NHTSA Complaint #10347256 — 2004 HONDA PILOT

I JUST RECENTLY (IN NOVEMBER) PURCHASED A 2004 HONDA PILOT. THE TRANSMISSION STARTING CAUSING SHIFTING PROBLEMS. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS LIKE I SLAMMED THE BRAKES ON BUT THANKFULLY I WAS JUST GOING UP OUR DRIVE WAY AND NOT DRIVING FAST. I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND IT KEPT MESSING UP. THEN THE GREEN LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON THE D WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND PARKED. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY PLUGGED IT INTO THE COMPUTER AND IT WAS A TRANSMISSION CODE. THERE WAS ALSO A 2-3 SHIFT MALFUNCTION. THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. I LOOKED UP RECALLS AND MY CAR HAD A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS """FIXED""" IN MAY 2006. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION, JUST INSTALLED AN OIL JET KIT TO KEEP IT LUBRICATED! APPARENTLY THAT DID NOT HELP ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE CHIPS OF METAL IN THE FLUID! EVERYONE I TALK TO JUST TELLS ME MY CAR, BEING AT 104,000 MILES, IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE! NO CRAP PEOPLE! BUT IF YOU WOULD HAVE FIXED THE DARN THING PROPERLY WHEN IT HAD A RECALL IT WOULD NOT NEED REPLACED ALREADY! HONDA HAS BEEN HORRIBLE THROUGH THIS AND REFUSE TO HELP ME. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 CHILDREN AND I CAN NOT AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION AT $4,000 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS THEIR SCREW UP AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO FIX THEIR RECALL! I AM SO ANGRY AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HONDA AS LONG AS I LIVE AND I WILL TELL ANYONE I KNOW ABOUT THEIR HORRIBLE TRANSMISSIONS AND THEIR BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO COVER THEIR BUTTS ON THIS ONE. IT IS TIME THEY START HELPING THEIR CUSTOMERS RATHER THAN BASICALLY SAYING "ITS YOUR PROBLEM NOW". FROM WHAT I SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HONDA AND I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEMS IF NOT FIXED PROPERLY! I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA AND FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD FIX THIS AND MAKE IT SAFE AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMERS. *TR