2005 Honda Pilot Powertrain & Transmission Problems

MY CHILDREN BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR ME BECAUSE I LOST MY JOB DUE TO COVID AFTEREFFECTS AND I HAD TO RETURN MY KIA SOUL 2014 TO THE CREDITORS.I WAS DELIVERING FOOD BOXES TO THE ELDERLY WHEN THE AT TEMP LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO LOCKUP I HAD TO PULLOVER BECAUSE THE CAR WAS RUNNING HOT.IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING SO I COULDN'T GET HOME.I HAVE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN TO ME.GOGGLEING THIS HONDA BRAND THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS MODEL BUT NO HONDA RECALL THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS! AND SHOULD BE EITHER RECALLED OR TAKEN OFF THE MARKET AS NTO TO NEVER BE EVER RESOLD

TRANSMISSION COOLING MECHANISM IN LOWER PART OF RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE RADIATOR AND MIX WITH COOLANT. INTRODUCTION OF ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED DAMAGE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, HOSES, FLUSH THE ENGINE, ETC. EVEN WITH THIS AMOUNT OF REPAIR, INCREASE FAILURE RATE OF WATER PUMP, HEATER CORE OR ANY RUBBER SEAL OR GASKET EXISTS. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AS WELL AS A SEARCH ON THIS SITE REVEALS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH HAS NEVER RESULTS IN A RECALL. MY PILOT HAD JUST UNDER 134,000 MILES AND NOW IS UNDRIVEABLE. THE REPAIRS COST MORE THAN THE VEHICLE. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL SO THAT THERE MAY BE SOME RELIEF FOR OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED BY THIS KNOWN PROBLEM.

2005 HONDA PILOT, WHEN CRUISING BETWEEN 35-45 MILES CAR SHUDDERS/VIBRATE NEVER FIXED SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE.

WHEN DRIVING 30-50MPH MY 2005 HONDA PILOT SHUDDER/VIBRATES AS IF I'M DRIVING ON A RUMBLE STRIP. I BOUGHT MY PILOT AT 113,000 IN 2017 AND I NOTICED THE ISSUE FIRST AT ABOUT 120,000 MILES. I NOW HAVE 134,000 MILES AND THE RESEARCH I'M DOING ON THIS ISSUE SUGGESTS THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT WITH HONDA/ACURA TRANSMISSION AND OR TORQUE CONVERTERS. WHAT CAN I DO AT THIS POINT?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA PILOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THE KEY WAS NOT NEAR THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR SHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE VEHICLE CLEANING IT OUT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION TO THE HEAD AND INJURIES TO THE NECK, BACK, AND LEFT LEG THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO UNION PARK HONDA (1704 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, WILMINGTON, DE 19806), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE BODY DAMAGES WERE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

WHEN ACCELERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH THE CARS SHAKES AND VIBRATES. IF YOU LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE SHAKE WILL GO AWAY.

MY VSA LIGHT AND MY VTM-4 WHEEL LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUSH ON THE GAS PETAL IT WOULD ACCELERATE. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET GOING HOME

AT 105,000 MILES I TOOK MY 2005 HONDA PILOT FOR SOME PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE-OIL CHANGE, TRANSMISSION SERVICE, AND AN AIR BAG RECALL. THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED ON HIS TEST DRIVE. NOW THE D LIGHT IS BLINKING AND THE VEHICLE DOES SHUDDER BETWEEN 35-50 MPH. THE SERVICE WRITER ALEX SCHENBECK AT DICK'S HONDA IN HILLSBORO SAID HE DIDN'T NOTICE THE MECHANICS NOTE AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS COULD BE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. ACURA ISSUED A RECALL ON THE MDX FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE THERE HAVE BEEN 208 COMPLAINTS ON THE 2004-2005 HONDA PILOT TRANSMISSION AND 66 COMPLAINTS ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER SPECIFICALLY. I WILL BE CONTACTING HONDA NORTH AMERICA TO SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING A LOYAL HONDA CUSTOMER OR LOSING MY BUSINESS FOR LIFE.

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.

THERE IS VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH. SEEMS THERE ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION WHICH IS COMMON AMONG OTHER OWNWERS.

MY 2005 HONDA PILOT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY LOCAL MECHANICS SCANNED THE COMPUTER CODE P0741, TORQUE CLUTCH SOLENOID. AFTER HE REPLACE THE SOLENOID AND CLEARED THE CODE I DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 50 MILES BEFORE THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. SO I TOOK IT BACK THE THE SHOP TO HAVE THE CODE SCAN AGAIN. THE SAME CODE, P0741 APPEAR IN HIS SCANNER. HE RECHECK THE REPLACEMENTAL PART FOR MALFUNCTION AND CONNECTION ISSUES WITH NO ISSUES. SO I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP TO HAVE A SECOND OPINION. THE TRANS SHOP EXAM THE TRAN AND FOUND NO ISSUES ALSO. BOTH SHOPS SUGGEST THAT THERE MUST BE AN INTERIOR ISSUE IN THE TRAN ITSELF. MY ONLY OPTION ARE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRAN OR DRIVE IT AS LONG AS IT IS DRIVING FINE. I THINK HONDA KNOW OF THIS INTERIOR ISSUE AND DON'T WANT TO RECALL THE VEHICLES. REPLACING A TRAN ISN'T A CHEAP FIX.

D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. AFTER I STOPPED I CHECK GAS COVER AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVELS. BOTH OK. HAPPENED AGAIN SO I WENT TO GET CODE READ...THROWING CODE P0872 AND CODE 0700. I HAD THIS PROBLEM A FEW YEARS AGO AND HONDA FIXED PROBLEM FOR ALMOST $500. WHY IS IT HAPPENING AGAIN?

THE VEHICLE JUMPS ON AND OFF AND I TEND TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WITH STEERING. FURTHER CHECK REVEALED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE.

TRAVELING ABOUT 35 TO 45MPH WE FEEL A SHUTTER ONCE YOU SPEED UP IT GOES AWAY.ALSO SEE A FLUTTER IN ENGINE RPM.

ON 9-9-15, OUR 2005 HONDA PILOT ABRUPTLY STOPPED ON EMERALD PARKWAY - POLICE ASSISTED. LEAKING FLUID WAS CLUMPY RED/BROWN AND VEHICLE HOT. SHOP TODAY SAYS RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AND POSSIBLY ENGINE NEED REPLACED AND INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT A HONDA DEALER. THIS IS OUR SECOND SAFETY COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE - 1ST WAS DANGEROUS "PHANTOM BRAKING" OR INADVERTANT APPLICATION ON BRAKES IN 2012, WHICH HONDA SUBSEQUENTLY RECALLED IN 2013. AFTER READING THRU COMPLAINTS, I SEE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM - TRANSMISSION LINE IN RADIATOR SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO RADIATOR AND COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION, RUINING BOTH HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. WE ANTICIPATE A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR.... WE ARE THANKFUL THIS DID NOT OCCUR ON THE HIGHWAY, DURING RUSH HOUR OR WITH ANY OF OUR 3 KIDS IN THE VEHICLE, AND ARE ANGERED AT HONDA'S FAILURE TO RECALL THIS AS WELL - AS SOME SAID THEY DID FOR 2003 AND 2004 MODELS?

AFTER COMING HOME FROM WORK I NOTICED A DRIP LINE IN THE DRIVEWAY. WHEN I TURNED AROUND I SAW A POOL OF MILKY RED LIQUID UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD I SAW THAT THE COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLE WAS IN FACT OVERFLOWING WITH THIS MILKY RED LIQUID. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SERVICE STATION I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILED IN THE RADIATOR CAUSING THE COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2005 PILOT AND THAT NOW THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT AT A COST OF $2500 PLUS THE COST OF REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND LINES, TOTAL BILL $3500. I AM TOLD AND I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THAT HONDA IS AWARE IF THIS ISSUE AND HAS NOT AT LEAST WARNED OWNERS THAT THE RADIATOR WILL MOST CERTAINLY FAIL, HAD THEY INFORMED ME I WOULD HAVE REPLACED THE RADIATOR BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. I RECENTLY CAME BACK FROM A 1500 MILE ROAD TRIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I WAS LUCKY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE ROAD AT SPEEDS OF 70MPH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HONDA HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE AFTERMATH OF A KNOWN FAULTY PART AND THE COST OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO NEED.

MY PILOT 2005, 45000 MLS. IS RUNNING VERY GOOD BUT FROM 3 MONTH AGO THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE VTM-4 IS ON AT THE SAME TIME SOME TIMES IN OFF AND ALWAYS BACK. THIS HAPPEN WHEN THE ENGINE START AND STAY ON, SOMETIMES ON THE ROAD IS OFF BACK AGAIN ON ENGINE LIGHT AND VTM-4.

THE POWERTRAIN HAS A VERY IRRITATING VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING THROUGH OR HOLDING IT AT 35 - 40 MPH. THE VIBRATION LASTS ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND HAS A VERY ODD NOISE THAT HAPPENS AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. KIND OF LIKE DEEP BASE. ALL INFO I CAN FIND POINTS TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND MY MECHANIC SAYS ALL HIS INFORMATION POINTS TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER ALSO.

VEHICLE IN MOTION, STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WHEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. ENGINE WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. MECHANIC FOUND RADIATOR HAD FAILED, ALLOWING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX WITH ENGINE COOLANT. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AND RADIATOR REPLACED. COST OF REPAIR APPROXIMATELY $5,000. CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. RECEIPTS FOR REPAIR AND COMMUNICATION TO HONDA ARE AVAILABLE.

CAR SHUDDERS OCCASIONALLY AROUND SPEEDS 30 WHILE ACCELERATING, THE SHUDDER LASTS FEW SECONDS AND STOPS. THIS COULD HAPPEN ONLY ONCE OR SEVERAL TIMES IF YOU CONTINUE TO DRIVE AROUND SPEEDS 30 MPH. FROM HONDA FORUMS IT LOOKS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SAME YEAR HONDA PILOTS AND ACCURA RDX. DRIVING WITH SUCH AN CONDITION SHAKES THE DRIVER FOR AN UNKNOWN VEHICULAR BEHAVIOUR THAT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT/ FATALITY. IT IS SUGGESTED HONDA CORP MAY BE ASKED TO PUT A RECALL FOR ALL VEHICLES IN THIS MANUAFCTURE YEAR.