Engine Belts And Pulleys problems of the 2010 Honda Pilot

At 7:15am in a public parking lot of a strip mall setup, I approached a parking place but first letting an employee of panera bread cross in front of me before I approached the space. Upon approaching I was gliding in using the brake to slow me when all at once the engine reved while my foot was on the brake accelerating me and the vehichle into a tree 8 feet past the parking space, deploying the air bag and bouncing me back around 16 feet. The vehichle had at least accelerated to 20mph to accomplish what had happend. My husband had told me as well as the officer at the scene, that this had happened to him 3 times in the recent past on a graduated intensity. I suffered hand lacerations as well as forehead with chest bruising from the seat belt and a hand burn from the deployed air bag. I also had a slightly bleeding lip and was released at the scene from the ambulance with a strong suggestion to follow up if necessary. It is a shame that your own insurance company would rather look the other way then get involved and attorneys only want "severe" hospital ridden patients to move forward on a case. My insurance company wants to fix the Honda Pilot and put me back behind the wheel. I had spoken with one individual who works on Honda's at a Honda garage and isn't it interesting he suggest it may be a sensor or electrical issue with the acceleration system. . . . . . But oddly enough, he hasn't heard of this either, but upon research, I've found it all over the internet. I told my insurance company, "shouldn't we start somewhere. ".

Streeing wheel seriously vibrates when breaking over 60 mph. Front bushings need replaced at 76,000 miles and dealer said that there was a leak in the hydrolics controling the timing belt which will lead to possible enging replacement. Dealer quoted $2500 to fix. The information on the bushings and timing belt was discovered while have the air bag replaced. Also, there was another customer that got the same news on his car. After looking at the complaints these are common problems which Honda does not help with and you don't know if the same problem will reoccur if you do fix. It does appear to be a manufacturing/engineering problem that Honda knows well but there is no help for the customer. The dealership seems to be looking for these known problems for more profit potiental. This vehicle has been well serviced and used for mostly long road trips. Honda needs to fess up and help their customers since these type of problems/failures can be very dangerious to the passangers while driving not to mention exorbitant costs.

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Pilot. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle made an abnormal noise as if a tire were deflated. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and noticed that there were smoke emitting from the engine. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the timing belt detached, which caused the engine to fail. The engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 145,000.