Got in my Pilot after the blizzard in Oklahoma, the VSA and ABS lights were on when I started the engine. They weren't on the night before the blizzard when I drove it last. It was parked in my driveway with snow drifts around it up to 3' tall.
Took it to Honda Today. They tell me someone cut the wire on the VSA sensor on my back driver side wheel. They said the entire wire was missing. I told them there was no way someone cut the wire, because they would have had to do it during the blizzard with up to 55 mph gusts and -23 degree wind chills.... we live in a somewhat rural housing addition, our neighbors are about half an acre away. Very few people even drive down our street much less during a blizzard.
They took me out and showed me what was left of the wire. There was only a small bit of the wire left on the connectors at each end. The wire is not protected, and is a loop about 12 to 14 inches above the road surface. There should be a hard sheath or a metal wire protectors.
This repair is NOT covered by the warranty 'because it was there was an outside cause that created the failure'........ they're SPECULATING the wire was cut, which is ridiculous. I ask them how do we know this wire wasn't weakened or failed because of something that happened during the assembly of the vehicle and that the sub zero temps we have now caused it to completely fail?
Let me add... the week after I bought this Pilot brand new, the VSA control board failed and had to be replaced ($1400 part)... fortunately it WAS covered under warranty.
Our first Honda.... and our last. We couldn't decide between the Toyota Highlander and the Pilot and even though we were previous 2 time Toyota owners with absolutely NEVER any problems with the vehicles, we chose to go Honda this time. BIG mistake.
Got in my Pilot after the blizzard in Oklahoma, the VSA and ABS lights were on when I started the engine. They weren't on the night before the blizzard when I drove it last. It was parked in my driveway with snow drifts around it up to 3' tall.
Took it to Honda Today. They tell me someone cut the wire on the VSA sensor on my back driver side wheel. They said the entire wire was missing. I told them there was no way someone cut the wire, because they would have had to do it during the blizzard with up to 55 mph gusts and -23 degree wind chills.... we live in a somewhat rural housing addition, our neighbors are about half an acre away. Very few people even drive down our street much less during a blizzard.
They took me out and showed me what was left of the wire. There was only a small bit of the wire left on the connectors at each end. The wire is not protected, and is a loop about 12 to 14 inches above the road surface. There should be a hard sheath or a metal wire protectors.
This repair is NOT covered by the warranty 'because it was there was an outside cause that created the failure'........ they're SPECULATING the wire was cut, which is ridiculous. I ask them how do we know this wire wasn't weakened or failed because of something that happened during the assembly of the vehicle and that the sub zero temps we have now caused it to completely fail?
Let me add... the week after I bought this Pilot brand new, the VSA control board failed and had to be replaced ($1400 part)... fortunately it WAS covered under warranty.
Our first Honda.... and our last. We couldn't decide between the Toyota Highlander and the Pilot and even though we were previous 2 time Toyota owners with absolutely NEVER any problems with the vehicles, we chose to go Honda this time. BIG mistake.
- D G., Yukon, OK, US