NHTSA Complaint #11233393 — 2018 HONDA PILOT

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11233393
Vehicle 2018 HONDA PILOT
Component POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 12,181 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State NC

Consumer Description

6/13 5:10 PM ON I-95 N 30 MINUTES SOUTH OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA WAS GOING 78 MPH WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN 'BLIND SPOT SENSOR ERROR' APPEARED ON DASH AND WITHIN 10 SECONDS TRANSMISSION ERROR - SEE OWNERS MANUAL - GET SOMEWHERE SAFE APPEARED ON THE DASH. THE 2018 HONDA PILOT ELITE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL AND WENT FROM 78 MPH TO 60 MPH IN 10 SECONDS. IT WAS A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT TOOK THEM A WEEK TO PUT IN THE REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE FOLLOWING HAS HAPPENED: 7/1 NIGHT TIME ABOUT 8 PM WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WHEN I WENT TO GO IT STARTED THEN STUTTERED - IT SEEM LIKE IT TRYING TO FIND THE GEAR' THEN FINALLY SEEM LIKE IT WENT INTO THIRD GEAR' IT DID THE SAME THING ON THE WAY HOME IN A DIFFERENT AREA. 7/2 ON THE WAY TO DEALER WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN -SLOW DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN, AND WHILE MAKING THE TURN I HIT THE GAS AND IT STUTTERED AGAIN 7/2 IN VIRGINIA AFTER FREDERICKSBURG AND BEFORE MANASSAS ON 95 N. I TURNED OFF AN EXIT AND STARTED TO DO A U-TURN... I CAME TO A STOP TO WAIT ON TRAFFIC AND WHEN I STARTED UP AGAIN, IT STARTED AND THEN STUTTERED AND THEN WENT 7/3 AT ABOUT 1030 PM ........13106 WAS GOING ABOUT 10-15 MPH PUSH THE ACCELERATOR DOWN AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED AND DIDN'T GO SO I HIT THE BRAKES SO THAT I WOULD STOP AT THE LIGHT AS IT WAS YELLOW AT THE TIME 7/4 IT STUTTERED SEVERAL TIMES. SEVERAL TIMES WHEN COASTING THEN HITTING THE GAS IT WOULD STUTTER, SOMETIMES JERK AND SOMETIMES MAKE A NOISE IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER 3 TIMES SINCE THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. ONE DAY I SAT AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER 4 HOURS AND WAITED ON THE DISTRICT REP - HE DID SHOW UP BUT WOULD NOT SPEAK TO ME AND WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE THE CAR WHEN HE RODE IN IT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

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