Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAKES | |||
| 07/18/2012 | 167000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2005 honda pilot. the contact stated that while driving 45 mph the brakes suddenly engaged and the bsa warning lamp illuminated. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 167,000. pm | |||
| 07/09/2012 | 100000 | 1 | |
| Approximate date i put was today, but this has happened several times to my spouse within the last few years. today is the first time i had been able to duplicate it. i just started the car, pulled out of the driveway on my way to work. about 300 yards down the road at approximately 25 miles per hour the car braked on its own twice and stopped the car. i had to get to work so i continued on. it occurred two more times on my way to work. i was never going faster than 40 miles per hour. it happened once while i was braking and two times while i was at a coast. my wife just told me that it happened again to her as recently as 3 days ago. i am concerned obviously because of the safety aspect of this. i have 3 children and god forbid this happen on the freeway or at high speeds. i have seen multiple complaints on the internet of this same occurrence with the 2005 honda pilot and they all said to file a complaint with this site. *tr | |||
| 07/09/2012 | 100000 | ||
| Approximate date i put was today, but this has happened several times to my spouse within the last few years. today is the first time i had been able to duplicate it. i just started the car, pulled out of the driveway on my way to work. about 300 yards down the road at approximately 25 miles per hour the car braked on its own twice and stopped the car. i had to get to work so i continued on. it occured two more times on my way to work. i was never going faster than 40 miles per hour. it happened once while i was braking and two times while i was at a coast. my wife just told me that it happened again to her as recently as 3 days ago. i am concerned obviously because of the safety aspect of this. i have 3 children and god forbid this happen on the freeway or at high speeds. i have seen multiple complaints on the internet of this same occurence with the 2005 honda pilot and they all said to file a complaint with this site. | |||
| 06/18/2012 | 53350 | ||
| On three hot afternoons (around 75 degrees) the car repeatedly had problems - mostly when turning. it felt like the antilock brakes went on by themselves even though my foot was not on the brake. the car quickly slowed and made grinding noises. most of the times that it happened, the stability control warning light came on. it felt and sounded similar to the way it stops on icy roads in the winter, but the slowdown was more severe. the car seemed fine during the cooler morning hours and the problem worsened as the temperature rose. it is currently sitting at the honda dealership while the problem is being diagnosed. | |||
| 05/21/2011 | 90000 | ||
| My 2005 honda pilot brakes have automatically seized up a total of 5 times in the last year but 4 times in the last 3 weeks (may 2012). all 4 times it has happened have been at low speeds (10-20 mph, thankfully!!!) and within 5 minutes of starting up after it has sat for an extended period of time. i have taken it into the honda dealer twice in the past three weeks (may 2012) the day after it occurred and both times they could not duplicate or find a problem. the first three times the vsa light came on but no code tripped in the computer system. the last two times it happened no dashboard indication occurred. it occurred 3 weeks ago, 1 week ago and yesterday back to back so the problem seems to be intensifying. so far, for a temporary fix, i have turned off the car and restarted it and the problem seems to stop for a while. as mentioned previously, yesterday the brakes seized up as i was driving but no dash indication came on. because i was in the middle of an intersection, once the brakes released, i a decided to drive forward to try and get it out of the intersection only to have them seize up again about 100 meters later. i quickly turned off the car and restarted it and was able to safely return home where it sits currently. | |||