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Honda Pilot Electronic Stability Control Problems

180
Owner complaint records in our dataset
14
Years with records
2003–2019
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 180 stored complaint records:

  • 3 indicate a crash
  • 4 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire
  • 1 indicate a death

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • stability assist · 13 records
  • warning light · 13 records
  • light came · 12 records
  • system problem · 11 records
  • light comes · 10 records
  • rate sensor · 10 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
100–150k mi40
1–30k mi37
150–400k mi30
60–100k mi29
30–60k mi24

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • January 27, 2020 · 13,000 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control

    The vehicle has frequently had an issue with the infotainment system glitching which leads to the lkas (lane keep assist), aac (adaptive cruise control), and lane departure system to fail while the vehicle is in motion. When turning the car off after these issues occur, the infotainment system will stay on, draining the battery. The vehicle has been taken to a honda dealership. The dealership stated that an update…

    ODI 11302286

    2019 records in this system

  • December 28, 2019 · 19,099 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control

    My 2019 honda randomly brakes while i'm driving almost causing someone to rear end me, and other times almost causing me to be in accidents. In addition, at 19k miles my transmission went out (started catching, making a grinding noise) while i was driving on the interstate and caused the vehicle to decelerate. I pulled off the road turned the vehicle off, once restarted it decelerated and the transmission light,…

    ODI 11291718

    2019 records in this system

  • December 26, 2019

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control

    The dashboard has a popping/cracking noise all the time like electric short when listening to music or radio it sounds like a scatch cd all the time or if the stereo its off still does it i have take it to the dealer four times they said they know about the problem but are waiting on honda for the next step but there are a lot of cars affected with the same problem i hope they do a recalled to fix this

    ODI 11291911

    2019 records in this system

  • November 21, 2019 · 50,000 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine

    Car brakes by itself, shakes the steering wheel and shuts off and loses power ranging in speeds from 20 -60mph. On double lane roads to interstates in the rain and sunny dry days.

    ODI 11281633

    2016 records in this system

  • November 5, 2019 · 20,000 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine

    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…

    ODI 11278706

    2017 records in this system

  • November 1, 2019

    Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes

    My vehicle is automatically braking at high speeds for no reason.ive travelers at over 50 mph on highways and it just suddenly slams on the brakes where i've almost been rear ended a few times. It's been in the dealership and they keep claiming nothing is wrong.

    ODI 11309489

    2019 records in this system

  • November 1, 2019

    Electronic Stability Control

    I can be driving like on freeway and car runs good but as soon as i either stop or get ready to turn on streets i get a vsa light coming on and check engine. I have followed what the manufactures mentions in book to turn of car and then turn back on. Then i get sometimes the engine light to stay on or it does stay on. So i have noticed this happening often when i got less than 50 car with like shake and engine will…

    ODI 11278352

    2008 records in this system

  • October 10, 2019 · 16,400 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Suspension

    Clicking noising when in reverse or turning and also stalls between 40and 50 mph transmission has hard time shifting also sensitive breaking system always breaking lights comes on or it will suddenly break by itself.all this while car is in motion

    ODI 11280700

    2019 records in this system