2003 HONDA PILOT Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V370000 AND 15V320000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

HAD TO REPLACE WATER PUMP AND BELT PAYED FOR IT AT HOMDA DEALER THEN NOTICED IT HAD A RECALL ON IT DEALERSHIP DIDNT NOTIFY ME OF THE RECALL. NOW I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMITION DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BUT IT ALSO HAS A RECALL. BUT WHEN I SEARCHED MY VIN IT SAID NO RECALLS WERE FOUND. THE TRANSMITION PERIODICALLY COMES OUT OF GEAR IF I STOP QUICKLY OR 1ST THING IN THE MORNING OR IF I GO OVER A SPEED BUMP SLOWLY OR SOMETIMES RANDOMLY IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. I CAN SWITCH IT INTO 1ST 2ND OR 3RD AND GET IT MOVING AGAIN. IT HASN'T HAPPEND AT HIGH SPEEDS YET. AND THE THE METAL UNDER THE SEATS IS ALL RUSTED. AT THIS RATE THE TRANSMITION WILL CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEATS WILL COME OFF AND THE AIRBAGS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN RECALLED WILL KILL US IM HIGHLY DISSAPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE.

VEHICLE DRIVER SIDE HIT SIDE OF MOUNTAIN CAUSING IT TO GO DOWN HILL ON PASSENGER SIDE. ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PERSON SITTING IN PASSENGER SEAT RECEIVED A SCALP INJURY, BUT NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. VEHICLE WAS ON A DIRT ROAD AND WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH.

OF THE FOUR POSTS WHERE THE COMPLETE REAR AXLE MOUNTS TO THE UNDER BODY OF THE CHASSIS, TWO OF THE POSTS HAVE RUSTED AWAY FROM THE FRAME, LEAVING THE REAR AXLE ONLY HALF ATTACHED TO THE MAIN BODY OF THE CAR. THE VEHICLE HAS VERY LIMITED RUST ANYWHERE, SO FOR THE UNDER BODY TO RUST TO A POINT OF SEPARATION FROM THE REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY IS DISCONCERTING. WE HAD NO WARNING AND HAD THE VEHICLE PROPERLY/ROUTINELY MAINTAINED. IF THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN AWAY, THE RESULTING CRASH WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. CERTIFIED MECHANICS CONFIRM THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A SERIOUS DETERIORATION OF A SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL COMPONENT.

THIS GOES WITH THE COMPLAINT # 10876282, I JUST ENTERED. I NEEDED TO CORRECT MY VIN # BY ADDING THE NUMBER 2 IN THE FRONT OF THE NUMBER. ON THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT I STARTED THE VIN# WITH H, NOT 2.

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS IN TRAFFIC AND SLOW TO 29 OR 39 MPH I FEEL A SHUDDER OR VIBRATION. ALSO INTERMITTENTLY MY "D" LIGHT FLASHES WHEN TURN ON MY PILOT BUT THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT NEVER COMES ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING LAST 6 MONTHS. I HAVE 160,000 MILES

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND I HAVE TO PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE/ SPEED UP THE VEHICLE QUICKLY THE DRIVER SEAT BOUNCES BACKWARDS/MOVES AND IT FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO COME OFF THE FRAME ITS MOUNTED TO LIKE SOME BOLTS MAY BE BROKE OR SOMETHING. THE CAR LOCKS ARE MESSED UP. THE BOTH FRONT DOOR LOCKS HAVE TO BE UNLOCKED WITH A KEY. THE INSIDE UNLOCK MECHANISM ONLY UNLOCKS THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR AND THE TRUNK. IN ORDER TO UNLOCK THE PASSENGER FRONT AND THE PASSENGER REAR LOCKS A WINDOW HAS TO BE ROLLED DOWN AND YOU HAVE TO REACH IN AND MANUALLY UNLOCK IT AND THOSE ALSO HAVE TO BE MANUALLY LOCKED BACK WHEN YOU EXIT THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE PASSENGER AIR UNIT DOES WORK. IT DOES NOT BLOW OUT AIR EVEN WITH THE REAR CONTROL ON. THE INSIDE CAR LIGHTS HAVE TO BE MANUALLY CUT ON AND OFF AND NOT SET TO COME ON WHEN THE DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES BECAUSE IT RUNS THE BATTERY DOWN. SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER. AND THE POWER PORT TO CHARGE PHONES, ETC. WORKS BUT ANYTHING PLUGGED INTO IT GETS HOT REAL FAST. ALL THAT POINTS TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE AIR BAG LIGHTS KEPT COMING ON AND GOING OFF. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT HAS BEEN FLASHING D AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL FLUID AND FILTER WAS CHANGED. SO FAR THAT SEEMS TO HAVE HELPED. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CONTACTS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH ACT DEFECTED. THE KEY HAS TO REMAIN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE SPARE KEY HAS TO BE USED TO UNLOCK THE CAR BECAUSE IF THE KEY IS REMOVED, IT DOES NOT WANT TO GO BACK INTO THE SWITCH TO CRANK THE CAR. THE SWITCH DOES NOT WANT TO ACCEPT THE KEY AND TURN TO CRANK THE ENGINE ONCE IT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SWITCH. EVEN TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND PRESSING THE BRAKE TO RELEASE THE SWITCH DOESN'T WORK. AND THE GEAR SHIFT STICK/SHAFT ACTS ALMOST LIKE IT'S NOT PARK, BUT IT WAS PUT IN PARK.

I OWN A 2003 HONDA PILOT MY RACK AND PINION IS IN BAD CONDITION SO IS THEIR A RECALL ON THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL? MY NUMBER IS [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

SECOND GEAR FAILURE AND SHIFTING ISSUES, 4TH GEAR PRESSURE SWITCH FAILURE, TC CLUTCH FAILURE; ALL RESULTING IN SEIZING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR, UNEXPECTED SHIFTING INTO A LOWER GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. ALL ITEMS WERE EXPERIENCED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ROADS AND WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD.

METAL BRACKET MOUNTING DRIVER'S SEAT TO BASE HAS SHEARED OR TORN AND THE SEAT NOW TILTS AND WOBBLES. VERY UNSAFE SITUATION AS THE SEAT TILTS BACK DURING ACCELERATION AND SHIFTS FORWARD DURING BRAKING.