NHTSA Complaint #10340635 — 2004 HONDA PILOT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE START JERKING AND SUDDENLY LOCKED-UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE BUT THE ENGINE KEPT LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY TOLD THE DEALER THAT THEY WILL COVER 50 PERCENT OF THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT AT 83,000 MILES AND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR CRASH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.