CarComplaints.com Notes: Previously we had awarded the 2009 Pilot "Seal of Pretty Good", but have since removed that honor due to all the continuing complaints about excessive oil consumption.
This Honda Pilot oil consumption defect was subject to a class action lawsuit in 2013. However not all 2009 Honda Pilots were covered by the settlement & by now the warranty extension has expired. The oil consumption complaints keep coming in.
It sucks when it's really hot outside and the AC is stuck on the floor setting! I tried to push the button to change to the face, and nothing happened. It mode button completely stopped working.
After a month of not working, it started randomly working again for about a week and again stopped.
After looking online i noticed that someone else with a Honda Civic had the same problem. The motor to redirect the air is behind the glove box. I would switch from foot to face and the motor didn’t Move. I didn’t want to try and replace it, because its way back in there and seems like a pain. So i tapped on it pretty hard and got it working again.
I think over time dust and other junk gets in the way of the motor and causes it to not move (since the button and electrical system worked fine) and would also explain why randomly it started working and then not working.
Still no permanent fix, but after tapping on it, and blasting compressed air up there, it has been working great.
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It sucks when it's really hot outside and the AC is stuck on the floor setting! I tried to push the button to change to the face, and nothing happened. It mode button completely stopped working.
After a month of not working, it started randomly working again for about a week and again stopped.
After looking online i noticed that someone else with a Honda Civic had the same problem. The motor to redirect the air is behind the glove box. I would switch from foot to face and the motor didn’t Move. I didn’t want to try and replace it, because its way back in there and seems like a pain. So i tapped on it pretty hard and got it working again.
I think over time dust and other junk gets in the way of the motor and causes it to not move (since the button and electrical system worked fine) and would also explain why randomly it started working and then not working.
Still no permanent fix, but after tapping on it, and blasting compressed air up there, it has been working great.
- stizout, Lehi, US