2005 Honda Pilot owner complaints

When I am going in a speed range about 35 MPH I get like shudder/grinding sound coming out of the bottom of the pilot. I am getting very concern because I've driven other pilots and they all do the same and they shouldn't be doing this noise. *js

Heard a weird noise while driving home from work. When I pulled over to see what it was, tranny fluid was bubbling out of the radiator overflow. Had the transmission and radiator replaced by aul, the extended warranty co. They sent a used tranny and within a week it was shaking the whole car on the downshift at 35-40 and 60mph. Another used tranny was sent. On day one, began noticing the whole car shakes at 40-45 and 60-65mph on the upshift. I am waiting for my mechanic to be available to diagnose and request another tranny. This will be number three in three months. *js

My Honda pilot 2005 shudders at about 35-50 MPH speeds. The shuddering lasts for about 10-15 seconds. The shuddering goes away by either increasing or decreasing the speed. This problem has been happening for a few years. Today I am sitting at the Honda dealership and I complained about the shuddering and the Honda technician mentioned that the torque converter might be the problem. I researched on this site and there are complaints for this issue. I was wondering what could be done about it. Thanks *tr

Shuddering of vehicle when accelerating. Transmission problems. *tr

When accelerating at approximately 35-40 MPH the cars shakes and vibrates. If you let off the accelerator the shake will go away. Has progressively gotten worse.

2005 Honda pilot stutters, vibrations, and has flashing "d" (drive) light on. Possible torque converter and/or transmission issues. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 Honda pilot. The driver-side seat became so hot that it burned a whole through the seat and her coat. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and a technician stated that the heating quilt failed. The failure mileage was 65,000.

Vsa malfunction causes vehicle to apply brakes automatically at random times. Was driving down a 2 lane road and the vsa system applied the brakes causing the vehicle to veer into the other lane (oncoming traffic) - fortunately I was able to steer the vehicle back in to the correct lane without incident! This is not the first time either. I did some research and found that Honda has recalled some 2005 pilots for this problem, but when I enter my VIN number, mine is not included. I am having the very same problem that the recalled pilots are having don't know why they wont fix mine?

The weld failed on the drivers side seat mounting bracket on one side of the seat causing the drivers seat to move and attempt to recline. *tr

On cold temperatures, and while the car is moving on the highway, the brakes will suddenly apply all by itself and the vsa off and a triangle (with exclamation) light comes on the dashboard. This causes the vehicle to strongly jerk and swerve for a second. Turning off the vsa before driving, the sudden brake will not happen. I checked recalls for my VIN but there are no open recalls. Please investigate.

I am the owner on a 2005 Honda pilot ex. I was driving down the interstate and the glass in my sunroof shattered. It made a large pop and then we were showered with shards of glass. There are no signs that an object impacted the glass. *tr

On two seperate occassions my 2005 Honda pilot when backing out of the garage has "lightly" contacted the edge of the garage. Each time the internal mounting mechanism has failed to withstand the impact. The low speed at which the car was traveling did not even impact the wall hard enough to force the mirror to fold in or the glass to break, chip or crack. *nm

I have had a 2005 Honda pilot for 2 1/2 years. On at least 3 occasions, the brakes apply themselves. It is a very dangerous event. The Honda company must do something about this. The last incident of this type occurred last night, the date shown below. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 Honda pilot. The contact stated that when driving at various speeds, the brakes would engage independently. The contact mentioned that the vehicle stability control, vsa and the vsa activation indicator warning lamps were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 115,000.

My wife was driving to work when suddenly she heard like a whirring sound and the car just suddenly shut down. She pulled on the side and noticed fluid was leaking underneath the front side of engine. We have the vehicle towed to dealership. Talking to the agent, they told us that transmission fluid leaked into radiator and radiator coolant/trans fluid leaked into transmission. Cost of repairs: $1130 to flush out the fluids and 5000 to fix transmission. My problem is that we're upto date with the service check-up and upset that this was not prevented from happening. *tr

Transmission cooler line inside radiator failed combining fluids and causing the transmission to malfunction. Loss of ability to drive/move vehicle while on a rural road between cities during a snowstorm with my family in the vehicle. This is a common failure and requires a new radiator and replace / rebuild the transmission. A recommendation from Honda to replace the radiator every 100,000 miles for a marginal fee(similar to the timing belt) would have prevented having to replace / rebuild the transmission. *tr

My wife lost control , 2 lane paved road 45 MPH (car damage from bumper till rear end) coming to stop in a ditch to her left. No other vehicle/involved, report was filed with insurance, car repaired ( over $10,000 ) I arrived as police officer was interviewing my wife @ our driveway, she was still crying, never had any accidents before, or speeding tickets ( very passive driver, our kids where in the car 3 and 4 years old @ the time) her explanation: the car was going out of the road to my right on its own, I tried to corrected but the steering was not responding,I felt the car going into the ditch, I pulled hard , it responded crossing the lane violently, tried to control it came back to the right hitting the stop ahead sign, swerved again to the left and stopping @ the ditch.150 f

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 Honda pilot. The contact stated that water was entering into the vehicle whenever it would rain. He was unable to determine where or how the water was entering the vehicle. The water was damaging the floor boards and the contact was concerned about premature rusting. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor was it repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 73,500.

Lights for HVAC system do not illuminate. Unable to see controls for defroster, a/c, heat, etc. When driving at night. *tr

At speeds of 35-40 MPH under light throttle there is a shudder. Letting my foot off the accelerator and stomping back on it sometimes helps make it go away. It seems to be worse on inclines where the throttle is under load at the described speed. There is a hill in my neighborhood that it repeats almost every trip. It almost feels like the pavement is rutted perpendicular to traffic but doesn't happen in other cars. It also returns around 70-75 MPH. I thought it was out of balance of tires but I have had an alignment done and asked the mechanic to look into the suspension to see if there was any play. He said there wasn't anything out of the ordinary. I have also taken it to a local repair shop which I trust and they drove it, inspected it from underneath and they too couldn't figure o