NHTSA Complaint #11555910 — 2016 HONDA PILOT

On 04/01/2023, when driving with my family in our 2016 Honda Pilot from a trip coming back from Washington D.C. enroute to our home in Michigan, I started to hear a vibration in the engine. You would hear it when depressing the gas pedal, and it would fade off if you let off of the accelerator. The vibration continually became worse. I checked the oil, and it was full. We continued driving and then the vibration became significantly worse. Then all of a sudden several dashboard lights came on and the engine exploded with parts of the engine blowing apart underneath the car. Thankfully we were in the far right lane when the engine exploded, as we were barely able to get off the side of the highway. Our 2016 Honda Pilot had 119,336 miles on it. We have maintained our vehicle on or before any maintenance due dates. What is bizarre is that all of the oil changes throughout the life of the vehicle have been with Mobil 1 synthetic oil, and always performed early. I recently noticed an upcoming Honda recall pertaining to some of their engines, and the issue appears to be identical to what we experienced.