Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 Honda Pilot submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DRIVER SEAT, FRONT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER METAL BRACKET HOLDING SEAT IN PLACE BROKE. SEAT ACTS LIKE A "ROCKING" CHAIR CONSTANTLY. VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AS YOU ARE ALWAYS SHIFTING IN YOUR SEAT.
BRACKET THAT HOLDS DRIVERS SEAT TO BASE MADE A POPPING SOUND TODAY WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, AND AFTER ACCELERATETING FROM THE STOP SIGN THE DRIVERS SEAT BEGAN TO RECLINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THAT THE I BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SEAT TO THE BASE HAD SHEARED OFF. THIS BRACKET IS RIVETED TO THE SEAT ITSELF BUT SHEARED OFF ADJECENT TO WHERE IT IS RIVETED. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN, THE SEAR SHOULD NOT BREAK FROM DAILY USE! THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS IT COULD BECOME POTENTIALLY FATAL.
2008 HONDA PILOT. I WAS GETTING INTO MY VEHICLE DRIVERS SEAT WHEN I HEARD A POP AND MY SEAT TILTED BACK. REMOVING THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT CONTROL PANEL, I FOUND THAT A 'L' SHAPED BRACKET THAT ATTACHES THE SEAT TO THE FRAME ON THE FORWARD LEFT-SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE AT THE LARGE RIVETS.
THE L-BRACKET THAT SECURES THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT TO THE SEAT FRAME BROKE - IT SHEARED AWAY FROM THE RIVETS THAT ATTACHED TO THE FRONT LEFT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT AND THE SEAT IS NOW LOOSE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS THE SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN TURNING AND ACCELERATING. A HONDA DEALER QUOTED A PRICE OF $3000 TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE SEAT FRAME. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FREQUENT ISSUE WITH OLDER HONDA PILOTS. SIMILAR NHTSA COMPLAINTS: ODI #10865696, 10862982, 10583568, 10550679, 10541789, 10466947, 10457492, 10455702, 10348948, 10372456, 10336280, 10442043.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO SIT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT, THE DRIVER SEAT TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,950.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEATED SEAT BECAME EXTREMELLY HOT BEFORE BOTH STOP WORKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR COURTESY MAP LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED A FUSE UNDER THE DASHBOARD AREA HOWEVER, THE MALFUNCTION CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT CIRCUIT WITHIN THE MAP LIGHT HOUSING WIRING AND ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE DEFECT WAS COMMON. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
2008 HONDA PILOT. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY HONDA THAT THERE IS A LABEL INSIDE THE SEATS THAT SAYS DO NOT CUT.*DT THE DOOR PANEL WAS BROKEN AND THE SEATS WERE COMING APART. THE SEATS WERE CHANGED FROM CLOTH TO LEATHER AND THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. *JB
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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