2003 HONDA PILOT Complaints

LO BEAM HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. BULBS FUSES AND RELAYS ARE GOOD. HIGH BEAMS WORK OK. LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AND I DISCOVERED IT AT NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME.

TAKATA RECALL I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND EXPERIENCED TOTAL ENGINE POWER LOSS. RPMS REVVED HIGH AND CAR LURCHED FORWARD. I HAD ALREADY MERGED INTO 60MPH TRAFFIC WHEN MY CAR STALLED. FORCED THE CARS BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AVOID HAVING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON OR ANY OTHER INDICATION OF FAILURE.

HONDA CORPORATE CLAIMS THAT MY 2003 HONDA PILOT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED IN APRIL 2014, AS RECALL WORK (LOW BEAMS QUIT WORKING... HIGH BEAMS REMAIN FUNCTIONAL). MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS NO RECORD OF ME BEING THERE, EVEN THOUGH CORPORATE IS SHOWING I WAS. I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM - MY LOW BEAMS DO NOT WORK... HIGH BEAMS REMAIN FUNCTIONAL. THE ISSUE IS PRESENT REGARDLESS OF IT BEING STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON ANY SURFACE OF ANY KIND, TURNING OR OTHERWISE.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WAS TOLD TRANSMISSION IS SEPARATE SO ITDOES NOT SHOW UP BECAUSE THE LIGHT DOES NOT COME IT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THE COMPUTER DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME SO IT CAN AND DOES WHEN DRIVING IT GOES INTO NEUTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA PILOT. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, IT FAILED TO MOVE. IN ADDITION, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT OR WHILE MAKING TURNS, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED IDLING. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JEFF WYLER HONDA OF COLERAIN (8950 COLERAIN AVE, CINCINNATI, OH 45251, 513-741-3700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE MISFIRED AND THE TRANSMISSION AND GASKET NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 284,469.

03 HONDA PILOT TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING IN BETWEEN GEARS TALKED TO HONDA DONT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF PROBLEM EVEN WEN THEY HAV RECALL ON IT IVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF SAME EXACT ISSUE ALL OVER INTERNET WITH EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND HONDA IS STILL TRYING TO CHARGE FIOR THERE OWN RECALL

POWER STEERING RETURN PIPE DEVELOPED A SUDDEN LEAK RESULTING LOSS OF FLUID AFTER ABOUT 10 MILES, RESULTING IN VERY HARD STEERING AND NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL. PIPE HAS CORROSION WITH A PINHOLE LEAK AT THE BRACKET HOLDING IT TO THE FRAME.

LIGHTING RECALL. THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2012 AFFECTING MY 2003 HONDA PILOT THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT UNTIL MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST WRECKED. MY LOW BEAMS DO NOT WORK BUT MY HIGH BEAMS DO, ME AND MY CHILD COULD OF DIED FROM THIS. WE WERE JUST DRIVING AS NORMAL ON A HIGHWAY WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC AROUND AND LIGHTS JUST STOPPED WORKING. AFTER PULLING OVER I REALISED MY HI BEAMS STILL WORK. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY RECALL ISN'T LISTED WHEN A RECALL WAS ISSUED

SRS LIGHT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE. DIAGNOSTIC SCANNER STATES PROBLEM IS DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG INFLATOR OPEN OR INCREASED RESISTANCE.

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING AND THEN FAIL TO START UNLESS LEFT OFF FROM 15 TO 30 MINUTES VEHICLE WILL PERIODICALLY FAIL TO START. THIS HAPPENED DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT OVER TO SHOULDER WHILE AVOIDING BEING RUN INTO. THE LAST INSTANCE A POLICE OFFICER KINDLY HELPED PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF A BUSY CITY STREET AS SO I COULD WAIT FOR A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE REPLACED MULTIPLE AND EXPENSIVE PARTS BUT TO NO AVAIL.