Power Steering Pump Problems of Honda Pilot

The vehicle when in motion suddenly turns off by itself puting me and other drivers around in danger. Then, when driving the steering feels like loosing control. And I took it to the mechanic to check on it and he detected a steering wheel problem and there's no warning lights. Also, my car feels like the gasoline doesn't flow properly. Car looses speed and start shaking when trying to pump gas with pedals. My car has only 100,000 miles and this car has giving me problems from the beginning. The visors were so hard to move up or down until the driver side is fullu broken and too expensive to replace. Hondas are not number one cars like they use to be.

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The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. While making a left or right turn, the steering wheel made a bump or popping noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the struts, power steering pump, and sway bar failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 287,000.

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2009 Honda Pilot / great difficulty in turning steering wheel / after 12 months returned to dealer. I was told that I had a "cracked" steering column and it was replaced under warranty. 6 months later again steering more difficult steering - returned to dealer / this time they replaced "power steering pump" - car no longer covered on warranty - lodged a complaint with american Honda and they are "reviewing" my complaint.

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While driving on a trip on the nys thruway, the driver's front brake would intermittently lock up and drag the car to the left. We would hear a noise (abs pump?) and lights would intermittently come on the dash. This would last only a few seconds at a time, but enough to yank the wheel and pull into the left lane. We did make it home. The dealer diagnosed as a defective yaw/stability control sensor. They refused to process under warranty even though the warranty had barely expired. Cost $820 to fix. I am writing now because I recently saw an article in the newspaper where your agency identified this very problem with 2005 Honda Pilots.

Greetings, we just experienced our second power steering pump failure on our Pilot. We have approximately 5,000 total miles on the vehicle which we special ordered and received in January 2003 (today is November 14, 2003). We do not drive it much except for family trips. I have a potential theory to bounce off you good folks. . . Being an engineer, I was a bit concerned about the power steering pump not being flooded by the fluid reservoir. I was even more concerned that the reservoir was below the pump. I was assured by the salesman that there were no issues with the arrangement. I later learned about the reported pulley failures. Again I was assured that was fixed by a new design. Well, now we have two pump failures with only 5000 miles on the vehicle. By failure I mean that the pump started making excessively loud whining noises consistent with dry gear mesh noise. We brought it into the dealer prior to driving to the point of actual failure. Here is the theory. . . I suspect that the power steering pump cannot hold enough vacuum in the fluid supply line to maintain lubrication of the pump. Once the engine has set for a longer period of time, the pump could lose it's prime and begin to run dry on the next usage of the vehicle. If not running completely dry, maybe there is enough loss of prime to cause cavitation in the pump. Could it be that if this is not caught soon enough that the heat generated causes thermal expansion of the gear sets resulting in the pump seizing up? if the pump seizes up, would it then be possible to present enough force by the serpentine belt to create enough torque to sheer off the pulley? let me know what you think. I am certainly going to have a discussion with my dealership on this (again).

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2003 Honda Pilot. Consumer states mechanical problems with the vehicle the consumer stated the drive light began to flash intermittently from the beginning of ownership. The dealer told the consumer it was related to the gas cap not being secured properly. However, once the transmission was replaced the light no longer flashed. On August 19, 2003 the vehicle was taken to the dealer due to a hesitation issue, but the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. Four months later, the check engine and srs lights illuminated. Also, the vtm lights were flashing. On September 8, 2005 the transmission light began flashing. The consumer was informed that a special part had to ordered. The consumer also stated the power steering pump and gear box had to be replaced. Also, the egr, v-tec seals and o-ring were all replaced to rectify the engine light problem. The timing belt and left and right control arm links were replaced. The inner and outer cv boots were replaced. On February 8, 20011 while driving 70 mph, the transmission suddenly downshifted almost causing a complete loss of control of the vehicle. The next day, the vehicle was taken to the dealership, where the consumer was informed the transmission had failed again.