Transmission Not Go Into Gear problems of the 2016 Honda Pilot

Two problems related to transmission not go into gear have been reported for the 2016 Honda Pilot. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Honda Pilot based on all problems reported for the 2016 Pilot.

1 Transmission Not Go Into Gear problem

Failure Date: 07/17/2018

Tl the contact owns a 2016 Honda Pilot. While the vehicle was stationary and while driving various speeds, the "auto idle disabler" feature engaged on several occasions. The vehicle stalled without warning after the brake pedal was depressed at a stop light. Three weeks later, while driving approximately 15 mph on the freeway, the "auto idle disabler" feature engaged again while in heavy traffic and the vehicle stalled. The contact shifted the gear into park, disabled the power, and restarted the vehicle. In addition, while the vehicle was stationary, all of the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. While driving 55 mph, on another occasion, the vehicle failed to shift gears properly and the rpms rapidly increased to 5,000. Also, the reverse gear shifter became inoperative and the gears would not shift while driving 55 mph. Big star Honda (11200 gulf freeway, houston, texas 77034) could not diagnose and duplicate the failures. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 49,000.

2 Transmission Not Go Into Gear problem

Failure Date: 06/22/2018

While traveling on I-95 at about 75 mph, every warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The car slowed down and changed into neutral. We were able to coast to the shoulder but the car in park. We did not turn the car off bc we wanted a/c as long as possible (occurred on June in GA, hot). The car would not go into gear so we had to have the car was towed to dealership. The following day at the dealership, they where able to get an error code to appear. After contacting american Honda, the technician was told that Honda is aware of the issue. He was told to clear the code and if the code reoccurred to replace the transmission but if not, they would not do anything. Well, the code would not duplicate even after the dealership tried for multiple days. We drove back to GA for our 4 hour drive home and prayed it would make it back to home. Luckily it did; however, the transmission slips in low gears and we are just waiting on it to happen again. By the way this is not the first time all of the warning light came on. It happened twice in town during the month of may. They did a service update and replaced all of the fuel injectors (out of pocket as it was not under warranty). It is really troublesome that Honda knows about the issue and I personally had this happened three times & have a car with a transmission issue. The last occurrence was a huge safety hazard as we had our family & dog and stuck on the side of the road for over 2 hours in trying to get the car towed. Please american Honda fix this issue.




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