CarComplaints.com Notes: It's worrying when the top category for 2016 Honda Pilot problems are transmission problems. Owners report jerking when accelerating. Also as the first model year of the redesigned 3rd generation Pilot, it's not a good sign.
Honda released a TSB on October 29 2016 that's possibly related. The TSB deals with a "a judder from the torque converter lock-up clutch ... while driving between 20 and 60 mph" due to deteriorated transmission fluid resulting from "specific driving conditions". In the TSB, Honda states they are developing a software fix to try to keep the transmission fluid temperature within spec.
We are keeping a close eye on this defect trend because if certain driving conditions can affect transmission shifting in the first year of ownership, we'd hate to think what 10+ years will do.
Navigation System has not worked properly since day 1 when I purchased vehicle.
2. During its first 3 minutes of operation, it works about 50% of the time. After that it will properly orientate itself and then work as intended. Of course if I have followed the suggested navigation route, I have gone 3 minutes in the wrong direction which is beyond frustrating.
3. Within 30 seconds of starting the car – the “Ready to Navigate†alert will appear regardless of whether the system is working properly or not.
4. When it is not working properly, it will display the wrong direction (ie East vs. South), indicate you are on a different street than you are actually on, and give you improper turning directions. The Nav system will indicate I’m going East on Legacy when in fact I’m going South on Independence.
5. Some days it will work properly for the first several times you start and move the car. Then it will act up the next time you move the car. Other days it will act up immediately but later in the day be fine when you start the car. Some days it will work properly all the time – but this is rare.
- Russell S.,
Plano, TX, US
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The navigation system is not displaying. This vehicle is too new to have such issues at this time.
- Morton W., Brooklyn, US