from the open-source opendbc project.

Service information

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