2008 Honda Pilot owner complaints

Airbag light keep on after the car start up. 2008 Honda pilot. No accident involved. Honda said a control module need to be replaced. *tr

Airbag light keeps coming on after Honda looked at it twice

Takata recall have contacted classic Honda of 4000 w colonial dr, orlando, fl 32808 more then 4 months ago and was told the airbag would have been there in 2 weeks. Still have not had a call back and the part is still not in. Service isnt open on sundays and thats my only day off also.

Received NHTSA recall 16v-344 notice (passenger frontal airbag inflator) in late june 2016. Ordered airbag part at michael hohl Honda in carson city, nv 7/6/16. Repeated inquiries have resulted in being told the part is not yet available! This delay seems unreasonable.

Was in a front end accident going 30 MPH and no air bags deployed. The peraon I tboned all of his deployed. None of mine went off.

Takata recall notice of recall received june 2016 in july 2016 I called northwest Honda of owings mills to schedule appointment to have recalled part replaced and was told the part was on back order and I would be notified of its arrival via email notification of part arrival in pink card received in the mail on 11/1/16, 4 months after the recall notice. Appointment scheduled with appointment desk at northwest Honda of owings mills upon receipt of card for 11/8/16 to replace air bag. Upon arrival at northwest Honda I was told the appointment was never scheduled, they were booked and I had the option to wait 2 hours to be serviced. I have waited 5 months for a recalled part to be replaced in my car and after waiting 5 months I am told to wait 2 additional hours after the deale

Electronic stability control. While driving home from my family christmas party, I turned a small corner at 15 MPH and my breaks locked up. The vehicle will not go over 20mph now. It happened 4 times to me yesterday. 4 times. Each time I was shoved forward, and lost momentary control of the vehicle almost hitting a curb. It happened 3 more times on the road. Each time with cars near me. This is a huge safety issue when there are kids in the vehicle. I do not have a thousand or more to put into my car right now. Nor can I risk my life for a vehicle that I love.

Driving 10-30 MPH brakes engaged without depressing the brake pedal. Vehicle shuttered as brakes engaged. After brake engaged vsa warning light came on. Turned the vehicles off and vsa warning light went off. Continued to drive and the same series of events occurred again. In driving the vehicle approximately 5 miles over two days this event has occurred 6 times. Note: this issue appears to be similar to complaints in prior year pilots.

Bracket that holds drivers seat to base made a popping sound today when approaching a stop sign, and after accelerateting from the stop sign the drivers seat began to recline. Upon further inspection I discovered that the I bracket that holds the seat to the base had sheared off. This bracket is riveted to the seat itself but sheared off adjecent to where it is riveted. This is a huge safety concern, the sear should not break from daily use! This is an issue that needs to be addressed as it could become potentially fatal.

My vsa warning light suddenly came on while inflating my tires parked in my garage. I ran a code scan on it and nothing came up.if Honda has a recall for this problem with their 2008 Honda odyssey, why didn't they include the pilot as well, both have the same chassis.

WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY IN ANY CONDITION THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY WARNING WILL MAKE A BANG NOISE, SHUDDER AND BRAKE WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VSA LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY UNTIL AFTER THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. THE VSA RECALL WAS not applicable to THE VEHICLE yet it CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. MY Mechanic advised me of a VSA code 25-1. I did a google search and found numerous accounts of this happening to people. My daughter was extremely emotionally impacted by this when it happened to her at freeway speeds. While the fix is replacement of an expensive component, there is no guarantee that it will eliminate the condition. I have been a loyal honda owner for over 40 years and find it unbelievable that the

Failure of Honda Pilot OEM jack. On 11/04/24 I was jacking up the right rear wheel of my 2008 Honda Pilot when the OEM scissor jack I was using suddenly and loudly broke, allowing the wheel to come down violently. Note that I was jacking the vehicle on a firm, level surface, using the reinforced jacking point as instructed in the vehicle manual, and that the vehicle did NOT fall off of the jack; the jack simply broke. I removed the jack from under the vehicle and inspected and tested it. The threaded rod in the jack would no longer turn smoothly and when testing the jack, it would not lift any weight without falling back down. Summary: Failure of 2008 Honda Pilot jack Failure did put me at risk when jacked wheel suddenly fell. Jack has not been inspected or tested by dealer, etc,

Honda corporation is aware of a non-conformance issue with the Honda pilots transmission but has not provided a recall or solution to consumers. The "transmission" can fail between 35k to 157k miles when the vehicle is no longer under warranty. The mechanical defect was known in 2000-2004 second gear failure and again in 2008 production to be later redesign in 2009 without consumer notification of such defect. Consumers have filed multiple complaints and Honda has done nothing to compensate buyers. We the undesigned expect Honda to adhere to the "total repair cost" are "reimburse" the consumer for their trade-in lost due to transmission defect which ever transpired as a result of the product non-conformance issue. *tr

I own an 2008 Honda pilot (automatic) and would like an investigation of this vehicle's inability to hold in gear on an incline. The pilot will roll backwards when in drive without stopping on an uphill incline, and will roll forward when in reverse on a downhill incline. I live near san francisco and driving in that area is nearly impossible in an automatic that will not hold its gear. It is worse than a manual transmission because you can't control the gear engagement with a clutch. I am forced to drive with my left foot on the brake and right on the accelerator in order to avoid rolling backwards into following vehicles or cross traffic. I believe this is a defect with not just my vehicle but with all Honda pilots prior to 2009, as Honda advertised the 2009 model with a new

Winchester va 22602 nov 23 2018 7:38 pm . The low beam head lights went out in the drizzle on very dark road. I had to keep hitting the high beams and run on the driving lights. While hitting the high beams when possible.this same problem was recalled on earlier models of Honda pilots but it does not cover mine after going to repairpal this is a 9 model year problem.you can read post after post on different sites about this problem. There was a burning smell in the car at the time.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Honda pilot. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65mph the low beam lights shut off and no warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated the high beam lights and the fog lights have to be used while driving at night. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for testing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 76,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Honda pilot. The contact was driving approximately 25 MPH when the brake pedal was engaged followed by a brief delayed response. The failure was recurring in rainy weather. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the technician was unable to duplicate the problem. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000. Updated 03/05/14*lj the consumer stated the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own. Updated 03/11/14

I was starting my car and the steering column started smoking and smelling burnt. It was able to start up but started up rough. Car then turned off and when tried to turn on it would no longer start up again or even when key turned to start position was unable to move the car out of park. This happened on 12/03/2021 but has yet to be inspected due to mechanic has not had time. The safety of myself, son, and grandson was at risk due to the potential of it catching fire if smoking and burnt smell along with unable to move car out of park and could have been in an unsafe location and could have caused an accident. There were no warnings of any kind prior to the failure with the car.

Left headlight went out in July 2023 while traveling in Oklahoma. I had it replaced at a NAPA shop in Kansas shortly after. The headlight went out again while home in Charleston, SC in November 2023. I had it replaced again. 2 weeks later around roughly November 15th 2023 the light went out again.