2020 HONDA PILOT Complaints

THERE IS A GRINDING/VIBRATION OR "RUMBLE STRIP" SOUND AROUND 44MPH. THIS HAPPENS DURING CRUISING AND NOT NECESSARILY ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND A SPECIAL HONDA TECH CAME OUT AND REPORTED THAT THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE 5,000LBS TOWING PACKAGE IS INSTALLED WHICH CONTAINS A TRANSMISSION COOLER AND THE COOLER IS WHERE THE SOUND IS COMING FROM. THERE IS NO FIX. CARS, ESPECIALLY NEW CARS, SHOULD NOT GRIND, AND THERE IS NO FIX FROM HONDA AND THIS ISSUE EFFECTS ALL HONDA MAKES AND MODELS WITH THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION SINCE 2016 (SO THE DEALER SAID).

THE INFORMATION/ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM SHUTS OFF EVERY FEW MINUTES RENDERING THE BACKUP-CAMERA, GPS, AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THE CENTER DISPLAY INOPERABLE. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THEM FOR REPAIR.

FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS MY PILOT FELT LIKE IT WAS BOUNCING ODD. WE'VE ONLY OWNED IT FOR 5 MONTHS AND HAVE UNDER 5,000 MILES. WHILE MONITORING THE TIRE PRESSURE FOR TWO WEEKS, I'VE NOTICED THAT BOTH DRIVER SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLY LOW AND WE HAVEN'T ADDED ANY AIR SINCE. I FIGURED IT WAS BECAUSE OF HEAT/TIME OF DAY. MY LAST DRIVE AT 80 DEGREES AT SUNSET ENDED WITH BOTH DRIVER SIDE TIRES AT 33 PSI AND BOTH PASSENGER SIDE TIRES AROUND 35-37 PSI. THIS MORNING BOTH DRIVER SIDE TIRES WERE AT 33 PSI ON A COLD START AT ABOUT 60 DEGREES, ONCE I GOT ONTO THE SAME HIGHWAY AND LANES I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS, I NOTICED THE MAN BEHIND ME WAVING HIS ARMS WILDLY. I CHECKED MY TIRE PRESSURE ON THE DASH AND NOTICED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WAS SUDDENLY AT 24PSI, 20, 17, 10 AND I PULLED OVER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. WHEN I WENT TO INSPECT PRIOR TO REMOVING THE TIRE, YOU COULD AUDIBLY HEAR AIR SEEPING OUT. ON VISUAL INSPECTION THERE IS NO NAIL, NO PUNCTURE WOUND OR ANY EVIDENCE OF A CHANCE THAT A PUNCTURE HAPPENED AND THE OBJECT SHEERED OR CAME OUT ENTIRELY. THERE IS NO SIDEWALL DAMAGE, NO RIM DAMAGE OF ANY KIND. THE TIRE ITSELF IS A BRIDGESTONE DEULER H/P SPORT AS. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD

I KEEP HEARING STATIC FROM MY DASH CONSOLE. I TOOK IT IN MANY TIMES AND THEY JUST RESET IT. I'M AWARE THAT THE HARNESS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FROM RESEARCH.

CAR WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. INITIALLY THE ENGINE RACED BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR SLOWLY BEGAN TO MOVE AND THEN FULLY 'ENGAGED' AND MOVED FORWARD.

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE DAY 1. IT BEGAN WITH THE SUNROOF LEAKING AND CAUSING PUDDLES IN THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER FLOORS. THAT ISSUE REQUIRED 4 TRIPS TO THE DEALER. THE SPEAKERS THEN BEGAN POPPING AND THE RADIO AND DASH WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIXING THAT HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED 5 TIMES AND THE RADIO STILL CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED FALSE CRASH SENSING AND ONCE, THE AUTO BRAKING SYSTEM MADE ME COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP WHILE GOING ABOUT 45MPH AND NO ONE WAS EVEN AROUND ME. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND IS NOW BECOMING A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS MY WIFE WHO REGULARLY DRIVES IT IS NOW PREGNANT. SHE IS SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND HONDA IS UNWILLING TO HELP SOLVE THE ISSUES.

I HAVE HAD TWO TIRES BLOW OUT ON MY 2020 PILOT. ONE AT 10,000 MILES AND ONE AT 18,000 MILES .I WAS ON A MAIN STREET BOTH TIMES AND DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING THEY JUST BLEW UP .THEY ARE BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/P SPORT AS 245/60R18 M+S

TRANSMISSION GRINDING GEARS SOUND AT ABOUT 45-52MPH WHEN EASING OFF THE GAS AND A SHIFT OCCURS. CAR TENDS TO LURCH WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HAPPENS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE YOU CAN CRUISE AROUND 45-50MPH. DEALER ATTEMPTED FIX WITH HONDA USA, BUT THEY ONLY REVERSED A TRANSMISSION BRACKET AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION FLUID. NOW IT IS MUFFLED, BUT EXACTLY THE SAME OTHERWISE. THERE IS ALSO A NOTABLE METALLIC THUNK/SLAM SOUND AROUND 20-30MPH WHEN EASING OFF THE GAS AND A SHIFT OCCURS (VERY HARSH AND ABNORMAL SOUND FOR A CAR, DESPITE DEALER STATING THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE) . HAPPENS ANYTIME YOU CRUISE AT 20-30. I LIVE RIGHT NEAR A STOP SIGN SO IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I GO HOME. VIDEOS: HTTPS://WWW.AMAZON.COM/PHOTOS/SHARED/OVK5YU4ZRNAUQKKZBAFH1Q.VQC1EGWNB8AQUJEHU5GYJU/GALLERY/6HSXCULUROO5VQR-PHFJCQ HTTPS://WWW.AMAZON.COM/PHOTOS/SHARED/D_0O21IMSDWFBGC0484DZG.DGPJQDIT7UYGUZZVNDSOB9 HTTPS://WWW.AMAZON.COM/PHOTOS/SHARED/_YVXUTTRQEC_N2Z2EADIMG.NNWOEPXJEF0E6YVZG_T8OM/GALLERY/O6DCIGXOTTUD8J_P1KQRYW HTTPS://WWW.AMAZON.COM/PHOTOS/SHARED/6KB5VQKAQ5-WHAA9XSTHEA.4DG-FMY5GOF4RUHPDWMXK0/GALLERY/VRGBSFZOS3AJL-1OF9UP1W

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH WHILE TURNING AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LOST FUNCTIONALITY IN THE BRAKES, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONTACT CRASHING THE VEHICLE INTO A WALL. 1 PERSON WAS INJURED (THE CONTACT) AND SUSTAINED SORENESS TO THE BODY BUT MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT SOUGHT. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000.

I'M WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE THAT OCCURRED WITH OUR 2020 HONDA PILOT TOURING EDITION. MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND IN FACT LOST POWER. THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN EXIT RAMP CLOSE AND WE COASTED OFF ON THE EXIT RAMP LIMITED TO 5 MPH. ALL ELECTRONICS WERE ON (RADIO AND DVD), BUT THE CAR FORCED US TO A STOP. WE CALLED THE HONDA SERVICE LINE BECAUSE THIS CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY INFORMED US NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR AT THIS TIME WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON. WE SAT IN THE CAR WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON AND PULLED OVER FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. THEY RECOMMENDED TURNING THE CAR OFF FOR 10 MINUTES, LIKE MANUAL SAID, AND THEN RESTART THE CAR TO SEE IF WE CAN DRIVE TO SAFETY. WE DID THIS AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. 100+ MILES AWAY FROM OUR HOME, WE TOOK IT TO A HONDA DEALER. THEY DID AN INSPECTION OF THE CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO READ THE SYSTEM TO FIND OUT WHY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEY WROTE UP A DETAILED REPORT AND SAID THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ON LONG ENOUGH TO GET A READ/REPORT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKED OK. THEY DID WRITE IN THEIR REPORT THAT THERE IS A KNOWN BULLETIN FOR A FUEL INJECTION PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY RECOMMENDED IT, BUT THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NEED TO BE ON LONGER TO JUSTIFY RECALL. AND LASTLY, I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THIS CAR, SINCE PURCHASING NEW, HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OR NOT CORRECTLY WORKING FOR 4+ MONTH OF THE YEAR WE HAVE OWNED IT. THE DVD PLAYER, INFORMATION ELECTRONIC SCREEN SYSTEM BROKE AND NEEDED REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD LOUD CRACKING AND POPPING NOISE AND IT REQUIRED A CABLE WITH PROPER SHIELDING TO BE REPLACED.