general problems of the 2007 Honda Pilot

Loss of acceleration while driving on highway.

Our 2007 Honda Pilot on three separate occasions accelerated out of control when applying breaks to slow down and stop. I could not stop the vehicle. The first time the car went through a stop sign and nearly caused a serious accident. The third time I had the presence of mind to slip the car into neutral when the car accelerated. As I had the brakes on the car immediately stopped as it should, but the engine rpm increased significantly for a couple seconds and then returned to normal idle rpm. This establishes this problem as an engine acceleration issue and not a braking problem. Of course being an intermittent problem they could find nothing wrong. I see both the Honda Pilot and the odessey have a history of this type of problem. Honda is refusing to acknowledge this as a problem and is refusing to deal with it. Someone will get killed with this problem if they haven't already.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Honda Pilot. The contact was driving approximately 5 mph and pulling into a parking space when the rpms suddenly increased to 6000 and the vehicle surged forward. The shifter was switched to neutral but the engine continued to rev. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 120,000. Jft.

The SUV traveled down a gently sloped driveway. The driver's foot was on the brake pedal the entire time so that the vehicle would move slowly. Approximately 5 feet from the garage entrance, with the right foot still gently depressing the brake pedal and no pressure on the accelerator pedal, the car suddenly and violently accelerated. The driver depressed the brake pedal to the floor but this did not stop acceleration or forward motion. The vehicle crashed into the back wall of the garage, causing significant structural damage to the house and deploying the driver-side airbag. The driver's right shoulder and hand experienced soft tissue injuries. A child was in the room struck by the car. This child suffered a fractured tibia/fibula, a mild traumatic brain injury (concussion), and multiple abrasions as a direct result of the collision. A second child outside of the vehicle experienced an abrasion to the left knee as a direct result of the collision.

Several months ago the vsa light began to come on momentarily, for no reason. This has happened 50-100 x. Several weeks later, the steering wheel began to be sometimes (daily) not true (at one oclock), though the car was moving straight. (turning the wheel turned the car. ) the abs began momentarily firing, for no reason, and the car would slow, sometimes severely. (we were not braking. ) the car would lose power momentarily, for no reason, though the engine continued to run, and everything else was normal, with no noise (e. G. , no abs). Recently the above happen every day. Sometimes the vsa and abs happen at the same time. All happened when driving straight or turning. We were not driving fast. There were no emergency conditions. On Dec 20, we began a left turn at 5 mph. The abs fired for 4 or 5 secs. Then there was a loud noise (not abs). The vsa light came on. The wheel was as much as 270 degrees from true. Sometimes it took effort to turn the wheel. Sometimes it took no effort but the car did not respond. On Dec 21, at their recommendation, the car was towed to a Honda dealer. The dealer told us the 2 steering bolts were sheared off. They do not know the cause. They note: the bolts are not visible during inspections. The steering and subframe must be replaced. The vsa etc. Are probably fine but we cannot know until everything else is fixed. The dealer has declined to put this in writing. They say there is not anybody at Honda with whom we can discuss this. When asked, they knew of no relevant recalls. There has been no accident or other damage to the car. It is kept in our garage. We have maintained it (last service was Sep 2013). We are fortunate we did not have an accident. Even after the proposed fixes, will the car be safe? on the NHTSA site, we found 2012/2013 recalls for the 2005 Pilot for the same subsystems and similar symptoms.

This has happened 2-3 times during the past month prior to February 27, but I don't know exact dates. When approaching stop sign and applying the brakes, my engine started to accelerate and I really had to jam on the brakes in order to stop. Thankfully, I had sufficient time and space between me and the car in front of me. I geared down to d3 and that seemed to get it out of that high acceleration.

Car accelerated and brakes failed completely. This was a fatality accident. When approaching a red light the car did not slow down at all. This accident occured in the middle of a clear day. Reports showed the driver had no alcohol or drugs in their system. I have the black box data that was recovered from the scene and can forward it to you as an attachment.

2007 Honda odyssey continues acceleration with no contact to gas pedal. Cause has not been diagnosed.