Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2004 Honda Pilot

Seven problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 2004 Honda Pilot. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Honda Pilot based on all problems reported for the 2004 Pilot.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/14/2020

Passenger side airbag deployed while vehicle in operation. My husband was driving on the freeway, 65 mph, no impact, nothing hit our car, no reason. I was sitting in passenger seat. The airbag blew, some burning and bruising to my arm, ear is ringing. No reason for the airbag to deploy! very dangerous. Called Honda, car 11321511. We've had our front airbags recalled. Do the sides have problems too?.

2 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/04/2015

Takata recall srs light remains on two days and 50 miles after driver side airbag recall repair was made, srs light came on and stayed on. Screw found in driver's side floor board. Returned to dealership to be told, the sensor is bad and not under the recall or warranty. $800 to repair and necessary to pass inspection. In reading other takata recall complaints, noticed this to be a common problem after the recall repair was made.

3 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/10/2015

I own a 2004 Honda Pilot. I received the recall notice in Feb 2015 of the issue with the passenger side air bag. I called my local dealer, brown's arlington Honda, for repair. The dealer said the parts are back ordered, and would take 3-4 weeks to arrive, and said they would order the parts. I called today, 1 April 2015, 6 weeks later, and the parts have not arrived. The dealer says it will be another 3-4 weeks. It appears both Honda and brown's arlington Honda are purposefully dragging their feet on this recall repair.

4 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/04/2014

I called the 800 number listed on the letter to Honda owners to enquire as to whether my Honda Pilot was subject to recall for the driver's side airbag. The operator, "valencia" (decline to provide last name), stated that it was not. When asked why it was not as it was in the affected year range, 2003-2007, she stated that the recall was VIN specific. When asked how Honda could know that as they don't know the vehicle content by VIN (per danielle at the same number the day before), she could not answer. I asked her if Honda could assign a case manager to determine whether or not my vehicle contained a takata driver's airbag and she stated that I would have to contact a dealer on my own. When asked if she would confirm this with her supervisor, she did so and replied that what she had said was official Honda policy. When asked her supervisor's name she declined strating that she could not reveal this information. When informed that a contemporaneous record of this call had been transcribed and would be provided to counsel in the event of an incident involving my vehicle's airabgs she was noncommittal. I would hope that this sort of reactgion in the course of a voluntary manufacturer's recall will be noted by NHTSA in its review of this matter.

5 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/15/2014

Accident on the freeway the car sped out of control hit the center divider. Front and side air bags went off! the steering wheel airbags scarred the inside od my wrist.

6 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 04/17/2009

Was a head on crash at both parties going 60 mph. The drivers side airbag did not deploy which my wife had multiple bruising from hitting the side window and b pillar. Injuries besides above 2 holes in colon, damaged 6" of small intestine multiple cuts and bruising and also pulled tendons from left foot.

7 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/28/2004

Consumer's vehicle was involved in a front impact collision at 35 mph when it struck the vehicle in front. The seat belts did not lock upon impact. The consumer stated that the airbag deployed but did not inflate.




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