NHTSA Complaint #11320996 — 2020 HONDA PILOT

LAST WEEK 4/8/2020, MY 2020 HONDA PILOT ELITE STARTING MAKING CRACKING NOISES THROUGH THE SPEAKERS WHILE DRIVING. A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER THE ENTIRE RADIO, NAVIGATION, AND INFORMATION CENTER WITH SPEEDOMETER, GAS AND OTHER VITAL INFORMATION OF ENGINE SYSTEMS WENT BLACK. THE SYSTEM CAME UP AND STATED THAT IT WAS REBOOTING AND DID NOT HAVE DATA ACCESS. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME HOW TO CONDUCT A HARD REBOOT. I DID THIS AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND THEN DID IT AGAIN. WHEN I CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP BACK THEY STATED THAT HONDA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT YET HAVE A SOFTWARE FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. DURING MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET FOR 2017 - 2019 MODEL PILOTS. IN FACT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THOSE MODEL YEARS FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. BUT NOW, HAVING BEEN TO THE NHTSA SITE, I SEE THAT IT IS ALSO AN ISSUE FOR NEW 2020 MODELS WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY AS EVERYTHING THAT THE DRIVER NEEDS TO SAFELY MONITOR THEIR DRIVING IS AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM AND VEHICLE OWNERS ARE NOT GETTING HELP FROM THEIR LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS. A NATIONAL RECALL FOR SAFETY NEEDS TO BE ISSUED RIGHT AWAY AND PRESSURE ON HONDA TO FIND A SOLUTION AND FIX SHOULD BE REQUIRED BY LAW! OUR LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP DID STATE THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE WIRING HARNESS, BUT IT ONLY TEMPORARILY FIXES THE ISSUE AFTER BEING REPLACED.