NHTSA Complaint #10473255 — 2005 HONDA PILOT

TOOK MY 2005 PILOT IN FOR MAJOR SERVICE 100K . VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WITH REGULAR INTERVALS OF FLUID REPLACEMENT AND OIL CHANGES AT NON HONDA SHOPS BUT WITH CERTIFIED COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS FROM VALVOLINE. MILEAGE ON CAR IS 107,928. PICKED UP CAR WAS RUNNING GREAT. WITHIN 7 MILES FLASHING D LIGHT ENGINE WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON AND CAR FEELS LIKE ITS LOSING POWER AND WON'T SHIFT. DEALER SAYS ITS COINCIDENCE. NO SLOWING OF TRANSMISSION NO WARNING WHEN DEALER DID MAJOR SERVICE AND ALL POINT INSPECTION WITH HONDA DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER. CONTACTED DEALER WAS TOLD CAR SHOULD BE DRIVABLE TO BRING IT IN. CAR STALLED OUT JERKED BACK AND RPMS SOARED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET REAR ENDED WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. DROVE CAR 20 MILES AN HOUR AND JERKED BACK AGAIN CAUSING ME TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON ONLY ENGINE SILHOUETTE STILL ON AND DROVE 20 MPH TO DEALERSHIP. CAR IN DEALERSHIP MILEAGE IS 107953 AND AM TOLD ITS A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A SEALED TRANSMISSION THAT DEALER COULDN'T DETECT THREE DAYS EARLIER. NO WARNING SYSTEM OR FAILED WARNING SYSTEM ON A VERY DANGEROUS MAJOR CAR FAILURE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IT WAS AN EMISSIONS PROBLEM EVEN CAR HAS BEEN THOUGH MY CAR PASSED SMOG IN MAY 2012 WITH ABOVE AVERAGE RATING. MY POINT IS WHY IS THERE NO WARNING OR DETECTION TO THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CAR FAILURE????? *TR