2011 HONDA PILOT Complaints

BOUGHT A 2011 HONDA PILOT APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO. RIGHT OFF NOTICED IT HAD A WEIRD SMELL TO IT. COULD NOT TRACK IT DOWN. WELL ABOUT A MONTH AGO IT RAINED FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS STRAIGHT. THAT IS WHEN WE NOTICED THE FLOORBOARDS WERE SOAKING WET. TRIED TO LOCATE THE LEAK AND FIRST FOUND THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED SO WE HAD IT REPLACED. NO LUCK THERE. PULLED UP THE CARPET IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND IT WAS FULL OF WATER AND MILDEW/MOLD. THIS WAS AN ISSUE WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR AND WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF IT. YOU CAN TELL FROM HOW MUCH MOLD AND MILDEW THAT THIS IS NO NEW PROBLEM. TRIED TO RESEARCH IT ONLINE AND THIS IS NO ISOLATED ISSUE. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THE 2011 PILOT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WET SHOES CAN SLIP ON SLICK WORN OUT PEDALS, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT. STILL TO DATE HAVEN'T FOUND LEAK AND HONDA JUST WANTS TO CHARGE TO "FIX" THE ISSUE AND THE NEXT TIME IT RAINS THE FLOORBOARD IS FULL OF WATER AGAIN.

THE MATERIAL INSIDE ON DOOR CRANKING PLUS THE ARM REST CRANK A DEFAULT IN THE MATERIAL NOTHING HAS BEEN DID ABOUT IT. PAID TO MUCH MONEY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN . I TOOK IT TO THE DEAL WERE I GOT IT FROM THEY SAY THE SUN DID BUT IT ON THE FRONT PART OF THE TRUCK KNOW WE'RE ELSE.

PURCHASED 2011 HONDA PILOT EX-L NEW IN MID-2010. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE FELT A SHUDDER IN THE TRANSMISSION AT/AROUND 25 MPH WHEN ACCELERATING LIGHTLY FROM A FULL STOP. GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME; EVEN PASSENGERS NOTICED IT. CAR IS JUST UNDER 5.5 YEARS OLD WITH 72K MILES ON IT. DEALER CHECKED, SAID THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED AND WOULD COST $1,900 TO REPLACE. STATED THE NEW T/C HAD A 'FIX' THAT CORRECTED AN EARLIER, KNOWN PROBLEM?! AFTER REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AND/OR TORQUE CONVERTER ON MY 2000 ACURA TL THREE TIMES AND ONCE ON TWO PREVIOUS HONDA PRELUDES, I SAID I'D HAD ENOUGH WITH HONDA AND DEMANDED FOR IT BE REPAIRED FOR FREE. I'VE SEEN A PLETHORA OF COMPLAINTS ON-LINE ABOUT 2009-2011 PILOTS AND ODYSSEY TRANSMISSIONS AND T/C'S SO HONDA OBVIOUSLY HASN'T FIXED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUED EARLIER MODELS, INCLUDING TL'S, ACCORDS AND CRV'S. WE FINALLY SETTLED ON $500 BUT THIS WILL BE MY LAST HONDA/ACURA PRODUCT. HELLOTOYOTA/LEXUS AND MAZDA!

I WAS NEARLY STOPPED PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT. TOUCHED BRAKE WHEN CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO A STEEP INCLINE IN FRONT OF THE SPOT. I PUMPED THE BRAKE A NUMBER OF TIMES. I THINK THE STEEPNESS OF THE HILL PLUS THE BRAKING MAY HAVE STOPPED IT. OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE HIT SOME BIG TREES. IT IS NOW AT THE DEALER'S...PROBABLY WON'T FIND ANY CAUSE. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO IF THAT HAPPENS. DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY DAMAGE..ONLY SOME DIRT AND GRASS STUCK INTO MY LICENSE PLATE. NO INJURY. VERY LUCKY ...NEVER WANT TO BE SO SCARED AGAIN.

MY '11 PILOT ONLY HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANNY PERSISTS TO JERK/HESITATE/VIBRATE/STUTTER WHEN SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER, EITHER UP AND DOWN, HOWEVER, IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT LOWER GEAR SHIFT AND AT LOW ACCELERATION. ASIDE FROM THE ANNOYANCE IT GENERATE, THE SUDDEN PULL OR JOLT IN SHIFTING AT LOW GEARS RENDERS AN INVOLUNTARY REACTION FROM THE DRIVER WHICH CAN LEAD TO SAFETY CONCERNS.

ENGINE HESITATION WHEN COMING OFF A STOP. VERY SPORADIC, BUT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN COMING THROUGH A SLOW TURN FROM A STOP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HONDA PILOT. WHILE REVERSING, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,361.

I HAD RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF MY WINDOWS WOULD ROLL DOWN TO A THIRD OPEN EQUALLY IF THE KEY FOB ALARM WAS CONTINUOUSLY PUSHED (BY SOMETHING IS A PURSE OR BACKPACK) AND I MIGHT ALREADY BE AWAY FROM THE CAR. SO I WAS NOW MORE AWARE OF LOCKING MY CAR AND SETTING THE ALARM AND KEEPING THE KEYS IN SIGHT TILL I WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CAR BEING ROBBED IT JUST MADE ME MORE AWARE TO LOCK THE CAR. I PARKED AND LOCKED THE CAR ON THE NIGHT OF 8/31/14 AND WENT TO BED. THE NEXT DAY MY CAR WAS UNLOCKED AND HAD BEEN RANSACKED. MANY THINGS WERE STOLEN FROM THE CAR BUT NOTHING WAS DAMAGED. WEEKS LATER I FOUND A HONDA MANUAL IN THE BUSHES. I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM MY CAR FROM THE ROBBERY. IT TURNED OUT IT BELONGED TO MY NEIGHBOR WHO DROVE A HONDA CIVIC. HE HAD ALSO BEEN ROBBED ON THE SAME DAY AND THOUGHT IT WAS ODD HIS CAR WAS UNLOCKED WHEN HE FOUND IT. BOTH OF US ARE PRETTY SURE SOMEBODY HAD THE TECHNOLOGY TO REMOTELY OPEN OUR CARS AND BYPASS THE SECURITY SYSTEMS. NEITHER ONE OF US REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE. HAVING BEEN ROBBED (GARAGE) BEFORE IN LOS ANGELES I FOUND THEY CAN DO NOTHING FOR YOU SO I DID NOT EVEN TELL MY INSURANCE COMPANY THINKING MY RATES MIGHT GO UP IF IT IS KNOWN MY CARE IS EASILY ROBBED, ALARM SYSTEM OR NOT. I NOW WAKE AT EVERY NOISE THINKING IT MIGHT BE HAPPENING AGAIN. I CAN NO LONGER LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CAR AS I DON'T CONSIDER IT SECURE. IT HAS CHANGED MY SLEEPING HABITS AND MY WORK LIFE IS HARDER AS I CANNOT LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CAR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. I AM ANGRY THAT HONDA HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT THIS.

AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY IN NOVEMBER OF 2014. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET CHECKED OUT, WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. WE WERE THEN INFORMED THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL OF AFFECTED AIRBAGS. ADDITIONALLY, IT WOULD COST $900+ TO REPLACE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IS PLACED ON THE CONSUMER RATHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER. THERE IS NO REASON THAT A VEHICLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IS LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OLD SHOULD BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I AM SURE THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INJURED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD A $900 FIX FOR A PROBLEM THAT THEY DIDN'T CREATE?

WHILE SLOWING TO YIELD ONTO A HIGHWAY I WAS BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS STOPPED TO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. AS I SLOWED TO A STOP, THE PILOT QUICKLY ACCELERATED TO 5000 RPM WHILE I'M PUSHING THE BRAKE TO THE FLOOR AND CAME WITHIN INCHES ON CRASHING INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE IN TO PARK. IT THEN DROPPED DOWN ON ITS OWN TO NORMAL IDLE. THIS IS A 2011 HONDA PILOT TOURING WITH 29,800 MILES.