NHTSA Complaint #10902999 — 2013 HONDA PILOT

ENGINE/PISTON/RING ISSUE. RINGS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY IN ONE OF PISTONS ( FACTORY/ASSEMBLY ERROR) RESULTED IN OIL LEAKING AND THROWN ON ENGINE , CAUSED 2 SPARK PLUGS TO FAIL, THIS CAUSED ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AND THEN THE VSA AND VTM-4 CAME ON AND THE ECO LIGHT STOPPED WORKING...WE WERE TRAVELLING 70 MILES AN HOUR ON HIGHWAY. WE WERE REALLY AFRAID WHEN THE VTM-4 LIGHT CAME ON! WE HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD, FOR FEAR OF RUINING THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.. WE COULDN'T GET THE LIGHTS TO GO OFF, FINALLY VTM-4 LIGHT WENT OFF AND ON THE OTHER LIGHTS STAYED ON...IT WAS CONFUSING.... BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WERE FALSE INDICATORS DUE TO BEING CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE LIGHT. THIS MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE VSA AND VTM-4 AND ECO LIGHT TO COME ON FALSELY. CREATING PANIC WHILE TRAVELLING 70 MILES AN HOUR ON INTERSTATE. CREATING THE FALSE IMPRESSSION THAT THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM HAD BEEN ACTIVATED WHILE TRAVELLING AT A SPEED OF 70 MILES AN HOUR. SUGGESTION:.... ENGINE LIGHT SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM OTHER WARNING SYSTEM LIGHTS..THIS INCIDENT OCCURED APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES FROM OUR HOME ON A SUNDAY ..WE TOOK AUTOMOBILE TO DEALER MONDAY A.M. AND HAD REPAIR OF PISTON/RING GASKETS ETC IT WAS DETERMINED THE OTHER WARNING LIGHTS WERE FALSE INDICATORS.. .