# High Mileage Honda Odyssey

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-mileage-honda-odyssey/54524>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 1, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-mileage-honda-odyssey/54524 "2010-09-01T22:20:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![LouWheeland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LouWheeland](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LouWheeland)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-mileage-honda-odyssey/54524/1 "2010-09-01T22:20:22Z")

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I’m considering buying a 2000-2002 vintage Honda Odyssey and all the ones in my price range have anywhere from 110,000 to 165,000 miles on them. What problems should I look for outside of the transmission and timing belt?

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-mileage-honda-odyssey/54524/2 "2010-09-02T00:06:16Z")

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Transmission, transmission, transmission.

They didn’t build a reliable tranny until around 2004. I own a 2002 with 104,000 on it and not a single thing has gone wrong with it BUT I’m crossing my fingers that the tranny doesn’t die on me.

I’d look for a Sienna of this vintage or a slightly newer Odyssey with a better transmission.