2025 Honda Odyssey electrical system problems
152 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2025 Honda Odyssey — 53% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“In approximately October 2025, while stopped at a traffic light, my 2025 Honda Odyssey's auto idle-stop system shut the engine off as designed. When I released the brake, the engine failed to restart. The vehicle remained disabled in active traffic for about one minute. After several attempts and…”
filed Aug 4, 2026
“When the vehicle comes to an idle stop and brake is released, the vehicle shuts off and does not kick back on. Only solution in the moment to get the engine to restart is trying to start the car repeatedly until it comes back on. Vehicle has been looked at for this issue but they were unable to…”
filed Aug 3, 2026
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related service bulletins
Over the Air System Update - This update contains the following performance enhancement: Resolves Navigation app freezing or black screen due to phonebook memory being full.
A30148 · Over The Air · issued Jan 23, 2026
Electrical System problems in other Odyssey years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Odyssey | 5 | 22% |
| 2024 Odyssey | 36 | 43% |
| 2023 Odyssey | 26 | 29% |
| 2022 Odyssey | 33 | 26% |
| 2021 Odyssey | 49 | 37% |
| 2020 Odyssey | 156 | 35% |
| 2019 Odyssey | 213 | 23% |
| 2018 Odyssey | 246 | 26% |
| 2017 Odyssey | 6 | 15% |
| 2016 Odyssey | 38 | 14% |
| 2015 Odyssey | 28 | 14% |
| 2014 Odyssey | 31 | 10% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2025 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.