# 2006 HONDA PILOT — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> NHTSA complaint `579894` · 2006-04-22 · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** HONDA
- **Model:** PILOT
- **Year:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Miles at failure:** 110
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
AFTER DRIVING MY LEASED 2003 PILOT FOR 3 YEARS, I KNEW HOW IT HANDLED ON TURNS AND HOW IT STOPPED IN EMERGENCIES.  BARELY 100 MILES INTO MY 2006 LEASE, I HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON A RAINY ROAD DUE TO AN ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF ME, AND REAR-ENDED A CAR WHEN MY ABS SYSTEM FAILED TO STOP IN TIME, DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY 2003 PILOT WOULD HAVE STOPPED AT LEAST 6 FEET BEFORE THE NEXT VEHICLE.  KNOWING MY 2003'S STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN ABS KICKS IN, I WAS FLABBERGASTED THAT THE NEW CAR DIDN'T COME CLOSE TO STOPPING IN TIME.  I NOTICED ONE TIME SINCE THAT THE ABS SYSTEM JUST DOESN'T COMPARE TO THE 2003, AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS A RESULT.  ANOTHER DANGEROUS THING IT HAS DONE TWICE IS FISHTAIL IF I ACCELERATE GOING INTO A TURN OR CURVE.  THE DEALERS SERVICE DEP'T USED ALL KINDS OF COMPUTERS TO TEST THE BRAKES, AND TOOK IT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE, AND SAID IT FUNCTIONED FINE, AND MAYBE I'M JUST NOT USED TO A 2WD.  I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE THIS NEW CAR, IT'S NOT SAFE, AND WOULD RATHER HOLD ON TO MY 2003 PILOT.  I KNOW THEY THINK I'M CRAZY, BUT I'D RATHER BE CONSIDERED CRAZY THAN HAVE MY EPITAPH READ, "I TOLD YOU THERE WAS A PROBLEM." *JB
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