NHTSA Complaint #10956928 — 2013 HONDA PILOT

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY HONDA PILOT TOURING MANY MANY TIMES THERE HAS BEEN A HESITATION WHEN EXCELERATING BUT AFTER THE HESITATION IT EXCELERATES. UNTIL THE TIME I WAS GOING UP A HILL ON THE FREEWAY I EXCELERATED AND NOTHING HAPPENED - ABSOLUTELY NO EXCELERATION AT ALL. I HAD LITERALLY A SECOND TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO. I DECIDED TO USE MY MOMENTUM TO MOVE INTO THE SLOW LANE - IN FRONT OF AN 18 WHEELER - AND KEPT MOVING TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. I TRIED TO START MY CAR AGAIN AND IT STARTED BUT STILLL NO EXCELERATION. I SHUT IT OFF AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT WOULDN'T START. WE WERE 40 MILES TOO FAR FOR THE HONDA TOWING BUT JUST A FEW MILES SHORT WITH AAA. WE HAD AAA TOW IT TO OUR HOME DEALER. THE DEALER COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS DEBRIS IN THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR CAUSING FUEL TRIM FAILURE. LABOR FOR THIS WAS $120.00. MY CAR HASN'T COMPLETELY STOPPED AGAIN BUT IT STILL DOES ITS HESITATION THING. I SEE FROM READING THIS ARTICLE THAT ISN'T JUST MY PROBLEM. I THINK THIS SHOULD TELL HONDA THEY HAVE A PROBLEM THEY NEED TO ADDRESS.