Honda Pilot Complaints (2005)

679 consumer complaints on file.

#10403721May 30, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2005 HONDA PILOT EXPERIENCES A SHUDDER WHEN APPLYING LIGHT ACCELERATION BETWEEN 35-40 MPH, I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND MANY MORE CONSUMERS THAT HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND THAT HONDA IS TO BLAME FOR INSTALLING FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10402933May 27, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SRS WARGNING LIGHT ON. DEALER DETERMINED THAT BOTH SRS FRONT IMPACT SENSORS ARE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FRONT AIRBAIGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IF NEEDED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10402940May 27, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2005 HONDA PILOT. SHUDDERED & VIBRATED AT 40 MPH STARTING AT AROUND 70-75K MILES. DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER KNOWN TO HONDA BUT NO RECALL. ISSUE LED TO COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON HIGHWAY AND REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, TORQUE CONVERTER . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10402288May 21, 2011
CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR/CLIP, CHILD SEAT
I PURCHASED A RADIAN 80SL IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR (SEAT DOM- 1/2010, SUPERLATCH BELT DOM- 12/2009) AND INSTALLED IT RIGHT AWAY. IT WAS INSTALLED WITH THE SUPERLATCH BELT AND WITH MUCH LESS THAN 1" OF MOVEMENT WHEN CHECKED AT THE BELT PATH. A FEW WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE TILT LOCK ADJUSTER ON THE SUPERLATCH BELT HAD MOVED FURTHER DOWN ON THE SEAT. I CHECKED FOR MOVEMENT AT THE BELT PATH AND IT WAS A GOOD 2"+ OF MOVEMENT. SINCE THEN I WAS NEEDING TO TIGHTEN IT EVERYDAY, HOWEVER I HAVE STOPPED USING IT ALTOGETHER SINCE MY 2 YEAR OLD IS ABLE TO PUSH THE RELEASE ON THE SUPERLATCH BELT AND LOOSEN THE SEAT EVEN MORE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE SEAT GRADUALLY RECLINED GREATER THAN 45 DEGREES ON ITS OWN (I ASSUME THIS IS DUE TO THE SUPERLATCH LOOSENING). (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2005, MAKE=HONDA, MODEL=PILOT). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399198May 5, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH THE BRAKES ENGAGED INVOLUNTARILY. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP FOR A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE THE BRAKES RELEASED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. DURING THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOUR TIMES IN WHICH THE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,213. *VIN CORRECTED SMCH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10397754April 22, 2011
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE HAS NOTICEABLE SHIMMERING/SHUTTERING BETWEEN 30-50 MPH, NOTICED OVER A YEAR AGO. SOON AFTER THE DRIVE INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD FLASH INTERMITTENTLY, ALTHOUGH BOTH SEEM TRANSMISSION RELATED, THEY DID NOT SEEM TO CORRELATE. OVER TIME THE SHIMMERING/SHUTTERING SEEMS TO BE MORE FREQUENT AND PRONOUNCED AND THE DRIVE INDICATOR SEEMS TO BLINK MORE FREQUENTLY. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AS THERE ARE MANY OTHER 2005 HONDA PILOTS WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF TRANSMISSION 'FAILURE' OR COMPLETE FAILURE. HAVE NOT SEEN A FORMAL RELEASE FROM HONDA (LIKE WITH ACURA MDX ISSUE WHICH SOUNDS TOO SIMILAR), BUT LIKE WITH THE TSB ON THE MDX, MANY PROBLEMS SEEM TO BE RESOLVED WITH REPLACEMENT OF TORQUE CONVERTER OR COMPLETE TRANSMISSION. I DON'T EXPECT ANY SYMPATHY FROM HONDA SO I AM GOING TO HAVE OUR PILOT DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC (HONDA SERVICE IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE) BUT WANTED TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT ON THIS ISSUE IN THE HOPES THAT IF IT BECOMES BIG ENOUGH MAYBE OTHERS WILL BENEFIT FROM HONDA HAVING TO GET INVOLVED AT SOME POINT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10397749April 21, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING ON CITY ROAD I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGH SO I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND FOUND A COIL LAYING ON THE GROUND ALONG WITH SOME OTHER PLASTIC PIECES. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. MY MECHANIC EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK HEAD ALONG WITH THE BLOWN COIL THAT I HAD PICKED UP. THE SPARK PLUG WAS NEVER RECOVERED EVEN THOUGH I RETURNED TO THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395423April 11, 2011
INTERIOR LIGHTING
SEVERAL OF THE LIGHTS IN THE HVAC CONTROL PANEL IN MY 2005 HONDA PILOT HAVE BURNED OUT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 PILOTS, AND CAN BE CONFIRMED ON ONLINE HONDA PILOT FORUMS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT, AS THE ONLY WAY TO SEE THE CONTROLS IS TO TURN THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS. SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393639March 29, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HONDA OFFERED A DISCOUNT, BUT NOT A FREE REPLACEMENT AS IN THE PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR FOR OVER ONE MILLION VEHICLES, EVEN THOUGH IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME UNIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10389752March 10, 2011
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I DRIVE A 2005 HONDA PILOT. MY SAFETY RESTRAINT INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON A FEW DAYS AGO. UPON CHECKING WITH THE DEALER, THE SYSTEM AIRBAG CONTACTS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THANKFULLY, I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT COVERS REPAIR, WHICH IS COSTLY. MY COLLEAGUE ALSO DRIVES A 2005 HONDA (ELEMENT) AND HAD THE SAME INDICATOR LIGHT COME ON WITHIN TWO DAYS OF MINE. HE DOESN'T HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE COINCIDENCE IS TOO MUCH. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SAFETY RESTRAINTS ON 2005 HONDAS. OTHERS MUST BE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386137March 2, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2005 HONDA PILOT WITH 57,000 MILES ON IT THAT I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT. I AM HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT THE TORQUE CONVERTER I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ABOUT. MY CAR WILL ACCELERATE IN THE 32-45 MPH WINDOW AND THEN THE RPM NEEDLE WILL JUMP BACK DOWN TO A LOWER RPM. ALOT OF THE JUMPING NEEDLE IS HAPPENING. THE CAR WILL SHUDDER AT THESE SPEEDS AND WILL FEEL AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS LETTING UP WHEN I GET TO THESE SPEEDS, HENCE THE RPM NEEDLE COMING BACK DOWN. THE CAR HAS ALREADY GONE IN FOR WORK ON THE RELAY SWITCH WHICH WAS SHORTING THE CAR OUT BRIEFLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386087March 1, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS VEHICLE SPUTTERS WHEN THE SPEED IS BETWEEN 35-40 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384023February 22, 2011
STRUCTURE
2005 HONDA PILOT WITH LEAK UNDER PASSENGER FLOOR AFTER IT RAINS. TAKEN TO DEALER, REPLACED SEALS AROUND DOORS. TOOK CAR HOME, IT RAINED, FLOOR SOAKING WET. CALLED DEALER, BROUGHT CAR BACK, WATER TEST DONE. COULD NOT LOCATED LEAK BUT FLOOR OF CAR WAS SOAKING WET AFTER WATER TEST. DEALER SAID DEFINITE LEAK IN THE CAR BUT COULDN'T BE FIXED UNTIL THEY LOCATED SOURCE. SEARCHED INTERNET FOR PROBLEM.... SEEMS A LOT OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. HONDA CORPORATE CLAIMS THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS BUT HAVE OPENED A CLAIM FOR ME AND WILL INVESTIGATE. EXTENDED WARRANTY NOT GOOD ON THIS PROBLEM ACCORDING TO HONDA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10382911February 16, 2011
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHILE MAKING 2 TURNS IN A PARKING LOT AT 10 MPH, THE VSA (VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST) ENGAGED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO SUDDENLY GRIND THE VEHICLE TO A JARRING HALT---STOPPED ON A DIME! A MOMENT LATER, WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD AT ABOUT 20 MPH, THE VSA ENGAGED AGAIN, CAUSING ANOTHER SUDDEN GRINDING BRAKING TO A FULL STOP. HONDA SAYS THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS ANOMALY---DESPITE EASILY FINDING NUMEROUS BLOGS ON THE INTERNET OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ---UP TO OCCURRING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HONDA DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT DID NOT IDENTIFY THAT THIS OCCURRED NOR TELL THEM THAT THERE IS ANY PROBLEM. I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381687February 12, 2011
AIR BAGS
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2005 HONDA PILOT. MY PROBLEM IS THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON IN MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT MY AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF A CRASH. I HAD TO INITIALLY PAY 100 DOLLARS JUST TO GET THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND NOW I AM HAVING TO WAIT UP TO 2 MONTHS FOR THE PART THAT IS BACKORDERED. I AM VERY SCARED THAT SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN AND I WILL NOT BE PROTECTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381397February 10, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SHUDDER. ONCE THE CONSUMER ACCELERATED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE FAILURE STOPPED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE TRAVELED AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE SOFTWARE FOR THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 159,000. UPDATED 03/08/11 *BF UPDATED 03/09/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381501February 10, 2011
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AFTER PULLING OUT OF A PARKING GARAGE AND DRIVING ABOUT 4 CITY BLOCKS, OUR 2005 HONDA PILOT MADE A LOUD GROANING SOUND AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN AN INTERSECTION WHILE TURNING LEFT. FROM THAT POINT, FOR THE NEXT HALF MILE, THE CAR SCREECHED TO A COMPLETE STOP EVERY 15 TO 20 SECONDS, EVEN WHILE ONLY PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR GOING SPEEDS UP TO 20 MPH. I INSTRUCTED MY WIFE TO PULL INTO THE FIRST AVAILABLE PARKING LOT, AT WHICH POINT WE SAW THAT THE VSA CAUTION AND OFF LIGHTS WERE ON. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, PULLED THE KEY OUT, PUT IT BACK IN AND STARTED THE CAR BACK UP. THE VSA LIGHTS DID NOT COME BACK ON. I PRESSED THE VSA OFF BUTTON IN ORDER TO AVOID THIS MALFUNCTION ON THE WAY HOME. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SCARY DEFECT. I HAVE READ OTHER OWNERS' EXPERIENCES OF THIS SAME ISSUE AND I AM CONVINCED THAT IT IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING DEFECT. WE HAD OUR TWO YEAR OLD AND OUR NEWBORN IN A CAR WHICH SCREECHED TO AN UNEXPECTED FULL STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION HALFWAY THROUGH A TURN. THERE WAS NO ICE, THE ROADS WERE DRY, AND THE TURN WAS CONTROLLED AND NORMAL. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE VSA TO ENGAGE. WE WERE LUCKY NO CARS WERE COMING THE OTHER DIRECTION TO HIT THE PILOT IN THE INTERSECTION. I HAVE ALSO READ OF THIS UNPROMPTED FULL STOP OCCURRING AT SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE DEVASTATING. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR USED WITH 105,000 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000 MILES. WE HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL NOW, BUT THIS ONE ISSUE IS ENOUGH OF A SAFETY ISSUE THAT I WILL IMMEDIATELY PURSUE GETTING RID OF THE VEHICLE AND FINDING SOMETHING SAFER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381372February 9, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SHUDDER IN TRANSMISSION; TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEM. THIS OCCURS AT 1500 TO 2000 RPM AND AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. HONDA DEALER WANTED $4500 TO REPLACE BOTH THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10380979February 7, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20-35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SWAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE CONTACT HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FROM SWAYING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERYDAY SINCE SEPTEMBER 2010. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE YAW RATE SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10380176February 3, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
HIGH ENGINE WHINING SOUND. WITH ONLY 78,00 MI, DEALER TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW ENGINE MOUNTS. UPON CHECKING THE INTERNET I'VE FOUND MANY OTHER CASES WHERE THIS HAPPENS AND IT'S ALL AROUND 80,000. SURE SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN FLAW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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