2020 HONDA PILOT Complaints

WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN APRIL 2020. AFTER LESS THAN ONE MONTH, WE BEGAN HEARING POPPING & CRACKLING FROM THE SPEAKERS. THE RES BEGAN FREEZING TO THE POINT THAT THE DVD PLAYER WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. POPPING & CRACKLING CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY, TO THE POINT WHERE THE INFOTAINMENT SCREEN WOULD DISPLAY "NO CONNECTION" ON EVERYTHING--CARPLAY, SIRIUSXM, FM RADIO, ETC. THE INFOTAINMENT SCREEN, AS WELL AS THE GAUGE CLUSTER (INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER, REAR BACK-UP CAMERA, ETC.) THEN BEGAN GOING COMPLETELY BLACK WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A COUNTY HIGHWAY, AND REBOOTED MULTIPLE TIMES. WE HAVEN'T EVEN MADE A PAYMENT YET ON THIS VEHICLE, AND IT HAS BEEN SITTING AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS FOR THE LAST WEEK. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT THERE IS NO KNOWN PERMANENT FIX. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH WHAT A SAFETY ISSUE THIS IS. YES, THE POPPING IS INCREDIBLY ANNOYING, BUT IT'S TERRIFYING TO BE DRIVING AND HAVE NO SPEEDOMETER, WARNING LIGHTS, BACKUP CAMERA, ETC. HONDA CORPORATE NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

ALL PROBLEMS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AFTER OWNING THE CAR AND HAVE GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME. SPEAKER POPPING / CRACKLING PROBLEM - CAN BE VERY LOUD AND PERSISTENT AND ANNOYING RADIO FREEZES AND IS INOPERABLE SPEEDOMETER GOES BLACK (NO SPEED INDICATORS) WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL OUTSIDE MIRRORS HAVE AUTO COLLAPSED AT LEAST ONCE THE RANDOM NATURE OF THESE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LEAVE WORRY THAT SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC MAY RANDOMLY HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AND EITHER START A FIRE OR CAUSE A DANGEROUS ACCIDENT, OR LEAVE ONE STRANDED WITH AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE. HONDA JUST ANNOUNCED SW UPGRADES THAT SUPPOSEDLY FIX THE INSTRUMENT CONSOLE, BUT HAVE YET TO ANNOUNCE A FIX FOR THE OTHER BIZARRE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. AND TO TOP ALL OF THIS OFF, WITH THIS BEING A WELL KNOWN ISSUE, DEALERSHIPS CONTINUE TO SELL THESE CARS AND IN MY OPINION THAT IS POOR ETHICS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE DISPLAY SCREEN BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND SEVERAL OTHER FUNCTIONS WERE NOT AVAILABLE DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LUTHER ST. CLOUD HONDA LOCATED AT 1500 HWY 23 WEST, WAITE PARK, MN 56387, WHERE THE MECHANIC REPLACED AN UNKNOWN ELECTRICAL WIRING AND CONNECTORS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. *BF*JB

WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN JUNE 2020. AFTER LESS THAN ONE MONTH, WE BEGAN HEARING POPPING & CRACKLING FROM THE SPEAKERS. THE RES BEGAN FREEZING TO THE POINT THAT THE DVD PLAYER WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. POPPING & CRACKLING CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY, TO THE POINT WHERE THE INFOTAINMENT SCREEN WOULD DISPLAY "NO CONNECTION" ON EVERYTHING--CARPLAY, SIRIUSXM, FM RADIO, ETC. THE INFOTAINMENT SCREEN, AS WELL AS THE GAUGE CLUSTER (INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER, REAR BACK-UP CAMERA, ETC.) THEN BEGAN GOING COMPLETELY BLACK WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A COUNTY HIGHWAY, AND REBOOTED MULTIPLE TIMES. WE HAVEN'T EVEN MADE A PAYMENT YET ON THIS VEHICLE, AND IT HAS BEEN SITTING AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS FOR THE LAST WEEK. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT THERE IS NO KNOWN PERMANENT FIX. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH WHAT A SAFETY ISSUE THIS IS. YES, THE POPPING IS INCREDIBLY ANNOYING, BUT IT'S TERRIFYING TO BE DRIVING AND HAVE NO SPEEDOMETER, WARNING LIGHTS, BACKUP CAMERA, ETC. HONDA CORPORATE NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

THE INFOTAINMENT AND SOMETIMES THE DASH GO BLANK. PRIOR TO LOSING ALL SIGNALS AND VISUAL, THERE IS LOUD POPPING NOISES AROUND THE WINDSHIELD. THE NOISE SOUNDS LIKE ROCKS HITTING THE WINDSHIELD, BUT IT ENDS UP WITH INFOTAINMENT LOSING ALL COMMUNICATION AND DASH SOMETIMES GOING BLANK. THIS HAPPENED IN JANUARY 2020 WITH ABOUT 1000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND HAS HAPPENED ON/OFF OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IN JULY IT HAS BEEN A DAILY OCCURANCE AND NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE.

FOLLOW-UP ON COMPLAINT #11340119. JULY 26, 2020. AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN COMPLAINT, 2020 HONDA PILOT INFORMATION SYSTEM POPPING NOISE: NOW THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO INFORMATION SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY BLACKING OUT: NO SPEEDOMETER INFORMATION, NO TELEPHONE, NO BACK-UP CAMERA. ALL INFORMATION SYSTEMS GO BLACK FROM 10 SECONDS TO SEVERAL MINUTES. JUST BEFORE THIS HAPPENS EMERGENCY BREAKING NOTIFICATION IS DISPLAYED. NO DISPLAY ON FREEWAY FOR SPEED, LANE ASSIST MALFUNCTIONS AND BACKING SENSORS DO NOT WORK. CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND HONDA SAYS IT CANNOT FIX SYSTEM. ONLY HAVE 1900 MILES ON VEHICLE. THOUSANDS OF LIVES ARE AT STAKE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NHSTA? WAIT FOR FOLKS TO DIE?

WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, PUT MY CAR INTO REVERSE MODE AS I WAS MOVING OUT (BACKWARD) THE REAR VIEW CAMERA SCREEN WILL GO BLACK AND WILL NOT DISPLAY AFTER THE ERROR "NETWORK COMMUNICATION LOST" ON THE SCREEN. IT TAKES AT LEAST A MINUTE TO TWO UNTIL IT RESTART, SOMETIMES MORE THAN 10 MINS OR IT RESTART AND GO BLACK AGAIN. ANOTHER MULTIPLY TIMES, SAME ERROR HAPPENED, AND EVERYTHING WENT BLACK, THE CENTER INFOSYSTEM AND THE DRIVIER INFORMATION SCREEN. (SEE PICTURE) THE GPS WAS LOST, SO I AM NOT SURE IF I AM STILL ON THE RIGHT PATH, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING, OR IF ANY OF THE DRIVING ASSISTANCE ARE STILL ACTIVE. I.E. CRUISE CONTROL, LANE DEPARTURE WARNING/ASSISTANCE, SPEED METER TIRES PRESSURES IF ANY OTHER WARNINGS. ALL THESE STARTED HAPPENING IN AROUND MIDDLE OF JUNE. NOW, THIS ERROR IS HAPPENING EVERYDAY, EVERY DRIVE, I HAVE WENT TO DEALER SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE THEM CHECK AND FIX THE ERROR. THEY SAID THEY RESET THE SYSTEM AND SHOULD NOT SEE THIS ERROR ANYMORE, BUT I AM STILL SEEING THIS ERROR EVEN AFTER THEY SERVICE THE CAR. I WENT BACK TO HAVE IT SERVICES AT LEAST 3 TIMES ALREADY, THEY TOLD ME THEY DID SOME WIRING, RESET THE CONSOLE AND IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT STILL SEEING THIS PROBLEM AS OF TODAY.

BOUGHT NEW 2020 BLACK EDITION HONDA PILOT ON MAY 2,2020 WITH 11 MILES ON IT. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE ON 6/15/20 AFTER DRIVING ONLY 3 MILES I NOTICED A BAD BURNT SMELL AS I WAS ENTERING A PARKING GARAGE, NOT THINKING IT WAS MY CAR BECAUSE IT WAS NEW AND THERE WERE NO DISPLAY LIGHTS INDICATING ANYTHING. I THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM MY HOOD ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER. I IMMEDIATELY PARKED AND TURNED ENGINE OFF. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO SEE A FIRE BALL DROP FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF MY HOOD. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS ALERTS ON THE CAR PANEL THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. WE HADN'T DRIVEN THIS CAR MUCH DUE TO COVID, PROBABLY ONLY HAD AROUND 400 MILES ON THE CAR. CAR FIRE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS FAR AS I KNOW.

POPPLING NOISE FROM SPEAKERS. ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS IN DIGITAL DISPLAYS. REPLACED WIRING HARNESS. 700 MILES LATER SAME PROBLEM, INFORMATION CUTS OUT...COULD LEAD TO CRASHES OR MALFUNCTIONS. THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE. HAPPENS STOPPED, DRIVING, OR PARKED. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING DO DO NHSTA

I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE CAR MAKEING POPING SOUNDS A.D THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD GOING OUT AND I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THERE. SCREEN IS OUT I CAN NOT SEE MY SPEED AND IT HITS THE BRAKES WHEN EVER IM DRIVING AND I ALMOST CRASHED WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR WITH ME. I AM WORRIED FOR THE SAFTY OF MY KIDS.