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 have replaced our windshield at least four times. We have needed to replace it within a week of having it replaced but the insurance will not cover it so we drive it with cracks across it until we have to have it inspected and replace it right before. I am surprised there are not more complaints about this. Are there any other owners out there that just think they have bad luck? I did find a complaint on a Facebook page that said they think it is the design of the 2016 Pilot. We have a 2016 CRV and a 2004 Pilot and have never had that many cracked windshields on them.
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We have replaced our windshield at least four times. We have needed to replace it within a week of having it replaced but the insurance will not cover it so we drive it with cracks across it until we have to have it inspected and replace it right before. I am surprised there are not more complaints about this. Are there any other owners out there that just think they have bad luck? I did find a complaint on a Facebook page that said they think it is the design of the 2016 Pilot. We have a 2016 CRV and a 2004 Pilot and have never had that many cracked windshields on them.
- Diana P., Austin, TX, US