Fuel lid keep looked or can't be closed.

- Mayaguez, PR, USA

Throughout last trip I noticed the transmission would make jerking shifts. While on the interstate during a pass travelling at 73 Mph the transmission down shifted and made a loud banging sound, engine lost power but was revving high, I could not accelerate to get away from surrounding traffic. A transmission error come up as I maneuvered the vehicle out of the road to avoid being hit by other vehicles. The AWD error came one and later an emissions error. Once the car was out of the road safely I was able to engage the e-brake then put it into neutral then park. AWD and emissions error remained on. After a minute turn car off then on, emissions error remained on and the car could operate. This scared the family as we could have been rare ended in traffic. Honda dealership in my town could not diagnose the issue. This is the second time this has happened.

- Newnan, GA, USA

Vehicle unexpectedly and unpredictably shuts down when stopped for a red light, at stop sign, or for an extended break period. Vehicle does not immediately restart after shutting off. Vehicle is available for inspection; however, given the safety concerns for our family and unanswered questions from Honda with no resolution in sight, we plan to buy a new vehicle. Vehicle has been disabled when it shuts down in the middle of intersections with cars swerving to avoid. It puts vehicle occupants and other drivers at risk of an accident. Dealer cannot reproduce. After the 1st instance, dealer claimed they found info that was sent to Honda corporate. Vehicle has been inspected by dealership with Honda corporate involvement 3 times. After the 1st time, Honda corporate/dealership replaced battery and state of charge sensor at no cost even though vehicle was not under warranty. After 2nd time, Honda said valves may need adjusting but refused to cover expensive ($1000) work and indicated they were not sure it would even resolve issue. If issue continued, they stated they would not refund money. They now refuse any resolutions without reproducing the car shutting down. There are no warnings, messages, or notifications that vehicle will shut down until it does. A variety of errors display after the vehicle shuts down and vehicle shifts on its own into neutral.

- Belchertown, MA, USA

In the past 4 months, each time my Honda Pilot is stopped at a light or in slow traffic, the idle stop will engage and shut off the engine. In order for the engine to turn back on, we have to put our foot on the brake, place car in park, and push the start button to get it to start again. Each time we have taken it to the dealer or a car repair shop, they test the battery and it is fine. While we have not had an accident yet, we have come close due to cars behind us not knowing our vehicle is having an issue. The most recent time occurred in a toll booth line leaving NYC with a line of traffic behind us. Another issue we have experienced is with our fuel injector. Our Pilot was manufactured when there were known failures with fuel injectors. The fuel injector malfunctioned while driving with our three kids down a hill. The car lost power and we had to coast down a hill. Thankfully, an exit was nearby and we were able to come to a stop. Vehicle was serviced at a local dealer. Although there were know issues with fuel injectors, we still had to pay for the replacement and the vehicle's manufacturers warranty was still valid.

- Imperial, PA, USA

The components that have failed are the fuel injectors and catalytic converter. This is according to the Honda dealerships diagnostics. Whenever I press the gas the car hesitates, shudders, shakes, and wont accelerate. This has been an ongoing issue for the past 4 years when the car was 1 year old. It has gradually become worse.My children's safety as well as my safety are put at risk every time I drive. But one example was when I was entering the highway, I tried to speed up and couldn't and almost crashed with another car because my car wasn't functioning correctly and I wasnt able to merge correctly. The dealership has confirmed the issue but wont take responsibility on fixing it. They want me to pay out of pocket. No it has not been inspected by the manufacturer, police, etc. At first there were no warning lamps, but there was a slight hesitation. Eventually, when the car started getting worse, the emissions light as well as check engine light came on. Took it it to the dealership and they got Catalytic converter P0430 error code. However, the dealership kept saying it was fuel injectors issue since it was no longer under warranty and they wanted me to pay for it. Fuel injector warranty is covered until 36k miles and I was at 60k miles.I did replace the fuel injectors with a different mechanic and that didn't fix the problem. Still drove the same. Now that I am over 100k miles on my vehicle, they are saying it's the catalytic converter because that warranty ran out at 80k miles and I would have to pay for it. I am not the only 2016 Honda Pilot owner having these issues and Honda is aware of it but wont take responsibility for it. I cannot afford to get a new car. This year model came out faulty and Honda has made bulletins regarding the issue, but wont cover the cost to fix the cars. They should be held responsible.

- Mckinney, TX, USA

Recurring problem with idle stop feature causing car engine to shut off completely (even when disabled), resulting in an error message and requiring the car to be turned off and on. This is a safety issue while driving, especially if in an intersection while turning. Https://https://www.piloteers.org/threads/elite-shuts-off-at-stop-light.157005/page-13

- Riva, MD, USA

Vehicle stationary. Auto engine idle engaged. Car losses power. Been happening for several year. Dealer says nothing wrong. Now on two occasions, car has stalled when brake released to re-engage engine. Car going into shop. Car is stationary and basically stalls. Sometimes power loss disables collision mitigation systems

- Columbus, OH, USA

Twice in the last week my Honda Pilot has shut off when auto-idling at a stop light. The car should remain in drive but when I looked down it had shifted to neutral. The first message on the dash briefly flashed 'crash mitigation problem' and then instructed me to put the car in park and push the engine start button. After this incident, I turned off the crash mitigation system. A couple days later (today), the same thing happened. No crash mitigation system flash but instructions to put the car in park and press then engine start button. Both times the engine was on and in drive. Auto idling was enabled. I have only owned this car for two months.

- Simpsonville, SC, USA

My 2016 Honda Pilot is giving me problems on filling up my gas tank. My car has 46000 mile and I don't think any parts are damaged cause it only 5 yes old. I tried looking for answers in the web but no one had a clue yet there was lots of people familiar with this problem. Is there anyway you guys can help me with this. It happens every time I try to fill my gas tank it stops filling as if it's full but it's not. It takes me a long time to fill it up.

- Ozone Pk, NY, USA

Check engine light on and when diagnosed by the repair shop the code P0456 which is very small evap leak. This should have been taken care of with the recall on this car. The repair shop printed all of the recalls and told me most likely it would need the fuel tank replaced which is cover under a recall. They told me to go to the dealership and see of the recall work has been completed. The dealership advised that the recall was done in the past.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

Check engine light (cel) appears, randomly when parked or in motion, indicating a problem with emissions system. Cel began to appear at approximately 77,000 miles. Car now has over 85,000 miles. I purchased the vehicle used, when it had 68,000 miles. I have never driven outside of the U.S.. cel appears at various speeds between 0 and 60 mph. When in motion and cel is displayed, engine hesitation occurs causing me to increase vehicle speed and engine RPM to ensure I have sufficient power to: Complete a turn, pass another vehicle, or make it up a hill. I am never sure I will have enough power. Additionally, the mileage economy display changes from shades of green to solid white. Cel remains visible on dashboard until it randomly disappears. Cel will remain lit ranging from 30 minutes to several days and disappear at various speeds. When it disappears, engine hesitation stops and economy display returns to shades of green depending on whether accelerating or decelerating. I first believed it to be a problem with the fuel tank cap. However, the cap is a hinged flap that returns to the closed position after I have finished refueling. I predominantly use E87 octane with ethanol. But E89 fuel makes no difference because the cel and hesitation randomly still occur. I have not taken to a repair shop because I have not had the opportunity to when the cel is displayed. The repair shop stated they can only diagnose when the cel is displayed. Similar descriptions from other Honda Pilot owners can be found at https://www.piloteers.org/threads/emissions-system-problem-check-engine-light.157705/.

- Swansea, IL, USA

When my car fuel went down to empty the light came on and I pulled over to get gas. When I pushed the automatic release button my fuel door would not open. I searched up possible causes and found a video of a man demonstrating where you can find a manual lever to pole to release the fuel door. I found the lever and pulled it at the door would not open. Thankfully I was not too far away from home and drove home on my empty tank. If I had been somewhere far away this could have been disastrous. I took it to the Honda dealer who had to pull apart half of my car to get to the place to fix it. I had also read online that this has happened to other Honda Pilot owners. It seems dangerous.

- Reston, VA, USA

When pressing the gas pedal, the vehicle has a hesitationin to it. My foot remains on the gas pedal and still has the hesitation or jerking motion, which can be felt in the front passenger seat. We had the oil changed the week before we left to go out of state. It has continued on since then.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

A known tsb# 18-025 (fuel injector problem) was outside our warranty and Honda would not replace it. Due to the fuel injector issue the vehicle burns excessive amounts of gasoline per tank. I have recorded approximately 160 miles per tank of fuel. In addition to throwing emissions related check engine codes.

- Morgantown, WV, USA

My car will die after being stopped (ex. At a red light, stop sign) and will not restart right away. Sometimes it doesn't die completely. When it does you are unable to put the car into park or engage the emergency lights. This has happened where we were stopped at a red-light and the car died and would not restart. A car behind us was approaching the light and saw that it was green, quickly came up behind us honking their horn and lucky was able to move to the other lane to avoid hitting us. This seams to happen when we forget to turn off the auto idle stop. This is something you have to push everyone you start the car. I took the car to the dealer they put in a new transmission and changed the timing belt. Previously I had the cars fuel injectors replaced. After all this work the car is still dying and it is happening more frequently. The dealership says they have heard of this problem but don't know of a fix yet.

- Knoxville, TN, USA

Bought my Honda in February a month later a emission system started popping up I have replaced all 4 sensors maf map sensors still isnt fixed they are telling me it's the fuel injectors and I have no warranty said it's a Honda thing and needs recalled can cause poor driving Honda really needs to fix it and the AWD light pops up and goes away and comes back no mechanics can figure that out

- Linton, IN, USA

I've had several issues with my 2016 Honda Pilot in the past few months. I currently have 110K miles on my vehicle but my problems began at around 80K. My check engine light and several other lights illuminate constantly. At first they would light up and go away. Brought it to service. They said there were no recalls and they change my spark plugs and told me to drive my car on at least a half tank of gas. Problem continued and then my car started running rough and idling rougher. I brought it in again and was told I needed to replace my fuel injectors. That was taken care and I still have a check engine light illuminates along with emissions system problem warming and my car still runs rough and has trouble accelerating. Song with all of these issues I've also had to replace my ignition and key fob and my auto start is not working. I have over A100K on the car which I understand can cause wear and tear but all of these problems far exceed the definition of normal wear and tear. I'd like to know if there is a recall on anything and what can be done to remedy these situations. My car is at service yet again trying to find out what is causing it to run so rough. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

- Wayne, NJ, USA

The fuel injectors failed just before 70,000 miles on my 2016 Pilot and had to be replaced at a cost of $1000. After some research, I have discovered this is a ridiculously common occurrence on the 2016 Pilot; so common that I cannot believe Honda hasn't done anything about it. The fuel injectors should not be failing...period. I'm disappointed with Honda and done with Honda after this car.

- Baton Rouge, LA, USA

My wife was driving the 2016 Pilot back home one afternoon(8/15/2019) and she saw the emissions system problem light came on. The miles are exactly 52500(3.5 years of ownership). I drove the Pilot to the Honda dealer next day morning and the technician said the fuel injectors have gone bad and the cost is around $1239.48 to replace the fuel injectors. As we need to have the Pilot all the time for our family for our daily needs, I didn't have time to talk to Honda and explain what happened. So, I paid the said amount and got it repaired immediately. Then I contacted Honda by email(case #09801917) to reimburse me and the Honda customer service agent said I'm out of warranty and Honda can't help me in any way. I told them that fuel injectors are like the heart of a vehicle, and they should not fail so early in a car's life and that they should run for life of the car. But still the Honda representative insisted that my 2016 Pilot is out of warranty and Honda can't reimburse me. I've all the receipts of the work done and can provide upon request

- Suwanee, GA, USA

My 2016 Honda Pilot was only 2 years old when I began having problems with it. While driving, my car began acting strange and I was unable to accelerate immediately.the engine kept hesitating and shaking when I pressed the gas, almost causing several accidents. The lights on the dash all came on and would not turn off. I took it to the dealership I had to pay for a diagnostic test $125 and they said I needed new fuel injectors on my almost new car.the dealer said it was no longer under warranty. I would have to pay $2000 out of pocket.I couldnt afford it. Called Honda corporate, they also refused to help.so I took it to a friend mechanic who couldnt believe I needed new fuel injectors when I only had 60K miles on the car. He replaced all the fuel injectors and the car worked for a while. However, after driving another 40K miles I am having the same issue again. Something is wrong with this car and is not safe to drive.I have read online that many people are having the same issue due to new direct injection technology that was installed in the Pilot and Honda is refusing to do a recall or fix the issue. I cannot afford to replace my fuel injectors every 40K miles. I still owe money on the car and have 2 more years left to pay. I am stuck with this horrible unsafe vehicle until then.I need it to get to work. I will never purchase from Honda again. I have submitted a copy of the invoice from the second mechanic diagnostic I went to after I went to the Honda dealership. I am still searching for the first Honda mechanic diagnostic invoice.

- Mckinney, TX, USA