Honda Pilot Engine And Engine Cooling Problems
- 112
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 12
- Years with records
- 2003–2015
- Stored years
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 112 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- motor mounts · 22 records
- transmission fluid · 10 records
- engine mounts · 10 records
- radiator failed · 9 records
- engine mount · 9 records
- steering wheel · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 41 |
| 1–30k mi | 23 |
| 100–150k mi | 22 |
| 30–60k mi | 14 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 honda pilot. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v344000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the part needed to perform the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool…
ODI 10884641
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Vehicle Speed Control
On april 17, 2016 at 3.30 pm while forward parking my vehicle, i experienced a sudden uncontrolled acceleration, resulting in the vehicle impacting the wall in front of my parking spot. The wall was apx. 20 ft from the car at the time of this incident. I had my foot on the brake during the later stages of the parking maneuver and speed was minimal <5 km/h). Before coming to a standstill, the engine sprung to maximum…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10860782
Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
I purchased a new top of the line honda pilot ex-l back in 2005. My wife drove it for nine years and took impeccable care of it. I started driving it a year ago when we leased a 2013 cr-v for her. A couple of weeks ago, i was making the three mile journey to work when i noticed that my heat was no longer working. After work, the car had some transmission slip when leaving the parking lot. I stopped home briefly to…
ODI 10702326
Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
My wife was driving to work when suddenly she heard like a whirring sound and the car just suddenly shut down. She pulled on the side and noticed fluid was leaking underneath the front side of engine. We have the vehicle towed to dealership. Talking to the agent, they told us that transmission fluid leaked into radiator and radiator coolant/trans fluid leaked into transmission. Cost of repairs: $1130 to flush out…
ODI 10667880
Air Bags · Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel/Propulsion System
Honda pilot was struck (tbone) at 65 mph side curtain airbags deployed and driver was knocked unconscious and leaned on the gas. Car went into full rev and crashed into a wall where the front airbag deployed. Homeless man was sleeping behind the wall and was struck by the runaway honda pilot. Shouldn't the vehicle of shut down after airbag deployment? Fuel inertia or cut off did not engage. *tr
Crash reported · 6 injuries · 1 death
ODI 10706361
Engine And Engine Cooling
My 2014 honda pilot ex-l has a multi major issues. Starting with a major water leak inside the passenger compartment. Vehicle stalling in the middle of a left hand turn during the rain. Hesitation in the motor when traveling at 45 mph. This occurs all the time when driving. Lunging forward while the brake is engaged. Pulling to the right, the vehicle should be in alignment. This has been going on since the day of…
ODI 10637675
Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
Transcooler failure has flooded radiator with transmission fluid & transmission with coolant ruining both major components. *tr
ODI 10610511
Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
Transmission cooler line inside radiator failed combining fluids and causing the transmission to malfunction. Loss of ability to drive/move vehicle with family in the vehicle. This is a common failure and requires a new radiator and replace / rebuild the transmission. A recommendation from honda to replace the radiator every 100,000 miles would have prevented having to replace / rebuild the transmission. Subsequent…
ODI 10566941