Engine Shut Off Without Warning problems of the 2017 Honda Pilot

The engine shuts off while driving and while stopped at a light. Very unsafe. Hand the transmission replaced a few months ago but the problem is still happening.

I have a 2017 Honda Pilot touring awd (purchased in Dec 2017) and experienced the auto-idle stop stall numerous times. The issue occurs when the car is stopped (at a traffic light) and the auto engine idle is on, when I lift the brake to press the accelerator, the car shuts off the engine completely, puts itself in neutral or park, and requires me to put the car in park (if not there already) and restart (press brake and ignition button). I then struggle to start the car (attempting multiple times) and restore it to drive. This is a major safety issue that occurs in the middle of traffic. I can't image stopping on a railroad track for any sustained time. It should be immediately addressed with Honda for recall action.

Auto engine idle will not start the car back up sometimes. If I forget to disable the auto engine auto before each trip, sometimes we will stop at a light or stop sign and the engine shuts off like it is supposed to. The problem is that periodically, the engine will not start back up when we are ready to go. The whole car shuts off and there is a specific order of pressing the brake and pushing buttons that we have to go through to start the car back up. Very dangerous while sitting in traffic. Has happened numerous times. Have taken to dealership numerous times with no solution. I have a video of it after it is shut down, but cannot attach it because it is more than 5mb.

The Honda Pilot is equipped with an idle-stop, where the engine shuts down to save on fuel economy when for example stopped at a stoplight. Over the last year I have had major issues with the idle stop feature 10-12 times. I will be stopped at a light, feel the engine shut off, then when it is clear to go I move my foot from the brake to the gas and the engine will kill. The car has then killed while in drive so I have had to frantically get the car to park, and try to restart. However, it usually takes a minute or two to get the car to start up again. A few times cars we coming around a corner and I was still stopped at the now green light. It was very scary being stalled in now moving traffic. I haven't figured out if there is something that makes it kill, it just seems to be sporadic. When I took it into Honda to have it check out they said they couldn't see any issues and couldn't get the car to replicate what I had described. I have read about many other drivers experiencing this same stalling issue from the idle stop, but Honda is not doing anything to help customers. Having your car kill on you in the middle of the road over and over again is a very nerve racking feeling.

The engine with shuts off normally when I come to a stop when I have the system engaged. The problems begin when I take my foot off the break expecting the engine to start up again. What happens consistently (though not all the time) is that when I take my foot off the brake, the engine shuts off, shifts itself into nuetral, and I have trouble getting the engine to start up again. This occurred two separate times. I brought the car to the dealership and they can't find anything wrong with it.

Idle stop system sensor fail. . When can stops the engine shuts off but I did not came back on!! a lot of lights came on with instructions while I was at a busy light. . Went to the dealer and it was close to $1,000 for the repair. . They said its a known issue. . Please do a recall.

The auto engine idle (aei) feature has a flaw in it that Honda has apparently not identified or explained and it is a serious safety concern. Aei shuts the engine off when the car is in drive but fully stopped and, in theory, increases fuel efficiency by reducing engine idling when the car is stopped, e. G. At a stoplight or in stop-and-go traffic. While there is a button to disable it, this button has to be pressed each time you turn the car on and cannot be permanently disabled. We try to remember to always press the button and disable the feature but occasionally forget and don't realize we haven't disabled it until we come to a stop somewhere and the feature engages and the engine shuts off. Aei would just be a nuisance if it worked 100% of the time as it is designed to work but, unfortunately, it doesn't. When it works and the brake pedal is fully depressed, the engine is automatically idled, and then as you begin to lift your foot off the brake pedal, the engine quickly turns back on, you're already in drive, and you go. However, on what seems to be a completely random and unpredictable basis, sometimes when you begin to lift your foot off the brake pedal, rather than having the engine restart automatically, the entire car just goes dead. At this point, you have to frantically put the car in park and completely restart the engine. If you're lucky, this happens quickly and you're not stuck in a compromised spot with no one bearing down on you from behind but by its design you are somewhere you need and want to be moving from quickly, and it has happened at the exact moment when you try to accelerate. This has happened to both myself and my wife a handful of times in scary situations. Read all the other complaints on the internet - no service rep anywhere has an explanation. This needs to get solved before people die, if they haven't already.