Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 09/07/2012 | 2 | ||
| This is the second time it has happened in 2 weeks. we were in our car and were accelerating after being stopped at a stop light. the car jerked forward briefly and then stopped responding. i was pressing the gas pedal, but the car did not accelerate and the vsa warning light came on briefly. within a few seconds, the car began responding again and we were able to drive safely the last 1/4 mile to work. *tr | |||
| 09/07/2012 | |||
| This is the second time it has happened in 2 weeks. we were in our car and were accelerating after being stopped at a stop light. the car jerked forward briefly and then stopped responding. i was pressing the gas pedal, but the car did not accelerate and the vsa warning light came on briefly. within a few seconds, the car began responding again and we were able to drive safely the last 1/4 mile to work. | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 97000 | ||
| 2006 honda, lx, 2wd pilot was making a slow turn in intersection and sudden acceleration was noted. felt like cruise control had been turned on but had not been turned on. acceleration was stopped using the brake. 2 similar instances in the past 6 months. | |||
| 02/26/2011 | 45000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda pilot. the contact was attempting to enter a residential driveway traveling 5 mph when the vehicle suddenly accelerated causing her to crash into her home. after the crash, the contact noticed that the cruise control warning light was illuminated. the vehicle was towed to the dealer and the contact was awaiting the results of diagnostic testing. the current and failure mileage was 45,000. | |||
| 02/26/2011 | 45000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda pilot. the contact was involved in a crash. while attempting to pull into the driveway, traveling 5 mph, the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward causing her to crash into her home. after the crash the contact noticed that the cruise control warning light had illuminated on the dash. the vehicle was being towed to the dealer and the contact was awaiting the results. the current and failure mileages were 45,000. bw | |||
| 10/31/2010 | 49000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda pilot. the contact stated the vehicle had a sudden acceleration while trying to pull into a parking space. the vehicle was vehicle less then 5 mph when the rpm | |||
| 10/10/2010 | 60000 | ||
| Tl. the contact owns a 2006 honda pilot. the contact stated while 25 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated. this happened on numerous occasions and caused a crash twice. no one was injured during the crash and the air bag did not deploy. the contact took the vehicle took the vehicle to the dealer and the dealer could not find a issue with the vehicle. the contact stated there are other complaints regarding the sudden acceleration and the manufacturer is not taken responsibility the failure mileage was 60,000. jo | |||
| 05/27/2010 | |||
| Was pulling into a parking spot in a parking garage going slow and the honda pilot accelerated on its own, the rpms went up and slammed into the cement wall in the garage in less 5 seconds. the airbag deployed and damage to the front of the car. | |||
| 02/28/2010 | 46685 | 1 | |
| My 2006 honda pilot ex-l experienced sudden unintended acceleration (sua) at 3:53 p.m. on sunday, february 28, 2010 near our home on key biscayne, florida. we were driving at around 20 mph and as we gently braked in approach of the stop sign, the engine opened up nearly full throttle at just above 5000 rpms. my husband immediately and firmly applied the brake and placed the gear in park. with his foot on the brake, not the accelerator pedal, the engine continued to roar at 5000 rpms until he turned it off at the ignition after about 30 seconds. he restarted the engine and the engine rpm immediately shot up to 5000 rpms again, with his foot on the brake and the car in park. the tachometer stayed at the 5000 rpm level continuously until he again turned off the engine at the ignition after about 45 seconds. we waited a few more seconds and re-started the engine again. that time, the engine started at a normal rpm and we drove half a block to our house. we recorded a video of the second episode of 5000 rpms with a camera we had with us. we provided the video immediately to american honda customer service. at the request of customer service, i took our pilot to brickell honda in miami on march 1. i showed the video of the sua to the service manager, george ruiz, on his computer. he was astounded by what he saw and expressed his genuine concern that the car was unsafe to operate, regardless of whether his service department was able to find the source of the problem. he said under no circumstance should the engine operate at 5000 rpms without the accelerator being depressed almost all the way to the floor. the district service manager, kevin mcclung, also inspected the car. american honda determined the pilot was operating within normal parameters. we were instructed to pick up the car on march 5 and did so on march 8. no repairs were performed. my husband spoke to honda customer service manager terry nielsen on march 3 who could not explain the video. *tr | |||
| 11/22/2007 | 38000 | 1 | |
| On dec 4,2007 i took my 2006 honda pilot to a honda dealership in winnipeg mb canada for engine revving issues. i explained how when going to brake at an intersection the vehicle jolted ahead as the engine started to rev high- rpm greater that 4000 - and the speedometer needle was bouncing from top to bottom erratically. i was braking lowly at first but when this started i used two feet on the brakr to prevent me from hitting the car in front of me. it just finally stopped. it never happened again but with the toyota recalls i wonder whether honda has the same issues with their vehicles. please report this occurrence for me. notice: mileage on vehicle at the time was 38000 kilometers and the speed i was going was 50-60 km per hour. i couldn't adjust that in the following pages to reflect the metric system we use up here. *tr | |||
| 02/24/2010 | 51237 | 1 | |
| Today while driving my 2006 pilot, i was going approximately 33mph. the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own. it was very quick, almost like a lunge. i hit the break and it did slow the vehicle. the strange thing about this is, this happened to me two other times that i can recall. it hasn't happened in quite a while but i've owned this vehicle for 3 years, 9 months, and it was sometime during that time period. i never had it checked out because it had only happened twice and from experience, if you bring it to the dealer, unless it does it for them, they can't diagnose it. i never even thought about this having happened, even with the toyota recalls, until it did it to me again today. the road conditions were wet, however i was not going through a puddle at the time. i was not braking. i was maintaining my speed. unfortunately i do not remember the road conditions or speed the other two times this happened. *tr | |||
| 12/23/2009 | 55000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda pilot. the contact stated that he had an issue with the engine speeding up suddenly even when he took his foot off of the gas pedal. he was forced to shift gear into neutral and turn the vehicle off. he called the dealer and was told to re-start the vehicle and see if it would happen again. the issue did not re-occur so he continued to drive it. he had a scheduled appointment with the dealer at the time the complaint was filed. he has not spoken with the manufacturer. the current and failure mileages were approximately 55,000. | |||