Honda Pilot Change Vehicle

"Honda has not trained their technicians to repair Apple CarPlay issues."

"Doesn’t seem to work."

"does not work in bad weather"

"The optical drive (DVD player) had no power despite the rest of the dash and other systems having power."

"One listening to a CD, it is impossible to rewind or fast forward for many minutes when first installing the CD into the player"

"When Starting the vehicle the Honda Link started to flash and all electronic functions like the radio, GPS, clock, phone connection etc were not accessible."

"Screen freezes at times"

"In car touch screen often freezes up and is slow to respond. Trips to dealer have not improved the problems."

"eventually clears up..dealer can't find anything."

"No rhyme nor reason to when this happens. Eventually just unfreezes."

"Whenever the HVAC vent to the left of the touch screen is moved, the screen flips to home screen. In traffic using nav system, this is dangerous."

"Within the last year, sometimes the screen does not receive input when it is touch. Sporadic occural. Has not been resolved."

"screen goes blank and you have to stop and turn the car off and on to reboot the system to get it to work. has happened aa couple of time"

"Every once in a while the display is blank for no reason and will stays blank no matter what buttons I press. Turning the car off and back on seems to fix the problem."

"When operating vehicle with map display and navigation system giving route directions the screen will suddenly go blank. Vehicle has to be shut off and restarted to get the display back. This is irritating and dangerous in congested urban wayfinding."

"GPS maps has no display. Only solution is to restart vehicle. Annoying when driving on a highway. No fix from Honda, only told "later year models" of vehicle have upgraded system that doesn't experience issue."

"Has improved."

"Seems to be when traveling and using GPS. Fixes itself when car is turned off and restarted."

"The screen goes blank without warning. Can't use any of the features. Have to stop the vehicle and restart it."

"Screen periodically goes blank and then reboots, also on occasion it displays a message that some of the driver assist systems are inoperable. Even when it is working it doesn't respond properly."

"Voice recognition unreliable at times. Types gibberish when I speak telephone numbers"

"Won't connect to Apple Play around 1/2 the time."

"Not really a music problem for for the purchase of the top of the line pilot, the coverings for electronic ports for phones and tablets have all fallen off the car. Cheaply constructed."

"We had issues with the infotainment center freezing on phone calls or disconnecting from the phone. We took the car in and the whole system had to be replaced. A month later then entire infotainment system shut down and restarted as we drove down the road. Unnerving."

"screen went blank. had to restart car to get radio GPS etc.. to work. Would turn off while driving"

"The GPS on one occasion had us circling a neighborhood and was unable to navigate us home. It repeatedly chooses the wrong direction i.e. going north when it should take us south. We don't trust it anymore and only use Google Maps on our phone."

"Much too complicated system."

"Has problems"

"Garmin system often had no idea where it was. It started soon after purchase and was resolved a year later when the system was replaced."

"i ALWAYS HAVE TO FIDDLE WITH THE CONTROLS TO GET IT TO WORK. iT SEEMS TO PREFER PAIRING WITH MY WIFE;S PHONE."

"can drive you crazy."

"Difficult to set up and is sometimes intermittent"

"The Hands Free Link system Honda uses as a subcomponent has a horrible interface, and does not play nicely with Android. Specifically, the latest Samsung Galaxy has never been supported. If I'd known this, I never would have purchased the vehicle. Bluetooth activities like hands-free dialing do not work, texts cannot be read or responded to via voice, and I am back to having to pull over to dial if I need to make an urgent call. When I am able to get the vehicle to recognize my phone & set up speed dial, it will forget it again within a few weeks and I have to spend ~20 minutes setting it up again. Speed-dial is the ONLY way to use your phone hands-free unless you activate Android Auto and use Android Auto to do voice features."

"Very frustrating! Cannot seem to keep devised connected."

"Bluetooth pairing lost almost as quickly as it pairs. Difficult when driving and a call comes in or you have to make one."

"The entire "infotainment" system is ridiculously complex and very difficult to use. You simply cannot see the screen in daylight. The controls are all touchscreen, so you must squint and fumble with it while trying to drive. There are NO tactile buttons or knobs, so you must take your attention off the road to find another station or simply turn it on. I rate this system zero out of ten. Had I known these things before purchase, I would have looked elsewhere"

"To correct the problem the complete radio/display unit was replaced."

"Will not play Blu-Ray DVDs. Begins showing previews and other messages, but stops when it reaches the feature presentation. Will not respond to touch screen commands. Will play non-Blu-Ray just fine."

"Every time I take my car to the dealer it seems they have software fixes to install. Sometimes they work well and sometimes they create more problems."

"does not recognize my voice"

"Promised safety feature of hands-free dialing, etc. But voice commands don't work. Honda uses Hands Free Link as their vendor, and that vendor NEVER supports the latest Galaxy phone. Android users will have serious issues with basic functionality of hands free services. Unacceptable in this day and age."

"This is the cause of rattling windows"

"The front doors must be to low at the tops and causing the weather striping not to cover and seal out the wind noise. Had it into the dealer 4 times and couldn't fix it. Not sure what to do about it."

"When windows are partially open they rattle."

"After 12000 miles car sounded like a ten year old car. Many rattles."

"Rattles and rear suspension noise. Finally traded in car"

"There is a strange noise being caused by some emission control component. Honda says it should not cause a problem, but a replacement would have to be scheduled because they don't have the part. I plan to have the part replaced, under warranty, because I do not trust that it is innocuous."

"took the vehicle back to the dealer and they knew exactly what the cause was. so after 15 minutes we were back on the road.. minus the noise…."

"Windfoil on roof of car (just in front of sunroof) rattles loudly at highway speeds. Has been tightened twice, and we were told that if it happens again, they will just remove it."

"RATTLES FROM REAR AREA WHILE DRIVING"

"back bumper makes a thumping noise when going over uneven road"

"The windows rattle when partially open. Honda says that's just the way it is. I will continue to complain."

"The engine makes significant noise that sounds like the valves need adjusting, although the vehicle only has 10,000 miles on it. This noise started after the dealer had the car for 2 weeks to fix an engine computer problem. They maintain that the noise is normal, but it wasn't there before the engine computer work and it doesn't sound normal."

"There is a rattling noise inside the rear passenger door. Also signs of rust appears on the speaker grill."

"The front windows rattle when partially open"

"Front Passengers channel needed to be replaced twice - still had wind noise after first channel was replaced"

"Driver side door\window has excessive wind noise at highway speeds that was not present when purchased"

"There is wind noise when driving the vehicle. It doesn´t seem to seal completely."

"top of front doors weather striping doesn't cover/seal the gap between the top of the doors and the roof so I get wind noise at higher speeds or when the wind is blowing."

"Rough downshifting."

"Shifting is rough going down through the gears when slowing. During low speeds and let up on the accelerator the transmission hesitates before it selects the gear."

"The push button 9-speed transmission is governed by a computer program that does not smoothly shift up or down in lower gears causing a jerky shift that is betting annoying. Honda has promised a fix but withdrew offer with the explanation that the vehicle stills operates and until the transmission fails, they won't find a fix."

"when shifting down manually from gears below 5th it revs up before it down shifts. Also when first started in the morning it takes 2-3 second before the transmission engages very annoying and dangerous because it actually lurches!"

"I generally don't have a problem with it. It only happens in city driving when it is super hot outside. Otherwise, it is very smooth and responsive for my driving."

"At the 40 mph point the transmission seizes, jerks,then jumps to meet the requested acceleration. Happens at both a slow accel and most dangerously, a fast accel on the highway. You can hear and feel the grind."

"After putting it in reverse and backing up some, the transmission does not seem to reconnect and slips when putting it in Drive. Also, gear shifting is rough while driving. Sometimes the car does not accelerate enough and other times too much. There is also a delay when climbing a hill and it has to drop down too many gears to climb.. Other times, it seems to stay in a lower gear too long raising the engine RPM."

"Surging during normal acceleration. Found the cause in Honda online forum. Burnt transmission fluid. Honda service bulletin says to flush it several times and install a transmission software update. I flushed it myself and the problem is fixed. If Honda will update the software for free, I will have it done at my convenience."

"I noticed transmission slipping at about 38000 miles. Reported to Honda and they said I had missed my transmission flush. Flushed, problem went away."

"The Pilot would stutter consistently, but thankfully was still under warranty. They flushed the transmission fluid several times and it solved the problem."

"I've had this problem since purchase. One Honda mechanic at dealer told me to file a lemon law complaint. User groups tell of transmissions being replaced 3 times with no improvement. All management said it was "normal" and a function of my driving. I have taken the car in 3+ times. Only recently they told me there was a software update I would have to purchase...even though this has been a repeated, reported, investigated issue between myself and Penske Honda, Indianapolis. I'm not an idiot. I am female. A female electrical and industrial engineer who designed transmission software for heavy duty trucks, buses, tanks...eg the articulated buses. It's not my driving problem. Thanks for letting me vent. The Honda Pilot is not an SUV. It is a glorified minivan. They have taken out the SUV functions. I use this for light towing of boats, trailers. In no way can it handle a short trip with a horse trailer, which was fine with my 2009 Honda Pilot. We were nearly unable to pull a boat from the water/ramp on a hill in Branson, MO even when shifting to manual. Max speed 15-20 mph. I didn't think we would make it. This was easy, same boat, same ramp in the 2009 Pilot."

"The computer software was upgraded to prevent the transmission fluid from overheating, which caused premature aging and surging during shifting. Honda has a service bulletin for this issue and it was covered under the power train warranty."

"Took 2 days to repair, but under warranty. Had to remove entire engine to replace seal that was leaking."

"I'm not sure if it's considered a sensor but one day the car shut off while driving it. Lost all power. Luckily I wasn't going too fast. Dealer said it was a switch on the transmission where the buttons are that needed to be replaced. Very scary."

"i think this may cause the problem i mentioned before in the horrible shifting"