# 2015 Honda Odyssey - Jerks on highway **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** transmissions, honda\ **Created:** [October 3, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783 "2020-10-03T19:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IlovemyOdyssey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IlovemyOdyssey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IlovemyOdyssey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/1 "2020-10-03T19:46:54Z")
I seems like when I’m going slow or starting to go into the freeway and I step on the gas it jerks. It doesn’t go full gear. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/2 "2020-10-03T22:16:00Z")
Are you saying it hesitates or it doesn’t go into what folks used to call “passing gear”? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/3 "2020-10-04T02:38:29Z")
Is the Check Engine light on? Tester ---
**Author:** ![IlovemyOdyssey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IlovemyOdyssey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IlovemyOdyssey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/4 "2020-10-06T22:06:37Z")
I doesn’t go into gear easily. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/5 "2020-10-06T22:18:51Z")
Okay, I’m going to assume it either doesn’t shift or it drops into neutral between gears. Either is a job for a good independent transmission shop. ---
**Author:** ![IlovemyOdyssey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IlovemyOdyssey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IlovemyOdyssey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/6 "2020-10-06T22:24:32Z")
I doesn’t shift or drops to neutral, it just doesn’t pick up velocity as fast as I wish or it should. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/7 "2020-10-06T22:36:21Z")
Okay, that could be a bad mass airflow sensor or throttle position sensor if your Odyssey has one. I’d normally expect the check engine light to be on. Have a good independent mechanic look it over. ---
**Author:** ![IlovemyOdyssey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IlovemyOdyssey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IlovemyOdyssey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/8 "2020-10-06T22:43:28Z")
Thank you, now to look for one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IlovemyOdyssey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IlovemyOdyssey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IlovemyOdyssey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/9 "2020-10-06T22:44:15Z")
No, at least no yet! 😟 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/10 "2020-10-07T18:37:43Z")
> [@davepsinbox\_157004](#): > > that could be a bad mass airflow sensor or throttle position sensor How could either of those situations cause the transmission to “drop into neutral”, as the OP finally clarified for us? You were on target with your earlier advice: > [@davepsinbox\_157004](#): > > a job for a good independent transmission shop. 👆🏻 ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/11 "2020-10-07T20:38:54Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > How could either of those situations cause the transmission to “drop into neutral”, as the OP finally clarified for us? The OP also clarified that the transmission _isn’t_ misbehaving, unless I’m misinterpreting this reply: > [@IlovemyOdyssey](#): > > I doesn’t shift or drops to neutral, it just doesn’t pick up velocity as fast as I wish or it should. It sounds like the vehicle is just plain sluggish, which might be caused by a MAF sensor, throttle position sensor, or something else. Since the check engine light isn’t on it will take hands-on seat-of-the-pants diagnostic work. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/12 "2020-10-07T21:03:20Z")
> [@davepsinbox\_157004](#): > > The OP also clarified that the transmission _isn’t_ misbehaving, unless I’m misinterpreting I’m not quite sure how any of us–from afar–can make sense of… > [@IlovemyOdyssey](#): > > It doesn’t go full gear. > [@IlovemyOdyssey](#): > > I doesn’t go into gear easily. > [@IlovemyOdyssey](#): > > I doesn’t shift or drops to neutral ❓❓❓ ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-odyssey-jerks-on-highway/170783/13 "2020-10-07T21:07:36Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > I’m not quite sure how any of us–from afar–can make sense of… ^+1, which is why I recommended a hands-on diagnosis by a good independent mechanic.