2016 HONDA PILOT Engine Problems

CAR WILL STALL WHEN STOPPED WITH THE AUTO-ENGINE IDLE ENGAGED. FIRST STARTED WITH RADIO CUTTING OUT WHEN ENGINE WAS RESTARTING. PROGRESSED TO STALLING WHEN ENGINE IDLE IS ENGAGED AND FOOT IS TAKEN OFF THE BRAKE - CAR WILL JOLT AND THEN STALL. IT SWITCHED TO NEUTRAL AND MUST BE PUT BACK IN PARK AND THE START BUTTON PRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT TO RESTART - CAN TAKE A FEW MINUTES. VERY DANGEROUS AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS. CAR WAS CHECKED BY DEALER AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. NEXT DAY THE COLLISION MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM LIGHT CAME ON PERMANENTLY AND CAR STALLED AT LIGHTS TWICE MORE. CAR IS BACK AT THE DEALER NOW BUT THEY STILL CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GALPIN HONDA (11151 LAUREL CANYON BLVD, SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO WORK WITH THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,817.

AUTO IDLE STOP DOESN'T RESTART. IT STALLS OFTEN DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE IDLE. IT HAS BEEN SLOWING PROGRESSING TO UNRELIABLE. IT STOPS ENTIRELY, OFTEN IN TRAFFIC AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PUT CAR IN PARK, RESTART ENGINE AND THEN PUT IN DRIVE AND GO AGAIN. BY THIS TIME TRAFFIC IS ALREADY MOVING AROUND YOU. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY ON FREEWAY AND AT INTERSECTIONS. HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED AT AUTO STORE, TAKE IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE - IT TESTED STRONG BUT NEEDED A "CHARGE" SHOULD BE RECHARGING WHEN RUNNING AND ON FREEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND THE CONTACT SMELLED FUMES. ALSO, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND IT TOOK NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A PIECE OF THE FENDER ON THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES FRACTURED AND STRUCK A PERSON IN THE HEAD. ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BY MULTIPLE UNKNOWN DEALERS AND INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND TWO INJECTORS WERE INSTALLED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

THE ENGINE FULLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY WHILE DRIVING ALMOS GOT REAR ENDED. I WAS MOVING TAPPED THE BREAK AND THE ENGINE STOPPED ( LIKE IN IDLE) I QUICKLY PUSHED ON THE GAS AND AFTER SECONDS OF NO RESPONSE IT CAME BACK. ON 9/2/2018 THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GOING TJRU PAYING TOLL I TOUCHED THE BREAK TRYING TO SLOW DOWN IT COMPLETLY DIED, TRIED TO PUSH GAS NO RESPONSE DIED AND WENT IN N. HAD TO TURN IT ON AMD DRIVE AGAIN. AT THAT TIME WENT TO DEALER AMD THEY DID NOT SEE AN ISSUE. IT IS HAPPENENING MORE NOW. IT IS FRIGHTENING TO BE UNDER THE MERCEY OF TJE PERAON BEHIND U TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME. THIS IS HORROBLE VERY SCARY AND CAN KILL A FAMILY!

I HAVE A 2016 TOURING PILOT WITH JUST OVER 38,000 MILES. SINCE ABOUT 25,000 MILES I HAVE FELT THAT THERE WAS AN ODD HESITATION WITH THE AUTO-OFF FEATURE THAT I'D NOT NOTICED DURING THE INITIAL PERIOD OF OWNERSHIP. THE ISSUE ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHICH IT WOULD ACTUALLY STALL OUT AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY AND SAID THAT THEY COULD SEE THE ERROR AND THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE CAUSED BY THE BATTERY. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE ISSUE STARTED TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND STALLED FOR MY WIFE AGAIN WITH OUR KIDS IN THE CAR AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE CAR WENT BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE NOW HAD IT FOR CLOSE TO 6 WEEKS WITH LITTLE TO NO UPDATE AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON. THIS IS A HORRIBLY UNSAFE ISSUE AND...

WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE, ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH OUR 2016 HONDA PILOT ELITE SINCE EARLY ON IN OUR OWNERSHIP. WHEN I TRY TO GO AFTER COMING TO A STOP, THE CAR TRIES TO STALL AND HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WHEN IT STALLS, IT HAS SWITCHED ITSELF TO NEUTRAL AND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, IT WILL NOT LET ME DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO GET THE CAR GOING AGAIN SUCH AS CHANGE GEARS, START THE CAR, ETC. AS I TRY TO GET IT GOING, IT WILL TELL ME THAT I NEED TO START THE ENGINE TO CHANGE THE GEAR BACK TO DRIVE BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING WHEN I PRESS THE START BUTTON. FURTHER, THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM: THE BACK UP CAMERA GOES BLACK, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM REBOOTS WHILE DRIVING, THE AUDIO SCREEN FREEZES AND AUDIO CEASES WHILE DRIVING, THE ENTIRE SCREEN GOES...

WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE YOU RECEIVE 'KEYLESS START SYSTEM PROBLEM'. TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS 49000 MILES TODAY AND HAVE HAD THIS INTERMITTENT ISSUE SINCE 42000 MILES. FOB BATTERIES HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED AND SUPPOSEDLY REPROGRAMMED. STILL UNABLE TO RESOLVE. LET ME KNOW IF AND HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA PILOT. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE AUTO IDLE STOP FEATURE ACTIVATED NORMALLY, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESTART WHEN THE DRIVER RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DURING THE FAILURE, SEVERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROMPTS APPEARED, EXPLAINING HOW TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND WAS TOWED TO STERLING MCCALL HONDA (22575 HWY 59 NORTH, KINGWOOD, TX 77339). WHILE AT THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY AND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

MY VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGES THAT HAVE COME ON AND OFF WHEN TURNING ON THE CAR AND SOME HAVE BECAME MUCH MORE FREQUENT AND REMAIN ON WHILE DRIVING. 1. KEYLESS STARTING SYSTEM ERROR- HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED ON AND REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING. 2. ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ERROR- WHEN VEHICLE IS POWERED ON AND REMAINS ON FOR ABOUT 20 MINS AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE AND RETURNS WHEN CAR IS POWERED ON. 3. CHARGING SYSTEM ERROR- WAS COMING ON OCCASIONALLY AND AS OF TODAY HAS CAME ON EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS POWERED ON AND REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING. 4. BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM- OCCASIONALLY COMES ON WHEN CAR IS POWERED ON AND COMES OFF AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE. ALSO, THE MOST RECENT ISSUES I'VE HAD WAS THE DRIVER SEAT DOES NOT WARM UP WHEN SEAT WARMER IS TURNED ON AND WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH VEHICLE BEGINS...

THERE IS A GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE CAR AND OUTSIDE I DONT SEE ANY LEAKING BUT THE SMELL IS MAKING ME WORRY

ON 2 OCCASIONS, THE AUTOMATIC IDLE STOP HAS TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND NOT ALLOWED THE CAR TO BE TURNED BACK ON. ONE TIME THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY RESTARTED, BUT THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMPED BY HIGHWAY PATROL. IT WAS AT A BUSY INTERSTATE EXIT RAMP, STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, AND WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE WAY. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE HAD THE BATTERY TESTED AND IT WAS GOOD. I CONTACTED HONDA VIA EMAIL AND THEY JUST RESPONDED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND TO CONTACT THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO PERMANENTLY DISABLE THE FEATURE. NOW, TO ENSURE THAT I AM NOT IN ANOTHER DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO THIS FEATURE, I HAVE TO MANUALLY DISABLE IT EVERY TIME I TURN THE CAR ON.

WHEN ENGINE TRIES TO RESTART FROM IDLE STOP THE ENGINE STALLS AND FAILS TO RESTART. HAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE DEALER CAN NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. IS A DANGER WHILE AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. RADIO ALSO TURNS OFF WHEN TRYING TO RESTART. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE GOES INTO IDLE STOP MODE.

THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS ON OCT 7, 2018. WE WERE AT A STOP LIGHT WITH THE ENGINE IDLE OPTION ENABLED. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED, THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE STARTED BACK UP, BUT INSTEAD, IT STALLED. AFTER THE 2ND TIME IT OCCURRED, WE STARTED TO DISABLE THE ENGINE IDLE FEATURE AS SOON AS WE START THE CAR. WE HAVE FORGOTTEN A FEW TIMES AND THE VEHICLE STALLING HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES. ALL BEING AT RED LIGHTS WITH THE BRAKE DEPRESSED. WHEN THE FOOT IS REMOVED FROM THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE JERKS SLIGHTLY AND THEN STALLS. ONCE ON NOV. 1, 2018 AND AGAIN MOST RECENTLY ON JAN. 6, 2018. LUCKILY, NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED YET. IT HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY AT THE DEALERSHIP DIRECTLY AND RECEIVED ALL MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDED. THE MOST RECENT SERVICE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ERROR OR IDENTIFY...

I WAS DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON A FREEWAY, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND CAR WAS IN DRIVE, WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF BREAK AND PUSHED GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. I TRIED TO PUT IT IN PARK AND IT WOULD NOT GO, I TRIED TO TURN OFF CAR AND IT WOULDN'T TURN OFF. THE MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD SAID TO PUSH BRAKE AND TURN ON CAR (SAME MESSAGE AS WHEN I REMOTE START CAR) AFTER 2 SOLID MINUTES, THE CAR FINALLY DROVE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IMPACTED BY THE ECON MODE WHICH SHUTS OFF ENGINE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS FULLY ENGAGED. YOU ARE ABLE TO TURN THIS MODE OFF ON THE GEAR SHIFT BUT HAVE TO DO IT EVERY TIME YOU START THE CAR.

2016 HONDA PILOT A/C GRINDING NOISE AFTER ACTIVATED AT COLD START AFTER MORE THAN 36-48 HOURS PARKED. WHEN A/C ACTIVATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BELT SYSTEM SLIPS AND PULLS FORWARD LOOSING SPEED. A/C COMPRESSOR DAMAGE CONFIRMED BY DEALER AND HONDA CONFIRMED AND ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM DUE TO SEVERE LOOP ON THE A/C SUCTION HOSE DESIGN ON THIS MODEL CAUSING ISSUES WITH THE OIL FLOW. ISSUE FOUND AT 12,444 MILES AND CURRENT MILEAGE 17,874 .ONGOING ISSUE SINCE 2016. NO FIX AT THE MOMENT ACCORDING TO HONDA. ACCORDING TO THIS THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT WHICH EXPLAINS THE LOSS OF POWER ON THE BELT SYSTEM.

KEYLESS START SYSTEM ERROR - THE CAR WON'T START AND THIS IS THE ERROR MESSAGE THAT POPS UP.

VEHICLE TURNS OFF COMPLETELY WHEN AUTO OFF FEATURE ENGAGES WHILE IN A STOPPED CONDITION. ON TWO OCCASIONS, VEHICLE REFUSED TO RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE FIRST TIME, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER 2-3 MINUTES, THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, CAR WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL 10-15 MIN AFTER THE OCCURRENCE. DURING BOTH OCCURRENCES, I WAS IN A STOP CONDITION WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, VEHICLE IN DRIVE. DEALER SAYS BATTERY TESTS FINE AND CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. ONLY OUT OF SHEAR LUCK, IT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE AT A RESIDENTIAL GATE KEY PAD PUNCHING IN THE CODE, AND THEN TODAY WHILE IN THE DRIVE THRU OF A FAST FOOD PLACE. IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN ON A BUSY STREET, AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, WHILE SITTING IN STANDSTILL TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE, ETC, IT COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

HONDA PILOT 2016 MODEL WITH 30000 MILES HAS STALLED ON HIGHWAY INTERSTATE SUDDENLY WITHIN 2 MIN OF SIGNALLING MESSAGES OF ENGINE TEMPERATURE TOO HOT, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEM, EMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEM ETC...AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL MODE WITH FAILURE OF BRAKES. CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO BRAKES AS IT WENT TO NEUTRAL STATE. ALSO NOTICED A BURNING OR GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE CAR . I HAD TO APPLY PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING ON HIGHWAY WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO A MAJOR CRASH. AS I WAS NOT ON THE SPEEDING LANES, THINGS WERE NOT WORSE. I HAD TO CALL 911 AND THEY HELPED ME MOVE MY CAR TO A SHOULDER AND LATER TOWED TO HONDA DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME HAPPENING FOR THE SAME ISSUE WHERE EARLIER IT HAPPENED ON A LOCAL ROAD. THE SAME DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR A WEEK AND RETURNED THE CAR SAYING ITS...

AUTO STOP MALFUNCTION FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THE PILOT ELITE, THE AUTO STOP FUNCTION WORKED AND WOULD RESTART AFTER COMING TO A STOP. BY THE SECOND YEAR, AFTER COMING TO A STOP IN CITY TRAFFIC AND ENGINE IS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK ON, IT STALLS AND SHUTS OFF AND NEEDS TO BE SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND THEN RESTART ENGINE. HAVE TAKEN THE CAR FOR SERVICES SINCE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND REPORTING THE ISSUE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE OR REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NOW INTO YEAR 3 OF OWNERSHIP THE AUTO STOP FUNCTION HAS GOTTEN WORSE BECAUSE NOW WHEN IT SHUTS OFF AFTER AUTO STOPPING, IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE YOU ARE ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN. ONLY WAY AROUND THIS ISSUE IS TO DISABLE THE AUTO STOP FUNCTION AT THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA PILOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE "AUTO IDLE DISABLER" FEATURE ENGAGED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT A STOP LIGHT. THREE WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE "AUTO IDLE DISABLER" FEATURE ENGAGED AGAIN WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO PARK, DISABLED THE POWER, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY AND THE RPMS RAPIDLY INCREASED TO 5,000. ALSO, THE REVERSE GEAR SHIFTER BECAME INOPERATIVE AND THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. BIG STAR HONDA (11200 GULF FREEWAY, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77034) COULD NOT DIAGNOSE AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHILE IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED INDEPENDENTLY AFTER TEN MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HONDA CARS OF KATY (21001 KATY FWY, KATY, TX 77450) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 08934725. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT, MY ENGINE SHUT DOWN, AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO WITH THE 'AUTO IDLE STOP' FUNCTION. IT IS SUPPOSED TO START BACK UP WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, BUT THIS TIME THE CAR STALLED. IT STALLED MANY TIMES AFTER THIS AND IT WAS ALWAYS UNEXPECTED AND SCARY. I TOOK IT INTO MY DEALER ON JUNE 6, 2018 AND THEY SAID THEY COULD SEE THAT THEY COULD SEE IN THE COMPUTER THAT IT STALLED A FEW TIMES, BUT COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM WHILE TEST DRIVING IT. THEY DID A RESET ON THE ELECTRONICS. THAT DID NOTHING. I STALLED A WHILE AFTER I LEFT THE SHOP. I STALLED MANY MORE TIMES AFTER THAT. IT DOES HAVE AN OVERRIDE TO THIS 'AUTO IDLE STOP' SYSTEM, BUT YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER TO PUSH THE BUTTON AND IF I FORGOT AND THE...

THE CAR CONTINUALLY STALLS AT RED LIGHTS AND OTHER FULL STOPS AFTER THE "AUTO-SHUTOFF" ENGAGES. THE CAR FAILS TO RESTART AND RESULTS IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS IN THE CITY. THE CAR CAN NOT BE MOVED EASILY BECAUSE IT BECOMES COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE, EVEN DISABLING THE FLASHERS. IT HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY.

WHILE DRIVING ALL WARNING LIGHTS ACTIVATED CYCLING THROUGH EACH OF THEM. THE VEHICLE LOST ALMOST ALL POWER CAUSING A VERY UNSAFE AND POTENTIALLY FATAL CONDITION. SEVERAL TRANSMISSION AND OTHER CODES WERE NOTED FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. HONDA TECH LINE ADMITTED THAT THIS CONDITION WAS KNOWN TO THEM VERY WELL BUT REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNLESS IT OCCURS REPEATEDLY. ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE NTSB.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IF I GO OVER CERTAIN TYPES OF ROUGH ROAD, I.E. RAILROAD TRACKS, THE ENGINE WILL STOP AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. IT IS A MOMENTARY, LESS THAN 1 SEC, SHUT DOWN. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. I AM DRIVING 5 MPH OR SLOWER AS I AM GOING OVER A ROUGH BUMP.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN CUTTING OFF, ALL POWER INCLUDING ALL COMPUTER SCREENS/DASHBOARD/STEERING, WHICH LAST 2-5 SECONDS, THEN CUTS BACK ON. THE RPM WILL REV UP TO THE 4-6 THOUSAND RANGE AND AT TIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NO GO OVER 45MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT 35 MPH TO 70MPH. WHILE IN PARK, ABSOLUTELY NO GEAR ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD AND BACKWARD AS THOUGH IT WAS IN GEAR. MY FOOT WILL NOT EVEN BE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WILL MOVE. LAST WEEK THE CAR WAS TURNED ON, PUT IN DRIVE, I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR, THE RPM'S WENT TO 4000 AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. I LOOKED DOWN TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN DRIVE, WHICH IS WAS, AS I LOOKED UP THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD 2-3 FEET. THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM, LANE ASSIST LIGHT COME ON RANDOMLY. IT WILL TELL ME "STEERING REQUIRED" EVEN WHEN I AM DRIVING...

THE CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN AUTO IDLE STOP IS ENGAGED AND CAR IS STATIONARY. INSTEAD OF THE ENGINE STARTING UP AGAIN AFTER TAKE FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR STALLS COMPLETELY AND HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PUSH THE START BUTTON TO GET IT ON AGAIN. SOMETIMES HAVE TO TRY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE CAR RESTARTS. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING OR REPLICATE PROBLEM. FIRST REPORTED TO DEALER OCT. 2017, DID SOFTWARE UPDATE, BUT HAPPENED AGAIN JUNE AND JULY.

THE MESSAGE "KEYLESS START SYSTEM PROBLEM" SHOWED UP IN THE INFORMATION SCREEN ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT WOULD COME UP INTERMITTENTLY, WHENEVER I START THE ENGINE, AND THE MESSAGE STAYS ON THE ENTIRE TIME THE ENGINE IS RUNNNING. WHEN THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, THERE WILL BE A DING, AND THE MESSAGE WILL STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE GOING AWAY. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY HAD NOT ENCOUNTERED A MESSAGE LIKE THAT BEFORE, AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I ALREADY HAVE OVER 42,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE, SO THE FACTORY WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT. TODAY I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, SINCE THAT MESSAGE IS STILL SHOWING UP, AND I FINALLY HAVE THE TIME TO LEAVE IT FOR A FEW HOURS. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID NOW THERE IS A CODE FOR THAT ISSUE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR...

DURING EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, ALL SYSTEM FAILURE INDICATIONS SCROLL ON THE DISPLAY. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND WILL RESET ITSELF OVER TIME. I RENDERS THE SYSTEMS USELESS AS WELL. ALARMS INCLUDE HILL START ASSIST, TRAILER STABILITY ASSIST, ROAD DEPARTURE MITIGATION ASSIST, EMISSIONS, AWD AND EPS. MANY OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE SAFETY FEATURES AND NO LONGER RESPOND UNTIL BATTERY CABLE IS REMOVED OR RESET AFTER TIME.

EMMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEMS. DEALER SAY ITS A " P0430" -POWERTRAIN CATALYST SYSTEM EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD ALL OF THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ON ON MY DASH, INCLUDING THE LKAS, COLLISSION MITIGATION, ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, ROAD DEPARTURE, AND VARIOUS NOTIFICATIONS FOR MY BLUETOOTH, RADIO, AND NAVIGATION COME ON. ALSO, MY BACK UP CAMERA WILL HAVE A BLACK SCREEN AND THEN MY MAPS WILL BE GRAY WITH NO INFORMATION. MY CAR WILL SUDDENLY BRAKE WHEN THERE IS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME AND SURGE FORWARD AS I'M TRYING TO COME TO A STOP, LIKE MY BRAKES AREN'T WORKING. I ALSO CAN'T MAKE ANY PHONE CALLS USING THE SYSTEM, AS IT WONT RECOGNIZE ANY VOICE TAGS AND INSTEAD GIVES ME EVERY CONTACT IN MY PHONE BOOK THAT MAY HAVE A HOME NUMBER. RECENTLY THE ABS IS ACTIVATING AS I TURN MY WHEELS TO THE RIGHT WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACES. THESE MAY HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR WHILE STATIONARY. IT JUST ISN'T SAFE....

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BEGINNING JUST MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, I HAVE HAD ALL OF THE INDICATOR LIGHT TURN ON ON MY DASH, INCLUDING THE LKAS, COLLISION MITIGATION, ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, ROAD DEPARTURE AND VARIOUS NOTIFICATIONS FOR MY BLUETOOTH, RADIO AND NAVIGATION COME ON. ALSO, MY BACKUP CAMERA WILL HAVE A BLACK SCREEN AND THEN MY MAPS WILL BE GRAY WITH NO INFORMATION. MY CAR WILL SUDDENLY BRAKE WHEN THERE IS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME AND SURGE FORWARD AS I'M TO COMING TO A STOP AND THE RPM'S WILL RAISE, IT'S LIKE I'M SLIDING OVER ICE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I ALSO CAN'T MAKE PHONE CALLS USING THE SYSTEM, AS IT WON'T RECOGNIZE ANY OF MY VOICE TAGS. AND INSTEAD WILL GIVE ME EVERY CONTACT IN MY PHONE BOOK WITH A HOME NUMBER WHEN I ASK FOR IT TO CALL HOME. RECENTLY THE ABS IS ACTIVATING AS I...

ON MY 2016 HONDA PILOT, ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DASHBOARD EX; VSC, CHECK ENGINE, ABS, POWER STEERING. TOOK IT TO HONDA AND THEY PERFORMED A SOFTWARE UPDATE. TWO DAYS LATER THE SAME PROBLEMS OCCURS.

TWO DIFFERENT TIMES MY CAR HAS SPUTTERED WHILE DRIVING ALSO WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. ONE TIME HAPPEN TWICE 2 WEEKS AGO. YESTERDAY HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEM LIGHT CAME ON AND EMISSIONS SYSTEM LIGHT. CAR JERKED AND SPUTTERED VERY SCARY WHILE I HAD MY CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME.. HONDA CURRENTLY REVIEWING PROBLEM.

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH OUR VEHICLE WHEN WE TRY TO ACCELERATE IT SKIPS AND SPUTTERS AND DOES NOT PICK UP SPEED JUST HAPPENS IN THE ECONOMY STATE AND ALSO WITHOUT THE ECONOMY BUTTON

ENGINE STOPS WON'T RESTART MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHT FLASHING GIVING APPEARANCE OF COMPUTER FAILURE. SECOND INCIDENT. FIRST INCIDENT DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM AFTER CHECKING BATTERY. SECOND INCIDENT IN TRAFFIC WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED (5/25/17 APPROX 8 A.M) BLOCKING INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY WE WERE SLOWING TO STOP AT LIGHT. VIDEO OF DASH AVAILABLE TOO LARGE TO UPLOAD.

SURGE WHILE BRAKING DURING PARKING CAUSED VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AHEAD AND HIT VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE EXCEEDING $1600.00. SEE HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 16-008. THIS BULLETIN WAS NOT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION UNTIL AFTER THIS INCIDENT EVEN THO MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED BY MY HONDA DEALER ONLY SINCE II PURCHASED IT NEW.

VEHICLE HAS ELECTRONIC, KEYLESS PUSH BUTTON START. IT ALSO HAS A FUEL, EMISSIONS FEATURE WHERE IT SHUTS DOWN WHEN THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED, IT DOESN'T IDLE AT STOPLIGHTS AND AUTOMATICALLY STARTS WHEN LIFTING OFF THE BRAKE. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT. DEPRESSED BRAKE AND VEHICLE LIGHT SHOWED IDLE ASSIST AND VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND ONTO THE GAS. THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. ALL DASH LIGHTS DISPLAYED AND ALL ERROR CODES ALTERNATED ON DISPLAY. IT ALSO SHOWED VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. I TRIED TO RESTART IT AGAIN BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND PUSHING THE ENGINE START BUTTON. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND DIALS WERE TWITCHING. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO START VEHICLE. THE POLICE ARRIVED AND WANTED TO PUSH THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SINCE IT WAS BLOCKING THE LEFT...

I WAS DRIVING AROUND TOWN RUNNING ERRANDS. AS I PULLED OUT OF A PARKING LOT, MY DISPLAY PANEL SHOWED EMISSIONS SYSTEM PROBLEM AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CALLED DEALER AND THEY SAID IT'S NOT A BIG CONCERN UNLESS ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND TO BRING IT IN AFTER THE WEEKEND (WAS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON). DROVE IT 30 MINUTES HOME AT 55-65 MPH AND NOTICED NO PROBLEMS. DROVE IT THAT DISTANCE AND SPEED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AS WELL WITH NO PROBLEMS. PICKED IT UP A FEW DAYS LATER. SERVICE NOTES INDICATE: CODE P0328, KNOCK SENSOR FAILURE, REPLACED KNOCK SENSOR AND RETESTED, OK AT THIS TIME. AFTER PICKING IT UP, WAS ABOUT 10 MIN AWAY AND TRYING TO GO FROM 60 TO 68 AND SET CRUISE. SPEED BEGAN TO JUMP AROUND, NOT STAYING AT A SPEED FOR MORE THAN A SECOND 70-60-65-68-63, ETC. ENGINE LIGHT NOW FLASHING TOOK...

ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, OUR 2016 HONDA PILOT ELITE HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING - TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ONCE IN BUSY TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, POWER STEERING, ETC. ALL STOP WORKING AND THE CAR DISPLAYS EVERY ERROR YOU CAN IMAGINE. I HAVE POSTED A VIDEO HERE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=BTEBMYWY-IS THIS IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO GET THE CAR WORKING AGAIN - LUCKILY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, WE CALLED HONDA EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WE HAD A TOW ON THE WAY WHEN WE TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW AND THAT CLEARED THE ERRORS. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE USED THE SAME TRICK TO GET THE CAR RUNNING AGAIN BUT IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK - VERY SCARY! I HAVE FOUND OTHER...

CAR IS THROWING FAULT CODES FOR TRANSMISSION, CHECK ENGINE, ELECTRICAL. THE CAR SUDDENLY GOES TO "ENGINE LIMP MODE". HARD SHIFTING, SHUTTERING AND LOSS OF POWER. RANDOM OCCURRENCES. HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE. ISSUE OCCURS FROM A START OR AT LOW SPEEDS 20-35MPH WHILE IN MOTION. THE HARD SHIFTING IS CAUSING LONG TERM DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE TRAIN.

TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN SACRAMENTO, CA WHERE WE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE WITH OUR 2016 HONDA PILATE ELITE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MAY 2016 ON A BUSY CITY STREET WITH OUR THREE YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. WHILE IN MOTION, THE CAR ESSENTIALLY SHUT DOWN WITH THE DISPLAY SCREEN SHOWING A SERIES OF WARNINGS INDICATING NUMEROUS SYSTEM FAILURES. THERE WAS NO ENGINE POWER BUT LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. THE DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, JUST A COMPUTER GLITCH, AND THE ONLY REPAIR NECESSARY WAS TO RESET THE COMPUTER/SOFTWARE. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST WEEK, ONLY THIS TIME WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. WE COMPLETELY LOST ALL ENGINE POWER BUT LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE AND PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER. IF I HAD BEEN IN THE FAST OR MIDDLE...

HI, I GOT A STRANGE PROBLEM IN MY CAR AS PER THE ATTACHED IMAGE. THANKS,

2/4/16: BACKED OUT OF GARAGE, PUT CAR IN PARK, LOWERED GARAGE DOOR. WAS ABOUT TO EXIT VEHICLE TO ADJUST PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR, CAR SURGED FORWARD, CRASHING THROUGH GARAGE DOOR. BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE AS IT WAS CRASHING THROUGH THE GARAGE; IMMEDIATELY APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKES, CAR FINALLY STOPPED AGAINST SHELVING IN GARAGE AND WTEN BECAME WEDGED IN GARAGE. CAR EXPERIENCED SEVERE DAMAGE TO FRONT, HOOD, TOP, SIDES AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM GARAGE UNTIL GARAGE DOORS WERE REMOVED BY GARAGE DOOR COMPANY THE NEXT DAY. ON 2/5/16 TOOK CAR TO HONDA DEALER. SAID THEY NEEDED TIME TO INVESTIGATE, WOULD NEED UNTIL MONDAY, 2/15 WHEN MANUFACTUERE'S REP COULD BE THERE; GAVE LOANER VEHICLE TO USE IN INTERIM. CAR STILL HAD DEALER TAG, ONE MONTH OLD. ON 2/17, RECEIVED A CALL FROM SERVICE MANAGER STATING THAT HONDA REP'S INVESTIGATION FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO LOOK...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD, AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE VEHICLE TEMPERATURE WARM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,400.

ON NOVEMBER 10, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30PM, MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING ON NORTH I-75 IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. BESIDES OURSELVES, WE HAD OUR TWO YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN IN THE CAR. THE CAR'S COMPUTER STARTED DISPLAYING A CHANGING SERIES OF WARNINGS GENERALLY INDICATING VARIOUS SYSTEM FAILURES. THE CAR BASICALLY STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. SINCE WE WERE IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE, MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER. IF WE HAD BEEN TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE OR LEFT LANE OF TRAFFIC, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN LITTLE IF ANY CHANCE OF MOVING OVER TO THE CURB. THE CAR, WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT, WOULD HAVE SHUT DOWN LEAVING US IN THE PATH OF VERY FAST MOVING CARS AND TRUCKS. THE ONLY OUTCOME WAS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY HIGH-SPEED REAR END COLLISION. WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO OUR HONDA DEALER APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES AWAY. ON...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. AFTER LIFTING THE HOOD, FLAMES EMITTED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,600.