About 2 years ago had my battery replaced, and let me tell you those Honda batteries are not cheap. Fast forward to 2023, the car has been having the same issues and will not start after sitting in a garage for multiple days. The last incident is extremely weird, as we went on a long weekend trip and put on about 800 miles prior to letting it sit for 3 days in a garage. We have taken it to the dealer and the usual, "we can't find anything wrong with it, has it sat for a while, wait WHAT?" Why would a service advisor ask me that if they did not know about an issue with Pilot's not starting after sitting??? Why don't they just admit the problem and offer a solution? I can tell you we never had this issue with our 2012 Pilot and this will be the LAST PILOT I PURCHASE, oh AND LAST HONDA I PURCHASE! We were going to look later this year, but now my timeline is condensed and will be looking at Subaru, KIA/Hyundai and Toyota.

I PAID FOR MY "NEW" CAR January 14th 2019 and drove it off the lot January 15th 2019. 10 days later it won't start until after a few tries. I drove it to the Honda dealer who stated that it was cold and the battery needed to be "charged up". I waited for them to do that and supposedly it was fixed. It acted like this intermittently.

The end of March I left it at the airport for a week and when I returned at midnight The car would not start! I had to sit there like an idiot and keep trying until it finally started. I went to the dealer again and they could not find anything except an external heat sensor was off. In April my car would not start at 3 pm in the afternoon in my garage, then it wouldn't start at 5 pm in the afternoon after work.

I left it overnight at the dealer and of course they could find nothing. They were stating that perhaps I wasn't placing enough pressure on the brakes to start it. You know, because I am a female! I called Honda financial and opened a case at this point because the car is only a few months old. They informed me of a timing belt issue which may be the cause. I took the car to the dealer who checked and that belt was not in my car so they did not change it. They also "ran tests again" and found nothing wrong.

May 9th I was on my way to work I stopped for an errand and the car would not start. I called Honda care for it to be towed to the Honda dealer to be looked at in that condition. It was over a half an hour before I could be towed there. Once the car was there they "started it without a problem" then tested it and found nothing. I then called Honda Financial stating that something has to be done. It is very frustrating to have a "new" car and have to go through all of this. My case was referred to a case manager with whom I have been playing phone tag with. I am still waiting to connect with her.

The Honda dealer cannot find anything wrong, yet there is a very similar complaint out there!