general problems of the 2005 Honda Pilot - part 1

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stability assist system became inoperable. The contact stated that the vehicle decelerated and pulled to the driver's side. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the yaw rate sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 199,000.

My car will accelerate without me pressing the gas. And my airbag light is on I'm concerned it will explode like the ones on other Honda Pilots.

While the Pilot is in motion, the vsa braking system intermittently applies brakes even when not touched by the driver. This happens frequently on city streets at low speed (25-30mph); not willing to test this on open highway at high speed due to risk of crash.

While driving, often the vsa will apply randomly when there is no need to. Most often it is when driving on the highway, but the vsa will engage during city driving, when breaking, as well as when turning. It causes my whole vehicle to seize up and pull to the side. Because it happens at random, it was not able to be replicated when I have had it looked at by a mechanic. There is a vsa off button that I engage before driving which was suggested to me to do but even with the vsa turned off, the vsa will (however less frequently), still engage at random. It is scary for me as a driver to have this happen as I am often driving with my family in tow.

Faulty electrical issue. Car will just cut off and go dead especially when it rains. This was reported to Honda as a safety concern but no one ever followed up with the complaint. This should have been a recall. Car will just cut off and steering wheel locks. This occurs at any speed unexpectly without warning. Occurs while car is in motion without warning. Worsens with heavy rain. This was reported 10 years ago and even. Again about 8 years ago with no response from Honda. Occurred again today.

Pilot runs fine. But check engine and vtm4 light may go away and come back anytime. Stupid codes show up and go away. Rep. Lot of sensors etc still same problem. Also when driving the d driving light starts flashing. Very annoying. Called Honda corporation, stupid we deal case separately. . Very upset with the way of dealing the problem. If customer is complaining, match to similar other problem and handle the case matching way so customer knows if can get recall or not.

Vsa malfunction causes vehicle to apply brakes automatically at random times. Was driving down a 2 lane road and the vsa system applied the brakes causing the vehicle to veer into the other lane (oncoming traffic) - fortunately I was able to steer the vehicle back in to the correct lane without incident! this is not the first time either. I did some research and found that Honda has recalled some 2005 Pilots for this problem, but when I enter my VIN number, mine is not included. I am having the very same problem that the recalled Pilots are having don't know why they wont fix mine?.

Unfortunately, our each vehicle has been targeted and caused car accident from 2010 to present day. In 2012, our Mazda mpv 2006 engine was destroyed or replaced at the work place during working at hilton hotel. Our accura mdx 2002 VIN # 2hnyd18612h509321 and current Honda Pilot 2005 VIN # 5fnyf18645b010202 were under controlled and involved car accident in 2017 and 2018 because of targeting. I have noticed and reported to local police and insurance behalf of this cases which can stop suddenly or slowly. Its depend on how they controlled and pre-arranged accident to be happened on a pointing time. Surely, many life and vehicles are very dangerous. We desperately need safety cars and people in our community in order to avoid crushing cars and people from now and future. Please help.

Driving my Honda Pilot truck eastbound on the left lane at about 40 miles an hour, had the foot on the gas petal, the brake made a groaning noise and the truck started to slow down rapidly. To a full stop. The brakes went on and was so scared, because I looked up on my rear view mirror and there was a SUV driving behind me. He did see me , and he had to swerve into the opposite lane. My heart sank. He got out of his SUV and he started to yell at me. I told him the truck came to a stop it malfunctioned and they were lights on my dashboard . As he walked away back into his SUV and drove off I sat there. I put the car in park looked at my manual and shut off the vehicle and turned it back on and the indicators on my dashboard we're gone. I called up my husband to let him know. Before I shut the car off,, two indicators came on vsa and a warning sign. I know there was a recall it in 2013 I did get that fixed as I took it to a Honda dealership. About two years ago it happened again I was on the belt parkway in new york and the Pilot made a noise and it stopped on its own there were more than two lights flashing on my dashboard that day. And I was driving slower on the parkway because of traffic. So, the impact wasn't so scary . Two lives were saved that day. I called Honda recall case #06490313. Since my husband had to bring his car in to get fixed I also took my Honda. The company's name is hardmans auto ,they also order parts from the Honda dealership also located in the same town. Did cool Honda auto service but the manager named mark hasn't called me back yet. Will call again today to get my Pilot checked.

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. While the contact's wife was driving 35 mph, the vehicle stability assist activated unnecessarily, which caused the vehicle to swerve out of control. The vehicle was taken to piazza Honda of springfield (780 baltimore pike, springfield, PA 19064) where it was diagnosed that the vehicle stability assist unit failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

Vsa system comes on while driving the car. I took it to the Honda dealership, they replaced yaw rate sensor, but I still have the problem. Unsafe to drive.

Vehicle steering will randomly lock up and swerve to one side of roadway at highway speeds as brakes actuate and vsa activation indicator and system indicator lights come on. Vehicle was taken to Honda on 02/29/2017 where service department confirmed that vsa wiring harness was replaced in 2013. Tech checked the system for codes and found: 25-1 yaw rate sensor failure, 61-1 battery voltage failure, 83-1 ecm/pcm relation failure, 108-1 vsa system control status failure. Tech recommended replacing the battery. Battery was replaced by owner that same day. Vehicle exhibited same random braking and steering issues noted earlier on 05/03/2017 which nearly resulted in a head on collision. Vehicle will not be driven again until yaw rate sensor is replaced. Vehicle has 194,000 miles on it.

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. The contact received a recall repair remedy from mcgrath city Honda (6720 w grand Ave, chicago, IL 60707, 773-889-3030) to address the vsa, but the remedy failed to provide a solution. The contact later experienced abnormal involuntary braking with the steering pulling to the right for a brief moment and then the vsa warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who stated that the code was for the yaw rate sensor and that it was not related to the recall. The dealer stated that further diagnostic testing was needed. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 13v092000 (service brakes, hydraulic, traction control system), and NHTSA action numbers: dp12002 (electronic stability control), pe12028 (service brakes, hydraulic), and ea13002 (electronic stability control). The manufacturer stated that they were aware of a failure with the yaw ratre sensors, but had not provided a recall remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 225,000.

On cold temperatures, and while the car is moving on the highway, the brakes will suddenly apply all by itself and the vsa off and a triangle (with exclamation) light comes on the dashboard. This causes the vehicle to strongly jerk and swerve for a second. Turning off the vsa before driving, the sudden brake will not happen. I checked recalls for my VIN but there are no open recalls. Please investigate.

Problems with vsa and vtm 4 lock. Vehicle slow dowm while drive around 30 mph.

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. While driving approximately 50 mph, the vehicle slighty swayed from the left and the right with a shuttering sensation. The vsa system warning indicator illuminated. The contact turned off the vehicle to disengage the warning indicator; however, the failure recurred. The contact found in the owner's manual that the vsa warning was an indication that the brakes and stability controls were experiencing a malfunction. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and several failure codes appeared; however, they were not able to completely indicate what the nature of the repairs. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

The car's vsa (vehicle stability system) will engage for no apparent reason. The dealership is saying this is due to a faulty yaw rate sensor. Upon investigation, this appears to be a common problem in the 2005 model. My car's vsa (brakes) were engaged on multiple separate occasions while driving at highway speeds for no reason. This caused the car to rapidly decelerate and I nearly lost control of the vehicle. If I manually disengaged the vsa system (the Pilot has an on/off switch), I experience no such erroneous braking incidents. You can see the incident summary here: NHTSA campaign id number: dp12002 https://goo. . Read more...

While driving at any speed sometimes my veh brake on for about second, and the warning light of vsa appears, I took my veh 3 times to braman Honda at coral wayi was told nothing they can do, the problem that I have is with the yaw rate sensor and that is not coverage with the recall.

This is an addendum to complaint #10734361 the incident date was not correct. It was 2015 not 2014. And since the original complaint, we took the vehicle to auto parts store & they came up with 2 error codes. 25-1 yaw sensor malfunction & 61-1 battery voltage malfunction. These error codes seem to be a common thread with a lot of the complaints filed. Also, we have had to replace our alternator & battery since the recall service. Coincidence?.

This is an addendum to my November 21, 2014 report regarding the vehicle stability system on my 2005 Honda Pilot engaging the brakes on its own: on one of the occasions that the stability system engaged the brakes on its own, the car swerved to the left into the adjacent lane.

Vsa engaged while driving xway, pulled vehicle to right, into other lane. This was repaired per previous recall, but continued to engage periodically within 3 days. Additionally, I am on list for airbag recall, but not yet recalled in ky. We are in ohio valley, with higher humidity than florida. I have driven to florida multiple times. We should be added to recall list.

On numerous occasions during the ownership of the car, especially when it is raining, damp, or snowing while driving the car for no reason it loses power. The steering wheel locks, and the car acts as if the battery has been disconnected. This has happened more than 20 times. This is a defect. I am reporting, because I realize this needed to be reported. It is a safety issue. This loss of electrical power has occurred with the original battery, as well as two other batteries over the life of the car. It appears to be electrically related. The loss of power results in the steering wheel locking and no power. Luckily, each time this has happened, I was driving at 30 miles per hour. If this ever occurred on the highway, it could resulted in an accident.

While driving around a bend towards a red light, without my foot on the pedal my car made a weird shutter or brake pulsing, I thought I had gone over some ripple strips. When the the light changed, I proceeded to make a right turn in a busy intersection, when going almost 30 & out of the turn, my Pilot came to an unassisted abrupt stop! im so lucky the person behind me didnt rear end me! it sounded like the transmission was grinding & the tires were locked. I waited a few seconds let go of brakes & the vechile began to move but in 5 ft it did it again. Towed to dealer who cant seem to find or recreate the problem. Multiple brake, abs, vsc & electrical alarms were reported by dealer but still no solution. This car is unsafe to drive and by multiple reports this is a widespread problem.

I've just brought my 2005 Honda Pilot in to the Honda dealer to have the recall fixed but now it seems like the random breaking with the vsa on is more frequent after the fixed. The recall for the Honda Pilot 2005 with the vsa did not fix my vsa trouble. The trouble I getting is still the same after the fixed. "if the control unit was damaged, the vsa system may apply a small amount of breaking force even if the driver has not pressed the brake pedal. ".

While driving I went to apply my brakes to begin slowing down, I only applied a very small amount of pressure when a grinding noise started and lasted only a few seconds then a slight jerk as if my car was braking on its own and then a warning light turned on (exclamation inside a triangle and the vsa letters appeared) this stayed on until I turned off the car. This has occurred now 4 times. Fortunately I only have to drive 5 miles to work. Firstly, I am afraid to drive any distance especially on the highway should this get worse and secondly I have grandkids that I transport and am concerned that I could possibly be putting their lives in jeopardy!! I do hope that something is done or a recall is made so that this can be fixed.

Accelerating at relatively low speed, usually just after stopping, heard audible "pop" through car radio, abs and emergency brake lights came on. Car braked rapidly, even though foot was on accelerator and not touching the brake pedal. Forced car to almost a complete stop. This same sequence of events happened three times within 30 minutes. Pulled car into parking lot and called Honda service dept. They had never heard of this happening and car was towed in to run diagnostics. Service dept drove car around for over three days and was unable to duplicate issue. They had some ideas to cause, but since they couldn't get it to repeat, could not fix anything.

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the vehicle stability assist engaged independently, causing the front driver's side tire to seize. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the vehicle stability assist module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 195,000.

While driving on the highway at approximately 60 mph the brakes suddenly activated and the vehicle rapidly decelerated. Tires actually screeched due to the rapid deceleration. The brakes pulsed off and on until the vehicle came to a complete stop. Pressing and releasing the brake pedal had no effect. I turned off the car then re-started it and continued on with no further problem. If a car would have been behind me it certainly would have caused an accident as my vehicle stopped so abruptly I surely would have been rear-ended. I have owned this vehicle for 5 yrs and this has happened 5-6 times, the first time about 6 mos after I purchased the vehicle. The date here is the most recent incident. It has occurred at different speeds and happens when the brake pedal has not been touched. It is random and I have gone as long as a year between incidents. I have not yet taken it to a dealer because it is such a random occurrence and not possible to duplicate, and numerous accounts of this problem on-line indicate that Honda does not have a fix and does not acknowledge the problem. My experience is exactly as described in NHTSA action number dp12002 and pe12028.

Long story but I believe it is all related. Based on my understanding the anti-lock brake system and vsa are all part of the same system in a 2005 Honda Pilot. We were having a "noise" that was believed to be caused by a random anti-lock brake system self check. This would happen at any speed and appeared to be activated by any small bump in the road. This was more of a nuisance than anything but we thought we would have the dealership look into it. More on this later. In addition we also had the vehicle stability assist (vsa) engage once and the results were a little scary or violent at best. The problem occurred when travelling at approximately 70 mph under windy conditions. The vsa system engaged, the brakes were heavily applied, and the vehicle was put into a control mode that pulled the vehicle left and right. We had very limited control of the vehicle when all of this was happening. We were able to pull the vehicle over without incident and deactivate the vsa to finish our trip. What our dealership found was a cracked electrical connector on the main engine wiring harness where it connects to the anti-lock brake and vsa module. The connector is located under the engine shroud in an area that isn't accessible during normal or routine maintenance and we have never had any service done on anything in this area. Our guess is that it was cracked during the original installation or it fatigued over time. The Honda technician thought the root cause of the problem was moisture entering the control module via the damaged connector. This in turn caused damage to the printed circuit board that controls the braking and vsa system. We stopped investigating the repair at this point because of cost. It was over $2000. 00 to get the harness and control module replaced. I wanted to share this because of all the recent news on 2005 Pilots.

Approximate date I put was today, but this has happened several times to my spouse within the last few years. Today is the first time I had been able to duplicate it. I just started the car, pulled out of the driveway on my way to work. About 300 yards down the road at approximately 25 miles per hour the car braked on its own twice and stopped the car. I had to get to work so I continued on. It occured two more times on my way to work. I was never going faster than 40 miles per hour. It happened once while I was braking and two times while I was at a coast. My wife just told me that it happened again to her as recently as 3 days ago. I am concerned obviously because of the safety aspect of this. I have 3 children and god forbid this happen on the freeway or at high speeds. I have seen multiple complaints on the internet of this same occurence with the 2005 Honda Pilot and they all said to file a complaint with this site.

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vsa warning indicator illuminated and the brakes began to lock without applying any pressure to the pedal. The vehicle pulled to the left on its own and was then maneuvered to the side of the road. The engine was turned off and upon restarting, the vehicle resumed normally. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that a vsa trouble code was detected. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The vehicle was also taken to an authorized dealer where a trouble code was not detected. The vehicle was not repaired. There was an open and closed investigation under NHTSA action number dp12002 (electronic stability control). A preliminary evaluation pe12-028 was opened. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

2-15-2011 prior complaint of vehicle stability assist locking the brakes, occurred 3 times. Honda had no solution to abrupt jarring braking. Continued to drive with vsa turned off. 1-2-2012 vsa, even though vsa turned off, brakes locked while going 45 mph on a highway, middle lane, then braked 4 more times before I could pull out of the way of traffic. Very close near accident. Took vehicle to Honda 1-3-2012. Spoke to dealership service director again, spoke to Honda florida rep, no ideas, denied knowledge of problem, even though internet & NHTSA documented. Finally I agreed to split repair, spent $793. 61 and they replaced 57110-s9v-a61 modulator assembly vsa. Honda refused to acknowledge what the braking was caused by, or that their vsa replacement that day would solve problem. If vsa off why did it happen 5 more times? since NHTSA has an open investigation on this well documented problem I wanted you to have an update.

It was night, and my girlfriend and I just exited the freeway, we just turned onto a side street and made it 100 yards when all of the sudden it felt like my left front tire went flat or I hit something and it dragged, I immediately pulled over to inspect, and found nothing. I did notice the vsa and vsa activation indicators on, turning the car off and then on again reset the indicators. Oddly concerned we circled back to check for anything in the road, there was nothing. It happened again just a few minutes later, and the indicators came back on. It repeated itself a third time, and I drove home very worried it would happen on the freeway. Each instance was momentary and it pulled hard left each time with a load antilock brake type jarring vibration. From reading other stories I can see that this problem isn't one of a kind, and I haven't seen anyone post a fix for it.

While making 2 turns in a parking lot at 10 mph, the vsa (vehicle stability assist) engaged, causing the brakes to suddenly grind the vehicle to a jarring halt---stopped on a dime! a moment later, while driving straight ahead at about 20 mph, the vsa engaged again, causing another sudden grinding braking to a full stop. Honda says they know nothing about this anomaly---despite easily finding numerous blogs on the internet of people having the same problem ---up to occurring at highway speeds. Honda diagnostic equipment did not identify that this occurred nor tell them that there is any problem. I do not consider this vehicle safe to drive!.

Honda Pilot 2005 vsa issue and malfunctions: sometimes the light came up even I drove on a flat road with low speed. There is a loud clunk noise and the brake and steering for a fraction of a second locks. One time it happened when I was in a turn and almost hit a wall. I am concerned that the vehicle stabilization system is not safe if I had to make an emergency turn and that the vehicle would roll.