2019 Honda Pilot Electrical System

OUR 2019 HONDA PILOT HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHICH STARTED AROUND 11K MILES, THE DASH LIGHTS WILL GO OUT, CRACKLING NOISES COME FROM THE SPEAKERS, THE BACKUP CAMERA'S GO OUT, RADIO QUITS WORKING, PHONE SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK, INABILITY TO TURN ON OR OFF SAFETY FEATURES. AT TIMES ON CURVES THE VEHICLE WILL THINK A CAR COMING TOWARDS US IS HEADING INTO OUR CAR AND WILL APPLY THE BRAKES STRONGLY. WE ARE AFRAID THE LIGHTS OR BRAKING SYSTEM WILL NEXT BE AFFECTED BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS WE HAVE READ ABOUT BY OTHER OWNERS. HONDA ADMITS THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND SAY THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON IT. YET THEY CONTINUE TO SELL NEW CARS TO CONSUMERS KNOWING FULL WELL THE PILOTS HAVE ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHICH COULD LEAD TO UN-SAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS OR ACCIDENTS. ASKED THEM TO BUY BACK THE CAR WHICH THEY REFUSED TO DO AS THEY SAID "THE CAR IS STILL DRIVE ABLE". I AM AFRAID TO HAVE MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR. I AM PURSUING OTHER MEANS OF TAKING ACTION AGAINST HONDA.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2019, BY MAY MY DASH/RADIO WENT OUT. FIRST IT STARTED WHEN BLUETOOTH WAS CONNECTED, IT WOULD SOUND LIKE A CRACKING NOISE, LIKE STATIC. THIS IS ALL WHILE VEHICLE IS ON AND IN DRIVING MODE. IT WAS A SCARY SOUND LIKE THAT OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AT ANY SECOND. ULTIMATELY, BOTH DASH AND RADIO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND DIDN'T COME BACK ON. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND FINALLY GAVE IT BACK AND STATED THAT THE WIRE HARNESS WAS LOOSE, OR NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AND THEY HAD RE DONE IT PROPERLY. ALMOST 2 MONTHS LATER THE CRACKING NOISES STARTED AGAIN, AND WOULD SPONTANIOUSLY CUT OFF THE BLUETOOTH. THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER THE DASH WOULD RE START ( SHUT OFF AND THEN BACK ON) BLUETOOTH WOULD NOT CONNECT AND SAME NOISES ALL OVER AGAIN. NOW MY DASH TURNS ON SOMETIMES AND THE RADIO DOES NOT CONNECT AND IS A BLACK SCREEN. IT DOES TURN ON SOMETIMES, BUT THIS IS A NEW CAR AND IT'S VERY ANNOYING. HONDA WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND I HAVE HEARD SIMILAR ISSUES FROM OTHER OWNERS OF MY SAME VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY STOPPED ILLUMINATING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

CENTER DISPLAY AND DASHBOARD DISPLAY GO BLANK WHILE DRIVING. IT RESTARTS AFTER SOME TIME. THE CENTER DISPLAY SOMETIMES FLICKERS, SOMETIMES IT MAKES A POPPING NOISE. YOU GET A MESSAGE NETWORK CONNECTION LOST BEFORE THE WHOLE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS START. IT IS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND NO ONE IS TAKING OWNERSHIP. THE SCARY THING IS YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND THIS HAPPENS ALL OF A SUDDEN. YOU ARE FORCED TO MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. AM HOPING HONDA CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP AND FIX THE ISSUE. IN ALL INSTANCES, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 60MPH.

APPLE CAR PLAY DOESN'T WORK WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN HEAR THE OTHER PERSON, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU. SOMETIMES THERE IS A SCREECHING NOISE THAT THE OTHER PERSON HEARS. STEERING CONTROLS WON'T CHANGE THE RADIO STATION AT TIMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 HONDA PILOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT APPROACHED IT AND FOUND THAT THE WINDOWS AND SUN ROOF WERE DOWN WITHOUT BEING ACTIVATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT, IN THE PAST, THE HATCH DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILLY CRAFT HONDA (434-385-6045, LOCATED AT 3914 OLD FOREST RD, LYNCHBURG, VA 24501), BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500.

I BOUGHT MY 2019 HONDA PILOT EX-L WITHOUT NAV AND RES TODAY (24MAY2019). I DROVE IT 40 MILES HOME WITH NO ISSUES. MY WIFE JUST TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AND THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING AND THE SCREEN JUST HAD THE HONDA LOGO ON IT WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IT. THE CAR IS BRAND NEW WITH 82 MILES ON IT AND THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM JUST STOPPED WORKING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, LOCKED, UNLOCKED AND RESTARTED WITH AS SUGGESTED BY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND IT IS STILL NOT WORKING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT CAUSES THE DRIVER TO BECOME DISTRACTED WHILE DRIVING.

WHILE DRIVING, BOTH HIGHWAY AND AROUND TOWN, LOUD CRACKLING WOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. THEN BOTH THE NAVIGATION SCREEN AND/OR THE SPEEDOMETER SCREEN WOULD GO COMPLETELY BLACK. THE MESSAGE "NETWORK CONNECTION LOST" WOULD SOMETIMES APPEAR. ALL BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY AND SPEAKER USAGE WAS LOST. THIS OCCURS ALMOST EVERY DAY WHILE COMMUTING. CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO HONDA SERVICE TWICE FOR REPAIRS.

8 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE AND LESS THAN 200 MILES, THE REAR ENTERTAINMENT SCREEN STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR 7 DAYS AND REPLACED THE RES SCREEN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO US, THE RES SCREEN IMMEDIATELY FAILED TO TURN ON. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE RELATED TO THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM AND THERE IS AN OPEN CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. HONDA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS NO FIX, YET THEY ARE STILL SELLING DEFECTIVE VEHICLES.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN MOTION, THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM PERIODICALLY AND RANDOMLY WILL 'LOSE CONNECTION' AND BLACKOUT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD BLACKS OUT AND THERE IS NO INFORMATION REGARDING EMERGENCY WARNINGS OR SPEEDOMETER FOR AT LEAST 10 SECONDS, SOMETIMES MORE. I HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW FAST I AM GOING OR IF THERE ARE ANY EMERGENCY WARNINGS. I HAVE TAKEN TO HENNESSY HONDA IN WOODSTOCK, GA FOUR TIMES AND THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THERE IS ALSO RANDOM STATIC ON THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.