8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
12,200 miles
Total Complaints:
5 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (4 reports)
  2. replace transmission (1 reports)
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problem #5

Aug 142019

Pilot

  • Automatic transmission
  • 6,500 miles

The transmission jerks, and hard shifts and slips so bad RPMs rev and vehicle doesn't move. The slipping may be due the torque convertor. I asked at the dealership to be checked out and I get "the computer shows no error codes so we have nothing to fix or repair" speech. This issue keeps getting worse, and with my luck... it will finally fail when my new car warranty runs out.

- Mr D., St. Petersburg, US

problem #4

Oct 012018

Pilot Elite V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 100 miles

When slowly accelerating, the car slips and jerks around 25 MPH then again around 35 MPH. Unless I haul ass off the starting line, it does this and it really pisses me off because I have not been able to get it fixed. Every time I take it in for service and describe the problem, they cannot recreate it. This car was expensive and it needs to run perfectly.

- Jennifer G., Clover, US

problem #3

Jan 292021

Pilot Touring

  • Automatic transmission
  • 39,585 miles

I have taken the car 3 times to the dealer complaining that something was not right with the transmission and of course they could never recreate the issue. My wife rode with the tech on the last time and he told her the transmission reacts to the driver that is driving it. That does not explain the problem we were having with the jerking etc. Even if that was the case it should not have reacted like it was.

Last Friday we were out at lunch time and had actually ran by the dealership to get a new battery for the key fob. Left there and went to the car wash and all of a sudden the dashboard lit up like the 4th of July. I couldn't accelerate and it wouldn't change gears. It is absolutely ridiculous that it needs a new transmission. It scares me that it will happen again. Ugh.

- Jim S., St. Louis, US

problem #2

Jun 122020

Pilot Touring

  • Automatic transmission
  • 14,500 miles

My car jerks into gear around 25-30 mph. I’ve taken it to the dealership twice and they can do a damn thing for me. Why hasn’t Honda fixed this wtf

- Josh P., Baytown, US

problem #1

May 012019

Pilot

  • Automatic transmission
  • 100 miles

It grinds my gears, how ironic because it sounds like that’s what’s happening in the transmission. I guess the scariest part is when you’re making that left turn and you mash the gas expecting a response and the automatic transmission gets this long pause and the only thing that moves is the RPM gauge. The herkie jerkie metal on metal noises are common so I don’t notice that anymore. But the slipping is scary. It only happens when you really need the fast acceleration. It feels like the U joints have way to much slack and every time you change speeds, it is noisy.

- Mr D., St. Petersburg, US