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Regarding a 2016 Odyssey :
Has anyone found genuine factory service information? In the past I always made it a habit to purchase genuine Honda Factory Service manuals for all my Honda/Acura cars/motorcycles. Now it appears Honda has followed Subaru in restricting this information from affordable, publicly available printed & bound books. I recently tried buying a downloadable pdf manual advertised to be genuine factory info - what a joke! (& unfortunately the joke was on me…😡).

AVOID: Repairmanualnow.com
 
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I sprang for the Odyssey CD version from Bishko:

Bishko Automobile Liturature available for 2012, Honda, Shop Manual

automotive repair manual, service manuals, owners manual, waxes, cleaners, sale brochure, parts book
www.autobooksbishko.com

A 2016 Odyssey is functionally identical to a 2012 Odyssey - even accounting for the mid-cycle refresh in 2014, they're probably 99.9% the same. You won't find anything in print specifically for a 2016 Odyssey; it's all subscription-based now.

You can get this direct from Bishko or sometimes they're on eBay. I got mine on eBay.
 
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dkasperek said:
Thanks for these suggestions guys but I am looking for the real deal, which in practice is far more elegant and manageable to employ in diagnosing, maintaining and repairing a vehicle.
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If by "real deal" you mean a multiple-volume, bound paper copy, you can get that from Bishko. They are the authorized publisher of Honda's service manuals. Try the link I posted earlier; it's listed in there.

If by "real deal" you mean something published by Honda themselves - that's even easier to answer. It doesn't exist.
 
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dkasperek said:
Thanks for these suggestions guys but I am looking for the real deal, which in practice is far more elegant and manageable to employ in diagnosing, maintaining and repairing a vehicle.
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I feel the same way you do. I have a 2013 Touring and was lucky to get a 2011-2012 compete set. Unfortunately, Honda deceided my set was the last one they were going to provide to the DIY people. They no longer provide the information to the printers. Now, their greed is outrageous. They had 871 billion in corporate profit, now you know why they deny claims. Their price of $1,300 for a year of service information is obscene after charging more than $50K for the car. They are not alone the entire industry went the same way by 2016. You can find DVD‘s made in PDF format for some vehicles. If you want paper copy you will have to settle for 2011-2012 version on eBay. I have seen them there now and then, but very expensive.
 
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The Bishko CD with the PDF is the way to go. Genuine Honda service manual, all 3943 pages of it.

The techinfo.honda.com is another way to go. Subscribe to the Service Information Service for 1 day and download/print to PDF all the sections your think you will need. That is what I did for our 19 and 21 Hondas. Yes, I might need to subscribe again for a day to get a specific wiring diagram in the future, but that is easy. They online system has really good cross reference features once you learn how to use.
 
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geotek said:
... They had 871 billion in corporate profit, ...
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Yes, but that's 871B Yen, which are worth even less than Canadian dollars. :ROFLMAO:

Of all the problems in the world right now, missing a manual is not a big one for me ... well also because I have a 2011, with a 2-volume paper manual and two different PDF ones.

I'll suggest that many systems on the car are the same throughout the whole Gen 4. You can get a PDF version off the odyclub dropbox, linked earlier. And then you can try to compare the part numbers (e.g., look it up to see the part number for your car's CV axle vs. the part number for the corresponding part covered by the older manual) to see if you should expect that part of the manual to be accurate for your car.

Also, sometimes, my paper manual (for 2011, exactly my car) differs from both PDF versions, which of course is not great. I believe the paper version. But I often do use the PDF ones for the search capability, and also to print out pages for convenience and disposability out when working on the car. A true, exact PDF manual would be great to have.
 
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Recently sold my 2012 Touring and have a Bishko manual (+ other misc parts/fluids) that haven't received any interest on craigslist. Hoping there's someone in the Los Angeles area that is willing to meet near Redondo Beach to take them off my hands for free. Will post something in the classifieds when I reach the min post count.
 
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I have had the same frustration finding genuine service workshop manuals for newer models. Bishko is a solid option but I would say looking at Honda is Techinfo for one-day access and downloading what you need in PDFs. It is a bit of a hassle compared to having a physical copy but it gets the job done for most people. If you are doing frequent repairs keep an external drive handy to store the files.
 
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