2019 Honda Pilot complaints

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE PANEL AND THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (GPS) CRASHED. THE SCREEN RESTARTED AND THEN TURNED ON IN AN UNUSABLE STATE (NONE OF THE BUTTONS WORKED). TO SAY THE LEAST, THIS EXPERIENCE WAS VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MALFUNCTION OF THE PANEL COULD EASILY CAUSE A LOSS OF FOCUS ON THE ROAD AND LEAD TO A CRASH. THE CULPRIT IS HONDA INTEGRATION WITH APPLE'S CARPLAY. SEE THREAD LINK BELOW WHICH INDICATES THAT IT IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. THE FIX TO THE ISSUE I HAD TO DO A HARD RESET THE SYSTEM BY REMOVING AND REINSERTING THE PANEL'S FUSE. THREAD: HTTPS://WWW.PILOTEERS.ORG/THREADS/DISPLAY-AUDIO-CONSTANTLY-ON-IN-2019-PILOT.159521/

FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW 2019 HONDA PILOT TOURING I WAS TREATED AS ONE OF HONDA'S GUINEA PIGS. I WAS PUTTING MY FAMILY'S LIVES AT INCREASED RISK, LOSING TIME AT WORK AND GOING THROUGH IMMENSE STRESS WHILE HONDA ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE A MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. THROUGH MY EXTENSIVE PROACTIVE EFFORTS AND NUMEROUS TIMES LEAVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE DEALER A SOLUTION WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND. AFTER THE FINAL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED IT BECAME APPARENT THE EXTENT OF THE IMPACT THE FAULTY WIRING HAD ON THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY AND FUNCTION. AFTER THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE WAS CORRECTED THE OVERALL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. NO MORE NEAR ACCIDENT CAUSING FALSE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING OCCURRENCES. NO MORE CRUISE CONTROL AND LANE ASSIST MALFUNCTIONS, RANDOM LOSS OF THE SPEEDOMETER AND BACKUP CAMERA OR OTHER FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCED SAFETY ISSUES. NO MORE UNUSABLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. IT WAS EXTREMELY APPARENT THE IMPACTS OF THE FAULTY WIRING WERE WIDE SPREAD IN THE VEHICLE AS SOLD. THE FIRST TEN MONTHS THAT MY WIFE, TWO CHILDREN AND I USED THE VEHICLE AS OUR MAIN SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION, WHILE HONDA ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, IT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED AND ADVERTISED OR UP TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION STANDARDS.

THE HONDA PILOT'S DASHBOARD AND LCD TOUCH SCREEN WOULD RESTART RANDOMLY, FOR NO REASONS. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WOULD RESET (OR RESTART) SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WITHOUT LOGICAL REASONS. THE AMERICAN HONDA AUTOMOTIVE WAS NOT HELPFUL WHEN I INFORMED THEM OF THE ISSUE. THIS HAPPENS EVERYDAY, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

THE INFOTAINMENT FAILS ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS WHICH MEANS THAT INTERIOR, ELECTRICAL FEATURES FAIL. EXAMPLES INCLUDE A BLACK OR GRAY SCREEN WHICH BLOCKS THE ABILITY TO SEE SPEED BEING DRIVEN, BLUETOOTH, RADIO, PHONE, NAVIGATION ALL FAIL WHICH CAUSES DRIVER TO TAKE EYES OFF ROAD TO ATTEMPT TO FIX OR DISCONNECT PHONE WHEN DRIVING. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE CAR BUT HONDA CONTINUES TO SAY (AFTER 9 MONTHS) THAT THIS IS A "SOFTWARE UPDATE" PROBLEM. THIS, ONLY AFTER MY 2ND REPAIR VISIT AND THEY HAD MY PILOT 8 DAYS AND REPLACED A DEFECTIVE PART WITH ANOTHER USED DEFECTIVE PART FROM ANOTHER PERSON'S CAR. HONDA IS KNOWINGLY PUTTING UNSAFE, DEFECTIVE CARS ON THE ROAD. PROBLEMS OCCUR WHEN DRIVING. SOME PHOTOS ARE ATTACHED. I HAVE MANY MORE PICS RANGING FROM MARCH 2019 THROUGH TODAY. PROBLEM FIRST REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP APRIL 2019. ONGOING WITH DEALERSHIP AND AMERICAN HONDA. I HAVE A FILE OVER 100 PAGES THICK OF COMMUNICATION ATTEMPTS WITH ZERO FIX. HONDA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO STOP SELLING THESE CARS UNTIL THEY HAVE A FIX FOR THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE.

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 WOULD FIX THIS ISSUE. ONCE WE INFORMED THEM AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS ALREADY UPDATED, THEY TOLD IS THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STOP THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM FROM STAYING ON IS BY REMOVING THE FUSE FOR THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. WE HAVE CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT CONTAINS ALL GAUGES (SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, GAS GAUGE, ETC.) INTERMITTENTLY TURNS OFF WHILE THE CAR IS IN OPERATION. THE SCREEN GOES ENTIRELY BLACK AS IF THE CAR IS NOT ON, MEANING WE DO NOT HAVE A FUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER WHILE THE CAR IS IN OPERATION WHEN THIS OCCURS. WE'VE HAD THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS ISSUE AND IT STILL ISN'T RESOLVED.

PURCHASED THE NEW 2019 HONDA PILOT ELITE AT AROUND 3,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING AROUND 25-30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED ON PAVED ROADS, SOMETIMES NOT ALL THE TIME. THE CAR DOWNSHIFTING AND STALLING FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ON A NICE SUNNY DAY WITH NO LOOSE GRAVEL OR RAIN, IN A 4 WAY INTERSECTION MAKING A LEFT TURN ON GREEN WHICH MADE THE CAR STALLED AND WASN'T ABLE TO ACCELERATE FOR A GOOD 1 TO 2 SECOND. GOOD THING THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER VEHICLE THAT IS NEAR BY. THIS CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND BODY INJURY! THIS HAPPEN DURING TURNS AND STRAIGHT DRIVING. I'VE DISCUSS THIS EVERY TIME I GO AND GET THE CAR MAINTENANCE AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP BUT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM I'VE HAD ENCOUNTER. THE CAR AS OF NOW HAS 15,651 MILES AND DOWNSHIFTING AND STALLING COMES AND GOES WHENEVER IT WANTS TO ITS NOT CONTESTANT. FOR A NEW CAR OVER $50K PLUS NOT INCLUDING TAXES, ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO ME AND ANYONE WHO IS DRIVING OR PEDESTRIAN WALKING NEAR BY!

WITHIN ONE WEEK OF PURCHASE, I RETURNED TO DEALER - GPS UNIT SENDS ME DIRECTIONS AND DISTANCES FAR LONGER THAN ANY OTHER GPS - DEALER SPENT AN ENTIRE RAY UOLOADING/DOWNLOADING/UPDATING - STILL SENDS ME MUCH LONGER DISTANCE AND TIME DIRECTIONS. I AM ON ROAD FOR MY WORK. THIS HAS ME NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE GPS THAT IS THE REASON I "BOUGHT" A HIGHER TRIM LEVEL - USELESS! LONGER DISTANCE ADDS TO MY FUEL BILL, ADDS DETRIMENTAL IMPACT TO CARBON FOOTPRINT AND ENVIRONMENT, IMPACTS MY SCHEDULE FOR WORK AND TRAVEL - IMMENSELY. **CRUISE CONTROL** - DANGEROUS AND PUTS ME AT RISK FOR EVEN SPEEDING TICKETS. CAR CRUISES UP TO TEN MILES "FASTER" THAN THE SETTINGS I HAVE IT ON SPORADICALLY. ALSO - AT TIMES, AS THE CAR CUISES ON ITS' OWN, HIGHER THAN THE SET SPEED TO CONTROL CAR AT... THE SPEED SET - ALSO "ELEVATES" WITH THE CAR SPEED ELEVATING OUT OF CONTROL! THIS CAR IS RISKING MY LIFE AND WELL BEING. CONTRATY TO NHTSB ARTICLE ON HOW CARS ARE SAFER.... NO - THEY ARE PUTTING LIVES AT RISK AND DRIVERS AT MERCY OF HIGHER EXPENSE AND LOSS OF TIME IN SCHEDULES FOR DEALERS TO INVESTIGATE AND STILL HAVE CAR WITH ISSUES. - HONDA-LINK HAS BEEN USELESS WHE-N I HAVE BEEN STRANDED WITH WARNINGS BLARING ON SCREEN OF MY NEW AS OF 8-5-19 CAR! THIS IS MY 3RD HONDA PILOT - MOST UNSAFE CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED AND FAR FROM THE PEACE OF MIND, MY OTHER HONDA'S HAVE GIVEN ME. I HAVE VIDEOS I CAN SHARE WHEN SOMEONE REACHES BACK OUT TO ME. I NEED HELP - DEALERS AND MYSELF ARE CAUGHT IN HONDA ISSUES THAT HONDA WON'T AC

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED MY CAR NOTIFYING ME OF A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND KICKING IT INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED BACK AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, USED AUTO START AND GOT INTO MY CAR SHORTLY AFTER. TURNED ON THE CAR AND PLACED INTO REVERSE. STILL STOPPED, PULLING UP MY GPS AND HEARD THE ALERT AND SAW ON MY DASHBOARD 'STOP DRIVING WHEN SAFE. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. SEE MANUAL" IT LIGHTS UP THAT FOR A MOMENT THEN GOES AWAY. BUT IT SHIFTED MY CAR INTO NEUTRAL. DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. FINISHED THE THE GPS. TOOK ANOTHER MOMENT AND PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. IT DID IT AGAIN AND IT WAS BACK IN NEUTRAL WHEN I WAS JUST IN REVERSE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY. THE NEXT DAY CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. NOTHING WAS STORED IN THE DATABASE. AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, AUTO START, GOT INTO CAR. PLACED IN DRIVE FOR A MOMENT AND BEFORE MOVING THE ALERT CAME UP AND CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. IT DID IT THREE TIMES. TOOK A PHOTO OF THE ALERT WHICH IS EXACTLY AS QUOTED. I AM AT A LOSS WITH HONDA AND WHAT TO DO. I HAVE ALSO SEARCHED THE OWNERS MANUAL AND THERE'S NOTHING OF THIS QUOTED ISSUE.

DASH AND MEDIA CONSOLE TURN OFF RANDOMLY. CAN'T SEE WHAT SAFTEY FEATURES ARE ON INCLUDING SPEED. DEALER HAD ONE OTHER PILOT IN TODAY WITH SAME ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INFORMATION SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH CONTROLS ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WITHIN THE VEHICLE, WAS EMITTING A POPPING/ CRACKING NOISE AND SHUTTING DOWN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TURNS BLANK AND ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE SPEEDOMETER, SEAT HEATERS, ETC. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER (VANN YORK HONDA LOCATED AT 422 EASTCHESTER DR, HIGH POINT, NC 27262 PHONE NUMBER 866-207-1275) WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT WAS A KNOWN FAILURE, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO KNOWN FIX FOR THE MATTER AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,700. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

LOUD CRACKLING IN SPEAKERS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC OR TALKING ON CAR PHONE. BLUETOOTH AND AUXILARY CONNECTIVITY COMPROMISED BY ABOVE COMPLAINT. MICROPHONE ON CAR PHONE RANDOMLY STOPS WORKING CAUSING MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. TRACTION CONTROL GOES OUT IN THE SLIGHTEST WEATHER CONDITIONS I.E. LIGHT SNOW/SLEET

VEHICLE COMPUTER SYSTEM CRASHES FREQUENTLY. ALL VOICE CONTROLS AND HANDS FREE APPLICATIONS STOP WORKING. COMPUTER SCREEN DOES NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, LOCKED AND LEFT OVER NIGHT. NO AUDIO FROM ANY SOURCE. UNABLE TO MAKE OR RECEIVE PHONE CALLS. FRONT AND REAR PROXIMITY SAFETY SENSORS DON'T FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY. REAR VIEW SAFETY CAMERA STOPS WORKING. MANY FUNCTIONS WITHIN COMPUTER MENU BECOME INACCESSIBLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 14 TIMES WITHIN AN 11 MONTH PERIOD. HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME OF DAY.

2019 HONDA PILOT ELITE CENTER CONSOLE, DASH, INFOTAINMENT, NAVIGATION SYSTEM RANDOMLY STOPS WORKING AND GOES BLANK UNDER ALL CONDITIONS DRIVING, AT LIGHT, PARKED ON HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS. DISPLAY SAYS CONNECTING AND NO SIGNAL EVEN FOR FM RADIO. THIS IS DANGEROUS DISTRACTION AND LEAVES US UNABLE TO ADMINISTER NAVIGATION, SAFETY ITEMS OR ANY OTHER ON BOARD INFORMATION. PARKING SENSORS, AUTO BRAKING AND LANE DEPARTURE DOES NOT WORK.

THE DRIVER DISPLAY AND THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM OF THE HONDA PILOT CONTINUOUSLY GOES BLANK AND NOT SURE WHAT OTHER EFFECTS IT HAS ON THE VEHICLE AS THE DRIVE IS UNABLE TO SEE THE SPEED THEY ARE DRIVING OR IF ANYTHING ELSE IS WORKING IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY WHEN USING SPEED CONTROL OR OTHER DEVICES. THIS HAPPENS IN MOTION, ON HIGHWAYS, CITY STREETS, AND STATIONARY. FIRST THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM DOES BLANK AND THE DRIVER SETTINGS,

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

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, EMISSIONS LIGHT AND BLIND SPOT LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH BOARD.

THE FOLLOWING OCCUR ON A DAILY BASIS: RADIO CRACKLES AND POPS. THE RADIO DISPLAY GOES BLANK AND WILL NOT WORK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO HOURS. THE FOLLOWING OCCUR SPORADICALLY: THE INSTRUMENT PANEL (INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER) GOES BLANK WHILE DRIVING. THE RADIO AND REAR VIEW CAMERA SWITCH BACK AND FORTH REPEATEDLY (I HAVE VIDEO). MULTIPLE MESSAGES POP UP WHEN THE RADIO ISN'T WORKING. THE FAN SPEED BUTTON CAN TRIGGER THE RADIO SETTINGS. THE FRONT HEATER DISPLAY GOES BLANK. THIS OCCURRED ONCE: I WAS DRIVING UP A VERY SMALL INCLINE ON A DRY ROAD AT 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACTED LIKE IT COULD GO. THE VSA INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. I HAD TO STOP, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, STOP THE ENGINE AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS ELECTRICAL OR AN ENGINE PROBLEM. I'VE TRIED TO NARROW THE CONDITIONS (RAINY, COLD, STATIONARY, OR MOBILE) DOWN BUT THERE IS NO PATTERN.

OUR 2019 HONDA PILOT HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHICH STARTED AROUND 11K MILES, THE DASH LIGHTS WILL GO OUT, CRACKLING NOISES COME FROM THE SPEAKERS, THE BACKUP CAMERA'S GO OUT, RADIO QUITS WORKING, PHONE SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK, INABILITY TO TURN ON OR OFF SAFETY FEATURES. AT TIMES ON CURVES THE VEHICLE WILL THINK A CAR COMING TOWARDS US IS HEADING INTO OUR CAR AND WILL APPLY THE BRAKES STRONGLY. WE ARE AFRAID THE LIGHTS OR BRAKING SYSTEM WILL NEXT BE AFFECTED BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS WE HAVE READ ABOUT BY OTHER OWNERS. HONDA ADMITS THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND SAY THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON IT. YET THEY CONTINUE TO SELL NEW CARS TO CONSUMERS KNOWING FULL WELL THE PILOTS HAVE ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHICH COULD LEAD TO UN-SAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS OR ACCIDENTS. ASKED THEM TO BUY BACK THE CAR WHICH THEY REFUSED TO DO AS THEY SAID "THE CAR IS STILL DRIVE ABLE". I AM AFRAID TO HAVE MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR. I AM PURSUING OTHER MEANS OF TAKING ACTION AGAINST HONDA.

RANDOMLY THE CENTER COUNSEL DISPLAY WILL GO BLANK AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE DISPLAY WHICH CONTAINS THE SPEEDOMETER. ALSO FAILING AT THE SAME TIME IS THE DVD PLAYER. WE ALSO EXPERIENCE A 'POPPING' NOISE THROUGH THE SPEAKERS, EVEN WITH AUDIO SYSTEM TURNED OFF. THIS USUALLY IS WHAT HAPPENS FIRST, THEN ERROR MESSAGES (FOR EXAMPLE: 'RADIO UNAVAILABLE', 'NO AUDIO CONNECTION FOR FM', 'NETWORK COMMUNICATION LOST', 'CHECK TUNER'), THEN SCREEN GOES BLANK. WHEN THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE DRIVER IS DRIVING, THEY ARE UNABLE TO ACTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE SPECIFIC SAFETY CONTROLS INCLUDING LANE KEEP ASSIST, CRUISE CONTROL, AUTOMATIC BRAKING ETC. THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING WARNING IS ALSO LOST WHEN THE DISPLAY GOES OUT, AS WELL AS THE SPEEDOMETER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS , BOTH DISPLAY SCREENS TURN OFF AND GO BLACK, WHICH ARE HUGE SAFETY CONCERNS. FROM THE CENTER DISPLAY, WE LOSE THE BACK UP CAMERA, RADIO, NAVIGATION, DVD PLAYER AND ABILITY TO MAKE HANDS FREE PHONE CALLS AMONG OTHER THINGS. THIS CAN OCCUR DAILY, EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN, OR SPORATIC AND NOT HAPPEN FOR A FEW DAYS AT A TIME. CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN APRIL 2019. PROBLEM BEGAN IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST 2019, EXACT DATE UNKNOWN. PROBLEMS OCCUR WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR STATIONARY, CITY STREETS, HIGHWAY AND AT ANY SPEED AND ANY TIME.

ENGINE IS REVVING ON ITS OWN @ 3000 RPM WITH NO FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL OR DRIVING 15 MPH AND THE ENGINE IS @ 4500 RPM WITH NO FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. MY WIFE WAS IN THE PICKUP LANE AT MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD TO HOLD THE BRAKE DOWN & TURN OFF THE IGNITION BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THE HONDA PILOT WAS GOING TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN INTO THE PICKUP LINE AT THE SCHOOL. NOW YOU SEE WHY I SAID THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM FAILED AND THE SCREEN TURNED OFF AND ON. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING WHEN IT STRUCK A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOHN EAGLE HONDA (855-562-7994, LOCATED AT 5311 LEMMON AVE, DALLAS, TX 75209) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INFORMED WHEN THE REPAIRS COULD BE COMPLETED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THEM THAT SHE WANTED A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 300.

PURCHASED A 2019 PILOT ELITE IN FEBRUARY AND IN MAY ISSUES STARTED WITH A CRACKING NOISE THAT SEEMED TO COME FROM THE SPEAKERS. IT THEN BECAME ISSUES WITH THE INFOTAINMENT, SPEEDOMETER AND DVD PLAYER BLACKING OUT WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED A WIRING HARNESS, THIS FIXED THE ISSUE FOR A MONTH THEN IT ALL RETURNED. NEXT THEY REPAIRED SOME CONNECTORS, THIS FIX LASTED A COUPLE MONTHS WITH INTERMITTENT OCCASIONS OF BLACKOUT. NOW THE BLACKING OUT IS HAPPENING ALMOST DAILY AGAIN. THE DEALER IS NOW BEING TOLD TO REPLACE THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER WHICH IS BACK ORDERED FROM HONDA. ALL TOLD THIS VEHICLE HAS SPENT > 30 DAYS IN THE REPAIR SHOP TRYING TO FIX THE ISSUES. ISSUES HAPPEN AT CITY OR HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND LAST ANYWHERE FROM 10 SECONDS TO SEVERAL MINUTES AS IT ATTEMPTS TO RESTART ITSELF.

PURCHASED PILOT ON APRIL 2019. STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM ON JUNE 2019 (MOVING AND STOPPED- CITY AND HIGHWAY). SYSTEM KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN, DISCONNECTING PHONE CALLS, PLAYS MUSIC AS IF LOOSES CONNECTION (FM, AM AND SAT). THE LATEST ISSUE IS THAT IT SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY AND TURNS BLACK DISPLAYING "NO NETWORK CONNECTION". THIS ISSUES ARE DISTRACTING AND MAKE THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE UNTIL FIXED. AS WE APPROACH THE FORTH APPOINTMENT TO FIX THE PROBLEM HONDA ADVISED ME THAT THE EARLIEST THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL BE IN IS DECEMBER 11. MEANWHILE I HAVE AN EXPENSIVE DRIVEWAY ORNAMENT BECAUSE I REFUSE TO LET MY FAMILY TRAVEL IN THAT CAR.

THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WILL FREQUENTLY FREEZE OR CRASH, DISABLING FEATURES INCLUDING THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, RADIO AND REAR VIEW CAMERA. THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO CYCLE OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOU SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT.

THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER AND INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM SHUT OFF AND RESTART AT RANDOM. IN ADDITION, THE SPEAKERS CRACKLE, THE RADIO STOPS WORKING, THE BACKUP CAMERA DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE WHEN GOING IN REVERSE. THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER SCREEN HAS TURNED OFF TWICE AND THE ONLY (TEMPORARY) SOLUTION WAS FOR THE DEALER TO RESET THE SYSTEM.

AS I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, WITH MY FOOT COVERING THE BRAKE THE CAR RPMS SHOT UP AND IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED SLAMMING INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS STANDING AS HARD AS I COULD ON BRAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR. THE CAR THAT WAS HIT HAD SOMEONE STANDING BEHIND IT LOADING HER GROCERIES, THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT CAUSED HER CAR TO HIT HER AND KNOCK HER TO THE GROUND.

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

"NETWORK CONNECTION LOST" WHEN USING INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. DASH/SPEED CLUSTER GOES BLACK AND REBOOTS IN MID DRIVE. "FM UNAVAILABLE" DISPLAYED WHEN LISTENING TO RADIO. COLLISION WARNING "BRAKE" MESSAGE DISPLAYS RANDOMLY. SANDY/POPPING NOISES RANDOMLY IN SPEAKERS. ALL OF THESE I CAN NOT REPRODUCE ON THE SPOT, IT IS RANDOM THAT I CAN TELL AT THIS POINT.

ON 11/09/19 AT OR AROUND 800PM PST, MY REAR HATCH WINDOW EXPLODED FROM SIDE TO SIDE CAUSING A SPIDER-WEB PATTERN. NOTHING TOUCHED THE WINDOW. HOWEVER, APPROX ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THIS EVENT I DID ACTIVATE THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER FOR ONLY 5 MINUTES. STEVENS CREEK HONDA IN SAN JOSE, CA ADVISED THIS BROKEN WINDOW WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I THEN CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY. AS A NOTE, THE HONDA DEALERSHIP PARTS DEPT SAID THE BACK WINDOW WAS BACK-ORDERED AND NO ETA AS TO WHEN A BACK WINDOW WOULD OR COULD BE SHIPPED. NOW, I AM DEALING WITH

AT 800 PM PST IN NORTHERN CALIF, MY BACK WINDOW EXPLODED, CAUSING A SPIDER-WEB PATTERN. THE CAR WAS PARKED AND I HEARD A ROLLING/CASCADING CRUNCHING SOUND. I DID NOT REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED OR WHAT CAUSED THAT SOUND UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING. AFTER SEEING THE DAMAGE, I TAPED IT UP AND CALLED MY INSURANCE. STEVENS CREEK HONDA ADVISED IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE THROUGHWAY I HEARD POPPING NOISE WHEN I HIT A BUMP, THEN GETS WORSE AND LOST MY RADIO SOUNDS AND CONTROLS ON MY INFOTAINMENT. I LOST MY SPEEDOMETER AND MY INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM COMPLETELY OFF THEN RESTARTS SEVERAL TIMES SAYING LOST NETWORK CONNECTION UNTIL IT COMPLETELY TURNED OFF. I CANNOT TURN IT ON BY PUSHING THE POWER BUTTON. I WENT TO MY DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAINT ABOUT THE POPPING NOISE BUT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE IT UNTIL IT GOT WORSE. MY SPEEDOMETER WAS BLANK WHILE DRIVING. I STARTED HAVING THIS ISSUE AFTER TWO WEEKS ON PICKING UP THE CAR BRAND NEW.I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT HONDA DOES NOT WANT TO FIX OR HAVE A FIX!

SPEEDOMETER AND CONTROL HEAD COMPLETLY BLANK-- DEAD

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL IS LOW/SOFT. ALSO, WHEN IN STOP-N-GO TRAFFIC AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES LOWER AND I HAVE TO PRESS HARDER ON THE BRAKES. I TOOK MY CAR TO STEVENS CREEK HONDA IN CALIF AND THEY BLED MY BRAKES THIS HELPED A LITTLE BUT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE MY BRAKES LOOKED AT AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID MY BRAKES WERE NORMAL. NOW, I AM GOING TO UPGRADE MY FRONT PADS WITH A NON-HONDA BRAKE PAD. I HOPE THIS WORKS AND DOES NOT VOID MY WARRANTY. HONDA USES LOW GRADE PADS I BELIEVE BECAUSE THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ON THE EX-L USES A LOW WATT (LOW GRADE) LIGHT BULB MAKING DRIVING A NIGHT DANGEROUS SINCE IT IS HARD TO SEE. I HAD TO UPGRADE THE LOW BEAM BULBS FOR THE SAME REASON I HAVE TO UPGRADE THE PADS: SAFETY. PLEASE HELP. THE 2019 HONDA PILOT BRAKES ARE A KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM. GO TO HTTPS://WWW.PILOTEERS.ORG/ AND READ THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS HONDA FORUM.

PURCHASED 2019 HONDA PILOT ELITE IN FEBRUARY 2019. NOTICED A POPPING SOUND WHILE DRIVING IT HOME THAT SOUNDED LIKE SAND OR ROCKS SLIGHTLY AMPLIFIED HITTING THE WINDSHIELD INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAS CONTINUED AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IT BECAME APPARENT THE SOUND WAS NOT ACTUALLY FROM THE WINDSHIELD BUT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPEAKERS/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IN AUGUST A LOUD CRACKLING SOUND INTERRUPTING THE SATELLITE RADIO STARTED HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY FOLLOWING PERIODS OF THE ORIGINAL POPPING SOUNDS. BY OCTOBER, THAT LOUD POP HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE BLACKOUT OF THE SYSTEM SCREEN (BOTH) INCLUDING THE SPEED, ETC. FOLLOWED AFTER 30 SECONDS - A MINUTE BY THE SYSTEM RESTARTED. PRIOR TO THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL CASES OF APPLE CAR PLAY SHUTTING DOWN DURING PHONE CALLS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN. I HAVE 27,000+ MILES AS OF 10/15/19, DRIVE A LOT AND NO DEALER CLOSE BY AND ALSO DEPEND DAILY ON HAVING THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED THE DEALER CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM THIS WEEK AND THEY ADMITTED HAVING A PILOT IN THE SHOP NOW WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX YET. SUGGESTED I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND LEAVE IT WITHOUT THEM KNOW HOW LONG IT MIGHT BE. AGREED I WOULD CALL BACK AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO ON THE PILOT THEY ALREADY HAD IN THEIR SHOP. HAVE SINCE THEM FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR REPORTS WITH 2019 PILOTS ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS WITH ALL REPORTING HONDA NOT ADMITTING TO A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM AND ALSO NO

AUTOMATIC BRAKING (COLLISION) MITIGATION ACTIVATES ERRONEOUSLY. UPON SLIGHT RIGHT CURVE IN ROAD, DETECTS OPPOSING TRAFFIC AS COLLISION. APPLIES BRAKES. EVEN UPON SETTING SYSTEM TO LEAST SENSITIVE, STILL EXHIBITS CONDITION. CONTINUES TO OCCUR MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK.

THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE HONDA INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. AFTER ONLY 2000 MILES THE SYSTEM BEGAN HAVING ISSUES. WHILE THE DRIVER IS DRIVING, THE CENTER DISPLAY AND THE DISPLAY ON THE CONTROL PANEL WILL FREQUENTLY GO BLANK. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE SPECIFIC SAFETY CONTROLS INCLUDING LANE KEEP ASSIST, ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL AND AUTOMATIC BRAKING. THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING WARNING IS ALSO LOST WHEN THE DISPLAY GOES OUT. THE DRIVER ALSO LOSES THE SPEEDOMETER. FROM THE CENTER DISPLAY, THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO USE THE BACKUP CAMERA, THE RADIO, NAVIGATION AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE HANDS FREE PHONE CALLS.

1ST PROBLEM...VIDEO DISPLAY WORKED ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. 1ST VISIT, WOLFCHASE HONDA UPDATED SOFTWARE, PROBLEM CONTINUED. 2ND VISIT THEY REPLACED VIDEO UNIT. 2ND PROBLEM...SPEAKERS STARTED MAKING CRACKLING NOISE. WENT ON THEIR SITE TO MAKE APPT AND RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT OT A RECALL NOTICE ABOUT ELECTRICAL ISSUE (OR A FLEET CAMPAIGN NOT SURE WHICH). THEY UPDATED SOFTWARE ON THAT 3RD VISIT. SPEAKER PROBLEM WORSENED AFTER THAT VISIT AND SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY AND VIDEO (STEREO SYSTEM, NAVIGATION ETC) WOULD BLANK OUT WHILE DRIVING. SYSTEM WOULD GENERALLY RESET BUT ONLY AFTER 30 SECONDS OF NON VISIBILITY TO MY SPEED, CRUISE CONTROL STATUS ETC.. TOOK IT BACK FOR 4TH VISIT. THEY STATED THEY FOUND AN ISSUE WITH TAILGATE SENSOR. PICKED IT UP ON FRIDAY OCT 4TH AND IT STARTED MAKING THE CRACKLING NOISE IN THE SPEAKERS AGAIN YESTERDAY, OCT 5TH. LAST TIME, IT EVENTUALLY GOT WORSE UNTIL SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. PLAN TO MAKE ANOTHER APPT (MY 5TH) THIS WEEK. CRACLKING NOISE OCCURS WHEN STOPPED, WHEN DRIVING, WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF (AFTER BEING ON). VIDEO AND SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY STOP WORKING WHEN DRIVING.

BRAKES ARE RIDICULOUSLY SLOW. BRAKE RESPONSE TIME IS VERY SLOW EVEN THOUGH SPEED IS WITHIN 30 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS. YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO PUSH PADDLE COMPLETELY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND EVEN AFTER THAT IT WON'T STOP IMMEDIATELY. CAR STOPS VERY SLOW. SO CONSIDERING SITUATION (DRIVING IN STREET AND CHILD POPS UP IN FRONT OF CAR) IF YOU HAVE TO STOP SUDDENLY YOU NOT GONNA MAKE IT UNLESS YOU USE EMERGENCY BRAKE OF THE CAR. HONDA MUST FIX THE ISSUE OTHERWISE SOMEONE WILL LOSE LIFE FOR SURE. ALSO, WEIRDLY CAR MOVED FORWARD LITTLE BIT WHEN I JUST PUSHED START BUTTON TO START THE CAR EVEN AFTER BRAKE PADDLE WAS PUSHED DOWN POSITION AND TOUCHING GAS PADDLE AT ALL. I WAS BIT SURPRISED AND THANKFULLY IT WAS IN PARKING LOT SO DIDN'T HIT ANYONE. I AM GOING HONDA DEALERSHIP TO CHECK WITH THEM IF THEY CAN CHECK AND DO SOMETHING TO MAKE BRAKE MORE RESPONSIVE AND TIGHT. THIS IS JUST SECOND DAY OF CAR AND THIS CRAP HAPPENING. I AM BIT SCARED, DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON AUGUST 10, 2019. WITHIN 2 WEEKS THE RADIO BEGAN MAKING A POPPING AND CRACKING SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE ROCKS HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. THIS SOUND HAPPENS DAILY WHEN I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. ABOUT ONE WEEK AFTER THIS HAPPENED, THE DVD PLAYER WOULD STOP WORKING AND THE SOUND FROM THE RADIO WOULD BEGIN TO COMPLETELY GO OUT. IT WOULD COME BACK ON EVENTUALLY, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 30 - 45 MINUTES LATER. AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS, THESE PROBLEMS CONTINUED AND THE SCREEN FOR NAVIGATION, ALONG WITH THE SPEEDOMETER SCREEN WOULD COMPLETELY GO BLACK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. IT RESTARTS AFTER ABOUT 10 - 20 SECONDS. IN TWO INSTANCES THE REAR BACKUP CAMERA HAS SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS BACKING UP AS WELL. I HAVE REPORTED THE ISSUE TO TWO DEALERSHIPS INCLUDING THE ONE WHERE I MADE THE PURCHASE. I AM SCHEDULED TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE TOMORROW.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2019, BY MAY MY DASH/RADIO WENT OUT. FIRST IT STARTED WHEN BLUETOOTH WAS CONNECTED, IT WOULD SOUND LIKE A CRACKING NOISE, LIKE STATIC. THIS IS ALL WHILE VEHICLE IS ON AND IN DRIVING MODE. IT WAS A SCARY SOUND LIKE THAT OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AT ANY SECOND. ULTIMATELY, BOTH DASH AND RADIO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND DIDN'T COME BACK ON. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND FINALLY GAVE IT BACK AND STATED THAT THE WIRE HARNESS WAS LOOSE, OR NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AND THEY HAD RE DONE IT PROPERLY. ALMOST 2 MONTHS LATER THE CRACKING NOISES STARTED AGAIN, AND WOULD SPONTANIOUSLY CUT OFF THE BLUETOOTH. THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER THE DASH WOULD RE START ( SHUT OFF AND THEN BACK ON) BLUETOOTH WOULD NOT CONNECT AND SAME NOISES ALL OVER AGAIN. NOW MY DASH TURNS ON SOMETIMES AND THE RADIO DOES NOT CONNECT AND IS A BLACK SCREEN. IT DOES TURN ON SOMETIMES, BUT THIS IS A NEW CAR AND IT'S VERY ANNOYING. HONDA WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND I HAVE HEARD SIMILAR ISSUES FROM OTHER OWNERS OF MY SAME VEHICLE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES AND THEY HAVE HAPPENED MANY TIMES - ALL RELATED TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SPEEDOMETER AND INFOTAINMENT DEFECTS. THE INFOTAINMENT AND DASH DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS INCLUDES THE SPEEDOMETER, ALL SAFETY FEATURES, CRUISE CONTROL SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALSO THE AUDIO WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND I WILL HAVE NO AUDIO FOR HOURS AT A TIME. ALSO THERE ARE POPS AND CRACKLES OUT OF THE SPEAKERS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I HAVE DETAILED DOCUMENTATION FOR THESE ISSUES INCLUDING VIDEOS OF THE ISSUES HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES AND THE ISSUES GET WORSE, NOT BETTER.

THE TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED NOW TWICE WHILE DRIVING. ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AND AGAIN YESTERDAY AFTER TURNING RIGHT ONTO A BUSY NARROW ROAD. THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND SCREEN DISPLAY HAS BLACKED OUT AND BECOME NON-FUNCTIONAL WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST 6-7 TIMES (NO RADIO, NAVIGATION, OR ANYTHING FUNCTIONS WHEN THIS OCCURS). THE CAR HAS HAD TO BE TURNED OFF IN ORDER RESET THE SCREEN AND FUNCTION AGAIN. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO TURN OFF THE CAR WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR NARROW COUNTRY ROAD. LASTLY, THE CAR HAS BREAKED UNNECESSARILY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DESPITE ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS TO NOT BE OVERLY SENSITIVE. ONCE IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP UNNECESSARILY, THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME. IT HAS STARTED BREAKING UNNECESSARILY WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHEN NO VEHICLES OR ANYTHING WERE AROUND. THESE SITUATIONS HAVE BEEN SCARY AND UNSETTLING.

I HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION IN MY 2019 HONDA PILOT ON A CITY STREET AT ABOUT 25-30MPH AUGUST 29, 2019. THE SENSOR WAS TRIGGERED AND THE AIRBAG SYSTEM "ATTEMPTED" TO INFLATE. MY HEAD SMASHED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE AIRBAG SYSTEM NEVER PROPERLY INFLATED. I JUST KEPT HEARING A SOUND LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO INFLATE BUT HAD A HOLE IN IT OR SOMETHING. THE MEDIC SAID THAT IF MY AIRBAG INFLATED PROPERLY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A PUNCH IN THE FACE AND BLOWN ME BACK. INSTEAD, MY HEAD SLAMMED THE WHEEL AND THE BAG NEVER GOT INFLATED NEAR CAPACITY. I CALLED HONDA AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT I WAS GIVEN HONDA CASE # 09867010. I WAS THEN CALLED A FEW DAYS LATER BY ADRIAN FROM AMERICAN HONDA WHO TOLD ME THERE WAS NO WAY THE AIRBAG FAILED, AND THAT IF IT DID, I HAD TO LET INSURANCE TELL HONDA AND I WAS TO TELL NO ONE ELSE. HE THEN TOLD ME Y MEMORY HAD TO BE WRONG AND IF I SAID OTHERWISE, I WAS A LIAR. I REPORTED THIS SO THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD ENCOUNTER THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND HONDA WOULD HANDLE IT, BUT IT SEEMS THEY ARE DENYING THE POSSIBILITY. I HAD THE BODY SHOP SAVE THE AIRBAG AND RELATED COMPONENTS FOR POSSIBLE INSPECTION. THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAID THEY DID NOT CARE TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT HONDA OR AN ATTORNEY MYSELF IF I FELT SOMETHING FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN MOTION, THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM PERIODICALLY AND RANDOMLY WILL 'LOSE CONNECTION' AND BLACKOUT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD BLACKS OUT AND THERE IS NO INFORMATION REGARDING EMERGENCY WARNINGS OR SPEEDOMETER FOR AT LEAST 10 SECONDS, SOMETIMES MORE. I HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW FAST I AM GOING OR IF THERE ARE ANY EMERGENCY WARNINGS. I HAVE TAKEN TO HENNESSY HONDA IN WOODSTOCK, GA FOUR TIMES AND THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THERE IS ALSO RANDOM STATIC ON THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

OUR "NETWORK" COMPONENTS WERE NOT WORKING. AT HIGH SPEEDS, THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT BRAKE PROPERLY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE "BRAKE" SENSOR IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. UPON TAKING TO DEALER FOR SERVICE, SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THIS "NETWORK" ISSUE HAS OCCURRED ON OTHER CARS. STRONGLY RECOMMEND AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY TO THIS ISSUE AS IT AFFECTS THE SAFETY FEATURES TOUTED BY THE CAR MANUFACTURER, HONDA. THE SOLUTION IS TO RECONNECT THE NETWORK COMPONENTS, THIS HAS STILL NOT RESOLVED OUR ISSUE.

HONDA INFOTAINMENT ISSUE: PURCHASED A NEW 2019 PILOT (TOURING) WITH 22 MILES ON IT ON 22 JULY 2019. ON 26 JULY 2019 WHILE DRIVING ON I-10 FROM PHOENIX THE AUDIO QUIT AND THE SCREEN WENT BLANK. ONCE WE STOPPED AND USED REVERSE DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO BACK UP CAMERA AND THE SCREEN WOULD NOT TURN OFF WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF.TOOK TO DEALER, THEY "FIXED" IT. ON 5 AUG 2019 SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT AGAIN. FROM 5 AUG TO TODAY (11 AUG) THE SYSTEM HAS OPERATED LIKE IT SHOULD. I DID HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE WHAT SPEED I WAS GOING AND OTHER GAUGES WORKED. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS THAT EVEN THOSE FEATURES WENT BLANK FOR OTHERS.DRIVING FROM TUCSON AZ TO SAN DIEGO, CA TOMORROW AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DEFECT HAPPENING WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ON I-8! THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR AN AUTO MANUFACTURER TO NOT LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF A FIX IS AND WHEN TO EXPECT A RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS ARTICLES AND EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF, THE DEALERS ACT LIKE THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS ISSUE. HOW COULD PEOPLE INVOLVED ON THE CAR BUSINESS NOT KNOW OF MAJOR PROBLEM THAT 1000S OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING, IT IS LIKE THE HONDA CORP PASSED THE WORD TO PLAY DUMB. I TRULY LIKE THE HONDA PILOT, TRADED IN A 2016 EXL FOR THIS NEW CAR. WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THE CAR TO PREFORM AS ADVERTISED FOR MY (FAMILY) COMFORT AND SAFETY. SAFETY BEING THE MAIN CONCERN HERE.

THE RADIO IN THIS VEHICLE FREEZES, PRODUCES STATIC FEEDBACK AND ELECTRICAL FEEDBACK WHILE OPERATING THE TOUCHSCREEN. SOUND FROM THE SPEAKERS BECOMES DISTORTED AND LACKING POWER. ELECTRICAL SURGING CAN BE HEARD. THIS OCCURRED WITHIN THE FIRST 1000 MILES SINCE PURCHASED NEW. REAR HATCH ALIGNMENT WAS ALSO NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY FROM THE FACTORY AND REQUIRED A BODY SHOP TO ATTACH IT CORRECTLY. SEAT FABRIC MATERIAL WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND COMING APART.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY STOPPED ILLUMINATING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR SHAKES WHILE DRIVING. CENTER CONTROL STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. LOUD SOUND WILL COME OVER ON THE RADIO AND THEN ALL SYSTEMS STOP WORKING. BACK UP CAMERA DOES NOT WORK, RADIO DOES NOT WORK. VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF BUT THE CENTER CONTROL SCREEN IS FROZEN ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. WHEN ON THE BLUETOOTH, RECIPIENT CALLER CANNOT HEAR PERSON INITIATING THE CALL.