general problems of the 2019 Honda Pilot - part 1

I was driving around 30-35 mph when my car's dashboard lights were flickering on and it then gave me a warning that the collision mitigation system was coming on. The car started braking hard and it swerved me to the left, so much so that I was halfway into the left lane. Thankfully no other car was in that lane. Then my car automatically went into neutral and I had to stop on the side of the road. I took the car into the Honda dealership the same day. They told me that it could possibly be a dirty multi use camera by the rear view mirror and so they claimed to have cleaned it. I'm not certain that was the issue since I had just gotten a car wash recently and it did not seem to have been dirty.

While driving straight, my 2019 Honda Pilot activates collision “brake” warnings and applies steering wheel torque when there are no vehicles or obstacles present. The system intervenes unexpectedly and repeatedly. The attached documents show that I reported this issue to a Honda dealership and Honda customer relations (case #16094868). No diagnosis has been completed yet. This is a safety concern.

All of the safety features are failing starting about August 2025. Warning lights are lit for collision mitigation, cruise control, high beam, lane departure, braking, everything!!! we replaced the battery but that is not the problem. The transmission was always a problem. The braking assist never worked from day 1. The vehicle is completely defective.

After starting my vehicle and leaving the office, several different warning messages began flashing on the dash abs, lane departure mitigation, power sterring, towing. I pulled over and turned the vehicle off. When I attempted to restart the vehicle, the brake pedal was hard and felt stuck. The car did not start. When roadside assistance came, they tested the battery, and it was fine. The car was towed to a Honda dealer and the technician informed me the brake pedal position switch failed. He said that it would have caused all the different warning messages to appear. This was the second time this occurred, where the different warning messages lit up, but that time the car restarted. When I took it to the dealer that time, they could not determine the issue, and no repairs were done. I am concerned because I have seen that these vehicles have issues with this and it is very dangerous and unsafe when it comes to issues with the brakes.

After receiving a cmbs error message I tried to drive home and the vehicle automatically engaged brakes while merging with no other vehicle near by and I was almost rear ended.

The contact owns a 2019 Honda Pilot. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, there was an abnormal beeping sound coming the instrument panel three times and the steering wheel unexpectedly became inoperable. The contact stated that the steering started shaking abnormally. The contact stated that the failure had occurred on several occasions. The contact stated that a dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the brake warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed; however, the results were unknown. The vehicle was then taken to a mr. Tire to be diagnosed and it was determined that the brake pads needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the front and rear brakes were replaced, and the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 124,000.

The contact owns a 2019 Honda Pilot. The contact stated while coming to a stop, the contact became aware that the vehicle could not be shifted out of neutral. The vehicle was able to restart; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000.

My car has shifted from both park to neutral and drive to neutral on its own three times in the last six weeks. This has occurred when parked and when at a red light. My gear shifters are electric push buttons. This has previously occurred, been reported to NHTSA, and been checked by the dealership. I was told by the dealership that it was a battery issue and paid to replace my three and a half year old battery that tested in good condition. My new battery is about a year old and I am now having the same, very serious issues. This specific model has been recalled multiple times for continuous electrical issues. I called the dealership after the first new incident and was told if they cannot repeat it, they cannot fix it. It is not occurring everyday or seemingly with any pattern so I cannot replicate it for the dealership. In the most recent incident that occurred at the red light, my car stalled and would not shift out of neutral. I had to turn off the car and restart it twice before I could shift into drive and avoid being hit. This also occurred in previous incidences that took place at red lights.

3 episodes of unexpected and sudden braking for no reason. Twice on sept 13 when acc was in use and set at 70 mph the car hard-braked and dropped to 40-42mph rapidly, then it stopped braking and I was able to use the accelerator again- the braking lasted perhaps 10-15 seconds. The third episode was on oct. 13 and the acc was not on. I was driving manually at 55 mph and again the car suddenly braked and dropped to the same 40-42 range- maybe 5-10 seconds before the accelerator started to work again. There was no reason for the barking, no warning notices on the dashboard. Thank goodness there was no-one close behind me on any of these occasions, because the drop in speed was fast and hard.

When we are driving the vehicle brake light lights up on dash and car breaks for a second or two. There are no cars around and no railroad tracks. It just does it a random times. We aren’t speeding. Just driving down road.

Multi purpose lights on.

When I am driving and at times the braking system tell me to brake when I am in my line and no one is heading my way.

Automatic braking system failure parallel issue that is same to the accord and other models with the emergency braking system which randomly activated and panic stops and sometimes without an traffic near to car and other times have almost caused catastrophic collisions on highway systems with divided medians causing system to activate.

On may 27, 2013, while approaching a traffic light controlled intersection, I applied the vehicle brakes (depressed the brake pedal) with no response. My vehicle speed was slow enough to allow me to make a right turn at the intersection without damage to my vehicle or others in the vicinity. Within a few seconds (less than 5) the brakes started responding correctly with no subsequent occurrence, to date.

Vehicle automatically applies brakes in several unwanted situations: (1) driving down 2 lane road going around curve with other vehicle approaching from opposite direction (2) something small in roadway such as plastic bag or small limb (3) normal stopping when car thinks other vehicle is too close in front but driver is under complete braking control these actions are dangerous at normal highway speeds and on wet road!!!! this has happened multiple times, not just on date listed below.

When I was parking my Honda Pilot 2019, the car suddenly accelerated on its own without pushing the gas pedal and hit the wall of a building. This accident caused head, neck and back injury for myself. Fyi, there was not any warning lamps or messages or other symptoms. I have also reported this incident to american Honda motor but no one has inspected my car yet.

For the second time is the last few weeks the car experienced issues after losing electrical power. It failed to start after being parked for about an hour at the airport. All sorts of warnings started randomly blinking on the dashboard. But the door, cabin lights etc all would come in when the doors were opened.

I got my brand new Honda in 2019; the problems started right away, after a few weeks, the radio system would just turn off while driving. The whole console wouldn’t work. I would turn it on/off but still nothing. If I let the car set over night sometimes it may work the next day. They replaced my radio but it continued. Steve from Honda said it was finally in error state and it was the amplifier. Steve had ordered a new 1 & put it in 9/8/22, I thought my problems were over. On 9/12/22; I dropped my daughter off at school, I was leaving but I had to stop for traffic. I was about to pull out when the dash starting flashing/lighting up & I couldn’t go anywhere. The car was in park and I was stuck. I pushed the car into drive, ect, but it wouldn’t go. I turned the car off/on to try to restart things but nothing. The brakes then locked up and I couldn’t do anything. I tried everything that I could think, I was blocking traffic not allowing people to leave from the school and cars from coming in. I called Honda rd. Asst. But they said I had no longer a warranty as I am at 30,000 but I thought it was 36,000 miles. They connected me to aaa which I had to pay out of pocket for towing. I called steve & my serv. Advr. Adam so they knew that I was going to towed in. I couldn’t get the vehicle to turn off or on after awhile. 2 hrs. Later; the tow truck had came, he had to jump start it to get it on his truck, he toke me to Honda. I waited over 4 hrs. But steve said battery was good, he ran errors but couldn’t find anything wrong except the back up camera had an error but it seemed as though he didn’t believe that is the problem. I could take it home but he said if his wife was having issues, he wouldn’t want her to drive it. I left it w/Honda, steve toke it hm. To see if it would do what it did for me. I honestly don’t want to drive it, I am scared; what if something worse happens or pay to be towed again. I didn’t want a new vehicle to deal with issues.

At a stop light the my car turned off and did not come back on for 5 mins. I am aware of the auto stop feature for fuel efficiency but I was in a turning lane. I literally could have been in an accident. The car brakes were locked in could not even put the car in neutral or park the car was just off completely. No signs of over heating, battery failure, etc.

Having crackling noise coming from the front dash of my car which interferes with the radio and the screen of my radio. Seems to be the electrical problem but if it’s shutting down the radio it’s possible that it could totally shut down my car while driving . It has become a safety issue. Break problem getting a pop/clicking noise in the front left & right tire has been put in shop 5 time never fixed. . They keep adding lubricant still have the same problem. . Another safety hazard. .

On several occasions the car has flashed brake and then started braking when there has been no car in front of me.

When driving on the interstate, car automatically applied breaks at 70+ mph bringing speed down to 55 or less as it sensed a car in the right lane. However, there was clear lanes and no potential impact for a crash. The breaking almost resulted in me getting rear ended. Also, there have been numerous instances where the car has had sensors go off for collision warnings when I am driving in the city and there is no car in sight or I am turning left at a stoplight. This is not safe and needs to be addressed.

Driving and the automatic braking engage with no vehicles around.

The auto -stop feature is now completely defective. Since I hit 30,000 miles I have had issues with it infrequently completely shutting off the engine. Now the mileage is higher, the vehicle shuts off every time I stop at light or stop sign. I have approximately 56,000 miles on the vehicle. It has been regularly serviced at the dealership. I feel this is a major safety issue since other vehicles expect me to be moving one the light etc. , changes. There are no warning lights or other symptoms prior to the failure.

While driving during the daytime on a road without any other vehicle in front of me or behind me, my car's automatic emergency braking system engaged on its own without any reason. When I brought the car to the dealership, the service advisor told me he had been getting other complaints about the same problem for this vehicle.

9/8/20 at 7:45am a clear sunny morning on my way to work. I was stopped at a red light and when the light turned green I pushed on the accelerator. As soon as I started to pick up speed ~15-20 mph, my Honda Pilot sensed another "invisible" collision hazard and engaged the automatic collision avoidance braking system. The automatic braking system slammed on the brakes and brought the vehicle to an immediate and compete stop while I was turning in the middle of the intersection and the truck behind me almost rear-ended me. This faulty automatic collision avoidance braking system slamming on the brakes for no reason at all is going to severely injure or kill someone! I am afraid to drive home from work.

9/7/2020 around 2:15pm on a beautiful clear, sunny day, my 2019 Honda Pilot incorrectly sensed an "invisible" collision hazard and engaged the automatic collision avoidance braking system. There was not even a vehicle driving in front of me. My 2019 Pilot automatically slammed on the brakes and brought the vehicle to an immediate and compete stop while I was driving 55 mph on a busy highway. The vehicle behind me almost rear-ended me. This faulty automatic collision avoidance braking system, slamming on the brakes for no reason at all, is going to severely injure or kill someone!.

Honda Pilot 2019 -driving on a highway with my whole family with 3 kids at the back, at a speed ~40mph. The lane in which I was driving (right) slowed down, so moved to the left lane. That lane was also slowing as I can see the cars in the front slowing down and stopping. My attempts to stop the car proved futile. The car did not stop. 1) repeated pumping of the breaks did not yield to stop the car. Honda Pilot collided with the car in the front. 2) the cars system to slow the car while approaching a vehicle in the front did not function. 3) airbags did not deploy at all - none of the airbags deployed. - collision center was literally baffling, over this - have no clue how the airbags did not deploy with this kind of a collision. I seriously suspect that there is some thing seriously flawed. Since I'm not an automobile engineer, I'm not sure of technicality involved in this. Something went wrong terribly, that the car did not stop on braking, car did not slow down, & the airbags did not deploy. When informed about this to Honda, Honda was referring to geico, that they will do the investigation. Geico says that its not their problem and Honda should do the investigation. As a common man I would like to have this problem investigated and necessary action to be taken. I see they subrogate each other, which is not correct. I'm not sure how many cars are running in this condition on the road. Please do take necessary steps to check on this. I can give all the required documents, pictures and police reports in this regard. I need assistance in investigation of this accident and find out why the car did not respond. I see that there are other recalls with reference to Honda Pilot 2019, though my car is not on the recall, I have my doubts that there is malfunctioning component in the car, that has caused this flaw. Hoping to hear from you soon. Thank you.

When driving the vehicle, these messages shown on the screen from time to time: brake, emission systems problems and low tire pressure.

The contact owns a 2019 Honda Pilot. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled and failed to restart. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that the brake pedal was difficult to depress while starting the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was taken back to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the battery needed to be replaced. The contact stated the failure was related to NHTSA action number: pe22005 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was not available.

When driving my Honda Pilot the automatic emergency braking system has engaged multiple times (3-4 times with me, and once with my husband driving) in the middle of driving with there was no reason for the braking to occur - meaning there were times when no cars were even in front of me. When this happens the orange brake warning shows up on my dashboard advising "brake" and my car jolts forward to strongly break. There has not been a recall on this issue, therefore, there has not inspection on my car specific to this issue. When this occurs it causes extreme panic on unawareness of what is going on. There is a threat of a crash behind me, especially when driving on roads 55 mph, when the car all of a sudden out of nowhere comes to almost a complete stop. Also, it extremely distracts me due to the suddenness of this issue without any perceived warning. Therefore, I quickly try to understand if I do need to swerve or figure out how to quickly speed up after it brakes so no cars hit me from behind. Then it takes me awhile to calm down and understand what happened.

My vehicle is automatically braking at high speeds for no reason. Ive travelers at over 50 mph on highways and it just suddenly slams on the brakes where I've almost been rear ended a few times. It's been in the dealership and they keep claiming nothing is wrong.

Brakes are ridiculously slow. Brake response time is very slow even though speed is within 30 miles per hour or less. You literally have to push paddle completely down to the floor and even after that it won't stop immediately. Car stops very slow. So considering situation (driving in street and child pops up in front of car) if you have to stop suddenly you not gonna make it unless you use emergency brake of the car. Honda must fix the issue otherwise someone will lose life for sure. Also, weirdly car moved forward little bit when I just pushed start button to start the car even after brake paddle was pushed down position and touching gas paddle at all. I was bit surprised and thankfully it was in parking lot so didn't hit anyone. I am going Honda dealership to check with them if they can check and do something to make brake more responsive and tight. This is just second day of car and this crap happening. I am bit scared, disappointed and frustrated.

The transmission has slipped now twice while driving. Once on the highway and again yesterday after turning right onto a busy narrow road. The navigation system and screen display has blacked out and become non-functional while driving at least 6-7 times (no radio, navigation, or anything functions when this occurs). The car has had to be turned off in order reset the screen and function again. It is not possible to turn off the car when driving on a highway or narrow country road. Lastly, the car has breaked unnecessarily on several occasions despite adjusting the settings to not be overly sensitive. Once it came to a complete stop unnecessarily, thankfully no one was behind me. It has started breaking unnecessarily while driving on a highway and on a country road when no vehicles or anything were around. These situations have been scary and unsettling.

When driving on some rural roads where line is clearly present in road my car automatically applies brakes as crash avoidance when oncoming car is coming that is clearly in its own lane. This has happened multiple times and Honda was notified and does not seem concerned about this safety issue but is aware that it happens.