This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The front driver seat abruptly flipped upward and startled the driver with momentary disoriented and loss of vehicle control. The dealer denied ever witnessing this problem on a Honda Pilot, quoted $1500 to replace the seat, and commented I was a big guy putting a lot of stress on the seat. I am 6'3" tall and 200 pounds. It is clear the Honda dealership at Decatur, Alabama does not feel this is a safety issue and went on to boast Honda is the only company that replaces defective seat belts. My wife took the vehicle to the same dealer complaining about the front and rear passenger seat belt randomly locking when pulling the safety belt out for engagement and locking and tightening randomly while wearing the seat belt with the vehicle in motion. The dealer made no comment to this statement. A quick search on the internet revealed other Honda Pilot owners have reported the bracket holding the front left corner of the driver seat was broken near the rivets that hold the bottom of the seat. This is the same defect we have experienced with our front driver seat where the front left bracket holding the seat to the adjustment rail is completely torn the full length of the seat bottom mounting bracket. We feel this is a safety hazard and the dealer clearly does not support that idea. My wife and I have never experienced a seat breaking in such a manner in any vehicle we have owned.
The driver left seat support metal broke off leaving the seat unattached to the frame. The seat moves forward and back. This is a design and manufacturer defect. Honda will not replace the seat at no cost and will not assign a recall. This is a serious safety issue and Honda should take full responsibility for replacement before an accident causes unnecessary injury to the driver.
The drivers seat over heats to the point of being uncomfortable on my right leg. It is now inoperable. The dealer said it was not covered under warranty or recall. There seems to me a number of similar complains on edmunds threaders discussion board. The bottom point is they will not act on this issue unless they are required to do so by your organization.
The contact owns a 2004 Honda Pilot. The contact stated the inner cushion underneath the drivers seat over heated and was burning. The contact was not injured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated there were no recalls and she would have to pay to have the vehicle repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 27,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.
The driver's seat frame sheared off on the front bar, left side. There was no outside influential causal effect for this to happen, it just broke. The seat rocks back and forth while driving, a huge safety concern. Looking at certain websites (read the comments at the bottom of the page), this seems to problematic among 2003 - 2006 Honda Pilot. When is Honda going to do a recall? other similar NHTSA complaints: ODI id number : 10348948 ODI id number : 10372456 ODI id number : 10336280 ODI id number : 10442043
The right side of the drivers seat bottom seat heater over-heats. Dealer wants $900-1000 to fix. This is a much reported failure item for 2004-2005 Pilot.
We own a 2004 Honda Pilot ex. We've noticed the drivers side seat warmer has been getting extremely warm to the point where it was burning us through our pants which has been happening since early November 2010. On December 26, 2010, we started the car, turned on the seat warmer and left the car for 10 minutes to go back into the house. When we came back outside and opened the car door, we smelled smoke and noticed it was coming from the drivers side seat. It also left a brown spot. Had we not come to the car at that time, we believe it would've started a fire had it sat there for another few minutes. We are not currently using the seat warmer until we bring it in to have it checked.
The electric seat heater on the driver's seat develops a very hot spot on the seat. It appears either the temperature control will not automatically turn off or it will not regulate the seat heater. The seat heater on/off switch must be turned off manually before a skin burn or fire within the seat occurs.
The heated seat in my 2004 Honda Pilot became uncomfortably hot whenever I used it for about one week. Eventually it came to a point where the seat became so hot that I could not use the heated seat anymore. At this point the seat now refuses to turn on, most likely because of a blown fuse from the problem. My biggest concern is that the seat felt like it could catch on fire.
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- Decatur, AL, USA