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2017 HONDA PILOT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

crash · 2008174 · 2024-07-16

Vehicle

Make
HONDA
Model
PILOT
Year
2017
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

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

Narrative

Horn stopped working which prevented notice to other car at stop backing up, resulting in a crash. Vehicle started turning itself on in accessory mode, flashing lights, disabling keyless entry and starting the vehicle and smelled of an electrical fire, was unable to disconnect battery due to unpredictable turning on and off at vehicles will. Brought vehicle to dealer who confirmed that it was a bad smart entry main control unit module which caused the horn to stop working and the vehicle to turn itself on.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11602808
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown