2004 Honda Odyssey

The 2004 Odyssey sits at a notable inflection point: complaints drop to 584 from 940 in 2003 and 972 in 2002, marking the lowest volume since 2001, while recalls remain elevated at 13 — only slightly below the generation peak of 15 in 2003 — and TSBs fall sharply to 193 from 316 the prior year. The subsequent 2005 model year sees complaints rebound to 829 with 9 recalls, suggesting 2004's improvement was not sustained. Power Train leads 2004 complaints at 180, followed by Air Bags at 87, though the data does not specify root causes for either category; crash and fire complaints total 41 and 6 respectively. Across the 1999–2005 high-volume era, 2004 represents the complaint nadir but not a recall resolution, with federal metrics fluctuating rather than trending decisively downward. For a buyer, this makes 2004 a comparatively cleaner complaint year within a troubled generation, but the persistent recall count and sharp 2005 rebound counsel verifying that all 13 recalls were completed on any candidate vehicle.