Which parts fail
Components named in complaints (doors, hood, frame, rust, paint and trim).
Mileage when the problem started
Owner reports
Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2015 Honda Odyssey owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).
2015 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite, VIN [redacted]. Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision on [redacted]. The driver's frontal airbag did not deploy. During the impact, I was thrown forward and struck the steering wheel. Additionally, a side/sliding door opened during the collision. The door was closed before the collision. I am concerned about possible failures of the supplemental restraint system and door-latching system.
Vehicle is an Odyssey and is painted White and has peeling paint in front of moon roof and on the rear lift gate in two spots. Honda Co first agreed to pay for half of the repair paint job and on reconsideration said they refuse to pay for anything. The 2014 Odyssey is covered by a TSB which pays for a repair paint job. Our 2015 Odyssey is not covered and has the exact same paint defect.
My wife's Honda Odyssey, while crossing/turning a city road at a low speed, was hit (obvious from approximately 90 degree angle) near the front by a volkswagon beetle turbo moving at 35 miles or less per hour. Apparently, all the front airbags (the driver and passenger side all airbags) of the Odyssey were apparently explosively deployed destroying almost the entire front upper inside of the vehicle. We suspect the airbags (we do not know but they might be faulty takara airbags) might have prematurely deployed given the low speeds of the vehicles before the crash and minimal visible body damages. After the accident, volkswagon was perfectly driveable with very minimum visible damage to its front and was driven away without doubt. Please investigate whether the Odyssey air bags or any other manufacturing defects were at play during this accident. …
I was traveling down an interstate at 70mph, when the sunroof spontaneously exploded. There was nothing above me, except for the sky, and no vehicles in front or behind me. It was approximately 75 degrees on a clear summer day. Sounded like an explosion when it occurred. Took the vehicle into the dealer, and they contacted the rep for warranty claims, and denied my claim, stating that it was caused by impact. Had the rep call me and he was absolutely unwilling to work with me at all. Studies have shown that it is "practically impossible to get an impact break on the top of a car". Additionally, a me professor at uc berkeley calculated that a rock lofted into the air by a vehicle tire would reach a height of 10-15 feet and would have to come down at 70-80 MPH to break the sunroof. …
The van has power sliding doors. Ever since it was new, we have had problems with the doors not closing. We have been told several times by the dealer that it is because we live on gravel. I finally took the van apart myself and found that the rubber coating had come off the cable that closes the door and bunched up and would let it slide freely. I bought a new and within a month it was doing the same thing. The coating was coming off. We just took it back to Honda and were told again it was dust but the coating is coming off the other side and jamming it up too. My wife hit a deer recently and this is where the problem is. The power door wouldn't slide and when you put it on manual mode which shuts the doors off, it won't slide either and my wife had to climb over the front seat and get my son out of his seat. If this was an emergency situation I don't know what would happen. …
Door almost killed my daughter. We were getting kids buckled in and my 2 year old daughter fell down. I went to the other side to help her. When I opened the door I saw she was stuck between the door and the seat and the door was moving back on her. Her head was jammed between the sliding door cup holder and the side of the van. I am 220lbs and with all my might was holding the door from opening all the way and I think crushing her head (as the door going back with the cup holder on the floor- was pinning her head between the door and the van). This needs to be fixed. The door is very good with any obstruction while the door is closing is sensed by the door and it immediately stops. You need a similar sensor so that if a head, or arm or leg is caught in the door while it is sliding back to open, it would stop immediately. …
Rear passenger sliding door power system failed causing the door to be stuck in the open position on 2 occasions. The driver's side rear sliding door has also done the same. The cause is the nylon rollers on the door wear out and cause the door to pull unevenly which in turn cause pulley system and cabling to pull at an unnatural angle in the mechanism/drive motor causing the door to be inoperable. This causes the door to not be able to be opened or closed in the immediate instance which this happens. This causes the vehicle to be undrivable until the cables are cut allowing the door free flow alng the track manually without restriction. At a later date and time, the nylon rollers have worn out to the extent that the passenger side rear door has become uneven in the track making the door inoperable at any time as the door is unable to be opened completely. …
On December 28th we unloaded the back of our minivan and closed the liftgate and everything was fine. The next morning we came out and there was a 5"x5" section of the paint just peeled off and laying on the ground it peeled all the way down to the base color (perhaps primer layer). Realizing this was clearly a defect we quickly did our research and realized this is a very common issue with Honda vehicles, specifially Odyssey and commonly in the white pearl color. Brought the car to the dealer to have them look at it. They quickly asked if I wanted and estimate. I explainted that I was aware this was a common defect at which point they acknowledged it is an issue with the primer and they would take images and get in touch with Honda corp. Honda corp said my VIN did not qualify for their warranty extension as that only applies to 2012-2014 models. …
I purchased my 2015 Honda Odyssey brand new and have done all the maintenance on time with Honda. My sliding doors do not stop if something is in the way. I have had multiple times where a child has tried to go in/out while the door is shutting and it has not stopped, this is a safety issue! Then in 2018 with only 32K miles or so I started to hear a squeal type noise at 2K RPM and about 60mph. It only happened a few times on the road trip then again on my next road trip. Honda looked at it and said they didn't know but the transmission fluid should be changed. It was changed at 29000 miles with the 30,000 mile maintenance. When it happened again on the freeway I took it in again, now at 47,000 miles. Honda says the transmission fluid is dirty and needs to have work done. 4 weeks later I am still waiting for local Honda to get OK from head Honda for fix of throttle control whine. …
The automatic side door accidentally closed and squeezed on a 7-year-old child's fingers, and could not be openned by any method. We (as parents) tried all door open/close switches, door remote controls, as well as the door's manual handle in order to open the door to release the child's hand, but all effort failed to open the door to release the child's fingers. There is no safety manual override (in the door design) at all that can disengage/disconnect the automatic open/close mechanism when the automatic mechanism fails. The child felt great pain and cried in the meanwhile. Eventually, after 15 minutes, the child's fingers slipped out the squeeze. The door then fully closed and could then be opened again by automatical switches. This lack of manual override of the door's automatic open/close creates huge danger for any child. …
Body complaints in other Odyssey years
Frequently asked questions
How common are body problems on the 2015 Honda Odyssey?
NHTSA has 25 complaints about the body & structure of the 2015 Honda Odyssey, 12% of the model year's 206 complaints. The component named most often is body (24 mentions).
Is there a recall for 2015 Honda Odyssey body problems?
No. NHTSA lists no body & structure recall for the 2015 Honda Odyssey, though it has 6 recalls for other components. If the problem is widespread, a repair may still be covered by an extended warranty or a manufacturer service bulletin — ask a dealer.
At what mileage do 2015 Honda Odyssey body problems start?
Half of the complaints with a recorded mileage happened before about 28,000 miles, and 47% before 25,000 miles.
Is it dangerous?
Owners linked 3 crashes, 0 fires and 3 injuries to body & structure problems on this model year. If you notice symptoms, have the car checked before driving further.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) — owner complaints through October 20, 2026, recalls and defect investigations; fuel economy from the EPA. Complaints are unverified reports and are not proof of a defect. How we rate model years.