The 2001 Honda Odyssey has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 875,966 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 721 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the power train. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS20V0270002020-01-17875,966 affected
Defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2001-2002 Acura 3.2CL, 2000-2003 Acura 3.5RL, 2000-2001 Acura 3.2TL, Honda CR-V and Honda Odyssey, 2001-2002 Acura MDX and 2000 Accord Coupe, Accord Sedan, Civic Coupe, and Civic Sedan vehicles. These vehicles may have received a replacement driver frontal air…
Consequence
In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, an inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants. An underinflated air bag cushion may not properly protect the occupant. These scenarios increase the risk of serious injury or death.
Remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the air bags in the vehicles, replacing the driver frontal air bag inflator with an inflator of a different design, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began October 1, 2020. Owners may contact American Honda's Customer Support & Campaign Center at…
Complaints by component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
191
2crashes1fires15injuries
POWER TRAIN
138
1fires
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
46
4injuries
AIR BAGS
39
5crashes5injuries
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
24
2injuries
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
22
SUSPENSION:FRONT
21
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
19
1fires1injuries
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
15
1crashes
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
14
1crashes
Total complaints721
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Driver seat belt keeps releasing by itself. I put on my seat belt and then it pops open. I haven’t been in any accidents but it’s scares me that it can just release easily therefore no providing me with any protection. I have not taking it in to be reviewed but it has happened multiple times”
“My driver seat belt keeps unlatching . It happens to often. I know there was a previous recall for it but everytime I look it up it doesn’t show on the website. I previously reported here I think last year. Also when shows as an error on the obd reader. As a failing seat belt system recall. My…”
“My driver seat belt keeps unlatching . It happens to often. I know there was a previous recall for it but everytime I look it up it doesn’t show on the website. I previously reported here I think last year. Also when shows as an error on the obd reader. As a failing seat belt system recall. My…”
“The contact owned a 2001 honda odyssey. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 mph, she was blinded by sun glare and crashed into the back of a maintenance trailer. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact had sustained a mild head injury. A police report was filed. The…”
“The contact owns a 2001 honda odyssey. The contact stated while driving at 30 mph, she heard an abnormal sound coming from the passenger’s side of the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the passenger’s side front and rear…”
“I received nhtsa recall20v-027 from american honda motor co., inc. In oct, 2020. I followed instructions by calling liberty honda in hartford, ct on november 10th and was told someone would call me back. No one did. I called again on november 27th and was told the same thing. The notice said I…”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2001 honda odyssey. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 20v027000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the…”
“On the month of march 2020, american honda motor send a letter of recall regarding airbag, and I make an schedule aug 04'20 and they told me they don't have the available parts so it was canceled, but as of oct. 14' 20 I did not receive any letter for the recall.”
Defect investigations
InvestigationPE06007 Opened 2006-01-24 · closed 2006-05-24
FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURE
THE POPULATION OF 116,000 VEHICLES IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY (AHM) DATA IDENTIFYING ORIGINAL STATE OF SALE OR DELIVERY.THE SUBJECT VEHICLES (SV) UTILIZE LIGHT WEIGHT COIL SPRINGS MANUFACTURED FROM HIGH STRENGTH STEEL (HSS).IF THE COATING MATERIAL OF A HSS SPRING IS BREACHED, CORROSIVE…
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2001 Honda Odyssey as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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