10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #6

Apr 222024

Pilot

  • miles
When driving the car and stopped, the car goes into idle engine automatically. There are have been 5 incidents where the engine wouldn-??t turn back on. The car starts beeping and flashing to put in park, shut off and restart. This is extremely dangerous when in the middle of traffic, cars honking and my children in the car getting nervous. Luckily I have not had an accident yet and figured out how to not use the -??idle stop-?? feature to prevent this from happening but it-??s not a long term solution as I have to stop idle feature every time the car is turned on.

- Long Beach, NY, USA

problem #5

May 292024

Pilot

  • miles
The automatic start/stop feature has caused several stalls at intersections. It has taken repeated efforts to restart the vehicle, once resulting in a near miss situation. What is especially worrying is that my [XXX] driver was behind the wheel during one instance. In the past 48 hours, it has happened three times. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

- Dubuque, IA, USA

problem #4

Jul 252023

Pilot

  • miles
The reason we took our Honda in to the Honda retailer to begin with is because the car kept alerting a message of an -??emissions systems failure.-?? We took it in and found out that we had 3 recalls on our Honda Pilot. They fixed one recall but stated that they -??needed parts-?? for the other recalls. It has been one month and after continuous follow ups they continue to tell us that they still haven-??t gotten the parts and are behind in service. This is unacceptable. The retailer believed that we were receiving the -??emissions system failure-?? error message is because of a fuse. They replaced the fuse but the message returned several days later. I am thinking we received the error message because of the -??Passport/Pilot MOST FAKRA Service Cables-?? failure recall that has a possibility to cause -??poor, or lost, connections intermittently between the audio display unit and the vehicle cable connector-?? (Manufacturer recall explanation). I am not entirely sure exactly what is wrong with our vehicle nevertheless the reason for the complaint is that the manufacturer/certified dealership has -??failed or is unable to remedy this safety recall-?? for our vehicle -??in a timely manner.-?? I hope this complaint will get our recalls fixed.

- Merkel, TX, USA

problem #3

Oct 182023

Pilot

  • miles
2021 Honda Pilot is subject to "rapid acceleration". We had no notification of this issue until the vehicle drove itself into our home on its own causing damage to the car and our home. Only after we did some research did we know Honda had this issue.

- Helotes, TX, USA

problem #2

Aug 202023

Pilot

  • miles
Vehicle shut off while at a busy intersection light. Unable to restart the vehicle for several minutes. All safety systems (crash mitigation.....) were disabled. Unable to find a current recall through Honda and the dealership is closed since it is sunday.

- Springdale, PA, USA

problem #1

Sep 182022

Pilot

  • miles
Auto restart stalls the car when reengaging the engine after coming to a full stop

- Annapolis , MD, USA