2006 Honda Pilot: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Nov 30, 2020 · Body, Engine · 190,000 miles · GA · crash

While moving slowly in a private drive and turning steering wheel to the right the car suddenly accelerated to full throttle causing the car to crash into another parked car and a support post of a carport

Filed Aug 8, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 120,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

I was driving at 30 MPH my honda pilot 2006 when suddenly the truck accelerated on its own , that was truly surprising to me , the speed was over 100mph , I remember stepping on the brake and the truck did not stop , I remain shocked and I could not react, everything happened in seconds and I was trying not to kill someone I lost the control and crashed into a big metal pole.

Filed May 24, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · 97,000 miles · TX

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.

Filed Jun 5, 2011 · Acceleration, Engine · 87,500 miles · MA

I was backing up out of my garage in my 2006 honda pilot when the vehicle suddenly accelerate. I had my foot resting lightly on the brake and I was able to stop the vehicle safely. I was then able to drive off.

Filed Mar 7, 2011 · Acceleration · 45,000 miles · PA · crash

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.

Filed Mar 1, 2011 · Engine, Transmission · 57,789 miles · NJ

My 2006 honda pilot experienced sudden acceleration this morning while driving at about 25 MPH. The engine suddenly revved up and the auto lunged forward. I applied the brake but this did not slow me down quickly enough. I then managed to get the car in neutral and tapped the gas pedal until the high revving stopped. The incident occurred at 11:00am eastern march 01, 2011, the pilot had 57789 miles at time of incident.

Filed Nov 1, 2010 · Acceleration · 49,000 miles · TN

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda pilot. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while he was moving into a parking space at less than 5 MPH. The contact was able to prevent the vehicle from crashing by shifting into park. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 49,000.

Filed Oct 27, 2010 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · LA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda pilot. The contact was driving 25 MPH when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact stated that the failure would occur sporadically and on numerous occasions. The failure caused the contact to be involved in two crashes. The contact was uninjured yet the air bags did not deploy in either crash. The vehicle was inspected by an authorized dealer who was unable to locate a failure within the vehicle. The contact stated there were other complaints regarding the sudden acceleration and the manufacturer was not taking responsibility for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed May 28, 2010 · Acceleration · FL · crash · 1 injury

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.

Filed Mar 29, 2010 · 50,000 miles · IL

My husband had 3 episodes of surging while exiting highways over the past year or so in my 2006 honda pilot. Each time he had to put the car in neutral to stop it. After driving at sustained speed on a highway, I slowed to pull off at the exit ramp, which was an incline, and the car suddenly surged forward, the engine made a sound as if it were racing and the car would not stop even with putting my right foot on the pedal and applying all the strength of both feet. I put the car in neutral and it did stop, but the engine continued to roar. The floor mat was not impeding the accelerator and the accelerator was not pushed down, it was in the proper position. The local honda dealer examined the car and found nothing wrong - no codes had been triggered. We had yet another event with my husband driving this time about a month later, and myself and two other witnesses in the car. Honda had a regional parts and service manager examine the car after the second event and he found nothing wrong. I told him that I was frightened and very disappointed that they were not doing something more to find and remedy the problem. A honda customer service supervisor then contacted me to review the events and told me he would take the issue "to the engineers" because it was very unusual that 2 drivers would experience the same problem if it was driver error. He called back and told me that the engineers (who did not look at the car) said it was a problem called bridging, where you accidently put your foot on the gas pedal while braking. He did not address why neither one of us had ever experience "bridging" the first few years that we owned the car, when we both had driven it extensively at highway speeds. The car has 52k miles on it currently. This is a very dangerous problem and someone needs to deal with it before people are killed. I know that I did not have my foot on the brake and the gas pedal at the same time and neither did my husband.

Filed Mar 14, 2010 · Acceleration, Engine · 46,685 miles · FL

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.

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Acceleration · 51,237 miles · NH

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.