Since purchasing the Pilot brand new in 2015, it has had an intermittently bubbling noise coming from within the engine and/or from the rear of the vehicle when you shut it off. It will also intermittently have a hard start of 5 to 7 seconds followed by a rough idle during cooler months. April through October, our hotter months, it will do it almost daily. We have 120 degree weather during the summer.
The gas mileage is horrible. You can smell gas at the back of the vehicle, and it occasionally hesitates. We have taken it to the dealership a number of times for this issue with absolutely no help. Yesterday the dealership blamed the bubbling noise on my perfectly working a/c condenser “pressurizing.†The Pilot has around 82300 and these problems are escalating. I know it is has to be one of the DENSO recalled faulty fuel pumps.
Honda needs to take responsibility for this and recall all models with these faulty fuel pumps. I have an extended warranty and they will not fix it or acknowledge the faulty fuel pump as a possible problem. The dealership also told me they do not have the records from my previous visits anymore. Convenient! They did not perform any type of fuel pressure test or any test on the perfectly working a/c condenser. I hope nothing happens to me, my family or anyone else. It will definitely be Honda’s negligence.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Since purchasing the Pilot brand new in 2015, it has had an intermittently bubbling noise coming from within the engine and/or from the rear of the vehicle when you shut it off. It will also intermittently have a hard start of 5 to 7 seconds followed by a rough idle during cooler months. April through October, our hotter months, it will do it almost daily. We have 120 degree weather during the summer.
The gas mileage is horrible. You can smell gas at the back of the vehicle, and it occasionally hesitates. We have taken it to the dealership a number of times for this issue with absolutely no help. Yesterday the dealership blamed the bubbling noise on my perfectly working a/c condenser “pressurizing.†The Pilot has around 82300 and these problems are escalating. I know it is has to be one of the DENSO recalled faulty fuel pumps.
Honda needs to take responsibility for this and recall all models with these faulty fuel pumps. I have an extended warranty and they will not fix it or acknowledge the faulty fuel pump as a possible problem. The dealership also told me they do not have the records from my previous visits anymore. Convenient! They did not perform any type of fuel pressure test or any test on the perfectly working a/c condenser. I hope nothing happens to me, my family or anyone else. It will definitely be Honda’s negligence.
- Wendy M., Bullhead City, US