general problems of the 2013 Honda Pilot - part 1

Vcm2 light appearing causing bank 2 to stop working, vibration and rpm not being able to go above 3000 or 5000.

Paint on roof of my 2013 Honda Pilot. First bubbled up the white paint - now 2 large areas the size of basketballs just above the front window. The paint has chipped off and the metal shows underneath. Have an appt to bring to dealer to inspect. Heard its common on 2013-14 Honda's in white. This brings down the value! my vehicle only has 100k.

I purchased the vehicle and in may 2023 I noticed a small bubble on the paint on the roof of the car near the windshield on the left, above the driver's side. I went to the closest Honda dealer and the gentleman at the shop dismissed me saying the car's warranty was expired. A few months later, the bubble popped and a part of the paint peeled off. I called the dealer arlington Honda and was told by a manager jeremy hardman to take my car to one of 2 autobody shops he provided me with for inspection. I went to schaumburg autobody who inspected the vehicle and found more affected areas behind the sunroof. They determined it to be defective sealer that is not adhearing to the metal. I sent an email to jeremy hardman and called that Honda dealer I was told jeremy no longer works at that dealer and transferred me elsewhere. I was told to contact Honda corporate. Meanwhile, the paint has now peeled further, the metal is now completely exposed which will lead to rust formation causing further damage. Also making my car look old and poorly maintained. Since its near the windshield, moisture from snow, rain etc will cause damage where water will start to make its way into the vehicle causing further damage there as well. I have attached pictures to show the metal exposure from the peeling and pictures where you can see the sealant coming off. I would like instructions on how to proceed from here to initiate a recall ASAP due to poor paint/sealer quality and/or improper application. Instructions for a temporary solution to avoid further damage. I also found an article. . Read more...

I purchased my third Honda, a 2013 Honda Pilot in 2017 from my local Honda dealership. In 2019, I received a recall notice from american Honda stating that we could have the cost of repainting our recalled vehicles covered if we had damage. At that time, I did not have any issues with the paint on my Pilot. Well, a couple weeks ago, a huge amount of paint on my roof was missing all of a sudden. I contacted american Honda as it stated on the recall notice and was told the recall period and my warranty had expired. Nevertheless, I was told a claim was opened on my behalf and that I needed to take the car to my local Honda dealership for a diagnosis. I was then sent to an authorized body shop for an estimate. After having to contact american Honda and the local dealership multiple times, I was told by the body shop that Honda would only cover 60% of the $1700 cost (which was only for the roof to be repainted) and that eventually the rest of the vehicle will also start to peel. I feel cheated and this is truly a lack of customer service on the part of american Honda and proctor Honda. How do you sell vehicles knowing that there is an issue with the paint coming off and then not be willing to fix the issue??.

My check engine light came on and my mechanic informed me that the code was covered under a warranty extension by Honda. I took my vehicle to the dealer, they agreed and replace 4 of the 6 misfiring pistons. They recommended I replace the other 2 pistons at my cost. I did not. The dealer said there was nothing wrong with them and that's why they weren't replacing them. I later found out that they also replaced scored bearings. Upon picking up my vehicle, I took it to my mechanic to fix a bushing that the dealer recommended be replaced. My vehicle was also making a tinging noise I want looked at. It was not making this noise prior to being repaired at dealer. My mechanic fixed the bushing and suggested I take it back to the dealer as the issue was a direct result of the burning oil which was a result of the bad pistons. It was then that the dealer told me about the scored bearings. They said they went to their rep because there was damage. I needed a new engine. (apparently this was known when I picked up my car the first time). The rep for the dealership informed them that because my oil changes were done at a private mechanic and not at the dealership, no good will would be given and I would be responsible for replacing the engine at my own cost, as well as the wrecked catalytic converter, also a result of the burned oil from the bad pistons. The dealer suggested I contact american Honda. I did so and after several phone calls the dealer was informed by american Honda that the decision was up to the rep. The dealer reached out to the rep again and again rep refused to fix the problem. I now have a vehicle which I still have 2. 5 years of payments (I've owned it for 2. 5 years) that cannot not be driven. Honda should fix this as the problem is a result of the the damage cause by their faulty pistons! **note: date below is approximate**.

I drove to work first thing in the morning (10 miles) and parked. I noticed 10 minutes later that my car was on fire? from my location, I could see the fire coming out of the passenger side closer to my front tire. The fire melted my whole dash and engine. Front tires seem to be partly intact from fire. The car drove fine with no troubles before this happened???.

Paint popping off top above windshield.

Isn't my vehicle. I'm trying to buy this vehicle but I found that info in the carfax. Five star automotive southbridge, MA 508-765-0257 4. 9 / 5. 0 14 verified reviews vehicle serviced oil and filter changed a/c refrigerant recharged 2/2/19 206,087 mi. Massachusetts inspection station sturbridge, MA passed safety inspection passed emissions inspection 3/13/19 207,860 mi. Five star automotive southbridge, MA 508-765-0257 4. 9 / 5. 0 14 verified reviews vehicle serviced oil and filter changed 3/19/19 207,996 mi. Lundgren Honda auburn, MA 508-832-6200 4. 6 / 5. 0 211 verified reviews vehicle serviced 3/28/19 107,178 mi. Connecticut inspection station waterbury, CT passed emissions inspection potential odometer rollback there are signs of potential odometer rollback here, so verify the mileage with the seller. I know I would.

The paint on top of Pilot just above the windshield and before the sunroof is peeling. I've seen lots of owners having the same problem. I noticed this when I washed the Pilot and saw the paint has bubbles and had chipped already. I have been driving it and noticed there is now a big part of the paint the peeled away.

Paint between the sunroof and front wind shield peeling off.

The car is making these horrible noises. The dealership claims everything was find when they sold it to us. We took it back a few days later for them to fix it and they claimed to fix it but never did. We have taken it to multiple mechanics and they can not figure out what it is after have it at least 3 or 4 days. It's like a vibration/grinding noise. The alignment is fine but it still pulls and the steering wheel is off. It always makes a grinding noise and the vibration and grinding starts when you are driving and it hits a constant speed even when you dont use the cruise control.

Paint is peeling off between windshield and sun roof, on the hood and front fenders. Vehicle is 5 years old and it clearly delaminating, which is a factory defect from the manufacturer.

Vehicle is parked in a carport in the evenings and in a carport at work during the weekdays. The paint on the roof between the sunroof completely peeled off in sheets, leaving the meta underneath exposed.

Paint on roof of car is peeling in sheets to the bare metal. The damage is on the roof between the front windshield and sunroof. It appears to be a bad paint mixture at the plant and Honda is not accepting responsibility for this manufacturing default. This car is 5 years old and should not be having issues with paint peeling all the way to the bare sheet metal. I'm concerned as the metal is now exposed and the elements will cause damage (rust/corrosion) to the metal and compromise the structural integrity of the roof and the metal that holds the windshield.

Rear door is not opening , switch does not respond to pressing , you hear the unlocking sound and light turns on but door wont open , this is not an electrical door that opens by itself , this is a main issue since I cannot open the door to put my kids strollers , etc . By doing so much pressure in the door , I took off the handle and broke one of the pins . Is anybody experiencing the same issue ?.

While driving on i65 north of birmingham, al at 65-70 mph with no other vehicles close by, we heard a loud pop and then noticed what sounded like air coming into the cabin. We pulled back the sunroof shade slightly and noticed shattered glass. We pulled over to find about a 4 inch hold in the sunroof with shattered glass all around it. We broke off as much as we could so other vehicles would not be damaged by the debris.

I have majot paint removal on the roof of my Honda Pilot. It just comes off in sheets when we are driving. We took it to our local Honda dealer and they said we didn't wax the car enough and that was why it was happening. A car that is 5 years old should not have paint coming off in sheets. It is so bad that I now have to worry about the roof getting rust because the paint comes off down to the metal.

When driving on the highway between the speed of 60-80 mph, the steering wheel shakes very noticeably making it very uncomfortable to drive with the vibration. I have had tires replaced and the wheels rebalanced and nothing seems to fix the problem. I have been dealing with this for months and no service station is able to fix the problem. Fearing that something may happen when driving on the highway or when my children drive the car. Safety is my number one concern when getting into a vehicle and it is very upsetting that I bought a brand new car to avoid the unknown problems of a used vehicle. Upon doing some research on the internet to find a solution to my problem, I have discovered that every Honda Pilot owner is complaining about the same issue and that Honda does not want to fix the problem.

"takata recall" inflators / airbags: as per notice in mail from tk holdings, inc. , et al. , we contacted the Honda dealership in arlington TX 'vandergriff Honda & made appointment to meet with service advisor/rep. However when he listed our VIN he stated (brian stevens) that only 2 recalls were issued on our 2013 Honda Pilot but not pertaining to our vehicle's airbags. . So would u please investigate the subject as we are seniors in our age 70+ years & very nervous in driving our Honda in case of accident. Your website listed under 'safercars. Gov' states 'rivets defects' in our model 2013 Pilot but the dealership insisted there is no recall on the takata airbags/inflators for our model year 2013 Honda Pilot fwd. Your further proper review in finding out who is telling the truth or answer w/be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your reply, & our best regards. Rjbrodaudit@att. Net.

Electrical issue while stationary and extreme vibrations while driving.

The rear passenger doors have a safety issue. Everytime we open a door to get in or out of the vehicle, the door immediately closes. I believe it is a door check issue. This is concerning because when trying to get small kids in and out , the doors do not stay open, even if we are on completely flat ground. Also when trying to get out of the 3rd seat row, the door closes on ones face, causing another safety issue, especially with children. I have a nephew who had his finger badly smashed in the door due to this same issue on another Honda Pilot. I feel like this is a recurring issue that seriously needs to be addressed and fixed or recalled to be fixed. This has been an ongoing issue for past 3 years.

Paint starting coming off first small circle then more and more it goes from side to side between my sunroof and windshield.

Ever since I bought my Honda Pilot touring many many times there has been a hesitation when excelerating but after the hesitation it excelerates. Until the time I was going up a hill on the freeway I excelerated and nothing happened - absolutely no exceleration at all. I had literally a second to decide what to do. I decided to use my momentum to move into the slow lane - in front of an 18 wheeler - and kept moving to the shoulder and stopped. I tried to start my car again and it started but stilll no exceleration. I shut it off and tried again and it wouldn't start. We were 40 miles too far for the Honda towing but just a few miles short with aaa. We had aaa tow it to our home dealer. The dealer couldn't replicate the problem. They said they thought there was debris in the mass airflow sensor causing fuel trim failure. Labor for this was $120. 00. My car hasn't completely stopped again but it still does its hesitation thing. I see from reading this article that isn't just my problem. I think this should tell Honda they have a problem they need to address.

Takata recall the 2013 Honda Pilot leaks water into the passenger cabin if the car is in the rain. So much water that the carpet and padding underneath are soaked and water standing on the floorboard of the vehicle. The padding and carpet even after cleaning has begun to have problems and mold because it has happened so many times. American Honda admits/says it is a design flaw of the car, but that it is our problem to take care of and not to park the car outside ever,.

The NHTSA headrest standards are shit. Seriously, did any of you even fucking drive a car with a headrest in the position you mandate? you are incompetent at your job. Fail! quit your tax payer funded job and go work for a paycheck. Go ruin your own life instead of ruining everyone else's for a change!!.

The car hesitates and does not accelerate, especially when making a turn or slowing down and then accelerating in traffic. It does accelerate after it pauses, it is very scary to have it stop and not move. This VIN was not part of the recall announced today, but the problem is exactly what is happening with my car. Will there be more recalls for this problem? we have brought it to the Honda dealer when it was new, and again before the warranty ran out. They deny that there is a problem. It is no longer under warranty.

Stalls and hesitates when turning left especially on roundabouts.

At about 12:05 pm, on December 7th (while driving approximately 45mph) on a flat surface street with my wife in the front seat and two children in the back seat, we heard a grinding noise coming from beneath the front passenger side of the car. Seconds later, my wife grabs her foot and screams in excruciating pain. I pull over and saw a . 25 inch¿� thick by 5 inch long abrasion that ran across the arc of her right foot that tore the top layers of her skin. After we stopped by a local target to buy gauze and bandages and dropped off our children at a local friend's house I checked my wife into urgent care at st. Jude's hospital, located within ten miles of the incident, to have the wound examined. A physician diagnosed the abrasion as a second degree electrical burn and gave her a tetanus shot and pain medications. I reported the issue to oc Honda world, the dealership where I purchased the car from while waiting in lobby. I took the car in on December on 9th and 17th and the service department at oc Honda world found nothing faulty. . Read more...

Turned on the car and backed out of my driveway, which is sloped so it does not require any acceleration. Shifted into gear on the street and began to roll forward. Applied pressure to the accelerator and noticed that the car was not responding at all - engine was not revving, car was not moving forward despite flooring the gas pedal. Stopped and shifted into reverse and had the same problem. Simultaneously, several warning lights appeared including vehicle stability control among others. Eventually had to leave the car disabled on the side of the road and have it towed to a local Honda dealer, where they were unable to replicate the problem. After 3 days, they "reset all the computers" and told me the car was fixed. Same problem occurred 2. 5 wks later. Again, dealer could not replicate the problem. However, they replaced the "box" which the accelerator connects to and told me the problem should be fixed. 3 days after returning the car to me, the same incident occurred a 3rd time. This time the vehicle fluids were also overheating. I left the car running until a Honda technician could come and take a look and see the problem in action. Unfortunately, he shut the car off upon arrival and then was not able to recreate the problem. Honda has now had my vehicle for 8 days with no progress. Their only suggestion is to uninstall the remote starter which came with the car when I purchased it new. They have no evidence that the remote starter is causing the problem and have not offered to compensate me in any way for its removal. Car is only 1. 5 yrs old.

Ten minutes after locking the Pilot with the drivers door power lock, we heard two booms and found the car with fire coming out from under the hood and had engulfed the dashboard. The car was engulfed in flames by the time the fire company could use foam on the car. We had not driven the car for 7 hours prior.

Ongoing disturbing shudder or vibration apparently related to the vcm/eco feature. The relationship seems to correlate with the visual eco display on the dashboard. The issue can be categorized by progressing through three stages or modes as speed and driving conditions vary. The first mode can be characterized as a howling (significant audible tone change) from the engine right before the vibration begins, which is the second mode. The second mode is the vibration/shudder most predominately around 44 mph, but can occur at other speeds - depending on the "load" on the engine. The shudder/vibration can vary from a high frequency vibration (like going over small narrow rumble strips) to a more pronounced shudder, both of which is can be felt by passengers and/or driver. In general, the Pilot will vibrate/shudder consistently, apparently when the vcm feature is in transition. However, on two occasions, a third mode occurred: very suddenly while driving about 45 mph or so, by surprise, the Pilot shook (front end area) to such a intense degree that it impulsively caused the driver of the Pilot to pull-over and stop. Not knowing what really is going on is causing some trepidation about whether to even drive the car. Took Pilot into the dealer and explained these modes. Dealer was aware of the vcm related vibrations and says that is the way it works and nothing they can do. But, to me this is a real safety issue. A brand new (rather costly) car should not behave this way. Moreover, it seems such regular ongoing vibration/shuddering can quickly negatively impact the integrity or longevity of the engine/drive train, etc. , as most mechanical things generally do not like vibrations which quite often is a significant source of wear and tear. As the owner one must ask things like: will the engine even "survive" this in the long run? will this cause more frequent repairs?.

Every time I drive the car I hear some rattle- squeaky kind of noises coming from the passenger front seat , I have taken the car 4 times already and the technician hasn't been able to fix the problem .

I was driving on hwy got a flat tire. Pulled over to get help for fixing tire. Within few minutes rear window glass shattered with very loud noise - like a blast. Vehicle was pulled over in the center median - to my right 5 lane highway and to my left 2 lanes for high occupancy vehicles. There were no objects around the car (I checked for objects that could have flew over and could have hit rear window – there were none). Window shattered completely into tiny pieces - doesnt look like it has been hit by an object. I suspect this is a defective window by the manufacturer. Honda Pilot was less than 2 weeks old and ran 1100 miles. Dealer refused to accept this could be a malfunction. I did a complete visual inspection around car and there were no objects. Request investigaion.

The problem is a noticble rumble appearing to come from the rearend but affecting every part of the vehicle. It can be felt on the steering wheel, seats, dash, etc. At first we thought it occured at only 62 and 40 mph but the more we drive the vehicle it can be felt at any speed. We had leased a touring Pilot but brought it back after 1400 miles and traded it for a ex-l Pilot hoping the rumble would be less. At first it didn't occur as much, but the more miles it has the worse it gets. The dealership was not very forthcoming with any information on this problem and has no solution or any hope for a solution. The comment was that someone had complained about a vibration but on their test drive they didn't notice it. Any passengers we have immediately notice the rumble and ask what the problem is. On a new car this is embarassing to say the least. If there were any way possible to get out of this lease without getting upsidedown on leasing another vehicle I would do it in a minute. This our fourth Pilot and we have had few problems with them. They are very stable on ice and get through the snow very well. Up until 2013 the Pilot seemed to have a very good ride on the highway and we have taken many long trips with our Pilots. Now any trip we take we our preoccupied with this rumble and are constantly asking each other "can you feel that". I am very disappointed with this vehicle and if a fix can't be found for this it will be the last Pilot we lease. I don't know of any safety related incidents to this problem but I can't believe that throughout the life of a vehicle there can be a rumble like this and not cause a problem in the rearend, possibly even locking up.

Vehicle hesitates/ and shakes at 45 and 60 mph, very scary. Took car to dealership in bluffton SC March 2014 and may 2014. Dealership could not reproduce problem.