Keyless start system problem warning appears on the screen.
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We have an ongoing issue with our auto-idle feature malfunctioning that began at about 20,000 miles. I have written a complaint here before, as have many other 2016 pilot owners, however nothing appears to have been done to date. This is a significant safety feature when the auto-idle is engaged, foot is taken off the brake and the car completely shuts off, often times not starting back up without a jump start. The car completely shuts off, warning lights flash all over the dash and no matter what you try the car will not start back up.this has happened to my wife with our 2 daughters numerous times. Fortunately, there hasn't been an accident, but my greatest fear is one time there will be. Naturally this always seems to happen at busy intersections. We have taken the vehicle into honda dealership where we purchased the vehicle too many times to count. They have replaced the battery, replaced the start/stop switch, cleaned out multiple error codes. Nothing has provided a permanent fix. We just had to have our transmission replaced at 70,000 miles! The problem reared it's head again today. This time my wife had to press the brake, the gas pedal (both with all her might) and press the start/stop button at the same time. Something isn't right. I'm convinced we have a lemon, however the dealer seems to think we don't have a case for that. Honda has to step in and take accountability. There are far too many 2016 pilot owners having this same issue for honda not to realize the valid safety concern we all have. Take a look at piloteers.org and you will find a ridiculously long list of frustrated 2016 pilot owners all struggling with the same problem. I am urging you to take action to correct this problem. We purchased this vehicle for the safety features, however "safe" isn't something I feel knowing my wife and daughters are in this vehicle multiple times per day.
The auto shut off feature turned the engine off at a red light - and would not turn the car back on once the brake was released. We needed to jump the pilot to get it to turn over again. As this happened at an intersection on a state highway, we were very lucky to not be rear-ended! Very unsafe and the mechanic said there is nothing wrong with battery!!
Problem with the auto stop/start feature- the engine stops but doesn't always start . It tries to start but doesn't. Pressing the start button (ignition) doesn't always work right away. Seams you have to put the transmission in park, and press the start button (sometimes 4-5 times) before the engine starts. This is nerve racking and dangerous when you are in traffic- say at a light, or trying to cross over oncoming traffic. The time is takes sometimes to re-start the engine is about 10-15 seconds. This problem is intermittent. (doesn't always happen). It's not the battery. I had a new battery replacement. I also tried using a trickle charger to "top off" the battery incase it wasn't fully charged. No luck.
I was stopped at a red light and my engine turned off from the idle/stop feature. However, when I released the brakes this time, the car did not turn on as it normally does. Instead, the whole vehicle turned off and it took me several tries to turn the vehicle back on. This has happened to my wife on several occasions. I replaced the car battery and it happened again a month after. My pilot would not turn on again after releasing the brakes.
Car is parked in my garage. Car will not start. Remote keyless start error. Called the honda dealer. They said to have it towed in. Waiting on the tow truck right now.
There are two major problems, but the dangerous one is the auto-idle doesn't always allow the car to restart. When I go into idle at a stop sign or red light and I start to accelerat, all of the lights inside shut off and the car stalls after a foot or two. So far it has always managed to restart itself, but I've started turning it off whenever I get into the car because this is dangerous. This has been going on for months and it has only gotten worse (it probably started a year ago). At the same time this has happened, I got a "keyless ignition problem" warning light. The walk away lock feature doesn't work anymore. I've read numerous reports that say fixing the keyless switch doesn't help with the auto idle and there's no specific error code for issues with the auto idle system.
The automatic start system turns the car off and on when stopped at a red light or stop sign for example. The feature sometimes without any warning fails to restart the car automatically. The driver must put the car in park, push down on the brake, restart the car and then shift into park taking a considerable amount of time. This is dangerous for so many reasons and it must manually be turned off because it defaults to on. With no warning your car could be turned off and not automatically start when it's supposed to. This has happened to me multiple times stopped at red light, stop signs and in stop and go traffic. I would like to either have a warning in place or be able to permanently disable this dangerous feature.
The car stalls out at times when stopped. The gear switches to neutral. When I change it to park then I get a message that I need to start engine but the engine is running. I am not able to stop it either by pressing break and the stop/start button. I tried it multiple times and finally it stopped and then I was able to restart it and drive again. This happened to my daughter while she was on an on ramp to a highway so this behavior us not only inconvenient but very dangerous. We brought the car to the dealership but they said that since no error code shows up they cannot do anything. They changed the transmission fluids and the day after I picked up the car the same thing happened.
We have a 2016 honda pilot touring. Since early 2018 we have been having issues with the idle stop system. The problem is when we are driving and we come to stop in traffic at a light, the idle stop system engages and shuts the engine down, like it is suppose to do. Once the light turns green for traffic to move, I release the brake and the idle stop system tries to engage and turn the engine on again, but fails and shuts the whole vehicle down, inoperable. The lights flash and I cannot turn the car on again for at least 1 to 2 minutes. Vehicles are honking and traffic is blaring across us, but I cannot turn the vehicle back on. After 2 minutes, I can restart the vehicle by pushing the button and brake and then the vehicle moves. This is a safety issue, since you never know when it wil lol happen, but it has always happened while in heavy trafffic or a busy intersection. In 2019, I took vehicle in for service, they said it was a bad battery. I replaced the battery in march 2019. The same identical problem still continued to occur multiple times. November 10 took the same dealer, howdy honda, austin,tx. They again told me the battery was reading bad, but I had the battery tested at another shop and at the place of purchase, and the battery was more then fine and tested great in and out of the vehicle. The dealer of course said they could not recreate the issue and did not see anything when they tested the system. They just pawned it off on the battery, even though the battery is less than 2 years old and testing just fine. There is no way to permanently disable the system and if I forget to push the idle stop disengage button every time I start the vehicle, I could end up on the road in the middle of traffic and some driver decides not to pay attention and run into me and my disabled vehicle. This is unacceptable and such a hazard and honda does not seem to care.
My car died on me at a stop sign with the idle start/stop feature with 50k miles on it on 12/3/2019. (one week prior, the 'emissions system problem' popped up.) I came to a stop at a very busy intersection. The idle start/stop kicked in. When I went to take my foot off the brake to hit the gas, my pilot completely died on me. It wouldn't restart. My dash looked like a christmas tree with all the different lights/warnings popping up every time I would try to start it. My friend came to jump it & it would not start. After over 2.5 hours blocking traffic & 2 police officers having to direct traffic, while waiting for a tow truck, I finally got my car to the dealership. First day they said they had no clue what was wrong with it. 2nd day they called & said the problem was just a software update for the idle start/stop. They said it's a known issue & there is no recall & they are fixing them only as the issue presents itself. Forward to 2/21/2020. 'emissions system problem' pops up again. I drop my pilot off at the dealership again on 2/24/2020. This time they say all my fuel injectors need to be replaced. The next day they call me again to say when they got in there, my seals were bad & they needed to replace those too. After 3 days, I got my pilot back. Ever since I have had it back, my idle start/stop has acted like it wasn't going to come back on every time I drive it & I try to remember to turn it off when I get in my car. I go from the brake to the gas & it dings & then 'collision mitigation system problem' pops up & then goes away. 10/31/2020 died on me stopped at a red light again with the idle start/stop feature on. I had to call 911 & have it towed to the dealership again.
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
My car will die after being stopped (ex. At a red light, stop sign) and will not restart right away. Sometimes it doesn't die completely. When it does you are unable to put the car into park or engage the emergency lights. This has happened where we were stopped at a red-light and the car died and would not restart. A car behind us was approaching the light and saw that it was green, quickly came up behind us honking their horn and lucky was able to move to the other lane to avoid hitting us. This seams to happen when we forget to turn off the auto idle stop. This is something you have to push everyone you start the car. I took the car to the dealer they put in a new transmission and changed the timing belt. Previously I had the cars fuel injectors replaced. After all this work the car is still dying and it is happening more frequently. The dealership says they have heard of this problem but don't know of a fix yet.
After automatic idle engine stop/start engages and shut off vehicle at stop light, vehicle occasionally will not restart automatically. Results in being stopped and stalled out in traffic for several minutes after which it will restart via manual process.
Check engine light is illuminated along with awd, keyless start system, emissions system, uphill start, trailer assistance, etc. Have had two engine coils replaced and a software upgrade. The lights go off for a couple of days and then return. Have spent $250 in diagnostics and nothing is fixed. Replaced batteries in both key fobs. I was told by dealership to replace the start/stop button for $375. Dealership also recommended replacing fuel injectors for $1600.no guarantee that this will fix any of the issues.
The car engine/battery shuts off at stop lights and red lights when you take your foot off the break pedal. This same issue occurred a year ago. Honda initially told us that there was no issue with the vehicle and until we pressed about finding a known issue reported online they said there was nothing wrong. Eventually a regional service rep was involved who said the issue was known and was with the battery. The battery was replaced and for one year had been okay until two weeks ago when same issue began occurring again. This is a major safety issue with the vehicle turning off. I have two young children I have to drive around and do not feel safe in the vehicle while this is happening. I am now waiting on a repeat service visit on october 8, 2020 to address the issue this year.
The keyless start system problem light has come on and the dealership finds no codes to resolve the issue. The auto engine shutoff to conserve gas when the bake is depressed will completely shut off the car and I am not able to start the car again. This has happened many time from driving on the highway and stopping in traffic to being in the city stopping at a red light. It can take up to a minute or more to get the car to start again. The only way to disable this from happening is to manually shut off this feature every time I start the vehicle.
My timing belt failed at under 80k mile and at less than 4 years old. I was driving and could have been seriously injured as my car died in the middle of the road. The belt then destroyed my entire engine.
I was driving the car and suddenly ever single warning light went on, I heard a loud noise and the vehicle stopped running and would not start back up. I was told I had a timing belt failure and that my engine threw pistons and was destroyed. This vehicle had 78k and had every oil change required.
Beginning in september of 2019, the pilot has completely shut off at least 8 times when the auto start/stop feature is on. What should happen is the engine auto shuts off but the electrical system and all other systems stay active. What is happening is the entire system has shut down and we need to restart the pilot. It typically happens at a stop light but the last time it happened when my wife was turning left out of stop light and there was oncoming traffic. We have taken it to our local honda dealer and they have no idea what is wrong. Other in the honda piloteers auto forum have also had the same issue based on my research.
Vehicle stalls and shuts down when start/stop system is engaged. When stopped in the center of the road to make a left turn, the vehicle refused to start the engine again, stalled completely, having to turn it off and on. Turning it off is was not easy as the start button was not working. It left me in a very precarious situation with incoming traffic.
Engine auto idle feature has repeatedly malfunctioned. Vehicle will sometimes not restart from the idle position. We have repeatedly taken it back to the dealership and they are unable to diagnose or fix the issue since it occurs intermittently. These types of issues are well documented on the piloteers web forum.
Tl* the contact's daughter owns a 2016 honda pilot. The contact stated that her daughter's push start feature failed to operate as needed when depressed. The contact stated that in a service report, it was stated that the key immobilizer code would appear on the instrument panel. The contact's daughter took the vehicle to lejeune honda cars (2221 n marine blvd, jacksonville, nc 28546) where they diagnosed the vehicle with a defective tire pressure motoring system (TPMS) control unit, which caused her failure. She declined to have the part repaired after given an estimate. The contact was not certain if her daughter had reached out to the manufacturer. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 101,324.*dt
When stopped at a stop light or stop sign the transmission changes from drive to neutral to park and sometimes dies. Car won't restart when following directions on display screen or any other way except sitting and trying to start it over and over after turning on flashers and waving traffic around us.
I have a 2016 touring model. I purchased it used from gladstone honda (now swickard) in 2017. In 2018 my battery suddenly died during errands. I had the car jumped and replaced the battery from a local auto supply store. Last year, we started hearing an occasional weird clicking during idle-stop. Now, this year, when in idle-stop at a stop sign or stop light, often the car shuts off, slips into park mode, flashes error messages and will not immediately start again when pushing the ignition button. Sometimes, I have been on a hill and the car rolls backwards. There is no way to permanently disable this feature, so unless you remember to disable it every time you start the car, the safety malfunction repeats itself. It's terrifying and dangerous.
Car stalled while at traffic light and did not restart. This is a safety issue, as car was stopped in two way traffic at a busy 4-way intersection. Car could not be put into neutral (or any gear) to be moved out of traffic. Dash indicated engine must be running to switch gears, so engine clearly cut out. Dash also indicated to depress brake pedal and push start button to restart but this would not work. Attempted many times. After about 5 minutes, was finally able to get car into accessory mode. Subsequently, depressed brake and pressed start button and engine finally restarted. *ln
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda pilot. The contact stated that while driving at 35-57 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and jerked without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure or provide a cause for the failure. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 122,000.
Engine stalling on highway and freeways during stops. Extremely dangerous situation on freeway when we had to stop due to front traffic and car completely stalled and could not restart the car. Entire family was inside.
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.
When the engine idle stop is engaged the car will occasionally not restart. It takes multiple tries to restart the vehicle. Most of the time it happens in traffic which is a potential safety hazard.
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