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.
We had the vehicle for about a month when my wife said the car was making a strange noise. When I drove the vehicle, I did notice a loud noise coming from under the vehicle. I notified my Honda Dealer and when they had it on the lift, the whole undercarriage of the Pilot was covered in transmission fluid. The dealer stated that this was the first 2016 Pilot with issues since it was one of the first Touring models to have been released from this dealer. They were not sure what the issue was at first but then stated that it was a bad gasket. They had the vehicle for a couple of days and stated that the issue was fixed.
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We had the vehicle for about a month when my wife said the car was making a strange noise. When I drove the vehicle, I did notice a loud noise coming from under the vehicle. I notified my Honda Dealer and when they had it on the lift, the whole undercarriage of the Pilot was covered in transmission fluid. The dealer stated that this was the first 2016 Pilot with issues since it was one of the first Touring models to have been released from this dealer. They were not sure what the issue was at first but then stated that it was a bad gasket. They had the vehicle for a couple of days and stated that the issue was fixed.
- coatess, Franklinville, US