2003 Honda Pilot Complaint Log

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING COMPONENTS WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DT

POWER STEERING PULLEY JUST BROKE OFF. THE BOLT REMAINED IN PLACE. THE PULLEY JUST SHEERED OFF THE BOLT VERY STRANGE. I WAS BACKING UP WHEN IT HAPPENS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER THEY CAME AND TOWED THE CAR AWAY. THE CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. I SUSPECT IT MAY BE A DEFFECTIVE PART. DT

2003 HONDA PILOT. CONSUMER STATES MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE *TGW 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. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE BACK WINDOW HAS A WHISTLELING SOUND AND VIBRATION PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

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. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE WEAK OR NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED RESULTING IN POOR NIGHT VISIBILITY. CONSUMER STATES HAS TO USE HIGH BEAMS. NLM

CANNOT RISE HEAD REST FOR A TALL PERSON. IT COULD CAUSE NECK INJURIES IF CONSUMER HIT BRAKES OR IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH A WINDOW WAS OPENED TO ALLOW AIR INTO THE VEHICLE. THE FORCE OF THE AIR ENTERING THE VEHICLE CAUSED INJURES TO ALL THE OCCUPANTS EARS. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

THE 2003 HONDA PILOT HAS A VIBRATION IN THE TIRES THAT THE DEALER HAS HAD IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES, SINCE DAY ONE TO TRY TO FIX THE TIRE VIBRATION (70 MPH AND UP, SOMETIMES FELT AT LOWER SPEEDS). THE TIRES STILL EMITS A STEADY AND OBVIOUS VIBRATION THAT EMINATES FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND SEATS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A FLAT SPOT IN THE TIRES. PILOT OWNERS WHO EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM ARE ENTITLED TO HONDA'S UNRELENTING ATTENTION AND COMMITMENT TO CORRECT THIS MYSTERY.*AK

SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE IN 8/2002, THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT VIBRATION AT SPEEDS AROUND 70 MPH. SINCE CHSNGING THE TIRES RECENTLY, THE PROBLEM IS MORE PRONOUNCED, BUT ONLY WHEN COLD. THE VIBRATION BORDERS ON A SHAKE, AND YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS THE FLOORBOARDS.

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS NOISE IN THE FRONT AXLE. IT GOT LOUDER WITH MORE SPEED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *TC

SRS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WAS DISRUPTED BY ELECTRONIC ITEM BEING PLACED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE 2003 HONDA PILOT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *NM

2003 HONDA PILOT TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER REQUEST A REFUND FOR THE TRANSMISSION WORK THAT WAS A SAFETY RECALL. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO REVERSE GEAR AND THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN SWITCHING THE GEAR FORWARD. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB

2003 HONDA PILOT. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE IGNITION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK. THE DEALER FOUND THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. *JB

2003 HONDA PILOT

THE BUTTONS WERE IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED, AND HAVE VERY SHARP EDGES THAT HAVE CAUSED SEVERAL CUTS DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION. THIS SAME ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION (HTTP://WWW.HONDA-PILOT.ORG/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=615) DT

HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY WEAK AND DO NOT SUFFICEINTLY ILLUMINATE THE ROAD AHEAD. THIS CREATES A VERY SERIOUS DRIVING HAZARD ON THE FREEWAY ESPECIALLY AT SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. THE PILOT'S HEADLIGHTS FAIL TO ILLUMINATE. DT

WILL HAZARD IF YOU OPEN THE REAR WINDOW AND YOU CARRY AN INFANT IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH OR HAVE A PASSENGER WITH EAR TUBE OR EAR PLUG. IS A TURBULENCE LIKE PLANE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WAS LOUD AND CAUSED PRESSURE ON THE CONSUMER'S CHILDREN EAR DRUMS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. TS THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE NOISE WASN'T THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PHYSICAL PRESSURE AND PAIN ON THE CHILDREN'S EAR DRUMS WAS. SCC

ENGINE MAKING NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR THREE WEEKS FOR REPAIR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK