The right side of the drivers seat bottom seat heater over-heats. Dealer wants $900-1000 to fix. This is a much reported failure item for 2004-2005 pilots.
2004 Honda Pilot seats complaints
Page 4 of 4: complaints 71 to 85 of 85, newest first, as owners wrote them.
Overheating of drivers side seat heating elements, followed by failure of units.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda pilot. The contact stated that the heated seat control for the drivers seat malfunctioned and whenever activated, it would burn the contacts legs. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer was called but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 98,000.
2004 honda pilot ex-res. Driver side heated seat gets hot enough to burn or catch fire if set to high.
We own a 2004 honda pilot ex. We've noticed the drivers side seat warmer has been getting extremely warm to the point where it was burning us through our pants which has been happening since early november 2010. On december 26, 2010, we started the car, turned on the seat warmer and left the car for 10 minutes to go back into the house. When we came back outside and opened the car door, we smelled smoke and noticed it was coming from the drivers side seat. It also left a brown spot. Had we not come to the car at that time, we believe it would've started a fire had it sat there for another few minutes. We are not currently using the seat warmer until we bring it in to have it checked.
2004 honda pilot drivers seat catches fire. Seat heater having issues.
2004 honda pilot; drivers side seat heater catches on fire; fuse never blown.
The driver's side seat cushion heater got extremely hot, burned right thigh. Heater shut off at switch and now doesn't work.
The electric seat heater on the driver's seat develops a very hot spot on the seat. It appears either the temperature control will not automatically turn off or it will not regulate the seat heater. The seat heater on/off switch must be turned off manually before a skin burn or fire within the seat occurs.
The heated seat in my 2004 honda pilot became uncomfortably hot whenever I used it for about one week. Eventually it came to a point where the seat became so hot that I could not use the heated seat anymore. At this point the seat now refuses to turn on, most likely because of a blown fuse from the problem. My biggest concern is that the seat felt like it could catch on fire.
Seat heater in the driver's seat of my 2004 honda pilot gets very hot and I can smell something burning when turned on.
I have a 2004 honda pilot ex the driver's seat right side gets extremely hot when the seat heater is turned on. There has not been any injury or accident due to this issue but I have seen where it has online during my research of this problem. I am trying to be proactive and remedy a potential problem before it becomes a hazard.
Seat warmer burned a hole in drivers seat while I was driving the vehicle. It is a very cold day here and I have lots of layers on so I did not feel the burn for a while. When I felt it burn me and smelled the leather burning I shut off the seat warmers. The dealer tells me it will cost $800 to be replaced. Yikes - what if the seat warmer accidentally gets turned on when I am outside my vehicle - when it is below zero outside I warm up my car for about 20 minutes -will my car catch on fire?
My question is " why would a car manufacture install seat beats anchors in a over lapping fashion?" I have a 2004 honda pilot and I notice that the seat belts anchors for the third row seat ( middle & driver seat passenger) over lap each other, but in the second row seats they don't over lap. I took my pilot to a honda service center and I was told that it was done to create more space for the third row passengers and it was not a flaw design. This appears to be out of the normal installation for seat belt anchors.
When the consumer is in the front seat the head restraint tilts forward, causing the consumer's head to lean forward. Consumer is 5'3," and says head restraint cannot be adjusted any lower. The dealer has no remedy or suggestions for this problem.
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 2004 Honda Pilot?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history