2013 Honda Pilot

MY 2013 HONDA PILOT ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING STARTED TO SHOW A VIBRATION THROUGH THE GAS PEDAL AND STEERING COLUMN THAT CAN BE FELT BY PASSENGER ALSO. IT APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT WITH THE VCM/ECO MODES OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND CALLED THEM SEVERAL TIMES CONCERNING THIS DEFECT. HONDA SAYS THIS IS "NORMAL". IT IS FAR FROM NORMAL. THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AT ALL SPEEDS AND IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS. I AM GETTING NO WHERE WITH HONDA. THANK YOU *TR

ON 2013 PILOT ANY ONE HAS NOISE LIKE LIQUID ONLY WHEN YOU STOP LIKE BOUNCING SLUSHY FROM BACK OF VEHICLE CAR HA ONLY 7K ON WAS STARTED AFTER FIRST OIL CHANGE I TAKE TO CROWN HONDA ST PETERSBURG FL .I TEST THE CAR WITH THE TECH VERIFY THE NOISE BUT AFTER I LEAVE THE CAR TO BE DIAGNOSED THE SAY CAN NOT DUPLICATE 3 TIMES I TOOK TO SERVICE LAST TIME IS 01/08/2014 I TEST DRIVE WITH SERVICE MANAGER HI VERIFY THE NOISE BUT SAME STORY AGAIN SAY THAT IS NORMAL AFTER HI TELL ME 40 YEARS I THINK IS FUEL TANK BUT IF YOU KNOW IS FUEL THANK FIX I PAY 35000 NORTH AMERICA HONDA NOT WILL PAY THAT IS NORMAL PLEASE HELP FOR THIS MATTER. *TR

VEHICLE HAS ROLLBACK ON INCLINES AND TRANSMISSION DOES NOT LOCKUP TO HOLD POSITION WHEN FOOT IS TAKEN OFF OF BRAKE (ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT ). TOLD BY HONDA SERVICE MANAGER WHERE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THAT THIS IS NORMAL WITH HONDA'S... HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE DO THIS BEFORE. HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS CONDITION? *TR

VCM (VEHICLE CYLINDER MANAGEMENT) ISSUE: I PURCHASED A 2013 HONDA PILOT FROM ZIMBRICK HONDA (MADISON WI) IN NOVEMBER 2013. SINCE THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE I HAVE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED AND HAVE GRAVE CONCERN REGARDING THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN WHEN IN THE VEHICLE. DRIVING THE NEW VEHICLE HOME I NOTICED A RUMBLING AND SHUTTERING VIBRATION ISSUE AT VARYING SPEEDS BUT MOST CONSISTENT WITH RPM BETWEEN 1,000-2,000 ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN BACKING OFF THE ACCELERATOR OR AFTER THE VEHICLE REACHES CONSTANT SPEED AND ECO LIGHT IS ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ZIMBRICK HONDA AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE VIBRATION IS PART OF THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND IT IS DUE TO THE VCM AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT UNTIL HONDA COMES OUT WITH A WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ONLY 2,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND ANNOYED WITH THE HONDA PILOT AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE VCM ISSUE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE HONDA PILOT AND I BELIEVE HONDA SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE CONSTANTLY VIBRATES/SHUDDERS AS ENGINE RUN IN ECO MODE AND AS VCM KICKS IN/OUT OR IS IN USE. I SEE HUNDREDS OF SAME COMPLAINT ON HONDA MESSAGE BOARDS AND ALL HAVE GOTTEN THE SAME RESPONSE FROM HONDA. THEY INDICATE IT IS NORMAL OPERATION AND NOTHING THEY CAN DO. ANYONE THAT'S DRIVEN A VEHICLE FOR MORE THAN A FEW HOURS CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT NORMAL FOR A VEHICLE TO VIBRATE LIKE THAT. IN MY DRIVING, I FIND IT TO BE NOT ONLY ANNOYING, BUT VERY DISTRACTING AS I'M CONSTANTLY TRYING TO CHANGE SPEEDS/RPM, ETC. TO MAKE THE VIBRATIONS GO AWAY. THIS CONSTANT DISTRACTION IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I IMPLORE YOU TO GET HONDA TO OWN THE SITUATION AND FIND A FIX. *TR

WHENEVER I DRIVE BETWEEN 35-45 MPH THE CAR SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES. THERE IS NO VIBRATION THRU THE STEERING WHEEL. I FEEL IT THRU THE CAR SEAT, BACK, AND CENTER STORAGE LID. PASSENGERS HAVE REMARKED "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR CAR?" AT 35 MPH THE CAR DRIVES VERY SMOOTH. BY 35 MPH IT'S LIKE DRIVING A DIFFERENT CAR. THE VIBRATION IS GETTING MORE PRONOUNCED AS MILES ACCRUE. *TR

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2013 HONDA PILOT IN SEPTEMBER 2013. FROM THE FIRST DAY OF DRIVING IT, I NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE DRIVE TRAIN/ENGINE/TRANSMISSION WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SWITCHING INTO "ECO" MODE. THE VIBRATION CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL, GAS PEDAL, AND FLOOR BOARD. IT BECOMES WORSE WHEN CRUISING AT A LOW RPM, OR WHEN CLIMBING A HILL (NO MATTER HOW STEEP THE HILL IS) WHEN THE ECO MODE IS ENGAGED. THE VIBRATION ONLY STOPS WHEN THE CAR IS REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE RPM, EITHER FROM MANUALLY DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, OR THE COMPUTER DECIDING IT NEEDS MORE POWER. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT EXPERIENCE THIS VIBRATION UNTIL THE ENGINE WARMS UP AND THE ECO MODE ENGAGES. WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD, THE ECO MODE DOES NOT KICK IN, AND THERE IS NO VIBRATION. I NOW HAVE 5600 MILES ON THE PILOT, AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO WITHOUT TAKING IT FOR A TEST DRIVE ADVISED THAT "THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ECO MODE ON BOTH THE PILOT'S AND ODYSSEY'S". THEY WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO FIX IT, AS HONDA HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS "NORMAL OPERATION". IN ADDITION TO FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEALERSHIP, I HAVE ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA CUSTOMER CARE. NO RESOLUTION TO DATE. HAD THE SALESMAN TOLD ME ABOUT THIS "NORMAL OPERATING VIBRATION ISSUE", I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED AND CONTINUED TO DEPRESS FURTHER TO A POINT WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS HIGHER THAN THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS POSITION INTERFERES WITH THE PROPER APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE BY ALLOWING A CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HIGHER ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THUS THE DRIVER PUSHING BOTH PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME AND FORWARD MOTION WAS NOT STOPPED UNTIL I RELEASED AND REAPPLIED THE BRAKE, PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO WHERE MY FOOT WAS LOCATED. VERY UNSAFE ! I HAVE A SIZE 10 W MANS SHOE. I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEONE WITH A LARGER FOOT SIZE BEING SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE HONDA DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS JUST THE NATURE OF THE VEHICLE AND I NEED TO BASICALLY RETRAIN MY BRAIN AS TO THE POSITION OF THE PEDALS. I'VE DRIVEN FOR OVER 55 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM WITH A VEHICLE. AND TO BE TOLD THAT AN OBVIOUS DEFECT AS BEING ACCEPTABLE AND SAFE BY THE MANUFACTURER, IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME. *TR