2016 Honda Odyssey seats problems
26 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the seats on the 2016 Honda Odyssey — 10% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Left Side Airbag Deployment control circuit - B0020 Right Side Airbag Deployment control circuit - B0028 Driver Seat Belt Sensor - Circuit open B0050 Occupant Classification System- missing message - BOOAO Driver Seat Track Position - BOOB5 Passenger Seat Belt Sensor - B0052”
filed May 31, 2026
“I was attempting to move the passenger side 2nd row seat forward so that my children could extricate themselves from the third row while we were stopped. The mechanism locked, and subsequently the seat back was unable to lock. This was a safety issue, and so I move my child to another seat. We took…”
filed Jul 27, 2024
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Second row outboard seats have a lever to fold the seatback and slide the seat forward to…Campaign 18V170000 · Mar 13, 2018
- Second row outboard seats can slide sideways to one of two positionsCampaign 17V725000 · Nov 17, 2017
- Affected vehicles have a second row center seat with a horizontal adjuster bar that may…Campaign 16V932000 · Dec 27, 2016
- Affected vehicles have second row outboard seats that have a release lever that allows…Campaign 16V933000 · Dec 27, 2016
Seats problems in other Odyssey years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Odyssey | 1 | 0% |
| 2023 Odyssey | 1 | 1% |
| 2022 Odyssey | 3 | 2% |
| 2021 Odyssey | 2 | 2% |
| 2020 Odyssey | 3 | 1% |
| 2019 Odyssey | 5 | 1% |
| 2018 Odyssey | 6 | 1% |
| 2017 Odyssey | 1 | 3% |
| 2015 Odyssey | 16 | 8% |
| 2014 Odyssey | 19 | 6% |
| 2013 Odyssey | 9 | 4% |
| 2012 Odyssey | 13 | 5% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2016 Honda Odyssey
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.