While idol at red light, the automatic idol kicked in for power save yet jerked and all red light indicators turned on, including parking breaks, and car seized up. no power, no ability put car in park or drive. on/off switch no reaction to turn car on or off. no brake function. i sat in an unresponsive vehicle at very busy intercetion. luckily the vehicle behind me was stopped and only laid on their horn for 2 red light cycles rather than hitting me. i activated my emergency flashers yet other driver did not respond. i repetitively kept pushing power button in effort for car to respond and restart, eventually did and was able to drive off. have appt with dealership in am.
My vehicle was in motion on a neighborhood street when several alerts went off on my dashboard: road departure mitigation system problem, trailer stability assist problem, hill start assist problem, vehicle stability assist problem, emissions system problem, power steering system problem. i could find no reason for these alerts. i took my car into a dealership the next day and was told there was no issue and the lights were turned off. 10 days later they all came on again as i was driving on a local street. the next day when i went to take my car to the dealer, the lights had turned off. i took it in anyway, and they again said there was no issue. i reported the issue to honda corporation and was told by one agent that this wasn't the first time the issue had come up in a newer model pilot. again 2 days ago, all the lights came on and now also the brake assist alert is also on. i will take it to the dealership again. i am concerned all the false alarms may be hiding an underlying issue that could result in a dangerous accident. i also feel that honda global is not taking me seriously as i am active duty stationed overseas and have to rely on local honda dealerships that do not have much experience with the honda pilot. the dates of the lights were 17 sept, 27 sept, and 6 oct 2018.
I am hearing a clicking noise when i step on the brakes. i took it ro honda and they said it's something people complaining about and they don't have a fix and thwy know about it. they don't know how to address the situation.
i had pulled out of a parking place and was waiting in the traffic lane to exit the area. there were two cars in front of us. the cars were stopped. i was approximately 20-25 feet behind the car in front of me. i took my foot off the brake in my car to let it idle forward. as i approached the yukon i reapplied the brake. the car accelerated to what sounded like full rpm's and i applied the brakes as hard as i could and nothing happened. the car slammed into the yukon with such an impact that both front airbags deployed. the driver side airbag hit me in the face. the passenger airbag did not reach my wife in the passenger seat. she immediately experienced severe chest pain and rapid heart beat. bystanders called 911 and two park rangers arrived in approx. 15-20 minutes. the rangers finished taking pictures and asked me to pull in to a parking spot out of the travel lane of the parking lot. i started the car and proceeded slowly and turned into a parking spot. as i applied the brake to park, the same phenomenon occurred again. the car accelerated forward over a curb and walkway and struck a pedestrian before coming to a stop on a retaining wall. i desperately tried to stop the car without success. the ems was there shortly after this occurrence. a ranger asked me how fast i was moving and i stated i had no idea. i asked him to ask the ranger who was right behind me and he said 5 mph. i exited the vehicle after they transported the pedestrian on the backboard.the ambulance was ready to take my wife to the hospital so i approached the park ranger and told him that i needed to ride in the ambulance with my wife.
While pulling into a parking spot and pushing the brake lightly, the car accelerated uncontrollably and struck a concrete wall. the engine revved up as if it was really taking off. it jumped a curb on the way to the wall, struck the building and then engine went back to normal running.
Vehicle is 16 months old with only 5,200 miles on it. braking action currently seems unaffected, however, the brake fluid reservoir had green algae on the strainer, heavy black sediment on the floor of reservoir, and the fluid was brown. the reservoir was never opened until 2 days ago when i noticed the fluid was brown while looking through the side of the reservoir as i was checking the fluid level and decided to investigate further. the cap was properly sealed because there was a slight suction as i began to lift the cap after twisting and the seal was in perfect condition. the honda dealer stated that honda would not cover under warranty a fluid flush because they assume it was from something i did and further assumed it would not be from contaminated fluid they put in at the factory. as a result i just flushed the system myself with dot 3/4 synthetic fluid. my complaint is that honda may have used contaminated brake fluid at the factory that could have affected other cars or, if not, something specifically happened to my vehicle prior to my purchasing of it from honda.
I was driving in the rain at about 30 miles and hour towards a red light. i began to slow down with the brakes, but the car would not stop and skidded right through the red light. i also tried steering the car to the right, but the car would not steer right and kept skidding through the red light until it slightly hit the median and stopped. luckily, no oncoming cars were coming or my car would have went right into them. the tires claim to be "all weather tires" which are bridgestone dueler tires, 245/60r18. on other occasions in the rain, i have felt the car skid when tapping on the brakes while turning, but not to the extent of yesterday when i could have been in a terrible accident. i also read on line of another person reporting skidding while turning in the rain in a honda pilot. something happens with this car in the rain that causes the brakes to not stop the car and instead skid as if it is on ice without control of the steering at the same time. *tr
Since purchasing new, i have noticed a peculiar phenomenon whereby the brake pedal develops a very high resistance from the time of being parked, until the next time i get in the vehicle. i will routinely depress the brake pedal to place the vehicle in park at the conclusion of a drive. the pedal feels normal at this point. approximately 80-85% of the time upon re-entry in to the vehicle after allowing the vehicle to sit stationary (off) for 2-12 hours, the brake pedal becomes very firm. to the point where i feel uncomfortable with the amount of force i must press with my foot, in order to the engine to start. i don't want to over-pressure the brake lines unnecessarily. however, most of the time, if i simply press the brake with an average amount of force to start the car, i press the "start" button, and the system will only turn on to aux mode, the engine starter will not activate. due to the highly firm pedal, my "acceptable" level of foot force will not sufficiently displace the brake pedal to enable "engine start" ready mode. i am perplexed by this odd behavior. i have never experienced this in any other vehicle i have owned in my 17 years of driving experience. i would really like to know how the brake system becomes "loaded" if it is just sitting. this is the sort of result i might expect if one were to "pump" the brakes without the engine running, but i am doing nothing of the sort. please honda, address this. i really have to wonder if other 2016 and newer pilot and ridgeline owners are experiencing this.
I have the honda awd 2016 touring model with z transmission. since purchase, the vehicle will accelerate by itself when driving down the slope between 25 -30 miles per hour, the brake will not stop the speeding, and actually will reduce the speed and it appears transmission will force the speed goes up against the brake. during the drive, at this range, when accelerate, the vehicle will make a squeaky sound by the tire level, almost feel the tire is trying to catch up with the speed of transmission and won't turn as fast as it could and hence the squeaky sound, the vehicle is about 24 k miles and very challenging in driving this car. need this to be replaced as the z transmission recall is starting by other manufactures.. the worst is the speed of the car at drive down slope and could kill anyone due to it actually automatically start speeding even though my foot is on brake. *tr
Collision mitigation braking system (cmbs) does not work in stage 2 or stage 3. only the warning light comes on. brakes are never applied. going more than 10 mph faster than the car ahead of you, only stage 1 comes on with a warning notice. no light braking for stage 2. no hard braking for stage 3. i am emergency vehicle operator course trained. i had someone who i know keep a constant speed of 30 mph and then retested again going 50 mph. i would approach going 10 mph faster than the lead car and only stage 1 warning would activate, even when i was only 10 feet away before i had to manually apply the brakes hard. apparently honda/accura had an earlier issue with the cmbs falsely activating due to being too sensitive. they did a software update but now it is not activating stage 2 or stage 3. this occurs no matter what setting ( long, normal, short) you have the cmbs set to. i brought it in twice to the dealer and although the service tech test drove it and couldn't get the brakes to work the computer stated everything was fine. honda tech line was also called by the dealer and they said if the computer said there was no errors there is nothing to do. i called honda corporation and they also said there was nothing that could be done. automatic cruise control works so it can't be the radar or camera. this is a 2016 honda pilot elite with cmbs
I moved car out of driveway so friend could leave garage. when i went to put car back in driveway, the car would not stop and hit the car in other side of garage. when i put the car in reverse to move away from car/garage the car would not stop in reverse. i turned the wheel to prevent car from hitting trucks in driveway across the street i hit neighbors mailbox and broke tail light and left a paint scratch along entire driver side of vehicle. i called a tow truck drive who said there was something wrong with car brakes when he moved car to bed of his truck. he used emergency brake to stop car. the honda dealer i had the car towed to was in myrtle beach, sc. the tech said he ran all the diagnostic tests and did not find anything except an ac issue. the area service representative also tested the car and said it was "safe to drive". i did drive it to raleigh later in the week and then home to chantilly va. i have had no repeat issues but i am very cautious when i apply the brakes at a low speed for a stop sign or red light.
2/4/16: backed out of garage, put car in park, lowered garage door. was about to exit vehicle to adjust passenger side mirror, car surged forward, crashing through garage door. brakes would not stop vehicle as it was crashing through the garage; immediately applied emergency brakes, car finally stopped against shelving in garage and wten became wedged in garage. car experienced severe damage to front, hood, top, sides and could not be removed from garage until garage doors were removed by garage door company the next day. on 2/5/16 took car to honda dealer. said they needed time to investigate, would need until monday, 2/15 when manufactuere's rep could be there; gave loaner vehicle to use in interim. car still had dealer tag, one month old. on 2/17, received a call from service manager stating that honda rep's investigation found nothing wrong with vehicle and that i would need to look to my insurance company to repair vehicle. i was told to return loaner vehicle that day, which we did. there was over $2,000 damage to home; and $8,836 damage to vehicle. i find it amazing that honda could find nothing wrong with vehicle. i know for a fact that the car was in park and nothing would make it stop. the car is brand new - honda knows that something is wrong; there are other vehicles that have had the same problem. i will not feel safe in the car for one minute when the repairs are completed (taking 24 days to repair). and, it is a damaged vehicle with the dealer tag still on it!
2016 honda pilot surge while trying to stop on a city street and 2 times ended up part way in the intersection. no warning lights on dash. had pilot about a month. only drove about 500 miles. concerned, so keep longer distances in traffic. setup an appointment today with local dealer to inspect per his schedule in 4 days.