general problems of the 2005 Honda Pilot

Six problems related to structure have been reported for the 2005 Honda Pilot. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Honda Pilot based on all problems reported for the 2005 Pilot.

1 Structure problem

Failure Date: 12/26/2010

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that water was entering into the vehicle whenever it would rain. He was unable to determine where or how the water was entering the vehicle. The water was damaging the floor boards and the contact was concerned about premature rusting. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor was it repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 73,500.

2 Structure problem

Failure Date: 08/01/2010

2005 Honda Pilot motor mounts broken. Called the dealership seems it is a very common problem as they are scheduling these type of repairs are being scheduled 2 to 3 weeks ahead of time. This should be a recall and can cause much more damage. Honda is trying to get out of a costly defective problem. Please help.

3 Structure problem

Failure Date: 12/15/2008

I had my front and side motor mounts replaced two weeks ago on my 2005 with 75,000 miles. I suspect they had been torn for 5,000 miles or so. Lots of low load clunking during throttle application, and ever so slight steering wheel vibration. Which I had never noticed, until driving it after the repair and noticed that the steering wheel dead still. But it still is disappointing to spend $450 for (2) motor mounts on a 3 year old truck. Shouldn't Honda to do a recall on this?.

4 Structure problem

Failure Date: 04/28/2006

: the contact stated while the vehicle is driven over 55 mph with the rear windows open, there is a thumping noise throughout the vehicle. This causes discomfort to the occupant's ears. The vehicle has not been seen by a mechanic. Updated 07/03/06. The leather seats were cracking.

5 Structure problem

Failure Date: 03/04/2006

The incident happened while driving home from school at around 4:30 pm. Just like always around at certain part of the freeway the traffic began and everyone was slowing down. I began to press on my breaks. This is were things all went to fast and are kind of weird. Going about 60 mph, my SUV was not slowing down and it jerked to the left. There were a lot of bad, scary noises, ones that automobiles shouldn't make. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone else. My thought before I got out of the car was that I totally slammed into the center median. However, upon exiting the vehicle I saw that cosmetically the car was pretty much fine. All the commotion that I heard and felt didn't make sense at first but then it all came to fruition. It seems that going 60 mph with 10-15 feet my car came to a dead stop, resting on two right side tires and to left side wheels. The freeway patrolman went up and down the freeway to make sure I didn't hit anything (because I didn't!), and all he found were pieces of my car and nothing else. Again we don't know what happened, but there is a long list of mechanical, body and refinish work that needs to be done and replaced. So far around 7,000+ in damages. Not to mention they are not sure if the transmission and the frame are messed up. The rear sub frame, the piece that holds the suspension together, broke clean in half. We don't know if the front failed and caused the back to fall apart, or if the back failed and caused the front to fall apart. To correct it they are just going to repair everything that needs to be fixed, most which are being replaced with used parts. The only physical injury that occurred was a big burn/cut I got from the side air bag going off. Plus, by replacing the pieces with used parts, how do they know it won't fail again? especially because they don't know what happened in the first place! thanks for your time.

6 Structure problem

Failure Date: 02/01/2005

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle in the daytime it was difficult to see the instrument panel. The contact stated that the numbers were grey colored against a darker grey background. At night the instrument panel was very easily seen because of the lighting. The contact contacted a local dealer, and they stated that the leather overhang could obstructed the view of the instrument panel because it caused a large shadow over the instrument panel. The manufacturer stated this was the design within the vehicle, and there was nothing that they could do about the problem, but the contact may check to see if there was an after market instrument panel available for this specific type of vehicle. The contact stated that after searching the internet she found that there was no other type of instrument panel for this type of vehicle.


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