general problems of the 2011 Honda Pilot

Bought 2011 Pilot in may 2010, brand new. The brochure stated the vehicle has leather interior trim. To my dismay two years later, the center seat developed a crack and was taken to the dealer, and was told the seat was vinyl. Not leather! the hand rest on all doors and center console are all torn and stretched to reveal the trim was thin strips of some sort of rubber. Now all seats are also cracked and torn after the vinyl hardened. I feel as if I was fleeced by Honda. Had I known the interior was rubber and vinyl I would have stuck with the fabric seats. Additionally the vehicle kept shutting down only to find out the throttle body was defective. The vehicle 'eats' brake pads and the emergency does not work properly. I learnt the hard way few months after purchasing my vehicle. I parked it in my driveway which has a very slight incline, placed it in neutral and applied the brakes and stepped out, only to hear horns blowing. On checking, the vehicle had rolled into the street. To this day the dealer cannot figure why the emergency brake does not work if the vehicle is on an incline with the back towards the bottom of the incline. .

After purchasing my 2011 Honda Pilot touring I quickly came to realize how uncomfortable the seats are. My boyfriend first noticed this on an hour trip and then that is when I put two and two together and realized that is what has been causing my hip, leg and back pain. I'm not sure what it is about the seats, but they are miserable. Our feet go numb, legs ache and hips practically kill us. After a weekend trip 5 hours away we are both dealing with pain. It is enough that I am considering selling the SUV. I love the Pilot other than the seats. I'm telling you, they are miserable. It's awful because I want to keep the vehicle. Would love if Honda would address this issue, but I've seen that this is a common problem with several models and they haven't done anything. With as much as we spend on a Honda, and as much as they make, you would think they would help us out. It's misery.

The material inside on door cranking plus the arm rest crank a default in the material nothing has been did about it. Paid to much money for that to happen . I took it to the deal were I got it from they say the sun did but it on the front part of the truck know we're else.

Honda Pilot ex-l. Driver side and front passenger seats are extremely uncomfortable after more than a 5 minute ride. Suspect this is due to faulty lumbar-support design, placement and extreme firmness. Unsafe and unhealthy. Pain is so intense that it remains after driver and passenger are no longer in the car/seat. Could pose long-term health problem.

Drivers seat height adjustment lowers on it's own while driving. This happens every time it is driven, creating a safety issue since driver sinks to lowest position while vehicle is in motion. Occurred while driving new car off the dealers lot. Dealer was unsure how to fix.