2011 Honda Pilot

MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME 6/28/19 AT MIDNIGHT. CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING. COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. RESTARTED AND DROVE SOME. SAME THING. MANY LIGHTS CAME ON. COASTED TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. TRIED ONE MORE TIME AND MADE IT HOME. MILES ON ODO: 118,279. THE NEXT MORNING I STARTED THE CA AND TRIED TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP. AFTER 3 MILES, THE SAME HAPPENED TO ME. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND HAD AAA TOW IT 5 MILES TO DEALERSHIP. AT DEALERSHIP, THE SAID MANY ERROR CODES CAME UP BUT THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). I PD $1,410.16 TO DO THIS ON JULY 2. I PICKED THE CAR UP AND DROVE LESS THAN A MILE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO START IT AGAIN AND THEN IT HAPPENED AS I COASTED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ANALYZED THE CAR, TALKED WITH HQ HONDA REPS AND THEY RECOMMENDED CHECKING THE SPARK PLUGS. THEY DID AND ALL 6 WERE BAD. HOWEVER, THEY WERE JUST REPLACED AT 102,42 MILES ABOUT 1 YEAR EARLIER. JULY 9. I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE DEALERSHIP TO THEIR CREDIT ONLY CHARGED ME $200 (COST OF LABOR). I WAS HESITANT TO REPLACE THEM AS I WAS NOT CERTAIN THEY HAD IDENTIFIED THE TRUE PROBLEM. I WAS SHOCKED AFTER SPENDING THE $1,400 THAT IT HAPPENED AGAIN. EVER SINCE THEN I AM WONDERING IF THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM OF THE CAR JUST SHUTTING DOWN IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE HIGHWAY. SO I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS AND TO SEE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE. THANKS.

I HAVE REPLACED COILS AND PLUGS DUE TO MISFIRE CODE PO302 TWO OR MORE TIMES. I HAVE HAD CV JOINTS REPLACED 2 OR MORE TIMES. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED APPROXIMATELY 4 YEARS AGO. I HAVE CONTACTED HONDA USA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ONLY TO BE TOLD THEIR ARE NO RECALLS EXCEPT TAKATA AIRBAG. ONLY TO FIND OUT THEIR IS A (KNOWN) PROBLEM WITH CYLINDER MISFIRES FOR MY VEHICLE. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO HONDA'S ATTENTION. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

BOUGHT 2011 PILOT IN MAY 2010, BRAND NEW. THE BROCHURE STATED THE VEHICLE HAS LEATHER INTERIOR TRIM. TO MY DISMAY TWO YEARS LATER, THE CENTER SEAT DEVELOPED A CRACK AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE SEAT WAS VINYL. NOT LEATHER! THE HAND REST ON ALL DOORS AND CENTER CONSOLE ARE ALL TORN AND STRETCHED TO REVEAL THE TRIM WAS THIN STRIPS OF SOME SORT OF RUBBER. NOW ALL SEATS ARE ALSO CRACKED AND TORN AFTER THE VINYL HARDENED. I FEEL AS IF I WAS FLEECED BY HONDA. HAD I KNOWN THE INTERIOR WAS RUBBER AND VINYL I WOULD HAVE STUCK WITH THE FABRIC SEATS. ADDITIONALLY THE VEHICLE KEPT SHUTTING DOWN ONLY TO FIND OUT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE 'EATS' BRAKE PADS AND THE EMERGENCY DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. I LEARNT THE HARD WAY FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY VEHICLE. I PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY WHICH HAS A VERY SLIGHT INCLINE, PLACED IT IN NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND STEPPED OUT, ONLY TO HEAR HORNS BLOWING. ON CHECKING, THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED INTO THE STREET. TO THIS DAY THE DEALER CANNOT FIGURE WHY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT WORK IF THE VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE WITH THE BACK TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE INCLINE..

MY 2011 PILOT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN AUG 2011, HAS LESS THAN 68000 MILES AND I LIVE IN SOUTHERN CA, YET: MY BATTERY DIED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED APR 2018 (CAR WAS PARKED < 1HR AND WOULD NOT START, BUT STARTED FINE THE HOUR BEFORE). MY ENGINE CHECK TRANSMISSION SYSTEM LIGHT/WARNING CAME ON AND WE HAD TO ADD A QUART OF OIL ON JULY 18, 2019, EVEN THOUGH I HAD AN OIL CHANGE DONE IN MAY 2019 LESS THAN 500 MILES BEFORE. ON 7/24/19, MY FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED AND TODAY I HAD TO HAVE THE MOTOR REPLACED NOT JUST A FUSE. I'M CONCERNED WHY A HONDA < 9 YRS OLD IS HAVING THESE ISSUES - BURNING OIL & MOTORS DYING. IS MY CAR A LEMON? CAN YOU PLEASE HELP TO ALLOW ME TO HAVE A DEALERSHIP SERVICE DO A FULL INSPECTION/FIX ON THE OIL ISSUE AT NO COST AND POSSIBLY A REIMBURSEMENT ON THE COST OF THE NEW WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR (PART & LABOR APPROX. $411 - I CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE INVOICE LATER AS THE WORK IS BEING DONE TODAY)? THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE IN ENSURING THAT MY CAR DOES NOT PROGRESS AS A LEMON. I HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED HONDA OWNER SINCE 1981 AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE OWNED THAT HAS PROBLEMS. THANK YOU.

TEERING COLUMN MAKES A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED POWER STERRING THREE TIMES AND RACK AND PINION ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS OF POWER STEERING. DEALERSHIP ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR PILOTS AND SUGGESTED I TRADE IN MY VEHICLE. CAR HAS 100,000K BUT ONLY IS DRIVEN IN TOWN 90% AND 10% HWY; ORIGINAL OWNER AND OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION.). OTHERS HAVE POSTED SAME COMPLAINT WITH PILOT ONLINE. THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR! TO REPLACE A STEERING COLUMN SHOULD NOT BE A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. SAFETY IS A CONCERN BUT DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT IT SHOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE IF REPAIRS ARE NOT DONE BUT THE NOISE WILL GET LOUDER. SEEMS TO ME THAT DEALERSHIP IS DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM QUIET OFTEN. CONTACTED AM. HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REPORTED THIS ISSUE. THEY INDICATED THAT THERE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRY WILL BE CLOSED. NOT SURE IF HONDA IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER THERE IS A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT. FORD HAD SIMILAR ISSUES AND IT TOOK STEPS TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.

TAKATA RECALL - FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AND FRONT DASH AIRBAGS, THE SENDOR DOES NOT WORK. THEY WILL NOT DEPLOY IF WE WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION SHUDDER IN MY 2011 PILOT EXL. WHEN ON LIGHT THROTTLE BETWEEN 25-40 MPH, THEN IT DISAPPEARS. THIS IS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING BUT NOTHING ELSE SEEMED TO HAVE AN ISSUE, THEN THE CHECK ENGINE/EMISSIONS LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY THE VT4 AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE VBS LIGHT. FROM WHAT I READ THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE MODEL YEAR I OWN, HOWEVER IT ALSO STATES IT CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY WHICH WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS AS MUCH AS I DO, CAN BE A SAFETY CONCERN. I FEEL THIS ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH A RECALL VERSUS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, DUE TO THIS TOOK PLACE RIGHT AFTER THE 8 YEAR MARK OF IT BEING PURCHASED. LOSING ACCELERATION ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WITH CARS AND SEMI TRUCKS DRIVING WELL AT 80 MPH OR MORE, CAN BE A SCARY THING IF THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY DUE TO AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED, TAKEN TO COURT AND IN THE END SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED VERSUS EXTENDING THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THE COST PER OUR LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP WILL BE $4,000 WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT I HAVE LEFT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE PAID OFF. NOW I HAVE TO CONSIDER IF IT IS AN ITEM I SPEND A FORTUNE ON TO FIX THE SUV I LOVE OR TRADE FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE.

OUR VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A NEAR-HEAD ON COLLISION WITH DAMAGE PRIMARILY ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE QUARTER OF THE VEHICLE. OUR VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING AT LEAST 45 MILES PER HOUR, THE EXACT SPEED IS UNKNOWN. THE DRIVER'S SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DID. MY WIFE WAS THE DRIVER AND ONLY OCCUPANT, SHE BRIEFLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER THE IMPACT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS PARTIALLY CRUSHED IN AND THE TOP OF THE FRAME WAS BENT IN TOWARDS THE CABIN. WHEN SHE AWAKENED, MY WIFE SAW THE DOOR FRAME WITHIN A COUPLE OF INCHES OF HER FACE. THANKFULLY SHE DID NOT SEEM TO STRIKE HER HEAD AGAINST THE FRAME, BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT SHE DIDN'T. WHEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED, THEY HAD TO CUT THE CONNECTION TO THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS AND THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THE COLLISION HAD NOT TRIGGERED THEM. I HAVE ATTACHED A PICTURE OF THE VEHICLE DOOR FRAME AND THE AIRBAGS THAT FAILED TO DEPLOY. WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION JUST IN CASE IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.