Anyone Else Have Piston Ring Issue and Complete Engine Failure in 2014 Odyssey?

Rhonda6754 said:

My van has 61k miles on it and yesterday out of nowhere, the malfunction indicator lamp light started flashing and the engine became very rough. Upon stopping and restarting, multiple system failure lights flashed. I had the van towed into the dealership and Honda is now saying it needs all new piston rings and cylinders 1, 3 & 5 were scorched. We have an extended warranty on our vehicle but they are claiming this isn't covered. We are waiting on Honda NA to review and follow up if they will cover any portion of this.

Has this happened to anyone else? If so, did Honda resolve the issue by paying for the repairs and also extending the same resolutions as in the lawsuit? I see there was a class action lawsuit that was resolved due to these EXACT same issues. However, Honda was to have fixed these issues in the 2014 models. The dealership has said this is a minimum of $3500 to repair. Additionally, we have done constant maintenance on this vehicle and everything has been done at the dealership down to every oil change.

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linscottphoto said:

65k and the same issue! They want $4000

From the advice I received here, I looked for a "VCM Muzzler" on YouTube and then Google. Apparently there are millions of us with this issue.

I thought I was buying a reliable vehicle that would go forever.

VCM tuner appears to be another that does what the Muzzler does?
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linscottphoto said:

I thought I was buying a reliable vehicle that would go forever.

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Rhonda6754 said:

My van has 61k miles on it and yesterday out of nowhere, the malfunction indicator lamp light started flashing and the engine became very rough. Upon stopping and restarting, multiple system failure lights flashed. I had the van towed into the dealership and Honda is now saying it needs all new piston rings and cylinders 1, 3 & 5 were scorched. We have an extended warranty on our vehicle but they are claiming this isn't covered. We are waiting on Honda NA to review and follow up if they will cover any portion of this.

Has this happened to anyone else? If so, did Honda resolve the issue by paying for the repairs and also extending the same resolutions as in the lawsuit? I see there was a class action lawsuit that was resolved due to these EXACT same issues. However, Honda was to have fixed these issues in the 2014 models. The dealership has said this is a minimum of $3500 to repair. Additionally, we have done constant maintenance on this vehicle and everything has been done at the dealership down to every oil change.

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david.biss said:

Google defective VCM system in Oddys and the class-action that dealt with your same issues. Find the law firms that handled this class-action and run your facts by them..
David B. 2010 EXL

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2011.2017.odyssey said:

you did buy a reliable vehicle... just disable the VCM and you're good.

and do annual drain and fills of the automatic transmission fluid for good measure.

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pot_roast_man said:

How do you do the disabling of the VCM. I ask Honda and they know nothing. I am having the rings of the #1 , #2 and #3 replaced.

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2011.2017.odyssey said:

the one thing about honda (maybe good) is their issues are consistent, which makes it easy to diagnose 80% of the time.

have a hyundai from hell in the family, all the issues with this thing are just weird shit, nothing on the forums and little in the service manual.
dealer is useless, might as well own an audi or mercedes for the amount they soak on diagnostics that produce no results.

the more I have to work on that effin hyundai piece of shit, the more I love honda acura toyota and lexus.

rant over...

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white2015 said:

Just curious what year and model are we talking about?
We have 8 different hyundais in our family/extended and all are problem free.
We have owned 2 down the line and zero issues.
The range from 2005 to 2019. Let's of theta2's in the lot.

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EOT 4 Life said:

Very typical response from Honda dealership, trying to fish even more money out of your pocket while you are down by suggesting timing belt job (which is over $1100 I am sure) 34,000 miles prematurely. I can't stand hearing these ripoff stories and I really hope the class action lawsuit either gets extended to include model years past 2013, or a new one gets introduced covering every VCM engine that Honda makes. I personally would push as hard as I can to make sure it is covered in full, and then trade it in for a Sienna if you really need a van going forward.

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2012SLP said:

I hear ya however my 2012 had the piston work done by Honda at 65000 miles and here I am now at 84000 miles and timing belt blew and now I’m dealing with an engine rebuild. Do the timing belt.

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