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.
As least expected, the line attached to the transmission and radiator broke with no damage done to it. On 7/23/14 during the ride home, vehicle acceleration faltered and would not drive correctly; because of loss of transmission fluid. All transmission fluid leaked out in less than 24 hrs. 7/24/14 as 2009 Honda Pilot was taken to Basney Honda in Mishawaka, IN 46545; misleadingly described by Service Consultant that either I had ran over something to damage the Line at the radiator- trans connection or someone had deliberately gone underneath the Pilot and hit the line with a sledgehammer. As I looked up the history of the Pilot,from the yrs of 2005-2007 have had trouble with the radiator transmission line just as I did with my 2009 Pilot. I believe this to have been another manufacturer default just like the yrs before, that needs to be be addressed also investigated. I should not have had to pay any cost of the repair done to this known factory defect of this vehicle. Contacting American Honda they have gone out of their way to avoid me, and also noticing this defect of the Honda Pilot and becoming responsible enough to reimburse the cost to fix it. With less trust in Honda Ann L.
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As least expected, the line attached to the transmission and radiator broke with no damage done to it. On 7/23/14 during the ride home, vehicle acceleration faltered and would not drive correctly; because of loss of transmission fluid. All transmission fluid leaked out in less than 24 hrs. 7/24/14 as 2009 Honda Pilot was taken to Basney Honda in Mishawaka, IN 46545; misleadingly described by Service Consultant that either I had ran over something to damage the Line at the radiator- trans connection or someone had deliberately gone underneath the Pilot and hit the line with a sledgehammer. As I looked up the history of the Pilot,from the yrs of 2005-2007 have had trouble with the radiator transmission line just as I did with my 2009 Pilot. I believe this to have been another manufacturer default just like the yrs before, that needs to be be addressed also investigated. I should not have had to pay any cost of the repair done to this known factory defect of this vehicle. Contacting American Honda they have gone out of their way to avoid me, and also noticing this defect of the Honda Pilot and becoming responsible enough to reimburse the cost to fix it. With less trust in Honda Ann L.
- Ann L., Mishawaka, IN, US