CarComplaints.com Notes: We all want our SUVs to be able to stop on a dime, just not randomly and without warning. But that's what was happening to 2005 Pilot owners: their vehicles were slamming on the brakes even when they didn't. A government investigation of this problem led to a recall in March of 2013.

Another issue that keeps popping up is transmission fluid mixing with coolant in the radiator which is causing transmission failure, a costly repair to say the least.

6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
210,350 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (2 reports)
2005 Honda Pilot brakes problems

brakes problem

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2005 Honda Pilot Owner Comments

problem #2

May 062016

Pilot ES 2.5L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 200,700 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

ABS, VTM4 and VSA lights all come on at once. So far no unexpected braking experienced, (like other complainants have reported).

- shad182, Albrightsville, PA, US

problem #1

Mar 142015

Pilot EX 3.8L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 220,000 miles

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 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 (they will credit toward the repair the $125 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. Any input?

- slove, Fontana, CA, US

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