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2011 HONDA PILOT — POWER TRAIN

crash · 1079181 · 2014-06-24

Vehicle

Make
HONDA
Model
PILOT
Year
2011
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component
POWER TRAIN
Miles at failure
45,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WHILE MAKING A 3 POINT TURN IN A DRIVEWAY IN ORDER TO PARALLEL PARK ON THE STREET MY 2011 HONDA PILOT ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND HIT A PARKED CAR. MY 2011 HONDA PILOT CONTINUED OUT OF CONTROL HIT A CURB AND ALMOST HIT A CHAIN LINK FENCE WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO TRAVEL INTO A BUSY FOUR LANE ROAD. MY 2011 HONDA PILOT STOPPED BY PRESSING BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE. FIVE HOURS LATER MY BATTERY WAS DEAD. I HAD AAA ROADSIDE SERVICE REPLACE IT. I TOOK MY 2011 HONDA PILOT TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY WHERE THE SERVICE REP AGREED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WITH THE HONDA PILOT. HE HAD ME GO TO A BODY SHOP NEXT DOOR WHERE THE REP TOLD ME HE WOULD ONLY WORK ON THE BODY PROBLEMS. HE ADVISED ME TO GO BACK TO HONDA BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED AND TO BE SURE MY CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. WHEN I WENT BACK TO HONDA THE SAME REP TOLD ME HE DID NOT TELL ME THAT HONDA HAD ANY ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10605730
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