Honda Pilot Complaints

9,418 consumer complaints on file.

#10493440January 18, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIFT TOWARD THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A RAILING. THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS RULED AS DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED TO AN INSURANCE LOT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000. UPDATED 01/05/13*LJ
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10493330January 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN
ON 01//10/13 I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 HONDA PILOT, AND HEARD REALLY BAD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY CAR SLOWED DOWN AND I BARELY MADE IT HOME. UPON ARRIVAL HOME, WE CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FOUND IT TO BE NONEXISTENT. IN THE MORNING WE ADDED SOME TRANSMISSION FLUID AND WITH GREAT DIFFICULTIES I TOOK MY CAR TO A DEALERSHIP. SERVICE DEPARTMENT GOT BACK TO ME WITH THE RESULTS OF TESTING TELLING THAT THEY GOT TWO READINGS ON THE COMPUTER: INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY HAVE TAKEN TRANSMISSION APART AND DECLARED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. ?INITIAL INSPECTION OF VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FOUND EXTREMELY AUDIBLE ?GRINDING? NOISES FROM VEHICLES TRANSMISSION IN PARK & NEUTRAL POSITIONS. ALSO, DELAYED ENGAGEMENT IN DRIVE & REVERSE POSITIONS. VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL WAS GOOD BUT FLUID CONDITION WAS EXTREMELY OVERHEATED AND VERY DARK IN COLOR. (THIS IS AN ADDED FLUID ON THE DAY I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP ) UPON TRANSMISSION REMOVAL, DISASSEMBLY & INTERNAL INSPECTION, ABC FOUND TRANSMISSIONS MAIN INPUT SHAFT BEARING FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY AND SPREAD BALL BEARINGS AND METAL DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION CAUSING DAMAGE TO MANY INTERNAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSIONS CASE(S), TORQUE CONVERTER & COOLING SYSTEM. THIS TRANSMISSION IS NOT ABLE TO BE ECONOMICALLY REBUILT DUE TO THE SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE CASE(S) AND MAJOR INTERNAL COMPONENTS. I DON?T KNOW IF TRANSMISSION HAD SOME INTERNAL DEFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OR FAILURE HAPPENED LATER ON, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT SUCH A MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION PARTS COULD?VE BEEN AVOIDED OR MINIMIZE SHOULD SERVICE DEPARTMENT BEEN MORE DILIGENT IN THEIR MAINTENANCE PROCESS AND SHOULD HONDA BE MORE UPFRONT ABOUT CONTINUES PROBLEMS THEIR TRANSMISSIONS EXHIBIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10493361January 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I PARKED MY CAR OUTSIDE A LOCAL STORE WITH A NEARLY ZERO DECLINE. AFTER ENTERING THE STORE AND BEGINNING TO SHOP - A FELLOW SHOPPER CAME IN TO TELL ME THAT MY CAR HAD ROLLED BACKWARDS AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLE. WHEN I ENTERED MY VEHICLE THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN FACT IN PARK BUT THE CAR HAD ROLLED BACK ANYWAYS AND STOPPED ONLY BECAUSE IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10493019January 15, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
YESTERDAY WAS THE MOST RECENT OCCURANCE OF A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING (BUT RANDOM, NOT CONSTANT) SINCE SEPTEMBER. WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN JULY. THE PILOT HAS BEEN SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES RANDOMLY BY ITSELF. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE I GENTLY APPLIED BRAKES AND ALSO WHILE I'VE BEEN ACCELERATING. THE FIRST COUPLE TIMES IT HAPPENED THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON MY DASH BUT THEN THE VSA LIGHT CAME ON. IT WENT OFF AGAIN AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. I HAD MY BRAKES, PADS, AND ROTORS CHANGED AND THE BRAKE LINES FLUSHED. SINCE THEN NO LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ON. THEN YESTERDAY, VERY SUDDENLY, THE CAR BEGAN SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS TURNING INTO A SHOPPING CENTER AND IF THERE HAD BEEN A CAR BEHIND ME I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE SUDDEN BRAKING WAS SO SEVERE. I COASTED FOR A BIT, TRIED TO REAPPLY THE BRAKES GENTLY AND THE CAR BROKE AGAIN THROWING ME FORWARD. IN TOTAL, IT "STOPPED SHORT" ABOUT 5/6 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A PARKING SPOT. IT HAPPENED WHILE BOTH BRAKING AND ALSO TRYING TO ACCELERATE. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED BY THE CAR, IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD RUMBLING SOUND AND SENSATION. SOMETHING SIMILAR TO GOING HIGH SPEED OVER A RUMBLE STRIP FOR A LONG TIME. NO LIGHTS ARE ON MY DASH NOW AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. DRIVING MY CAR IS LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE. MOST OF THE TIME IT DRIVES GREAT AND I LOVE IT, AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE THE CAR BRAKES AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES AND INTENSITY. IT FEELS LIKE DRIVING WITH AN INSTRUCTOR WHO SUDDENLY SLAMS ON THE BRAKES REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU MAY BE DOING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10493052January 15, 2013
SUSPENSION, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I TOOK IT IN FOR A RECALL. I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT AND RIGHT ENGINE MOUNTS ARE "CRACKED". AT ABOUT 25-45 MPH THERE IS A NOTICEABLE SHUDDER UNDER THE HOOD. IN SEARCHING THE NHTSA DATABASE I FIND MANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SHUDDER AND SEVERAL SAYING THAT ENGINE MOUNTS ARE A PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL. THE REPORTS ARE IN SEVERAL AREAS INCLUDING ENGINE, SUSPENSION, DRIVE TRAIN, TRANSMISSION. IT SEEMS THE ENGINE MOUNTS COULD BE A COMMON DENOMINATOR. IF THE MOUNTS GO IT COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE INCLUDING LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492846January 14, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VSA WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES BEGAN TO LOCK WITHOUT APPLYING ANY PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT ON ITS OWN AND WAS THEN MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT A VSA TROUBLE CODE WAS DETECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A TROUBLE CODE WAS NOT DETECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN AND CLOSED INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER DP12002 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL). A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION PE12-028 WAS OPENED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492978January 14, 2013
AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING, AIRBAG, (!), VSA, VTC AND BRAKE LIGHTS ALL LIT UP. HORN STOPPED WORKING AS DID ALL CONTROLS FROM STEERING WHEEL (CRUISE, RADIO AIRBAG LIGHT). I PULLED OVER, EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK BUT LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. WENT TO HONDA IN FT PIERCE, FL. WAS TOLD IT'S PROBABLY A LOW BATTERY. REPLACED BATTERY, LIGHTS ALL STAYED ON. CONTACTED JOHNSTON HONDA IN STUART, FL. HEAD MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS AND IF HE RAN IT ON DIAGNOSTICS, IT COULD TAKE 8 HOURS AT $80 AN HOUR AND HE STILL MAY NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. BROUGHT THIS LEMON TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO RAN ON DIAGNOSTICS FOR 2 HOURS. COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM SO HE DID NOT CHARGE. AS ALMOST ALL OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOVE, WHILE DRIVING AT 35 TO 40 THE CAR STARTS TO SHUDDER AS THOUGH IT WILL TURN OFF. WAS TOLD IT'S POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE MOTOR MOUNTS. I HAVE CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WORKS IN CALIFORNIA WITH THESE ISSUES AND THEY ESSENTIALLY TOLD ME TO 'GFY'. STATED CAR IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492314January 11, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
KEY WON'T TURN IN IGNITION DUE TO MISALIGNED WAFERS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN JUST OVER A YEAR WE HAVE HAD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. AT FIRST HAD TO JIGGLE KEY TO BE ABLE TO TURN IT, THEN CAN'T EVEN GET THE KEY IN ALL THE WAY. TAKEN TO LOCKSMITH. FIRST OCCURRED 10/2011, THEN 1/11/2013. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492166January 10, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE BRAKES ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY AS THE ABS AND VEHICLE STABILITY WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE SPUN IN FULL CIRCLE THREE TIMES BEFORE STOPPING. THE CONTACT HAD TO DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT EVERY CODE FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM SHOWED UP WHEN PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE, BUT SUGGESTED THEY REPLACED THE VEHICLE STABILITY AND ABS MODULES. THE DEALER COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE REPAIR WOULD REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 170,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492170January 10, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT BEFORE CRASHING INTO AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A SAVAGE FACILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO A FAULTY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL. A DEFECT PETITION WAS OPENED AND CLOSED UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER DP12002 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL). THERE WAS A CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE12-028 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT OR THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. ..UPDATED 02/25/13 *BF
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
2
#10491996January 9, 2013
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HONDA PILOT (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THIRD ROW SEAT HEAD REST WOULD BLOCK THE CONTACT'S REAR VIEW WHEN DRIVING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN PLACING A CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN THE THIRD ROW SEAT, THE HEAD REST WOULD PUSH THE CHILD RESTRAINT FORWARD WHEN LOWERED. WHEN THE HEAD REST WAS RAISED, THE METAL BAR WOULD CONTACT THE CHILD'S HEAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE ALTERED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492006January 9, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROM MY HOME THE CAR'S BRAKES LOCKED UP ON THEIR OWN. THE NEXT 1/4 MILE WHILE TRYING TO REACH A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK WITHOUT WARNING. ONCE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE VSA LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. AFTER THEN READING THE OWNERS MANUAL I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON. AT THIS POINT THE VSA LIGHT WAS OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK HOME WITHOUT ANOTHER INCIDENT. VERY CONCERNED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN SINCE IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY OR MAJOR ROAD AN ACCIDENT WOULD BE LIKELY. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN 2 AND 4 YEARS OF AGE AND THIS IS THE VEHICLE WE USE TO GET THEM AROUND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND REVIEW OF THIS ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492007January 9, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, MY HONDA PILOT ABRUPTLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. IT FELT LIKE THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ACTUATED. THE VSA AND TRIANGLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT WAS PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY WHERE IT STOPPED. THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND ON AN THE CONDITION CLEARED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491842January 8, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND HAVING TO ABRUPTLY APPLY THE BRAKES, HE CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE STOPPED AHEAD OF HIM. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE BACK. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 100,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10491748January 7, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING
I WAS DRIVING UNDER SLIGHTLY WET CONDITIONS AT A FAIRLY LOW SPEED (APPROX. 25 - 30 MPH) AND THE CAR SEEMED, MOMENTARILY, AS IF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD GONE FLAT AND AN INDICATOR LIGHT WITH A TRIANGLE AND AN EXCLAMATION POINT AND THE VSA LIGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY CAME ON. I PULLED OVER, CHECKED THE TIRE, TURNED THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED IT AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR THE REST OF THAT DAY. THE NEXT MORNING, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING AFTER THE CAR HAD SAT ALL NIGHT. AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND BACK ON, THE INDICATOR AND VSA LIGHTS WERE OUT, BUT THEN CAME BACK ON LESS THAN 30 MINUTES LATER WHILE IDLING. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS DAY WERE COLD, BUT DRY. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK THE CAR TO LEITH HONDA. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME CONDITION WHILE DRIVING IT TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM AND THE CAR'S COMPUTER DIDN'T INDICATE THAT THE VSA HAD EVEN BEEN ON. I PICKED THE CAR UP THAT NIGHT, AFTER THEY HAD CLOSED, AND EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM LESS THAN 15 MINUTES AFTER I LEFT THE DEALER. I THEN EXPERIENCED IT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY, AFTER A COLD START, AND THEN AGAIN TODAY, ALSO AFTER A COLD START, BUT THIS TIME WHILE IDLING. THIS IS A SCARY AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THERE ARE LOTS OF REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FLOATING AROUND THE INTERNET. MY PARTICULAR EXPERIENCES HAVEN'T BEEN AS BAD (YET) AS OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED, BUT THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME (FRONT BRAKES MOMENTARILY LOCKING AND STEERING PULLING, IN MY CASE, TO THE LEFT). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491581January 6, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
DRIVER SEAT HEATER GETS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE POINT THAT BURNS ARE POSSIBLE. AFRAID THAT A FIRE MAY OCCUR SO STOPPED USING. THERE APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE WHEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET. NO RECALL BY HONDA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490887January 3, 2013
SEATS
I PURCHASED A USED HONDA PILOT IN JANUARY 2012. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT HEATER WOULD GETS SO HOT THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY START TO BURN MY LEGS. THE HONDA DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE, THEY DID NOT FEEL IT GET OVERLY HOT. THEN ON DECEMBER 5, 2012 IT JUST SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10490720January 2, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE USING EITHER TURN SIGNAL, THE HEADLIGHTS TEMPORARILY FAIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OVER TIME, THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE COMPLETED FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V136000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HEADLIGHTS: SWITCH) WAS NOT RELATED TO THEIR ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,696.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490751January 2, 2013
SEATS
MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON CHRISTMAS EVE (DECEMBER 24, 2012) TO A DESTINATION ABOUT 65 MILES AWAY. I HAD THE DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER ON THE HIGH POSITION, AS IT IS QUITE COLD IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. ALONG THE WAY, I NOTICED THAT MY RIGHT BUTTOCKS WAS GETTING EXTREMELY HOT, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BURNING, BEFORE I TURNED OFF THE SEAT HEATER. IT WAS DARK WHEN WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, THAT I SAW A SCORCHED HOLE ABOUT 1.5 INCHES LONG AND 0.5 INCHES WIDE IN THE LEATHER DRIVER'S SEAT. REACHING MY FINGER DOWN INTO THE HOLE REVEALED A LOT OF CRUMBLING BLACK ASHES. ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE AN ACTUAL FIRE, IT'S QUITE APPARENT THAT THERE IS A FIRE SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 HONDA PILOT DRIVER'S HEATED SEAT. IF WE HAD LEFT THE CAR RUNNING AND UNATTENDED WITH NO ONE SITTING ON THE SEAT (ALLOWING OXYGEN INTO THE SEAT), I SUSPECT THE SEAT WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY ERUPTED IN FLAMES. IT WAS VERY, VERY HOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10490567December 31, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS A 2011 HONDA PILOT WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2011. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN I WAS HEADING SOUTH ON WELLWOOD AVE. I CAME TO A RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WELLWOOD AVE AND STRAIGHT PATH ROAD IN LINDENHURST. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO COME TO A STOP THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. I KEPT MY FOOT ON BREAK BUT THE CAR KEPT ON ACCELERATING AND ENGINE KEPT ON REVVING AS THOUGH I WAS PRESSING DOWN ON GAS PEDAL. THIS CREATED A LOUD REVVING NOISE AND A CLOUD OF CAR EXHAUST . IF I HAD REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE BREAK AT THIS TIME I WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO BACK OF VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BREAK AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME MOVED I PUT THE CAR BACK INTO DRIVE AND THE CAR SEEMED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY AGAIN. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 29, 2012. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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