NHTSA Complaint #10705934 — 2007 HONDA PILOT

AFTER LEAVING WORK AND TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES TO THE LOCAL HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE MY 2007 HONDA PILOT CAUGHT FIRE SOMETIME AFTER I PARKED, SHUT OFF THE CAR, WALKED INTO THE STORE. I WAS IN THE STORE FOR NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WHEN I HEARD THAT A RED TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. NEVER WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS MY CAR, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A TRUCK BUT AN SUV. AS MY CURIOSITY GOT THE BETTER OF ME, I WENT OUTSIDE THE GARDEN AREA TO SEE MY HONDA PILOT ON FIRE. AFTER CALLING 911 AND MAKING SURE THE APPROPRIATE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED I WALKED A LITTLE CLOSER TO SEE THE DAMAGE OCCURRING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED IT IS A MECHANICAL FAILURE. THIS HAPPENED MINUTES BEFORE I WAS GOING TO PICK UP MY CHILDREN. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME OR I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY? THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.... AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM THAT WEARS OUT ON THE COWLING ( THE METAL AREA BETWEEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE DASHBOARD). OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE WIRING AND SOME HAD SAID THEIR CARS HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. WHEN IS HONDA GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS AN ISSUE AND DO A RECALL??? *TR