Idle stop system sensor fail.. When can stops the engine shuts off but I did not came back on!! A lot of lights came on with instructions while I was at a busy light.. Went to the dealer and it was close to $1,000 for the repair.. They said its a known issue.. Please do a recall.
2017 Honda Pilot engine complaints
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When vehicle comes to a stop with the auto engine idle shut off, the car completely shuts down and takes a few minutes to restart. This happened repeatedly today (7/1//2020) driving around town.
Car stalls at stops. Took to dealer they changed battery and it is still happening.
Stalling while at stop or going downhill at low speeds.
July of 2019: wife complains the vehicle starts back up under protest from the start stop system when driving in stop and go traffic (more so on hot days) on city streets. Eventually, vehicle intermittently stalls when she tries to resume travel from start stop mode. Vehicle eventually restarts after 120 seconds or more. Problem occurs on multiple occasions. Vehicle taken to dealer, dealer claims they cannot replicate the problem. However, testing shows a bad cell in the battery (just out of warranty). Battery replaced. Problem seems to be sorted temporarily (although my wife routinely disables the start stop function to avoid the potential problem). May of 2020: same problem as before, car stalls when trying to resume travel after start stop mode. Vehicle won't restart for a few minutes and cannot be pushed out of harms way. It stands to reason that the issue is probably not the battery, the battery is oem and less than a year old. The most worrisome aspect of the situation is this. When the vehicle stalls (I.e., the engine is not running) the vehicle cannot be placed in neutral (without going under the hood and using a special tool) and pushed to safety. Hence, the vehicle is absolutely stranded until it restarts. This is a dangerous situation when stalled in rush hour traffic.
The auto engine idle (aei) feature has a flaw in it that honda has apparently not identified or explained and it is a serious safety concern. Aei shuts the engine off when the car is in drive but fully stopped and, in theory, increases fuel efficiency by reducing engine idling when the car is stopped, e.g. At a stoplight or in stop-and-go traffic. While there is a button to disable it, this button has to be pressed each time you turn the car on and cannot be permanently disabled. We try to remember to always press the button and disable the feature but occasionally forget and don't realize we haven't disabled it until we come to a stop somewhere and the feature engages and the engine shuts off. Aei would just be a nuisance if it worked 100% of the time as it is designed to work but, unfortunately, it doesn't. When it works and the brake pedal is fully depressed, the engine is automatically idled, and then as you begin to lift your foot off the brake pedal, the engine quickly turns back on, you're already in drive, and you go. However, on what seems to be a completely random and unpredictable basis, sometimes when you begin to lift your foot off the brake pedal, rather than having the engine restart automatically, the entire car just goes dead. At this point, you have to frantically put the car in park and completely restart the engine. If you're lucky, this happens quickly and you're not stuck in a compromised spot with no one bearing down on you from behind but by its design you are somewhere you need and want to be moving from quickly, and it has happened at the exact moment when you try to accelerate. This has happened to both myself and my wife a handful of times in scary situations. Read all the other complaints on the internet - no service rep anywhere has an explanation. This needs to get solved before people die, if they haven't already.*dt see updated version, too many characters.*jb
This is in regards to the idle stop "feature" of the honda pilot. When the vehicle comes to a full stop, the engine cuts off in order to save fuel like it's supposed to. However, when it is time to move again, the vehicle randomly stalls causing the car to completely turn off. This can be potentially fatal as the brakes then do not engage fully (car is off) and a message appears in console saying "to start engine: press brake and push (engine on)" . This is most definitely a safety issue especially if this happens in the middle of traffic. Honda says it is not covered under any warranty. This behavior is random and unpredictable.
Vehicle hesitation between 1st and 2nd at 1000 to 2000 RPM's. Loosing power...
Emissions system problem warning came on and stayed on vehicle at 61,000 miles dealership states fuel ejectors are contaminated and must be replaced. This is a recurring issues with honda pilots since 2016.
Honda pilot elite does not auto re-start condition after going into an auto idle stop. I tried to re-start the vehicle by placing the gear into the park position and pressing the start button. This leaves me stranded at a stop lights and signs and imposes risk to self and others.
Car shuts down completely t a stop position and computer readout instructions are to put the car in park and then go thru initial start actions. Purchased car in feb 2019, problem started within days of purchase. Returned it to dealer multiple times with no improvement, feb 26th 2020 took car to dealer again due to this problem and the radio effected the last shut down time with a loud buzzing noise. Was informed they would have to keep car overnight so the valve clearance could be checked while car was cool. I have found that this problem has been ongoing for four years. It is unsafe and very nerve racking when your car dies through no failure of the driver and other impatient motorist sounding their horn because you aren't moving. One has to worry about one of those impatient drivers not paying attention to what's going on and hitting their gas pedal when the traffic light goes green and all of a sudden you are rear ended. Four years is long enough, even I realize that this problem didn't start with these cars until the introduction of the electronic computer shifting and the auto stop shut down process was introduced in these cars. This shut down of the engine has only happens on public streets and when the vehicle is stationary. Honda of gainesville, fl has an open case on my vehicle. Records are on hand if needed.
The auto idle feature in my car my car off completely and then won't allow it restart immediately. It causes a stall at lights. It often takes trying to start the car for several minutes before it will turn back on. This has happened several times. It can never be fixed by the dealer. They don't know how to replicate the issue in the shop.
Getting an emmissions system warning on vehicle. Vehicle has under 50k miles. Issue caused vehicle to lose power at highway speeds and was unable to maintain highway speed. Vehicle is displaying two obd fault codes p2652 p0430.
From a stop, at times when I take my foot off the brake with the auto-engine idle set to "on", when I try to accelerate, the engine will cut off. The car puts itself in either neutral or park, then I have to restart the car - depress brake and press button - after 30 seconds to a minute. I was lucky not to have been rear-ended since at a green light, other drivers go, and do not expect a driver in front of them to stop.
While driving on the highway, my 2017 pilot elite spontaneously accelerated and rpms revved. I tapped the brakes and it returned to the normal speed. Traffic was sparse, but if it had been busier this could have easily caused a collision.
Auto engine idle stop: stalling when active
I take my 3 year old, 60k mile honda pilot in for emissions system problem light. I am presented with the following fault codes: 19-072 mil comes on with dtc p0430 or dtc p0430 with p030x, p219a, p219b (with software update) - include all parts from bulletin I need a full fuel injector replacement at the cost of $2,000. This is clearly an issue with the 2016-2018 pilot, but honda has issued no recalls. Fuel injectors failing at 20-70k miles?!
At approx. 40,000 miles and after only 2 years of ownership, emissions problem dash warnings illuminated during normal use. Dealer diagnostic reveals all fuel injectors need replacement. Discovered that this problem is known to honda's to affect 2016 and 2017 honda pilot models. An internal service bulletin revealed that the problem was due to an error during manufacturing, yet no recall has been announced and honda is not assisting customers in repairing the issue. Instead, honda ian leaving customers to pay $1,500 to replace the fuel injectors. Fuel injectors should last the entire life of a vehicle. Honda should be liable for this problem which is well-known and researched as their responsibility.
About 6 months ago, when my car had less than 30k miles. My car would stall while the car was in "auto idle-stop mode". Initially, I first noticed that the auto idle-stop was hesitating when it would start up. Then things got worse and I noticed that the radio would turn off and I'd hear all of the chimes like when I start the car. I brought my car to honda to have this fixed. They said it was the computer and claimed they fixed it. The problem still continues. I also had a conversation with the service manager and he promised he would inform honda corporate. I never received any follow up. I googled this problem and have found out I'm not the only one. This is dangerous because sometimes I need to make a turn and my car has stalled and adds a few seconds. There are other people experienceing the same problem: https://www.piloteers.org/threads/elite-shuts-off-at-stop-light.157005/
Our 2017 honda pilot started turning on every warning light in the driver console and also indicated a problem with every system in the car - safety systems, collision avoidance systems, emissions systems, etc.. These lights turned on and would not turn off. It also started running very roughly. We took it into smart honda in des moines to diagnose the problem. They indicated the fuel injectors needed to be replaced and they were not covered under the drivetrain warranty - no idea why that's the case. We declined, the lights turned off, and then back on again over several weeks. We don't feel safe driving the car given that it's telling us all the safety systems are faulting. Researching this issue, it appears that many many owners of similar versions of the pilot are experiencing a problem. Honda refuses to help resolve the issue and it's clearly a systemic problem with the vehicle. My family feels very unsafe in the vehicle now and honda needs to take ownership of this problem and resolve for all the customers experiencing it.
Huge/loud pop of radio, car doesn't beep, is still in drive, but is dead when: stopped but not sure that autostart is on' both times this horrible one happened, it was a very brief press on the breaks (11/5: on freeway; 11/6: at stop sign). Screens on dash popped loudly, and suddenly engine was dead. C.situation: this was not a full autostop issue, so there wasn't any expectation that it was going to restart, rather it was still in drive and the engine was going. Suddenly I am rolling backwards as engine is dead. I am still in drive, so I have to press the break to stop rolling into the car at the stop behind me! Then I try to put it in park or press drive again, that doesn't work. I have to completely reboot the car by pressing break and pressing power button, then press drive. This is incredibly scary on the freeway because this was not as slow moving traffic as when the other situations happen (I.e. You are just pausing, not stopping long enough for autostop to do it's thing). D.repercussions: seems that after the huge 'pop' one of the screens under steering wheel is not working properly. There is a blank screen instead of the 'home' one which normally shows things like your cruise control following distance/set rate. Also the buttons for collision and lane departure turned off and I had to turn them on manually. E.frequency: first happened tuesday this week driving home from work, car had been parked all day, this was about 35 min into my commute., I called and made yet another appointment to have it looked at. Then it happened the next morning, was chilly, this time happened within four minutes of starting up. F.priority: I am extremely lucky I didn't have a fender bender either time. This should never happen, you should be able to trust that your engine is going to stay running. This will also get us in an accident.
Check engine light indicates an emissions problem at 52000 miles. Dealership recommends fuel injector replacement although vehicle has been properly serviced at every milestone. Many other 2016-1019 pilot owners complaining about the same issue.
Have a 2017 honda pilot touring with 39k miles. Usually the car goes into 'accessory' mode when the auto idle stop kicks in but a couple of months ago something new started- I experienced a total stall for the first time, and it has happened 3 more times since. The car turned completely off, but it did not restart automatically. The dashboard was lit up with problems. I put the car in park and frantically tried to restart it as I was on a highway in traffic. Once it was restarted, I disabled auto idle stop and I've been disabling it ever since. However, this is a manual fix and is not always something one remembers to do, especially since we have a new 16-year-old driver entering the fray in our home soon. After researching this extensively online, there appears to be a knee-jerk reaction from honda to replace the batteries in these affected vehicles, but it is not stopping the issue, according to multiple accounts. The federal safety agency has many documented cases of this and it is an obvious safety issue, but no recall is yet in place. Called honda USA customer service at 9:30 am today and verified there are no recalls regarding this problem and if the car is out of warranty that there would be no financial relief for necessary parts/labor related to this issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 honda pilot. While the vehicle was stopped with the auto idle engaged and air conditioner activated, the brake pedal was released and the vehicle stalled. Also, the gear shifter went into park. The contact had to press the engine start button several times for the vehicle to restart. All the warning indicators on the instrument cluster were illuminated. The contact called honda of covington (100 holiday square blvd, covington, la 70433, (985) 892-0001), but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 63,500. *as the consumer stated a software update was installed and a battery check, but the problem persists.
I just purchased my honda certified '17 pilot elite one month ago. I would notice that the car would lag when using the auto idle stop function, it would sputter, and eventually and now multiple times, it would stall out at a stop light or stop sign when I was in auto idle-stop and took my foot off of the brake to go. My honda pilot stalled in the middle of an intersection, waiting to turn left, of a busy main highway, with my husband and young children inside. When it was safe to turn, took foot off of the brake and the car stalled. It took many frantic attempts to get the car to turn back on to be able to move safely out of the intersection. This car has placed myself and my family in danger now on multiple occasions. Took to dealership where they inform that they have never heard of this happening, and that they do not know what is wrong. Car has been to the dealership twice for same issue now, in one month.
Today, 01/8/2019, the emissions system problem warning appeared on dash while driving car at approximately 45mph. Vehicle was in economy mode. Just had the vehicle in the shop for b01 service two days ago. Blogs state that it is a know fuel injector or fuel injector rail problem.
The vehicle has started jerking while accelerating.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 honda pilot. While driving various speeds and attempting to turn the steering wheel in either direction, the vehicle accelerated rapidly on its own without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle stopped and resumed normal operation automatically. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (atlantic honda, 1375 sunrise hwy, bay shore, ny 11706 (631) 665-0005) where it was diagnosed, but no failure was found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 14,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 honda pilot. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. Also, the brake pedal was applied, but failed to respond. The contact stated that it was difficult to keep the vehicle aligned while driving. The vehicle was taken to scott honda of west chester (706 autopark blvd, west chester, pa 19382, (610) 692-6000). The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 65.
Two times my 2017 honda pilot with only 2600 miles on it has lost engine power at speeds of 45 plus miles per hour. The service engine now light flashes along with all other system warnings including emission warnings, vehicle stability warnings, and engine power failure warnings. I have read at least 30 other complaints on the internet about this happening. It is extremely dangerous if there is no shoulder and tractor trailers behind you like happened to me. I was five miles from a safe exit on an uphill incline. This is a very bad accident waiting to happen. Car also feels like it is misfiring often leading up to these events over three days. Vehicle is at dealer a second time, but I am very concerned about what I will be told. The first time I was told nothing is wrong. From what I have researched honda is aware of this problem as early as february 2016 and is still not acknowledging it.
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