2006 Honda Pilot Transmission Problems

WHEN DRIVING ON HWY THERE IS SOMETIMES A SHUDDER AT SPEEDS BET 55-65MPH.AFTER CHECKING THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS IT APPEARS IT MIGHT BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER. HONDA RECALLED THE ACURA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE PILOT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 5 MPH. THE CONTACT BECAME INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THERE WAS ONE INJURY REPORTED. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AN ADVISED THE CONTACT TO STOP DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 HONDA PILOT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY IT WAS A SECONDARY ROAD WITH LOW SPEED LIMIT. AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, THE MANAGER CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THE REASON MY TRANSMISSION FAILED WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL MY TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD RUN OUT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE (TRANS COOLER CONNECTION). AFTER BEING TOLD THIS I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HONDA RADIATORS. THE TRANS COOLER CONNECTION JUST BLOWS OUT OF THE RADIATOR AND IF YOU ARE DRIVING ANY DISTANCE YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. IN MY CASE I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT AND A NEW RADIATOR PUT IN, BUT MY CONCERN IS THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I CONTACTED HONDA MINUTES BEFORE WRITING THIS AND THEY DON'T APPEAR TO BE WILLING TO ASSIST ME FINANCIALLY AT THIS POINT AND I WILL BE WRITING AND ESCALATING THIS AS FAR AS I POSSIBLY CAN. I HOPE YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED FROM DAY ONE WITH HONDA AND ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO HONDA MOTOR'S. *TR

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO VIBRATE AND SHUDDER AND ACTS LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT GEARS. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINT'S IN REGARDS TO THIS BEING A MALFUNCTION WITH HONDA TRANSMISSIONS. I GUESS THE MAIN SAFETY ISSUE WOULD BE WHAT WE HAD TODAY. DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND ALMOST BEING REAR ENDED BY A SEMI! SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO FORCE RECALLS BY HONDA ON THEIR TRANSMISSIONS! *TR....UPDATED 08/12/14 *BF

ON 01//10/13 I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 HONDA PILOT, AND HEARD REALLY BAD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY CAR SLOWED DOWN AND I BARELY MADE IT HOME. UPON ARRIVAL HOME, WE CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FOUND IT TO BE NONEXISTENT. IN THE MORNING WE ADDED SOME TRANSMISSION FLUID AND WITH GREAT DIFFICULTIES I TOOK MY CAR TO A DEALERSHIP. SERVICE DEPARTMENT GOT BACK TO ME WITH THE RESULTS OF TESTING TELLING THAT THEY GOT TWO READINGS ON THE COMPUTER: INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY HAVE TAKEN TRANSMISSION APART AND DECLARED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. ?INITIAL INSPECTION OF VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FOUND EXTREMELY AUDIBLE ?GRINDING? NOISES FROM VEHICLES TRANSMISSION IN PARK & NEUTRAL POSITIONS. ALSO, DELAYED ENGAGEMENT IN DRIVE & REVERSE POSITIONS. VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL WAS GOOD BUT FLUID CONDITION WAS EXTREMELY OVERHEATED AND VERY DARK IN COLOR. (THIS IS AN ADDED FLUID ON THE DAY I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP ) UPON TRANSMISSION REMOVAL, DISASSEMBLY & INTERNAL INSPECTION, ABC FOUND TRANSMISSIONS MAIN INPUT SHAFT BEARING FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY AND SPREAD BALL BEARINGS AND METAL DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION CAUSING DAMAGE TO MANY INTERNAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSIONS CASE(S), TORQUE CONVERTER & COOLING SYSTEM. THIS TRANSMISSION IS NOT ABLE TO BE ECONOMICALLY REBUILT DUE TO THE SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE CASE(S) AND MAJOR INTERNAL COMPONENTS. I DON?T KNOW IF TRANSMISSION HAD SOME INTERNAL DEFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OR FAILURE HAPPENED LATER ON, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT SUCH A MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION PARTS COULD?VE BEEN AVOIDED OR MINIMIZE SHOULD SERVICE DEPARTMENT BEEN MORE DILIGENT IN THEIR MAINTENANCE PROCESS AND SHOULD HONDA BE MORE UPFRONT ABOUT CONTINUES PROBLEMS THEIR TRANSMISSIONS EXHIBIT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD FURTHER INVESTIGATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 117,000.

PURCHASE A NEW 2006 HONDA PILOT 2WD ON 2/23/06. ON 2/27/06, WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND STEPPED ON THE GAS, THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARD SEVERAL FEET, AND FRONT TIRES KEPT SPINNING LOOSING TRACTION, AND THE BACK OF THE CAR HAD A FISH TAIL MOTION. I TESTED THE CAR ON A FLAT SURFACE IN THE RAIN, AND THE FRONT TIRE SPINNING STILL OCCURS. I TESTED THE CAR ON THE SAME INCLINE DURING DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, AND THE CAR ROLLS BACK ONCE YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK THE MECHANIC FOR A TEST DRIVE, HE SAYS THE NEW 2006 HONDA PILOTS ARE ALL EXPERIENCE THE SAME ROLL BACK AND TRACTION PROBLEMS. SPOKE WITH HONDA'S REGIONAL CASE MANAGER ON 3/6/06, HIS RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO TRADE THE CAR IN FOR A 4 WD PILOT OR LEARN TO DRIVE WITH BOTH FEET, YOUR LEFT ON THE BRAKE AND RIGHT FOOT ON THE GAS SO TO EASE THE CAR AND PREVENT ROLL BACK AND LOSS OF TIRE TRACTION. THEY WOULD REPORT IT TO THE HONDA ENGINEERS, BUT I HAD NO OTHER OPTIONS. I FEEL THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SAFETY SITUATION FOR ME. THERE ARE MANY SITUATIONS THAT I WOULD BE DRIVING ON AN INCLINE AND ROLL BACK AND LOSS OF TIRE TRACTION COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT TO CARS BEHIND ME, OR EVEN PEDESTRIANS THAT MAY BE CROSSING BEHIND OF ME IN A MALL PARKING LOT OR ANY STACKED PARKING LOTS THAT HAVE RAMPS. *JB