2011 Honda Pilot

I HAD NOTICED WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE IT FELT AS IF THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WHERE WARPED DUE TO THE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE UNDER BRAKING. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND AFTER INSPECTION WAS TOLD THAT IN FACT ROTORS WHERE WARPED AND BREAK PADS WORN ALL PARTS REPLACED AND PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE CORRECTED THIS WAS DONE AT 85,000 MILES. NOW AT 98,000 SAME PROBLEM HAS RETURNED BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME NOW THAT BOTH THE FRONT COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS NEED REPLACEMENT. I HAVE CHECKED TO SEE IF THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE AND CANNOT IMAGINE IT IS NOT SEEING IT COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ISSUES. PLEASE HOLD AMERICAN HONDA TO STANDARDS SET BY THE NHTSA FOR CUSTOMER SAFETY.

HONDA PILOT 2011 (<70K MILES). HAD CLUNKING SOUND FROM FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. DEALER REPLACED LEFT SHOCK ABSORBER, COVERED BY EXTENDED HONDA WARRANTY. HONDA REFUSED TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT SHOCK ABSORBER, WHICH IS AN ISSUE DUE TO THE UNEVEN WEAR. REAR SUSPENSION WAS REPLACED ALREADY TWICE ON THIS VEHICLE. HONDA PREVIOUSLY ISSUED A RECALL FOR 2011 PILOTS, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE SUSPENSION TO FAIL AND COULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE NOISE OR STEERING LOSS. IT IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING THAT HONDA WOULD NOT COVER REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT SHOCK ABSORBER, WHICH IS QUITE OBVIOUSLY THE FLAW OF THIS VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING BLACK OIL FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BUSHING. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL HESITATED TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

2011 PILOT TOURING WITH 75K MILES ONE IT STARTED SHAKING WHEN BREAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS A FEW MONTHS AGO. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK ON THE CAUSE OF THE SHAKING, AND THEY REPLACED BUSHINGS AS PART OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, CLAIMING THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. IT DID NOT AFFECT THE SHAKING AT ALL. I THEN TOOK TO FIRESTONE FOR TIRES AND BREAKS, WHO IDENTIFIED A BUSTED LOWER LEFT TIE ROD AND GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $1100 TO FIX. IT ONLY HAS 75K MILES ON IT, WHY THESE SUSPENSION/BREAKS/WHEEL ISSUES ALREADY?? MY VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN I BREAK AND I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, BUT THE LABOR IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE DISASSEMBLED. I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG HONDA IS VERY WRONG HERE.

ROTORS BEGAN TO PREMATURELY WARP AT ABOUT 20K MILES. DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS AS A COURTESY SERVICE. WARPING PROBLEM RE-APPEARED AT APPROXIMATELY 30K. WARPED ROTORS CAUSED SEVERE VIBRATIONS THROUGH STEERING COLUMN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MAKING FOR UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. HONDA TECH MENTIONED THAT HONDA USED ROTORS WITH A SOFTER MATERIAL IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE SQUEALING PROBLEM ON PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS. HOWEVER, THIS RESULTED IN WARPING PROBLEMS ON NEWER MODELS AS CAR IS HEAVIER AND THESE ROTORS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT IN STOPPING THE VEHICLES WITHOUT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT WEAR. AT 55K MILES, I DECIDED TO REPLACE ROTORS WITH A THIRD PARTY SINCE HONDA REFUSED TO STAND BEHIND THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND REPLACE MY ROTORS EVEN THOUGH I HAD REPORTED THE PROBLEM WELL BEFORE THE STANDARD FACTORY WARRANTY PERIOD OF 3 YEARS / 36K MILES. TECHNICIAN ALSO DISCOVERED CRACKED COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS ON FRONT END.

I JUST PURCHASED MY 2011 LESS THAN 30 DAYS AGO. I HAVE ONLY DRIVEN IT ABOUT 5 TIMES THE PROBLEM IS WITH A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER BUMPS. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IT WAS A RAINY NIGHT AND YOU COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE CAR AND THE ROAD WAS WET. NOT THAT IT IS DRY YOU HEAR IT AT EVERY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. TOOK TO SERVICE TO FIND THAT THE COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS ARE CRACKED AND IT WILL ALSO NEED STRUTS. THIS IS CRAZY A CAR LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD NEED THIS ALREADY. HONDA HAS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WHY WONT THEY FIX THIS. THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT. YOU ARE LOOKING AT ALMOST $1500 TO HAVE THESE 2 PROBLEMS FIXED. I HAVEN'T SEND IN MY 1ST CAR PAYMENT. THIS IS JUST CRAZY. I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS AT ALL. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEVER SEE OR KNOW UNTIL YOU TAKE THE CAR TO A SERVICE CENTER. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM HONDA FIX THIS. YOU ARE LOSING YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS BEHIND THINGS LIKE THIS

2011 HONDA PILOT EXPERIENCING A SEVERE VIBRATION ISSUES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (45MPH+). THE VEHICLE STABILITY, STEERING AND CONTROL DO NOT FEEL SAFE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. WE FIRST IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM WITH HONDA AT 39000 MILES IN 2012 AND THEY BALANCED THE TIRES. BROUGHT TO HONDA'S ATTENTION AGAIN AT 69000 MILES IN AUGUST 2013. THEY REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACED FRONT AND REAR THE ROTORS FOR A CHARGE OF $478. STILL EXPERIENCING AT 80000 MILES AND THEY SAID WE NEED NEW FRONT ROTORS ($440) AND NEED TO REPLACE COMPLIANCE ARM BUSHINGS (FOUND COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS SPLIT AND TORN) FOR $736.95. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS A SERIOUS DEFECTIVE ISSUE THAT PERHAPS WARRANTS A RECALL. *TR