Structure Problems of Honda Pilot - part 2

Began noticing a musty smell in the vehicle, followed several months later by a sloshing sound that eventually manifested itself into a rolling wave of water that swept over my floor mats. Water is saturating the carpets (think of a wet sponge) after entering the vehicle passenger compartment through undetermined points at or near the firewall. This definitely occurs whenever the vehicle is driven in rain, when driven over wet and snow-covered roads, and when sitting in a car wash. I have not determined if it occurs while the vehicle sits unused in the driveway. The dealer has removed, cleaned, reinstalled, and resealed a "body plug" that was supposedly improperly sealed at the factory; yet, even after this service work, the problem persists. Searching the web, I've noticed other Honda Pilot and ridgeline owners experiencing the same type of water leakage problem; and, with varying degrees of success, dealers seem to be putting "band aids" (caulk) on a variety of noted and potential entry points through the firewall, wheel wells, and welded metal joints.

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2008 Honda Pilot with design quirks. Consumer states that the vehicle was missing two valve caps, rear mud flaps were installed after purchase at her expense, radio/cd/dvd not mp3 capable, roof rails are incomplete. The consumer also stated there was a wind noise coming from the vehicle. When the sunroof was tilted open, there was an annoying sound.

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Water leaking into front driver and passenger floor.

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Manufacturer's design oversight created a potentially fatal collision. Manufacturers design includes travel of the brake pedal to positions lower than the accelerator pedal. This design oversight allows the drivers foot to travel lower than the accelerator pedal while braking. This results in the driver unknowingly pressing the accelerator pedal while applying the brakes. I was a victim of this design oversight but fortunately I responded quickly enough to avoid an accident. It could have been fatal to the pedestrian I was avoiding.

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Every time it rains even if car is not moved, it leaks to floorboards of drivers side and passenger side. Honda Pilot is free from any wrecks or damage.

Heavy steering wheel vibration in the brand new vehicle purchased on 21st July 2007 taken back to the dealer for replacement of vehicle instead try to repair on 22nd July 2007 which vibrates the arms and chest of the driver. Sharp high frequency noise created by side windshields of driver and passenger causes irritation in the ears which causes psychological hearing of sound even while we sleep silently. No care has been taken to rectify the sound by the dealer nor ready to exchange the vehicle.

The noise in our car has progressive gotten worse and then we started having electrical issues with our locks and lights in our car. We finally found out that the door sensor on the driver side door was no longer being "turn-off" as it should be. This is apparently because the door is slowing separating from the car. Not noticeable from the outside. The worse symptom is when making right turns the doors would automatically unlock. This seemed pretty scary thinking the doors might open.

: the contact stated while the vehicle is driven over 55 mph with the rear windows open, there is a thumping noise throughout the vehicle. This causes discomfort to the occupant's ears. The vehicle has not been seen by a mechanic. Updated 07/03/06. The leather seats were cracking.

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The incident happened while driving home from school at around 4:30 pm. Just like always around at certain part of the freeway the traffic began and everyone was slowing down. I began to press on my breaks. This is were things all went to fast and are kind of weird. Going about 60 mph, my SUV was not slowing down and it jerked to the left. There were a lot of bad, scary noises, ones that automobiles shouldn't make. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone else. My thought before I got out of the car was that I totally slammed into the center median. However, upon exiting the vehicle I saw that cosmetically the car was pretty much fine. All the commotion that I heard and felt didn't make sense at first but then it all came to fruition. It seems that going 60 mph with 10-15 feet my car came to a dead stop, resting on two right side tires and to left side wheels. The freeway patrolman went up and down the freeway to make sure I didn't hit anything (because I didn't!), and all he found were pieces of my car and nothing else. Again we don't know what happened, but there is a long list of mechanical, body and refinish work that needs to be done and replaced. So far around 7,000+ in damages. Not to mention they are not sure if the transmission and the frame are messed up. The rear sub frame, the piece that holds the suspension together, broke clean in half. We don't know if the front failed and caused the back to fall apart, or if the back failed and caused the front to fall apart. To correct it they are just going to repair everything that needs to be fixed, most which are being replaced with used parts. The only physical injury that occurred was a big burn/cut I got from the side air bag going off. Plus, by replacing the pieces with used parts, how do they know it won't fail again? especially because they don't know what happened in the first place! thanks for your time.

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle in the daytime it was difficult to see the instrument panel. The contact stated that the numbers were grey colored against a darker grey background. At night the instrument panel was very easily seen because of the lighting. The contact contacted a local dealer, and they stated that the leather overhang could obstructed the view of the instrument panel because it caused a large shadow over the instrument panel. The manufacturer stated this was the design within the vehicle, and there was nothing that they could do about the problem, but the contact may check to see if there was an after market instrument panel available for this specific type of vehicle. The contact stated that after searching the internet she found that there was no other type of instrument panel for this type of vehicle.

Honda Pilot 2003, very difficult to see what is behind, a back-up sensor should be standard in all cars. Safety hazard concern.

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Steering wheel shake. Bounces in hand. Cabin noise/vibration.

Wind buffeting, severe at speeds greater than 35 mph with rear windows down.

My Honda Pilot becomes unstable at speeds above 60 mph, it responds as though there is play in the steering and any small road imperfections cause the vehicle to veer left or right, I took it to cush Honda where I purchased the vehicle and they said three of four tires had 52 pounds of air in the tires, which had to have been there on delivery since I have less than 700 miles on the vehicle and it has never been serviced or had air put in the tires, the problem still exists and is unsafe at highway speeds in traffic, the service manager claims all Pilots do it and it is a design problem? please advise.

While driving Honda Pilot ex-l on a local street at 35 mph, the right rear wheel seems to have hit something or skidded. Attempt to control the vehicle by moving the steering wheel resulted in the SUV going out of control. While still on the road, any attempt to steer the vehicle caused it go in an unexpected direction. Finally, the vehicle rolled over and landed back on the wheel in a ditch by the side of the road. Driver sustained head injuries and two children in car seats, ages 1 and 4, escaped unhurt in the back seat. The car sustained extensive damage all around especially on the driver side. The windshield, front side windows, front doors and front roof appear to have sustained the greatest impact. The fact that the vehicle went out of control so easily seems to point to a mechanical failure. It would be useful to investigate this issue to prevent any future roll-overs by anyone using this vehicle.

While driving my 2003 Pilot at speeds over 40 mph, opening either the rear window causes a pressure imbalance within the vehicle which unless the windows are immediately closed, causes extreme ear pain to all passengers. This situation can cause a potentially hazardous situation if the vehicle is in high speed traffic and the pressure change affects the driver. I contacted my local dealer as well as american Honda and they claim that they have no record of any such complaints.

While backing out of the drive way and turning the steering wheel in either direction you can hear a thumping sound, it's a constant thumping. If only the back 2 windows are rolled down, the sound of the wind passing through the car is deafening. It creates a booming that immediately affects the ear drum.

Nar 03/03/2003. The consumer was involved in an accident. The vehicle was hit just after the right side door and on the right side rear wheel. There was substantial damage done to the vehicle.

Consumer was driving at highway speed with all windows closed. Then passenger opened rear window, and vehicle felt like it was falling apart. There was a terrible noise. Consumer had to open two windows to stop loud noise. *akthere is also a loud boom noise heard when three of the windows are opened at certain levels.