My wife was driving the kids to school, stopped at a busy intersection. The engine idle-stop feature stopped the engine, and when my wife hit the gas, the car wouldn't restart. It required several attempts. This happens sporadically with the car, and it's happened on numerous occasions. Others have reported the same problem on Honda Pilot forums (https://www.piloteers.org/threads/2016-wont-start-after-idle-stop.158131/). The battery was replaced a couple of years ago after the first several times this happened, but both the battery and alternator test healthy. There is clearly a design flaw with this stop/start feature. My wife was left stranded for a few minutes at a busy intersection, with fast-moving cars, with my kids in the car.
2016 Honda Pilot acceleration complaints
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Since buying this vehicle the transmission and computer module have already been replaced once due to similar problem. While my son was driving around a corner on a city block so turning left at 15 miles per hour the transmission suffered a failure and error message and accelerated forcing him off the road. Dealer has denied any assistance.
Honda pilot awd 2016 has RPM variation / hesitation during normal driving from rev range 1500 to 2500rpm. It is a continual hesitation or spluttering of revs. If accelerarting extremely hard it is not as evident but is always there. Appeared out of nowhere, car has no other issues, serviced professionally as needed/scheduled. Horrible comfort/ safety issue - needs to be addressed has 75k miles, has been occurring for last 10k doesnt seem to do it under no load (neutral) but always under normal driving. Eco mode on or off doesnt matter - no difference
Purchased a 2016 pilot ex-l certified used with 8k. While pressing the brakes, they would go pretty far down before engaging. If I let up on the pedal and press again, they immediately grab like they are supposed. I have taken the vehicle in several times, brakes bled and flushed, still the same. I was informed that honda says the distance of brake pedal pressing down is 2" is normal. I also had issues with the screen going out, and the driver side vent wouldn't stay up, and the A/C wasn't cooling property. Also the system wont connect to my phone randomly. I now had a problem with the transmission. Makes a rattling noise while driving/coasting at any speed. Have taken it in and was told it was the bumper and hood noise. After paying for that, I still have the noise. The rpms jumps from under 2 to just above two, then down again. When the rpms do this the noise happens and also the econo mode turns off to white, then green again. Now it feels like when this happens the transmission feels as iff it is trying to go into gear, slipping. Now when driving and trying to pass, it seems to slip. It is definitely a safety issue! Come on honda please fix the issues.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda pilot. The contact stated that the vehicle was losing power while driving at 75 MPH, and depressing the accelerator pedal. The rpms dropped to 35 MPH and the engine revved. The contact also stated that when the accelerator pedal was released, the vehicle would significantly drop in speed. No warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was restarted and it resumed to normal. The contact mentioned when the failure occurred the first time, all warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to honda of superstition springs, 6229 e auto park dr, mesa, az 85206, and was diagnosed but could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.
There is jerking when accelerating my vehicle. This takes place typically while driving between 20 and 60 MPH. This seemingly transmission problem is very worrying for my 2016 honda pilot. I started noticing it at around 20k miles. At the current time, my mileage is at 50k. I worry what will happen down the years. I am almost thinking of disposing the car. A manufacturer like honda needs to own this problem and help its customers with a fix.
I went to the honda dealership in fredericksburg because I had a sign on my car saying emissions system problem and all wheels drive system problem. Once I got to the honda dealer they said the fuel injectors failed and you need new ones. I was shocked because I just bought this car 3 years ago partially new with little miles on it. To get the fuel injectors replaced the dealership is asking me $1500. That is insane because its clearly not my fault this car never got into a accident and I maintained it top notch.I went online again adn did my research on this matter come to know there are over thousands of complaints. How is that possible that this is never been recalled. I will not pay for something that is a manufacturer problem. I am a single mom with four kids it is not safe for me to drive like this.
The car threw multiple errors including emission system, power steering, vehicle stability, trailer stability, hill assist, and road departure mitigation. Result was key safety features, including autonomous braking, road departure mitigation, power steering, and lane keeping were rendered inoperable. The engine power was reduced while in motion at 50 MPH. The errors came on shortly after ignition was engaged.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda pilot. The contact stated while driving at 30 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle hesitated in response. The contact stated that at speeds over 50 MPH, the failure was not experienced. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated and persisted for a day but the issue seemed to resolve itself. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 38,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda pilot. The contact took the vehicle to bob lanphere beaverton honda (10760 sw canyon rd, beaverton, or 97005) for scheduled maintenance. Two weeks later, the vehicle accelerated spontaneously while driving approximately 45 MPH. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and they wanted to charge for diagnostic testing. The contact also stated that the failure occurred at least ten times since the vehicle was serviced initially. The failure had not occurred prior to being serviced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 31,000.
On october 24, 2019 at approximately 10:00 am cst. Engine completely lost power while driving at approximately 65 MPH on interstate I-80. Was in the left lane passing vehicle in right lane. Another vehicle was ahead of mine. Tapped the brakes to slow a bit as vehicle in front was merging right after passing. Hit the gas pedal and all power to the engine was lost for about 1.5 - 2 seconds. Tachometer dropped to 0. Took my foot off the gas and then re-engaged. Power to engine came back on and was able to resume normal vehicle operations. Auto engine on/off feature was disabled. Regular cruise control was on, had been set but wasn't currently engaged. Parking sensors were on. Lane departure was off. Forward collision warning on. No other issues for the rest of the 1300 mile (round) trip. We have had this vehicle for about 1 year and this is the second time this has happened. First time was not reported or documented. If engine/power hadn't been restored, there could have been a serious accident. This cannot be normal vehicle operation. Please look into this honda and the federal safety agency.
When going down a straigt hill going around 15mph my RPM's go up to 5 and 6. If I press the gas they go up higher. I usually have to pull over when this happens so it the RPM's stop climbing higher. This also happens somethimes when going on a backroad going around 20-25mph but the RPM's only go between 2-3. It seems like the gears are not shifting.
2016 honda pilot sudden rough acceleration while pulling up to the driveway. This happened after accelerator was released before the approach. Fortunately the brakes were applied on time before crashing into the property.
Error display: keyless start system problem vehicle was stationary, after started. In motion, while driving error displayed and mp/h change without accelerating to even over 100 mp/h when if fact driving about 60 mp/h.
Driving back from a trip and was trying to exit the highway and when I engaged the gas pedal the car would not accelerate. It happened so fast that I thought I did something wrong. Once I got back on the highway I drove about 100 miles and was in a construction zone. I did not have cruise control engaged and was traveling between 55-60 MPH. At one time I let off the gas pedal and when I pressed the gas pedal to accelerate the car would not respond. My speed dropped from 55 MPH to 25 MPH which I was constantly pressing the gas pedal. I was almost hit from the rear and all of a sudden the car started accelerating due to continually pressing the gas pedal. This specific incident lasted about 10 seconds. My car is at the honda dealership which they cannot figure out the issue since no error code was generated. I've contacted honda customer service and they are advising to take the car to another dealership for a second opinion.
Takata recall my honda pilot only 83000 miles. Transmission problem and emmission problem both lights came on at the same time. I was driving to work when I felt the car not wanting to accelerate, I immediately turned into a lot and I am waiting here ever since because the car isn't moving forward.
On saturday november, 24, at approximate 9:45 am I was driving uphill and noticed my engine was making an odd sound. It made it when I accelerated, but stopped as soon as I took my foot off the gas. As I got to the top of the hill, there was no more sound. About 1 minute later I pulled into a shopping center, the car was on a slight upward angle, and I was going to turn into a parking spot, when all of a sudden my car accelerated on its own valition. I was approximately 2-3 feet away from a parked car, and my car felt like it was going full speed towards this car. At the time, I believe my foot was on the brake, which made it even more shocking why the car was propelling forward. I quickly stomped on the brake again and the car came to a stop. It hit the parked car with two occupants.
2016 honda pilot A/C grinding noise after activated at cold start after more than 36-48 hours parked. When A/C activated while driving vehicle belt system slips and pulls forward loosing speed. A/c compressor damage confirmed by dealer and honda confirmed and acknowledged problem due to severe loop on the A/C suction hose design on this model causing issues with the oil flow. Issue found at 12,444 miles and current mileage 17,874 .ongoing issue since 2016. No fix at the moment according to honda. According to this there's an issue with the clutch engagement which explains the loss of power on the belt system.
Honda pilot 2016 model with 30000 miles has stalled on highway interstate suddenly within 2 min of signalling messages of engine temperature too hot, transmission system problem, emission system problem etc...and went into neutral mode with failure of brakes. Car would not respond to brakes as it went to neutral state. Also noticed a burning or gasoline smell inside the car . I had to apply parking brake to stop the vehicle from moving on highway which could have LED to a major crash. As I was not on the speeding lanes, things were not worse. I had to call 911 and they helped me move my car to a shoulder and later towed to honda dealership. This was the second time happening for the same issue where earlier it happened on a local road. The same dealer kept the car for a week and returned the car saying its fixed.within 30 min of driving into the highway, it stalled again this time the situation being on highway. The car is now returned to same dealer who fixed first time and is under investigation.
[2016 honda pilot exl awd with sensing, 28 k miles and 2.4 years since purchase] on friday aug/24/2018 while driving home (around 40mph) the vsa light came on and stayed on for barely 4-5 seconds and then turned off. Did not notice any major issues then. On sunday 26/aug/2018 while driving at around 30-35 MPH, the car suddenly lost power and came to a complete stop almost like the brakes had been applied (did not notice the orange brake sign or the collision warning beep sound). I was on the right lane with no one behind or ahead of me and no obstacles in front. Turned on the hazard light and then noticed that the vsa light was on. Car would not move and just kept revving when I tried to accelerate. Put the car in park and then in drive, no change. Pushed the vsa button to turn off vsa and both the vsa light and the vsa off light stayed on but the car would still not move. Shut down the car and restarted it after which the lights went off, and the car started moving (although slowly). Drove home with vsa turned off and at a speed of around 20-30 MPH. The abrupt braking/stopping was particularly dangerous and would have caused a collision even in regular traffic on any other day. Note: the key fob was low on battery and the only other warning I had on the console was one informing about the key fob battery being low.
I was traveling on a two lane highway at a speed of around 75mph. I needed to slow down so pulled my foot off accelerator and slowed by about 10mph. When I went to accelerate again I had no power and the car began to decelerate for the next 10-15 seconds. I had no power and had a car coming in close behind me and a big rig to my right. This was a dangerous situation. The car finally kicked into gear after several attempts to accelerate. After taking it to honda to be checked they said they could not "duplicate" this nor find anything in the log but honda has placed an extended warranty on the transmission. An extended warranty isn't going to save our lives if this situation occurs again. Honda needs to address this issue.
Vehicle randomly cuts power to engine. While vehicle is in motion, stability control symbol flashes when accelerator is pressed and power is cut from the engine causing vehicle to slow. Releasing accelerator allows vehicle to coast and stability control symbol on dash goes away. As soon as accelerator is pressed again, stability control symbol flashes and power is once again cut from engine. Very scary on freeway. Pulling over and putting into park and drive does not correct issue. Vehicle must be turned off and turned back on to reset. Imagine how scary this will be doing 70 on the freeway and power being cut from the engine surrounded by traffic and unable to get to the shoulder to turn the vehicle off and reset the system.
I had pulled out of a parking place and was waiting in the traffic lane to exit the area. There were two cars in front of us. The cars were stopped. I was approximately 20-25 feet behind the car in front of me. I took my foot off the brake in my car to let it idle forward. As I approached the yukon I reapplied the brake. The car accelerated to what sounded like full RPM's and I applied the brakes as hard as I could and nothing happened. The car slammed into the yukon with such an impact that both front airbags deployed. The driver side airbag hit me in the face. The passenger airbag did not reach my wife in the passenger seat. She immediately experienced severe chest pain and rapid heart beat. Bystanders called 911 and two park rangers arrived in approx. 15-20 minutes. The rangers finished taking pictures and asked me to pull in to a parking spot out of the travel lane of the parking lot. I started the car and proceeded slowly and turned into a parking spot. As I applied the brake to park, the same phenomenon occurred again. The car accelerated forward over a curb and walkway and struck a pedestrian before coming to a stop on a retaining wall. I desperately tried to stop the car without success. The ems was there shortly after this occurrence. A ranger asked me how fast I was moving and I stated I had no idea. I asked him to ask the ranger who was right behind me and he said 5 MPH. I exited the vehicle after they transported the pedestrian on the backboard.the ambulance was ready to take my wife to the hospital so I approached the park ranger and told him that I needed to ride in the ambulance with my wife.
My family traveled in this vehicle to carlsbad last week for vacation, including myself, my wife, our 13 year old daughter and 11 year old son. The vehicle worked perfectly until we were on our way home saturday, july 22, 2017. We were on I-10 approximately 1 hour east of phoenix in the right lane with the cruse set at the 75mph speed limit. There were no cars in front of us for at least a mile. All the sudden, without any warning whatsoever, nearly all the vehicle system lights came on and the vehicle slowed at an emergency rate down to approximately 40mph in about 2 seconds. I immediately hit 'cancel' on the cruise and stepped on the gas, but the vehicle continued to slow quickly. I immediately started to move to the shoulder of the road and noticed the 18 wheel tractor trailer behind us make an emergency swerve to the left and missed hitting us by inches. We were nearly involved in an accident that could have easily been fatal. All this took place in about a 5-10 second timeframe. After stopping on the shoulder of the road I made note that the vehicle was showing a transmission problem, an emissions problem, an awd problem and I think just about every other issue light was lit up. I tried to get the vehicle back on the road, but it would not go any higher than 3rd gear and the dash kept indicating a transmission and awd problem. I pulled over again and turned the vehicle off and back on. At that point the only indicator light that lit up was the emission system problem (see attached picture). I reentered the interstate and the transmission was working properly again. We stopped at the next gas station and filled the gas tank and upon restarting the engine the emission light was still on. We carefully drove home at 65'70mph. The following day (sunday), the emission light was no longer on.
Vehicle has a lurching jolt when at a stop and go into 1st/2nd gear. Very noticeable downshift when breaking as well, with more lurching jolts.
This is a follow up to complaint 10881962 in which one of my fears has come to fruition. I was driving my car in the normal mode (acc and lkas disabled) on a normal two lane paved road when the car in front of me made a slow right turn. I was not following very closely and came to a complete stop on my own to avoid running into the other car. I stopped about 15 feet away from the other car. The other car then completed the turn to the extent that the other car was no longer in the way of me driving forward in a straight line. When I pushed the gas to then proceed the collision mitigation system started flashing the "brake" message and producing an audible warning. At this point I was possibly going 10 MPH again. After verifying that there was definitely not anything in my way, I kept applying the gas. My car then started braking on its own, at which point I pushed the gas harder to presumably over-ride the braking. A moment or two later, my car then made a sudden and hard brake on its own that brought my car to a complete stop, despite the fact that I was pushing hard on the gas. The other car that had turned was well clear of the lane by this point, and was easily 1 ft away from my path of travel when I started accelerating in the first place. My only explanation is that the collision mitigation system was confused by the lack of a shoulder lane marker (only a raise cement curb was present) and somehow thought the car was still in the "road." in either case, the system malfunctioned to the point that my car was suddenly brought to a complete stop, and the car behind me very nearly rear-ended me in a situation where I had already come to a stop, and the obstacle in front of me had cleared / continued to become increasingly more clear of my path. The situation was dangerous and clearly misinterpreted by my car.
Hi, I got a strange problem in my car as per the attached image. Thanks,
My car has a variety of dangerous behaviors in the driver assist functionalities that could either cause or fail to prevent an accident. I have only driven it 2,000 miles but observed these many times. I reported these to the dealer and was told the car was fine. Adaptive cruise control issues: - fails to detect vehicles in odd situations, such as a truck where the rear of the body protrudes out from the rear wheels, as if the radar is only at ground level, or if a vehicle is driving in my lane but one tire is in the other lane, or a wide load which occupies all of the adjacent lane and half of my lane, or a "bobtail" truck. - after an empty stretch, upon coming up to a slower car, rather than slow gradually by easing off the gas, the car will get very close to the car and then rapidly brake, causing drivers behind me to nearly rear-end me. Collision mitigation: - all of these trigger "brake" messages to be displayed, which is just 1 step before the brakes being auto-applied, which could cause me to be rear-ended. - false alarms while merging from lefthand onramps where a pending collision with the jersey barrier is detected - false alarms by the hills adjacent to the road when going around a sharp turn on back roads - false alarms when cresting a hill with a curve after the hill and it thinks an oncoming car will be hit, because it can't see the lane markings past the hill lane keep assist: - partially goes into exit ramps on its own if in the right lane, causing other drivers to think I am leaving the lane and start to merge themselves - is confused by lines of tar and will depart the lane on its own - often "fights" with the lane departure mitigation around corners - tries to prevent me from giving other vehicles some buffer when passing them, if they are wider or drifting toward me. - does not alert when it stops being able to detect the lines
Vehicle loss acceleration while traveling at 65 MPH (engine still running) speed slowed to 25-30 MPH then returns to full control. This happened in rush hour traffic in atlanta and several times on open highways. Honda updated the PCM and TCM and it did not solve the problem. Dealerships say they cannot replicate the problem so they can not fix it. This has happened 3 times.
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