2005 HONDA PILOT Complaints

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE, IT BRAKES SUDDENLY, SWERVES, AND MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE AS IF YOU JUST HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. THE VSA LIGHTS BOTH COME ON IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME MY YAW SENSOR HAS FAILED SINCE THE INITIAL VSA RECALL IN 2013, WHICH I COMPLETED. . WHEN GOOGLING THIS ISSUE, IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH OTHER HONDA PILOT DRIVERS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK WITH EACH INSTANCE.

VSA LIGHT RANDOMLY COMES ON WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS AT LOW SPEEDS AND HAS A GRINDING NOISE, OR WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR PULLS SHARPLY. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE LAST TIME THEY SAID THE VSA MODULATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $2000.

TAKATA RECALL... PLEASE NOTE MY CAR WAS UP TO DATE ON ALL SERVICE RECALLS FOR MY 2005 HONDA PILOT. ON MAY 13, 2016 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE BOTH VEHICLES WERE COMPLETELY TOTALLED. I WAS HIT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR (AT A ANGLE APPROX WHERE THE FIREWALL IS LOCATED) ALL THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHICH EVERYONE ASSISTING WITH THE ACCIDENT FROM THE FIREMEN, POLICEMEN, EMTS, AND HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES COMMENTED ON IN SURPRISE. THE OTHER CAR HIT MINE SO HARD THAT MY CAR ENDED UP FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THE IMPACT CAUSED THE OTHER VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL AND RESULTED IN HIS RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL MAKING CONTACT WITH MY LEFT QUARTER PANEL AS WELL. MY VEHICLE'S FLOOR BUCKLED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WAS SO DAMAGED THAT THE FIREMEN HAD TO PRY IT OPEN TO EXTRACT ME. THIS HAPPENED WHILE BOTH CARS WERE IN MOTION ON A MAIN STREET. I WAS STRUCK BY THE OTHER VEHICLE AFTER TAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN EXITING FROM A HIGHWAY.

FIRST ISSUE. HONDA IS FAILING TO MAKE PROPER NOTIFICATIONS CONCERNING RECALLS AND EXTENDED WARRANTEES. A WARRANTEE EXTENSION NOTICE FOR MY 2009 HONDA ACCORD WAS FORWARDED TO ME BY THE PERSON ACROSS TOWN WHO RECEIVED MY NOTICE. LAST YEAR THE SAME PERSON FORWARDED TO ME A TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL NOTICE HE RECEIVED FOR MY 2005 HONDA PILOT. I PURCHASED MY 2005 HONDA PILOT DIRECT FROM HONDA AND MY ACCORD FROM A PRIVATE OWNER. BOTH VEHICLES ARE IN THE HONDA SERVICE DATA BASE WITH MY CORRECT NAME, ADDRESS, AND VIN. I HAVE NO CONNECTION TO THAT ADDRESS, AND THE RESIDENT THERE DOES NOT HAVE MY NAME OR ANY HONDA VEHICLES. I HAVE SPOKEN TO HONDA SERVICE AND THE HONDA RECALL CENTER ABOUT THIS. YET, IN MARCH THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED WITH MY 2009 HONDA ACCORD. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A NOTICE ON MY 2010 HONDA ACCORD (PURCHASED FROM A HONDA DEALER), WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE NOTICE, IS PART OF THE CLASS OF VEHICLES SUBJECT TO THE SAME EXTENDED WARRANTEE. HONDA'S NATIONAL SERVICE CENTER COULD NOT EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE MISTAKE OCCURRED AND COULD NOT ASSURE ME THAT THEIR RECORDS WOULD BE CORRECTED FOR PURPOSES OF SAFETY NOTIFICATIONS SINCE HONDA HAS HAD MY INFORMATION CORRECT IN THEIR SERVICE CENTER DATABASE. SECOND ISSUE: MY NOTICE OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTEE ON 2008-2010 ACCORDS IS FOR A CORROSION ISSUE WITH AN INTERNAL COMPONENT IN THE SRS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN SRS FAILURE. THE NOTICE STATED THAT IF THE DASHBOARD SRS LIGHT ALERTS YOU TO AN ISSUE, YOU NEED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION ASAP. THE SRS LIGHT IN MY 2005 HONDA PILOT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY. HONDA SAID IT IS NOT COVERED, BUT THEY WOULD DIAGNOSE IT FOR $120/HR + REPAIRS. FOR PURPOSES OF VEHICLE SAFETY, CAN YOUR OFFICE DETERMINE IF THE OLDER HONDA PILOTS HAVE THE SAME SRS ECU ISSUE AS THE 2008-2010 HONDA ACCORD, AND THUS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

WHEN ACCELERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH THE CARS SHAKES AND VIBRATES. IF YOU LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE SHAKE WILL GO AWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE CALIBER WAS SMOKING. THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TO RELEASE THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE PADS, CALIBERS, MASTER CYLINDER, AND EMERGENCY BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SOMETIMES MY VEH BRAKE ON FOR ABOUT SECOND, AND THE WARNING LIGHT OF VSA APPEARS, I TOOK MY VEH 3 TIMES TO BRAMAN HONDA AT CORAL WAYI WAS TOLD NOTHING THEY CAN DO, THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS WITH THE YAW RATE SENSOR AND THAT IS NOT COVERAGE WITH THE RECALL.

I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN INVOLUNTARY UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, WHILE I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PERPENDICULAR PARKING SPACE IN AT A MEDICAL CENTER PARKING LOT. THIS HAPPENED ON A NEARLY EMPTY TANK OF GAS AT ABOUT 3:15 PM ON SATURDAY 4/16/16. IT WAS A HOT DAY. THE PARKING SPACE WAS AT A SLIGHT INCLINE. I WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NEARLY STOPPED, YET ONCE I WAS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO THE SPACE, WHILE STILL GENTLY BREAKING, MY CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE IF I HAD COMPLETELY FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL. I REACTED FAST PUSHED THE BREAKS HARD WITH ALL MY STRENGTH. WHICH ENGAGED THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SO I HEARD A "THUD-THUD THUD" A LOUD REPEATED CLUNKING-LOCKING SOUND. MY PILOT DID STOP BEFORE HITTING A TREE AND THE VEHICLE IN THE FACING PARKING SPACE. I DID NOT HEAR THE ENGINE REV TO THE DEGREE OF THE SUDDEN FORWARD MOTION. NOR DID I HEAR REVVING RESOLVE ONCE IT STOPPED. IT WAS A VERY ODD AND FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE THAT BAFFLED MY MIND. I TRIED TO SORT OUT THE CAUSE FOR A WHILE TO SEE IF MAYBE I HAD WITHOUT KNOWING IT PUT MY FOOT ON BOTH PEDALS. BUT I DON'T THINK SO. I HAD SANDALS ON, AND IN TRYING TO REPRODUCE THE SITUATION, OR THE POSITION MY FOOT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN IN TO DO THAT, WAS AWKWARD AND I WOULD HAVE FELT THE PRESSURE ON MY FOOT OF PUTTING ON THE GAS. AND I WAS ONLY SLOWLY PRESSING THE BREAK NOT JAMMING ON THE BREAK ' UNTIL I BRAKED TO STOP THE SPEED OF IT LURCHING FORWARD. THE DEGREE OF ACCELERATION WAS AS IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUT TO THE FLOOR WHICH WAS NOT WHAT MY BREAKING FOOT WAS DOING. THE CAR DID COME TO A STOP JUST IN TIME TO NOT HIT WHAT WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. I DID NOT HEAR THE ENGINE NOISE REV AT ALL. MY BEST GUESS AT THE TIME WAS SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG WITH THE MECHANICS OR ELECTRICAL SIGNALS OF THE FUEL INJECTION TO MOVE SO SUDDENLY FORWARD. NOW I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE.

MY VSA LIGHT AND MY VTM-4 WHEEL LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUSH ON THE GAS PETAL IT WOULD ACCELERATE. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET GOING HOME