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2006 Honda Odyssey Air bags Problems

Complaints
20about this part
Share
3%of 703 total for the year
Median mileage
80,000miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 20 complaints about the air bags of the 2006 Honda Odyssey, 3% of the 703 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 80,000 miles. 12 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Vehicle with driver only was traveling west on i80 a couple of miles before the sf oak bay bridge in the far left lane going approx 60 miles per hour (5 MPH below posted limit) in heavy traffic. Car in adjacent right lane darted into the left lane in front of me to avoid an accident and slammed on his brakes at the same time. I hit the brakes immediately and the ABS engaged but since the car trying to avoid the accident, imact occured at a speed less than 60 MPH. Car behind me slammed into my back end. There was significant impact to the front and rear of the vehicle. …”

NHTSA complaint #10705118, filed 2015-04, 189,000 miles

“My 2006 Odyssey was hit on the passenger 2nd row by a vehicle that ran a stop sign and sustained significant damage to the 2nd row passenger side. The impact caused the Odyssey to spin and was pushed at least 20 feet before being stopped by the curb. My wife was driving and she sustained minor injuries- no one was in the 2nd row thankfully. When I viewed the condition of the vehicle, there was no question in my mind that the side curtain airbag should have deployed. However, after inquiring further to verify this assumption, I discovered that no airbag was deployed. …”

NHTSA complaint #10644272, filed 2014-10, 133,000 miles

“On 4 nov 06 at approximately 1128 my vehicle was involved with a front impact crash and the following safety defects occurred causing personal injury. The details of the incident are as follows: weather: clear road conditions: dry level grade speed: approx 35 MPH vehicle was traveling down 2 lane secondary road when another vehicle pulled in front of it. My vehicle impacted the other one in the left rear quadrant. The damage to my Odyssey was directly on the front grill and bumper area. …”

NHTSA complaint #10178006, filed 2007-01, 12,884 miles

“Purchased a new 2006 Honda Odyssey ex-l with res and nav in july 2006 in new jersey (planet Honda). Twice I noticed on very cold mornings (outside temperature was around 10 degrees fahrenheit at 9:30 am) that after starting the engine the air-bag indicator light came on and would not go away. After driving around for 10 minutes (with the air bag indicator light still on) I switched off the engine and restarted the engine after 5 minutes. This time the air-bag indicator light did not stay on. I brought this problem to the dealers attention. …”

NHTSA complaint #10181935, filed 2007-02, 5,480 miles

“Check air bag light comes on and off. I saw that the 2005 had a recall for the air bag system, wondering if 2006 could be impacted with similar problem. Light comes on both when car is in motion, and when car is in park.”

NHTSA complaint #11157147, filed 2018-12, 152,700 miles

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Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202623%
202422%
202322%
2022107%
20211611%
2020204%
2019323%
2018263%
201725%
2016104%
2015136%
201493%
2013147%
2012104%
2011115%
2010104%
200974%
2008122%
2007324%
2006203%
20059011%
200411119%
200313114%
20029910%
2001427%
2000244%
1999183%
199868%
199715%
19962434%
19952829%

Other parts of the 2006 Honda Odyssey

Steering
127 complaints
Body and structure
101 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
87 complaints
Brakes
75 complaints
Engine
74 complaints
Engine cooling
71 complaints
Equipment
49 complaints
Other or unknown
48 complaints
Electrical system
44 complaints
Fuel system
29 complaints
Tires
28 complaints
Latches, locks and linkages
27 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2006 Honda Odyssey

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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