Lower seat support/bracket on front left of drivers side seat has broken, making seat loose, unsafe. Same problem can be seen repeatedly in 2004 honda pilots and apparently 2003-2006 models. Other the federal safety agency complaint case numbers with exactly the same problem in 2004 honda pilot models are 10583003, 10578612, 10567737, 10541789, 10505250, 10489089, 10488805, 10466947, 10455702
2004 Honda Pilot seats complaints
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A bracket that connects the drivers set to the seat adjuster assembly failed catastrophically. This bracket is on the front left side approximately behind the power seat controls. The seat is now unattached from the adjuster assembly and quite unsafe. This happened while getting in the vehicle. The broken bracket may be part of adjuster assy., l. Reclining, 81630-s3v-a30, but it is hard for me to tell since the exploded parts diagram that I have access to does not seem to match, quite, what I see. Based on parts and labor, I estimate the cost to repair this defect to be in the $800-1200 range.
Driver's power seat assembly part broke, which separated the seat from the power movement assembly. Seat rocks back and feels like slight pressure could completely disengage the seat from the car. Seat rocking while driving is very dangerous.
Extreme hot spot in driver's side front seat when the seat heater is turned on for more that 3 minutes.
A lower seat support on drivers seat has failed. Causing the front of the drives seat to not be held in place. On acceleration the front of drivers seat lifts up causing the seat to lay back in a more reclined position.
Front, driver seat, seat warmer was on high. Seat was getting very warm. Seat began to smoke, leather was melting. This occurred under the driver's right leg. The seat getting very warm has been ongoing for some time now on both low and high, but I turn the seat warmer off. This is the first time it has started smoking. Contacted dealership. Was told to just not use seat warmer. Will no longer use seat warmer as it is a fire hazard.
Driver's side seat has felt extremely hot in the last few times that I used seat heater. Pulled into work and as I started to exit smoke was coming out of the seat. Never caught fire as I immediately turned off the switch and pounded the seat cushion.
I turned the driver seat heater to hi during my drive home yesterday, the heater got extremely hot and felt it was burning my back even with a heavy coat on, also smelled like something is burning. I turned the heater off because of safety concerns. The seat still has burned smell to it next day.
The driver's seat heater got burning hot, and it burnt the leg at a spot, the injury was minor; when the heater was off the problem disappeared. I am not using the heater now as it is intolerably hot and might create fire hazard.
Driver's power seat assembly part broke, which separated the seat from the power movement assembly. Seat rocks back and feels like slight pressure could completely disengage the seat from the car. Seat rocking while driving is very dangerous. It appears to be a small metal bar which runs from the seat assembly to the "slide adjustment assembly". It is a very small component of item reference number 14 (p/n: 81660-s3v-a30) of the "front seat components (l.) (power)" for the 2004 honda pilot 5dr ex - ka5at. Specifically, the metal bar seems to attach to the rod which rotates when the seat is tilted forward or backward. The bar is designed to be fixed to the rod, which when rotating, pushes the other end of the bar (attached to the front end of the seat bottom) up or down, resulting in the seat tilting back or forward. It is the only part securing the front-left of the seat to the adjustment assembly. Reading around the internet, this appears to be a common problem with this generation of pilot.
The right side of the driver's seat suddenly became very hot when the seat heater was turned on. It got so hot that I could feel it burning my skin through my jeans. After I turned it off there was a slightly acrid burning smell in the car.
The metal seat bracket supporting the front drivers side seat failed when I sat down in the front drivers seat "hard." the dealership indicated that while this part could be easily and affordable welded back together, they would have to replace the entire metal bracket and seat due to liability to the tune of $1400. If the dealership can't weld the bracket but had to replace a failed part that would be critical to ones safety during a crash because of liability, why does honda not see that a seat that was not suppose to fail during a crash, but failed upon sitting, the part should be replaced at honda's expense. I am still driving around with a seat that rocks.
While warming up car in driveway, I had turned on the seat heaters to both front seats and went inside. When I came out to leave about 5 minutes later, the drivers seat was smoking and melting the top of the seat cushion. It was on fire. I quickly shut off the heat to the seat and smothered the smoking/melting seat.
The drive side seat warmer gets incredibly warm and feels as though it could burn. Called honda for service, and the representative was very rude. He said just don't use it. Very concerned for safety issue.
The seat heater got really hot in one place on my back. It slightly (less than a 1st degree burn) burnt my back. Also, the seat smoked. I had the seat heater on for 15 minutes. I notified honda and the dealer. The dealer tested the seat for only 10 minutes; and, said it didn't smoke. I was one of the the first ones into the dealer and the last one out (eleven hour wait!) for a 10 minute check and 2 recalls which should have taken less time. I didn't want to go back another day to have it checked for 15 minutes (I have a family); so, I told the dealer to disable the seat heater so that my toddlers, my wife and I won't get hurt any further or have a disaster with a possible fire. The dealer disabled the seat heater as I requested. I have not heard back from honda (of course).
The driver's side heated seat got extremely hot under the right leg. It got so intense that I had to turn it off for fear of burning my leg.
Driver seat heater gets unbearably hot to sit on, so hot feels like burning skin through clothing - smells like burning wax, fire concern and safety concern.
When turning on the driver's side seat warmer it got extremely hot. Recently it actually burned the seat foam and began to smoke. I will not use it anymore for fear of a fire. Thank you for looking into this issue.
Driver seat heater gets extremely hot to the point that burns are possible. Afraid that a fire may occur so stopped using. There appears to be a widespread occurrence when searching the internet. No recall by honda.
I purchased a used honda pilot in january 2012. I immediately noticed that the driver seat heater would gets so hot that it will actually start to burn my legs. The honda dealer said that it was not an issue, they did not feel it get overly hot. Then on december 5, 2012 it just suddenly stopped working.
My wife and I were driving on christmas eve (december 24, 2012) to a destination about 65 miles away. I had the driver's seat heater on the high position, as it is quite cold in this part of the country. Along the way, I noticed that my right buttocks was getting extremely hot, almost to the point of burning, before I turned off the seat heater. It was dark when we reached our destination, and it wasn't until two days later when we returned home, that I saw a scorched hole about 1.5 inches long and 0.5 inches wide in the leather driver's seat. Reaching my finger down into the hole revealed a lot of crumbling black ashes. Although we didn't experience an actual fire, it's quite apparent that there is a fire safety problem with the 2004 honda pilot driver's heated seat. If we had left the car running and unattended with no one sitting on the seat (allowing oxygen into the seat), I suspect the seat would have eventually erupted in flames. It was very, very hot.
The driver's heated seat got so hot it melted the foam backing causing a horrible smell. The heated seat was turned off or it is possible it would have caught on fire. The seat heated still works but gets much too hot.
The front driver seat abruptly flipped upward and startled the driver with momentary disoriented and loss of vehicle control. The dealer denied ever witnessing this problem on a honda pilot, quoted $1500 to replace the seat, and commented I was a big guy putting a lot of stress on the seat. I am 6'3" tall and 200 pounds. It is clear the honda dealership at decatur, alabama does not feel this is a safety issue and went on to boast honda is the only company that replaces defective seat belts. My wife took the vehicle to the same dealer complaining about the front and rear passenger seat belt randomly locking when pulling the safety belt out for engagement and locking and tightening randomly while wearing the seat belt with the vehicle in motion. The dealer made no comment to this statement. A quick search on the internet revealed other honda pilot owners have reported the bracket holding the front left corner of the driver seat was broken near the rivets that hold the bottom of the seat. This is the same defect we have experienced with our front driver seat where the front left bracket holding the seat to the adjustment rail is completely torn the full length of the seat bottom mounting bracket. We feel this is a safety hazard and the dealer clearly does not support that idea. My wife and I have never experienced a seat breaking in such a manner in any vehicle we have owned.
The driver left seat support metal broke off leaving the seat unattached to the frame. The seat moves forward and back. This is a design and manufacturer defect. Honda will not replace the seat at no cost and will not assign a recall. This is a serious safety issue and honda should take full responsibility for replacement before an accident causes unnecessary injury to the driver.
The drivers seat over heats to the point of being uncomfortable on my right leg. It is now inoperable. The dealer said it was not covered under warranty or recall. There seems to me a number of similar complains on edmunds threaders discussion board. The bottom point is they will not act on this issue unless they are required to do so by your organization.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda pilot. The contact stated the inner cushion underneath the drivers seat over heated and was burning. The contact was not injured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated there were no recalls and she would have to pay to have the vehicle repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 27,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.
Front seat came loose from car on drivers left side of seat. I can partially lift it out of place!
The driver's seat frame sheared off on the front bar, left side. There was no outside influential causal effect for this to happen, it just broke. The seat rocks back and forth while driving, a huge safety concern. Looking at certain websites (http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2003/honda/pilot/10348948.aspx read the comments at the bottom of the page), this seems to problematic among 2003 - 2006 honda pilots. When is honda going to do a recall? Other similar the federal safety agency complaints: odi id number : 10348948 odi id number : 10372456 odi id number : 10336280 odi id number : 10442043
Drivers heated seat caught the seat on fire.
2004 honda pilot driver's side seat heater gets extremely hot and will burn skin. Major safety issue.
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