Four problems related to transmission shudder 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.
Ok the vehicle stalls on hills, becoming nearly impossible to proceed, and simultaneously emits a grinding-scraping sound seeming to come from the front-end portion of the undercarriage. So, far it has always managed to continue running/moving forward during and after. It just feels like the automatic transmission is badly, and near the end of slipping/failing. I looked up it's value on a website, and a warning box popped up notifying me that my Pilot's year make & model has 6 separate manufacturer's recalls. Upon looking further, I see that-indeed-one recall is for the automatic transmissions! then, when I did another search, specific to my VIN #, I saw that my particular Pilot does not have any recall on it. Yet, now, the transmission is failing, and I only just purchased my car at the end of January, 2019. . . . I want to at least make my best effort to complete the process of attempting to get a transmission recall on my car-since I now that other 2004 Honda Pilots have gotten one. I am filing my complaint today based upon that knowledge, despite the high milage accumulated on my specific Pilot. There've been about 10 separate occurances of the stalling-grinding transmission "death throes" since I acquired it, all took place at low speeds on urban streets, and half *5 or 6 times) happened while driving up a large hill, the rest on flat city streets. I hope this is sufficient info for this complaint to be processed. Thanks.
At approximately 146,000 miles light in the �d� drive gear on the dash board began flashing. Took it in for repairs and was told the transmission was shuddering 35 mph - 40 mph when it was test driven. Looked into the issue and was told the the transmission would need to be replaced (faulty), immediately.
Vehicle shudders when transmission is shifting at slow speed.
Transmission shudders intermittantly from 20-35 mph. Diagnosed as transmissioni faliure and it needed to be replaced. Owner responsible for 50% of $4000. 00 bill.