Overview & Reviews

The top-selling Honda Odyssey minivan is all new for 2005.

• Agile, carlike handling, a split flat-folding rear bench, optional eight-passenger seating, extensive feature list, smooth and powerful V6, strong reliability record.

• High demand forces you to pay sticker price or above.

User Reviews:

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  Problems and how to deal with them - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By harrys1 - April 9 - 4:49 pm

  1. A/C compressor. Often is stator that pulls clutch in to engage the compressor, but dealer will replace compressor anyway--more money to dealer and less chance of car return. Stator costs $75 and takes 2-3 hr. to replace=$400 repair, not $1300 for compressor. 2. Power steering noise requires new reservoir NOT pump. There is TSB on this. Total parts and fluid around $45. Takes 20 minutes. 3.Transmission not shifting well. Honda changed fluid spec to DW1 from Z1. Put new fluid in before replacing transmission--requires 3 fill and drain cycles of 3.5 qt 4. Power doors. You need to lubricate channels at least yearly. My doors have no problems after 9 yr. and 130,000 miles and 3 kids.

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  Great minivan - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By jd1isa2 - October 19 - 4:43 pm

  I bought this van about 4 years ago as a CPO. It has been a great family car for us. No problems really except for the expected wear and tear of certain parts (nothing unusual). This van is very comfortable especially on long drives. The Econo feature is great when you are cruising. Captains chair provide adequate support. Have decent leg room even for the 3rd row seat. Im 6 foot tall and surprising able to fit adequately in the third row without difficulty. Highly recommended vehicle

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  Love my Odyssey - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By davidh4784 - February 14 - 11:57 am

  We bought our 2005 EX in the middle of 2005. We have had almost NO issues what so ever with the van. The only issue that we have had is the Factory tires. They are WORTHLESS. Three had to be replaced at only 8,000 miles and all four had to be replaced at 18,000 miles due to them wearing issues. They where taken care of by the Honda warranty and then lasted until 50,000 miles when i replaced them with Goodyear triple treads. No other issues with the van at all and we love it and will buy another one when this one at some point after this one dies.

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  Honda Odyssey Disappoints - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By rfg - July 23 - 10:33 am

  I recently had a third child and my husband and I decided to take the plunge and get a mini-van. Since we have had an excellent experience with my 10 year old Accord we decided Honda would be the way to go for the Mini-Van. We purchased a used Odyssey with 50,000 miles. It was fully loaded and fully serviced from day one by the Honda dealer. After one month the air conditioning broke. $2000 to fix at the dealer. I just took it to the dealer because the power sliding door wasnt working. $400 to fix. When it was there they noticed the power steering wasnt working properly. $600 to replace the pump. All told I have now spent $3000 on repairs on this bastion of reliability.

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  Odyssey - 5 years later - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By Kim Virtanen - March 27 - 4:22 pm

  With 142,000 miles on our 05 Odyssey, theres still quite a miles on the original brake pads and the original plugs are still firing fine, but our second set of tires are just about done. Weve also had to have the fluids and filters replaced quite a few times. Otherwise it fires up immediately, in hot or cold, wet or dry and takes us in comfort to wherever we wish to roam. Were glad we decided against the Touring model with its PAX run flat tires, but wish there was room for a full size spare. The only other nit to pick is the attachment of the plastic pieces around and under the front end. With mostly highway driving we average around 25 mpg - not bad for an 8 passenger vehicle!

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  mice invasion - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By virginia nichols - January 2 - 9:40 am

  I recently purchased the 2005 Honda odessy from my sun, this is the second odessy that I owned prev a 2001. Love the vehicle only problem is mice like to eat the electrical harness. My 2001 had the same problem and by the Honda dealers info this is a common problem. I love Hondas and hopefully your designers would invent something to keep this from happening. Like putting a screen around the harness. This is very frustrating and I use my car every day, and the car is in a garage. Please, please answer my question on how to prevent this from happening again.

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  Great Van- Best of Class - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By dinky - December 7 - 6:20 am

  Great van! I love the center seat in the 2nd row so that all 3 of my kids in carseats can sit together! Ive had it for over a year now- it has had about 5 recalls and had to have the regulator in the driver side sliding door replaced so that the window would roll down- overall- still a great van! Highly recommend!

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  Honda not as reliable as I thought - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By stolla - October 19 - 7:36 pm

  Likes: Looks, performance, handling. Dislikes: Oil consumption: recently began burning off oil. About a pint every 2000 miles. I used castrol syntec 5w20 since new and had it serviced by dealer. Dealer reply that this oil consumption is normal. This is the first vehicle I ever owned including a Dodge caravan with 130k miles that ever burned this much oil. I am not a Honda believer any more. My hyundai elantra 2002 with 140k uses no oil between 5k synthetic oil changes. Brakes: Rotors resurfaced at 20k miles and replaced at 45k miles. The brakes are already shaking again at 50k miles. Road noise, rattles (doors and moonroof).

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  Dangerous Operating costs - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By Chandra sekhar - October 14 - 2:21 pm

  Never buy a touring. The cost of tires will rip you. 2 touring tires cost $559+taxes+disposal etc. (Costco does not sell it ) and I have been replacing every 20,000 miles. I do drive only city, but so was when I was driving Camry which used to give between 35- 40,000 miles. Even third party warranty excludes tires. Fuel efficiency is in 14-16 mile range and long distance is 21 miles approx. Also AC broke once ($600), exact same repair for three of my friends when the car was about 50,000 miles. Stay away from touring. Buy accessories instead to make it touring without the expensive tires.

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  Repair costs is up the roof! - 2005 Honda Odyssey
  By Brenda - August 21 - 9:20 am

  The touring model has pax tires which cost around $750 per tire! I only had my van for a few months then I have a nail stuck to the tire...costs me $350 to fix it! Dealer said the nail damage the tire and they cant patch it and that I need a new tire! Since the tire was only a few months old, they pro- rate the cost from $750 and only cost me $350 instead of $750. I now have my van 4 years with 82,000 miles and all 3 of the motor mounts cracked! Cost me $1500 to fix it... it does not seem right for a vehicle with such a good reputation to break so early in the vehicle life. Called Honda Corp and they said nothing they can do about it. Its a normal wear and tears on all Honda vehicles.