# 2011 HONDA PILOT — POWER TRAIN
> NHTSA complaint `1079181` · 2014-06-24 · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** HONDA
- **Model:** PILOT
- **Year:** 2011
- **Manufacturer:** Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN
- **Miles at failure:** 45,000
## 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
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