2005 Honda Pilot Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 89
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 89 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 3 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
What owners report
- light came · 14 records
- rate sensor · 14 records
- warning light · 13 records
- stability assist · 11 records
- brake pedal · 10 records
- light comes · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 100–150k mi | 29 |
| 60–100k mi | 21 |
| 150–400k mi | 19 |
| 30–60k mi | 10 |
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control
When driving vehicle, it brakes suddenly, swerves, and makes a clunking noise as if you just hit something in the road. The vsa lights both come on in the vehicle. This is the 2nd time my yaw sensor has failed since the initial vsa recall in 2013, which i completed. . When googling this issue, it is all over the internet with other honda pilot drivers. This is very dangerous and almost caused a wreck with each…
ODI 10877128
Electronic Stability Control
Vsa light randomly comes on when going around corners at low speeds and has a grinding noise, or when driving at highway speeds the car pulls sharply. The car has been to the dealer several times and the last time they said the vsa modulator needs to be replaced at a cost of about $2000.
ODI 10875148
Electronic Stability Control
While driving in normal conditions at any speed at any time it on any type of roadway feels as if the brake is being slammed on and pulls the car slightly to the left without any input from the driver. I have this occur daily. The vsa light and many times the tire pressure light immunimate just prior or at the time of the event. It is at the honda dealer who first wanted me to replace the rear end but they say it is…
ODI 10839736
Electronic Stability Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda pilot. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, the vsa light and the tire pressure warning lights illuminated. The contact depressed the brake pedal but the brake lights failed to illuminate. The vehicle was diagnosed but not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000. The consumer stated he was unable to apply the…
ODI 10837969
Electronic Stability Control
The car's vsa (vehicle stability system) will engage for no apparent reason. The dealership is saying this is due to a faulty yaw rate sensor. Upon investigation, this appears to be a common problem in the 2005 model. My car's vsa (brakes) were engaged on multiple separate occasions while driving at highway speeds for no reason. This caused the car to rapidly decelerate and i nearly lost control of the vehicle. If i…
ODI 10824801
Electronic Stability Control
Vsa warning lights came on while i was driving on highway and the car suddenly applied brake itself for no reason. I almost lost control of the car due to panic of unknowing what happen. I pulled the car over and took a quick picture of malfunction vsa warning lights. Then, i turned off the engine and start again later to check if anything has gone wrong. Vsa lights went off and the car is driving as normal. I had…
ODI 10808018
Electronic Stability Control
While driving at any speed sometimes my veh brake on for about second, and the warning light of vsa appears, i took my veh 3 times to braman honda at coral wayi was told nothing they can do, the problem that i have is with the yaw rate sensor and that is not coverage with the recall.
ODI 10860555
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
This is an addendum to complaint #10734361 the incident date was not correct. It was 2015 not 2014. And since the original complaint, we took the vehicle to auto parts store & they came up with 2 error codes. 25-1 yaw sensor malfunction & 61-1 battery voltage malfunction. These error codes seem to be a common thread with a lot of the complaints filed. Also, we have had to replace our alternator & battery since the…
ODI 10734927
Electronic Stability Control
Random, repeated and sudden breaks apply; car slows down dramatically. Vsa light may come on, may not. This occurred several times. The first time it occurred was on a trip to pa. The car would suddenly slow by more than 20 mph. We were thrown hard into our seat belts. We went to a honda dealership in pittsburgh.they wanted to sell me 4 new tires stating the problem was due to tires not wearing even. This was hard…
ODI 10744014
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda pilot. While driving approximately 60 mph, the brakes engaged independently. As a result, the vehicle swerved from left to right and the vehicle stability assist warning light illuminated. The vehicle was serviced under nhtsa campaign number: 13v092000 (service brakes, hydraulic, traction control system); however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was…
ODI 10722756
Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
Sitting in a parking lot and the vsa light came on. Looked it up and saw the recall on the vsa so intended to get it checked out. A couple days later i'm tooling along at freeway speed and for a brief second it felt like someone slammed on the brakes and released, and the vsa light came on. Took it to the dealership and the codes they found were for some sort of a power drop and blamed it on a possible power outage…
ODI 10694296
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
My daughter was driving our family's 2005 honda pilot. She applied the brake lightly which resulted in excessive breaking in the left front wheel and then appearance of the vsa light. I brought the vehicle to the honda dealer who first indicated there was no recall and then indicated there was a vsa wire harness recall (nhtsa 13v-092) but that it did apply the vsa light going on and therefore had nothing to do with…
ODI 10690879
Electronic Stability Control
This is an addendum to my november 21, 2014 report regarding the vehicle stability system on my 2005 honda pilot engaging the brakes on its own: on one of the occasions that the stability system engaged the brakes on its own, the car swerved to the left into the adjacent lane. *tr
ODI 10676185
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering
My 2005 pilot model has 108,000 miles. The vsa light started to come on while i was driving the car. Whenever that happens for a fraction of a second the brakes and steering wheel would lock up and vsa light remains on until vehicle is turned off. The stability control recall 13v092000 was performed july 2013, it was to fix this problem. Local honda dealer found yaw rate sensor failure and wants $1,100.00 to…
ODI 10653191
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
I heard a loud thumping or grinding sound from the front of the car and the brakes engaged on their own. At the same time the vehicle stability warning light came on (yellow triangle). Over next three weeks this happened three times, seemingly randomly. On one occasion the "yaw sensor" code was triggered. The vsa recall in 2013 was performed by the dealer in 2013. *tr
ODI 10660053
Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control
Vsa engaged while driving xway, pulled vehicle to right, into other lane. This was repaired per previous recall, but continued to engage periodically within 3 days. Additionally, i am on list for airbag recall, but not yet recalled in ky. We are in ohio valley, with higher humidity than florida. I have driven to florida multiple times. We should be added to recall list. *tr
ODI 10649897
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
On numerous occasions during the ownership of the car, especially when it is raining, damp, or snowing while driving the car for no reason it loses power. The steering wheel locks, and the car acts as if the battery has been disconnected. This has happened more than 20 times. This is a defect. I am reporting, because i realize this needed to be reported. It is a safety issue. This loss of electrical power has…
ODI 10643985
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
The first incident happened while turning, car came to a stop, jerked the wheel almost hitting another car; all without warning. A child passenger was in the back seat and was thrown forward hitting her head on the passenger front seat and seat belt locked causing her to have a seat belt bruise. Vsa (light), the vsa activation light (triangle with exclamation inside) were both illuminated. Suv was taken to local…
2 injuries
ODI 10607195
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering
1st incident-i was traveling at a slow rate of speed (approx. 25-30 mph). Heard a growling sound & car suddenly braked on its own. I also felt as if i had lost steering ability. The vsa light flashed on then off during the incident. 2nd incident- same as above only a week later. 3rd incident- about 2 weeks later. My wife was driving the car. Had slowed down to enter the ramp to get on the highway. Again the car made…
ODI 10734361
Electronic Stability Control
I went to honda dealership on may 30, 2014 in fremont california for the safety recall campaign - installing subharness. After the dealership installed new harness for the safety of vsa (vehicle stability assistance) on the 30th of may 2014, vsa light is on when i pickup the car and the service advisor at the dealership said it was yaw rate sensor failure according to the code scanned. Before the recall, the car was…
ODI 10595592
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving around a bend towards a red light, without my foot on the pedal my car made a weird shutter or brake pulsing, i thought i had gone over some ripple strips. When the light changed, i proceeded to make a right turn in a busy intersection, when going almost 30 & out of the turn, my pilot came to an unassisted abrupt stop! Im so lucky the person behind me didn't rear end me! It sounded like the…
ODI 10573143
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
As i was approaching a left turn lane i applied the brakes gently and the left front brake momentarily grabbed causing the vehicle to swerve into the oncoming traffic and the vsa lights activated. This has occurred 9 times in the last 300 miles. I took the vehicle to the dealer immediately and they told me they could not duplicate the problem and they found no problems with the car. Never had a problem until the…
ODI 10567713
Electronic Stability Control · Fuel/Propulsion System · Service Brakes
Traveling 45-60 miles per hour, vsa light comes on and vehicle comes to a complete stop, no warning no brake lights nothing, vsa recall has been performed 3 times now, along with yaw rate sensor. After repairs done again on 07/28/2015 lasted until 09/09/2015 when traveling 45 miles per hour and vehicle stopped again almost causing a major accident. Anyone else out there experiencing these difficulties ?
ODI 10763821
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
After the recall of vsa it happens that the suv experiencing the symptom of excessive braking and vsa light comes out... Before the recall we haven't experiencing this vsa problem.. I don't know in some reason why it comes out after the recall had been made..first occurrence i bring it to the dealer and advise that they been check , fixed and inform it won't come out any more .. After two weeks it happened again and…
ODI 10522006
Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
I've just brought my 2005 honda pilot in to the honda dealer to have the recall fixed but now it seems like the random breaking with the vsa on is more frequent after the fixed. The recall for the honda pilot 2005 with the vsa did not fix my vsa trouble. The trouble i getting is still the same after the fixed. "if the control unit was damaged, the vsa system may apply a small amount of breaking force even if the…
ODI 10511562