2005 HONDA PILOT Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AROUND A BEND TOWARDS A RED LIGHT, WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL MY CAR MADE A WEIRD SHUTTER OR BRAKE PULSING, I THOUGHT I HAD GONE OVER SOME RIPPLE STRIPS. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED, I PROCEEDED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN IN A BUSY INTERSECTION, WHEN GOING ALMOST 30 & OUT OF THE TURN, MY PILOT CAME TO AN UNASSISTED ABRUPT STOP! IM SO LUCKY THE PERSON BEHIND ME DIDN'T REAR END ME! IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS GRINDING & THE TIRES WERE LOCKED. I WAITED A FEW SECONDS LET GO OF BRAKES & THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE BUT IN 5 FT IT DID IT AGAIN. TOWED TO DEALER WHO CANT SEEM TO FIND OR RECREATE THE PROBLEM. MULTIPLE BRAKE, ABS, VSC & ELECTRICAL ALARMS WERE REPORTED BY DEALER BUT STILL NO SOLUTION. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND BY MULTIPLE REPORTS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. *TR

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AT 35-40 MPH APPARENTLY DUE TO FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTERS AND TRANSMISSIONS INSTALLED IN THESE VEHICLES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURES DOCUMENTED ON THIS VEHICLE. IT CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP SUDDENLY, AND IS A HAZARD. THESE TORQUE CONVERTERS AND TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

AS I WAS APPROACHING A LEFT TURN LANE I APPLIED THE BRAKES GENTLY AND THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE MOMENTARILY GRABBED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THE VSA LIGHTS ACTIVATED. THIS HAS OCCURRED 9 TIMES IN THE LAST 300 MILES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM UNTIL THE "RECALLED" VSA MODULE WAS REPLACED LESS THAN 6000 MILES AGO. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THE VSA MODULE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE INSIDE RADIATOR FAILED COMBINING FLUIDS AND CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO MALFUNCTION. LOSS OF ABILITY TO DRIVE/MOVE VEHICLE WITH FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE AND REQUIRES A NEW RADIATOR AND REPLACE / REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. A RECOMMENDATION FROM HONDA TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR EVERY 100,000 MILES WOULD HAVE PREVENTED HAVING TO REPLACE / REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. SUBSEQUENT TO REPAIR, OIL REMAINS IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND HAS CAUSED FAILURE OF A COOLANT LINE DUE TO OVER-PRESSURIZATION. THE VEHICLE, WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN IN IT, HAS BEEN STRANDED TWO MORE TIMES DUE TO COOLANT SYSTEM FAILURE. *TR

SEAT HEATER WAS USED ON DRIVERS SIDE. . GOT VERY HOT, SMELL SMOKED, LEG HAD SUPERFICIAL BURN. SMELL PLASTIC BURNING. *TR

BEGAN TO NOTICE SIGNIFICANT CLOCKWISE-COUNTERCLOCKWISE VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING SPOUSE'S CAR. ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE PROBLEM BY HAVING TIRES CHECKED AND BALANCED; NO DEFECTS WERE IDENTIFIED AND REBALANCING DIDN'T SOLVE PROBLEM. WHEN UNSUCCESSFUL, TOOK TO SECOND FACILITY AND HAD TIRES BALANCED AGAIN WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF PROBLEM. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP, WHO BALANCED THE TIRES A THIRD TIME, WITH NOT RESOLUTION OF PROBLEM. PROBLEM CONTINUES EVEN AFTER REPLACING ALL TIRES, AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT. AFTER RESEARCHING ISSUE ON THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH HONDA PILOT CARS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, AND THAT HONDA HAS NOT ISSUED ANY TECHNICAL ADVISE ON HOW DEALERS CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

LIKE SO VERY MANY OTHER HONDA PILOT OWNERS OF THE TIMEFRAME, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION LEAK AND FAILURE FROM A RADIATOR FAILURE - AND THOUGH HONDA HAD SETTLED A CLASS-ACTION SUIT ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS WITH A MINOR WARRANTY EXTENSION... MY FAILURE, OF COURSE, HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER THAT EXTENSION. I AM OUT NEARLY $5,000 AND NEARLY GOT KILLED WHEN MY CAR DIED BECAUSE HONDA HAS FAILED TO PROPERLY RECALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS. SHAME ON HONDA - AND SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT HOLDING THEM TO TASK EVEN AFTER THEY SETTLED A LAWSUIT (WITH SUCH A LAME AND STILL UNSAFE RESPONSE). *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN CAR WAS STARTED. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME BOTH FRONT IMPACT SENSORS WERE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. *TR

RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX WITH THE COOLANT. MY WIFE WAS STRANDED WITH MY FOUR CHILDREN. WE HAD THE RADIATOR CHANGED AND COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED. THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY SINCE THE PROBLEM HAPPENED. *TR

A 91 YEAR OLD PASSENGER COULD NOT RELEASE THE BUCKLE BECAUSE OF PLACEMENT OR NECESSARY STRENGTH.THE BUCKLE SHOULD BE NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE WAIST OR CHEST FOE QUICK RELEASE IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR OTHER IMPAIRMENT DUE TO HEALTH OR IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO RELEASE IT FOR SOMEONE. IT MADE ME THINK OF THE NUMBER OF OUR PARATROOPERS THAT DROWNED IN EUROPE BECAUSE THE RELEASE WAS POORLY CONCEIVED. THE BRITISH HAD A ONE BUCKLE RELEASE RIGHT ON THEIR CHEST THAT SAVED MANY LIVES. *TR