2005 Honda Pilot Speed Control & Cruise Problems

Travelling on interstate w/ cruise speed set @ 70 mph. VSA (vehicle stability assist) engaged with a brief grinding noise & pulled to the right. Very startling event. VSA activation indicator triangle light came on, as well as, the VSA system indicator light. Have experienced the event a dozen or so times on both the interstate and roads with a speed limit of 35/40 mph, without use of the cruise control. We are original owners of the vehicle and it has been diligently worked on throughout & currently has 230,000 miles on it. Awaiting delivery of a new vehicle, but intend for my newly licensed son to drive the vehicle. Took it to my repair shop, but they couldn't replicate the issue. Replaced both front speed sensors, but the issue occurred on the interstate drive home immediately after. Hope to be able to drop the vehicle off for an extended period once I take delivery on my new vehicle. Worried the issue will occur in rain or snow & be even more dangerous. Repair shop ran diagnostic showing the yaw issue, but said the Honda generated code report only went up to 25 mph. Has always pulled to the right during activation and the grinding noise is very evident & startling. Kinda feels like maybe the ABS anti-braking system engages on 1 tire for a brief few seconds in my non auto mechanic analysis.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE, AND THEN CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 09042928. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT*JB

I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN INVOLUNTARY UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, WHILE I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PERPENDICULAR PARKING SPACE IN AT A MEDICAL CENTER PARKING LOT. THIS HAPPENED ON A NEARLY EMPTY TANK OF GAS AT ABOUT 3:15 PM ON SATURDAY 4/16/16. IT WAS A HOT DAY. THE PARKING SPACE WAS AT A SLIGHT INCLINE. I WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NEARLY STOPPED, YET ONCE I WAS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO THE SPACE, WHILE STILL GENTLY BREAKING, MY CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE IF I HAD COMPLETELY FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL. I REACTED FAST PUSHED THE BREAKS HARD WITH ALL MY STRENGTH. WHICH ENGAGED THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SO I HEARD A "THUD-THUD THUD" A LOUD REPEATED CLUNKING-LOCKING SOUND. MY PILOT DID STOP BEFORE HITTING A TREE AND THE VEHICLE IN THE FACING PARKING SPACE. I DID NOT HEAR THE ENGINE REV TO THE DEGREE OF THE SUDDEN FORWARD MOTION. NOR DID I HEAR REVVING RESOLVE ONCE IT STOPPED. IT WAS A VERY ODD AND FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE THAT BAFFLED MY MIND. I TRIED TO SORT OUT THE CAUSE FOR A WHILE TO SEE IF MAYBE I HAD WITHOUT KNOWING IT PUT MY FOOT ON BOTH PEDALS. BUT I DON'T THINK SO. I HAD SANDALS ON, AND IN TRYING TO REPRODUCE THE SITUATION, OR THE POSITION MY FOOT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN IN TO DO THAT, WAS AWKWARD AND I WOULD HAVE FELT THE PRESSURE ON MY FOOT OF PUTTING ON THE GAS. AND I WAS ONLY SLOWLY PRESSING THE BREAK NOT JAMMING ON THE BREAK ' UNTIL I BRAKED TO STOP THE SPEED OF IT LURCHING FORWARD. THE DEGREE OF ACCELERATION WAS AS IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUT TO THE FLOOR WHICH WAS NOT WHAT MY BREAKING FOOT WAS DOING. THE CAR DID COME TO A STOP JUST IN TIME TO NOT HIT WHAT WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. I DID NOT HEAR THE ENGINE NOISE REV AT ALL. MY BEST GUESS AT THE TIME WAS SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG WITH THE MECHANICS OR ELECTRICAL SIGNALS OF THE FUEL INJECTION TO MOVE SO SUDDENLY FORWARD. NOW I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED DOWN TO ZERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VSA WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

SITTING IN A PARKING LOT AND THE VSA LIGHT CAME ON. LOOKED IT UP AND SAW THE RECALL ON THE VSA SO INTENDED TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. A COUPLE DAYS LATER I'M TOOLING ALONG AT FREEWAY SPEED AND FOR A BRIEF SECOND IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND RELEASED, AND THE VSA LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CODES THEY FOUND WERE FOR SOME SORT OF A POWER DROP AND BLAMED IT ON A POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGE OR DROP AT SOME POINT. MAYBE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY OR SOMETHING, BUT THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THOSE, BUT IT COST ME $125.00 TO BE TOLD THEY DON'T KNOW. THE VSA RECALL WAS COMPLETED IN 2012 FOR THE WIRING HARNESS. TODAY (A WEEK LATER) I'M GOING ABOUT 25 ON A SURFACE STREET AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND POSSIBLY CLEARING ANY CODES. WHAT THEY CAME BACK WITH WAS A FAULTY YAW SENSOR CODE, BUT THEY WANT TO KEEP IT FOR A COUPLE DAYS TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH. I'M TOLD IT IS CONNECTED TO THE MAIN COMPUTER AND IF IT IS THE YAW SENSOR THEN THE MAIN COMPUTER HAS TO BE REPLACED, AT A COST OF $1650.00 (THEY WILL CREDIT TOWARD THE REPAIR THE $125.00 I PAID LAST WEEK FOR THE NON-ANSWER). IN READING ONLINE, I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. ALSO READING ONLINE A QUICK REVIEW SEEMS TO LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE SENSOR CAN BE REPLACED BY ITSELF, SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN COMPUTER, AT A MUCH LOWER COST. *TR

ON OCTOBER 4, 2014 WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK LUCKILY HE WAS DRIVING AND WE WERE TRAVELING 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR WAS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND STOPPED. YESTERDAY, AFTER CUTTING THE CAR OFF AND REMOVING THE KEY THE ENGINE WAS SILL RUNNING. THE KEY WAS REINSERTED AND REMOVED. TODAY ON 10/102014 ONCE AGAIN, I PULLED IN THE GARAGE TRIED TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND REMOVE THE KEY BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING WITH THE KEY REMOVED. I REINSERTED THE KEY AS I DID THE DAY BEFORE, AS I REMOVED THE KEY THE CAR ACCELERATED BECAME STUCK AGAIN, FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS IN PARK. I DID NOT STEP ON THE GAS OR ACCELERATE SINCE I WAS MERELY REINSERTING AND REMOVING THE KEY. IN ANY EVENT THE CAR PEDAL WAS STUCK. I AM CONCERNED AND HOPE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN SO I AM REPORTING FOR MY SAFETY. *TR

ON 06/15/2014, AROUND 6:00PM, WHILE APPROACHING A CURVE AT APPROX 30 MPH LIGHTLY APPLIED BRAKES. BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VSA LIGHT CAME ON. HAD THE CAR CHECKED BY DEALERSHIP AND TOLD ME THE PROBLEM IS THE SENSOR OF VSA, IT HAPPENS MOR AND MORE OFTEN FOR LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. *TR

I HAD LET THE CAR WARM UP FOR ABOUT 20MINUTES BEFORE I LEFT. ABOUT 8:30AM SATURDAY DEC. 14TH 2013 MY 2005 HONDA PILOT STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I TRIED TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES BUT IT WOULD NOT STOP. I STARTED PRAYING TO JESUS AND SAYING OUT LOUD GOD PLEASE! GOD PLEASE! GOD PLEASE! I KNOW THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE DRAMATIC BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY! I GOT OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD SOMETHING GAVE WAY. EITHER THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED ACCELERATING OR THE BRAKES FINALLY WORKED BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. FROM ONE WORRIED CAR OWNER TO ANOTHER WHO MAY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM OR THAT MIGHT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I NOW KNOW THAT I COULD PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND MAYBE TURN THE KEY OFF TO ALSO TO GET IT TO STOP. *TR

AFTER THE RECALL OF VSA IT HAPPENS THAT THE SUV EXPERIENCING THE SYMPTOM OF EXCESSIVE BRAKING AND VSA LIGHT COMES OUT... BEFORE THE RECALL WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCING THIS VSA PROBLEM.. I DON'T KNOW IN SOME REASON WHY IT COMES OUT AFTER THE RECALL HAD BEEN MADE..FIRST OCCURRENCE I BRING IT TO THE DEALER AND ADVISE THAT THEY BEEN CHECK , FIXED AND INFORM IT WON'T COME OUT ANY MORE .. AFTER TWO WEEKS IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND MY SUV WILL BRING AGAIN TO THE DEALER FOR THE SECOND TIME... I FEEL THEY MAKE ME FEEL WORSE THIS RECALL THAT BEEN MADE ... IS THERE ANY ADVICE ???? *TR

WHILE BRAKING FOR APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE ENGINE RPM WENT WAY UP (ROARING). WITH MY RIGHT FOOT HEAVILY ON THE BRAKE, I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL FOR SOMETIME AND THE ENGINE RPM WENT BACK TO NORMAL. BEING THE FIRST VEHICLE AT THE STOP LIGHT, NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A HONDA DEALER FOR TESTING. THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM (OF COURSE, HOW CAN YOU DUPLICATE A PROBLEM WHICH ONLY OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY). *TR

I'VE JUST BROUGHT MY 2005 HONDA PILOT IN TO THE HONDA DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL FIXED BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THE RANDOM BREAKING WITH THE VSA ON IS MORE FREQUENT AFTER THE FIXED. THE RECALL FOR THE HONDA PILOT 2005 WITH THE VSA DID NOT FIX MY VSA TROUBLE. THE TROUBLE I GETTING IS STILL THE SAME AFTER THE FIXED. "IF THE CONTROL UNIT WAS DAMAGED, THE VSA SYSTEM MAY APPLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF BREAKING FORCE EVEN IF THE DRIVER HAS NOT PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL." *TR

THE VEHICLE WOULD APPLY ADDITIONAL BRAKE FORCE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WHILE THE DRIVER USE THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE ON A DOWNHILL ROAD. THE EXTRA BRAKE FORCE ONLY LAST 1 SECOND OR 2 BUT IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE STEER TO THE LEFT AND THE VSA COME ON. IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE LANE TO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VSA LIGHT WILL COME ON UNTIL I TURN OFF THE IGNITION. THE HONDA DEALER INITIALLY SUGGEST IT WAS RELATED TO THE VSA RECALL BUT AFTER PERFORMING THE RECALL WORK 4 TIMES, THE ISSUE STILL EXIST. THEY FINALLY DETERMINED THE YAW SENSOR WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND REPLACE IT. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN 2005 HONDA PILOT BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND MAKE A "GROANING" NOISE OR A NOISE ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU DRIVE ON A GRAVEL ROAD. 2005 HONDA PILOT WAS ALSO (WHILE VIBRATING AND MAKING NOISE) ABRUPTLY SLOWING DOWN/ STOPPING WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT WOULD ALSO DO THIS WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR. SECOND INCIDENT WAS LATER THAT SAME DAY. I PICKED THE 2005 HONDA PILOT UP FROM MY WIFE AS SHE WAS NOW TO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINS OF DRIVING, I WAS DOING ABOUT 55 MPH AND THE 2005 HONDA PILOT MADE THE SAME NOISE AND VIBRATION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND ALSO SLOWED DOWN ABRUPTLY AS IF I HIT THE BRAKES(WHICH I DIDN'T). ABOUT ANOTHER HALF MILE WAS A TRAFFIC LIGHT AS I BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN FOR LIGHT I APPLIED THE BRAKES GENTLY AND AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL LEFT MY FOOT AND THE 2005 HONDA PILOT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES SO I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING AT THAT POINT. WHEN I STOPPED IN THE PARKING LOT I NOTICED MY VSA INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF UNTIL I TURNED THE 2005 HONDA PILOT OFF. SAME DAY I TOOK MY 2005 HONDA PILOT TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE SYMPTOM. *TR

BEGINNING 12/06 THE CAR WOULD SLAM IT'S BRAKES ON, INDEPENDENTLY, WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. IT HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES AND THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING. AFTER HAVING IT HAPPEN YET AGAIN, AND AFTER DETAILING HOW THIS PROBLEM NEARLY TOOK MY LIFE, HONDA AGREED TO TAKE THE CAR AND THE SERVICE REP. WOULD DRIVE IT. I WAS FORTUNATE AND IT HAPPENED TO HIM VERY QUICKLY. UNDER WARRANTY, 1/25/07, A ABS/TCS/VSA MODULATOR WAS REPLACED. NOW FIVE YEARS LATER THE CAR HAS DECIDED THAT IF IT CAN'T INDEPENDENTLY SLAM IT'S BREAKS ON, WELL, IT WILL JUST INDEPENDENTLY SPEED UP INSTEAD. AGAIN, WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. GUESS WHAT, NOW WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY AND HONDA IS OUT OF CARING. I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HONDA HAS HURT OR KILLED, JUST NO ONE FIGURED OUT WHY IN THE WORLD THE DRIVER SPED UP OR SUDDENLY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. *TR

WHEN I AM DRIVING MY HONDA PILOT, AS IT IS SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR, THE ENTIRE CAR STARTS TO SHUDDER AND SEEMS TO BE FIGHTING A STALL. *TR

VSA WARNING LIGHT AND ! LIGHT COME ON AT THE SAME TIME WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. LIGHTS COME ON AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AND STAY ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO AND HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY DAY. THE WARNING LIGHTS SEEM SENSITIVE TO THE COLD AS WELL. THE ON BOARD DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER HAS NO REGISTERED ANY MALFUNCTION CODES. FORTUNATELY HAVE NOT YET EXPERIENCED THE INTENSE BRAKING OF OTHER OWNERS BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE VSA SYSTEM ON 2005 HONDA PILOTS. *TR

LONG STORY BUT I BELIEVE IT IS ALL RELATED. BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND VSA ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME SYSTEM IN A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WE WERE HAVING A "NOISE" THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY A RANDOM ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM SELF CHECK. THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED AND APPEARED TO BE ACTIVATED BY ANY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS WAS MORE OF A NUISANCE THAN ANYTHING BUT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE THE DEALERSHIP LOOK INTO IT. MORE ON THIS LATER. IN ADDITION WE ALSO HAD THE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA) ENGAGE ONCE AND THE RESULTS WERE A LITTLE SCARY OR VIOLENT AT BEST. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH UNDER WINDY CONDITIONS. THE VSA SYSTEM ENGAGED, THE BRAKES WERE HEAVILY APPLIED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO A CONTROL MODE THAT PULLED THE VEHICLE LEFT AND RIGHT. WE HAD VERY LIMITED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS HAPPENING. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT AND DEACTIVATE THE VSA TO FINISH OUR TRIP. WHAT OUR DEALERSHIP FOUND WAS A CRACKED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON THE MAIN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND VSA MODULE. THE CONNECTOR IS LOCATED UNDER THE ENGINE SHROUD IN AN AREA THAT ISN'T ACCESSIBLE DURING NORMAL OR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY SERVICE DONE ON ANYTHING IN THIS AREA. OUR GUESS IS THAT IT WAS CRACKED DURING THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION OR IT FATIGUED OVER TIME. THE HONDA TECHNICIAN THOUGHT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS MOISTURE ENTERING THE CONTROL MODULE VIA THE DAMAGED CONNECTOR. THIS IN TURN CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD THAT CONTROLS THE BRAKING AND VSA SYSTEM. WE STOPPED INVESTIGATING THE REPAIR AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF COST. IT WAS OVER $2000.00 TO GET THE HARNESS AND CONTROL MODULE REPLACED. I WANTED TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE RECENT NEWS ON 2005 PILOTS. *TR

I SAW ON THE NEWS THAT THE NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING A BRAKE ISSUE ON THE HONDA PILOT 2005. I EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR ISSUE BUT THOUGHT IT WAS A GLITCH AS IT ONLY HAPPENED ONE DAY (ALTHOUGH IT HAPPENED TWICE THAT DAY). I'VE FINALLY GOTTEN AROUND TO FILING AN OFFICIAL REPORT BOTH WITH HONDA AND NHTSA TO HOPEFULLY AID IN THE INVESTIGATION. THE BRAKING ISSUE HAPPENED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS ON THE SAME DAY, ROUGHLY 2 MONTHS AGO. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT LIKE THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD FLASHED, MY SPEED DECREASED SUDDENLY ALTHOUGH I STILL HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS. IT ONLY LAST A FEW SECONDS AND THEN I REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AN HOUR LATER, WHEN I WAS OFF THE FREEWAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME I WAS GOING 25 MILES AN HOUR DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. SAME EXACT ISSUE WHERE IT FELT LIKE THE CAR COMPUTER SHUT DOWN WITH NO POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE, BUT I'M VERY SCARED THAT IT MAY HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AGAIN. WE ONLY HAVE ONE CAR AND HAVE A 1 YEAR OLD. I HOPE HONDA AND THE NHTSA MAKE PROGRESS INTO IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN CONTRIBUTE ANY MORE INFORMATION. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

APPROXIMATE DATE I PUT WAS TODAY, BUT THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES TO MY SPOUSE WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS. TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME I HAD BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. I JUST STARTED THE CAR, PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK. ABOUT 300 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR BRAKED ON ITS OWN TWICE AND STOPPED THE CAR. I HAD TO GET TO WORK SO I CONTINUED ON. IT OCCURRED TWO MORE TIMES ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS NEVER GOING FASTER THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR. IT HAPPENED ONCE WHILE I WAS BRAKING AND TWO TIMES WHILE I WAS AT A COAST. MY WIFE JUST TOLD ME THAT IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO HER AS RECENTLY AS 3 DAYS AGO. I AM CONCERNED OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND GOD FORBID THIS HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY OR AT HIGH SPEEDS. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET OF THIS SAME OCCURRENCE WITH THE 2005 HONDA PILOT AND THEY ALL SAID TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THIS SITE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BRAKE TO ABOUT 10 MPH. THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END LIKE THE ABS SYSTEM WAS WORKING--EVEN WITH THE FOOT ON THE THROTTLE. DROVE ABOUT 2 BLOCKS TO A PARKING LOT. VSA AND TRIANGLE WITH "!" WAS ON DISPLAY. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER 5 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN BACK HOME. THERE WERE NO DISPLAY LIGHTS OR SUDDEN BRAKING. THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WAS NOW 35 MPH. AFTER DRIVING FOR 10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BRAKED AGAIN AND DECELERATED TO ABOUT 10 MPH.THE VSA AND TRIANGLE W/"!" DISPLAY LIGHTS REAPPEARED. THERE WAS A GROANING SOUND COMING FROM THE CAR AND THE VIBRATION RETURNED. THE MORE THE THROTTLE WAS PUSHED, THE MORE THE BRAKING EFFECT INCREASED. THE VEHICLE FINALLY MADE IT BACK TO MY HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT HOME WHERE IT WAS LATER TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. *TR