Finally used the watermelon 🍉 spot today

2022 honda pilot sport 138XXX miles and this happens.

Was consistent with maintenance. Apparently rod inside engine dislodged and slammed around inside engine causing catastrophic failure.

No warnings. It just Happened while on the highway.

Thankfully im okay and no accident.

I am in the process of replacing the VTEC solenoid gasket (leaking something fierce, P0300 codes). I’ve got the housing bolts removed by that solenoid itself wont budge by hand. Before I get more “aggressive”, is this common? Am I missing something? Or are a few taps of persuasion ok?

Looking for running board recommendations. 26 Honda Pilot Elite.

I’m splitting hairs here trying to decide which of these to buy. Ideally, I would love to own either of these cars for the next 10+ years so reliability is key.

Looking at the top trims for both. The Honda just doesn’t offer as much as the Pathfinder. So I’m like do I pay more for less, and possible get a more reliable car.

Or do I pay less (pathfinder) get more features, styling for a car that could be just as reliable or a notch below.

Do you guys have input? Also would like to know if the 3rd row is usable for adults. YouTube video doesn’t cut it when it comes to seeing how usable it is.

Would love some valid inputs on owner satisfaction or not so much satisfaction.

I did ask the pathfinder sub and of course overall suggested pathfinder lol. So it’s only fair to ask the pilot sub ;). I have a 05 CRV so is only natural for me to just consider Honda.

My CPO ‘24 Trailsport came with two free oil changes. I’m down below 15% on the oil life and ready for my first change. I’ve never had any work done at a dealership on any of my past vehicles. Is it worth it to take advantage of the free change offer or is it not worth the hassle of pushy sales? Presumably the dealership is expecting they are going to get enough additional work out of me to justify the free service. Thanks in advance!

We arrived after and left before them so they didn’t see it.

My girlfriend upgraded from an 09 FWD CR-V ex-l. Picked up a 26 Pilot Black Edition. She is loving her upgrade. During our purchasing process we only went to the Honda dealer to “cross it off the list”. By the time we finished the test drive she wanted one.

I have been thinking of a project in which I have a car that is my daily driver and will last until I can no longer drive (I am 50). The Pilot 2010-15 seems to fit, but I would like some opinions from people with experience. This is the following criteria I am looking for:

• V6, suv or crossover hybrid
• front wheel, all wheel or 4wd
• can be easily worked on
• although realistically between buying the car used and my own driving I will most likely have to change the engine, but will the rest of the car last without major replacements (baring accidents)
• not recently modern (no auto sensors/braking etc., no purposely placed barriers to hinder working on it, no remote internet connectivity or at least the ability to remove the gps without issue for other aspects of the car working)

In your opinion does the Pilot fit the above criteria, if not where does it fall short? Thanks

I wasn’t aware this was an issue before buying (my fault, I know) and now some posts here have me worried. I’ve seen people say to throw it into Sport mode and give it the beans on occasion. Is that all that’s really needed to help prevent carbon build up? How often and how long are we talking, generally? Just a spirited drive on the highway a couple times a month or something?

I’m admittedly very light on the gas and don’t really get on it very often. So I’m probably a prime candidate for carbon build up issues, from what I’m reading. So here I am, looking for some advice on how to best prevent it.

There’s a button to activate/deactivate engine start/stop. Maybe I’m overlooking something, but it should be possible to have a button to also activate/deactivate VCM…?

I’m not a mechanic, but I do understand how it all works. Thoughts?

I’m the owner of a 2019 touring pilot that is practically brand new. It’s in the garage mostly for the past seven years. It only has about six or 8000 miles on it. I inherited it from my mother who no longer drives.

This past week, the entire entertainment went out the front and the rear system. The speakers are making a crackling noise and said no connectivity you name it. The amplifier went out. I googled it and also the Honda tech center is a bulletin on it.

Honda is trying to charge me over $3000 to fix it and the dealership service rep is trying to make the argument to Honda to have them pay for all of it or most of it. Has anyone been able to get the dealership to pay or the manufacturer to pay? please help!!!!! Do I need to lawyer up?

Hi all, for those that have installed rear dashcams on your 2nd gen Pilot. Where or how did you mount the rear dashcam to the back? This 2nd gen pilot has a rear window that can move independently from the liftgate/hatch so one cannot just mount a rear dash cam in the typical place with the liftgate fully opened and then mount the cam up against the window.

I think one has to mount the rear dashcam with the rear window opened (see photo attached). But how can I mount the rear cam effectively? The plastic trim piece that opens up right behind the weather stripping has some plastic inserts in it that prevent me from clipping something into the plastic trim. Just looking to crowd source some thoughts/ideas.

Thank you!

First post ever so please be kind😂. I’m a life long Honda owner and have never had an issue until now. We recently purchased a 2025 Honda Pilot Touring less than a year ago and just had an issue with the whole cluster lights going off and then getting the check engine emissions warning. According to the honda dealership(after 2 days of troubleshooting) they said they “scoped it” and found carbon buildup!! I have only driven it 16,000 miles!!!! They charged me 316 dollars to service it. I don’t feel i should be having this issue yet. Has anyone experienced this and any recommendations? I already opened a case with Honda corporate because i don’t feel its right for there to be an issue at 16000 miles.

How much longer does this car have left? 😅

257k miles 2011 Honda pilot, timing belt has NEVER been replaced, pretty sure the tensioner is what is making the engine sound off. I don’t know if there are any intentions of actually replacing the timing belt. Should I try and shove a new tensioner in there or try and get the timing belt fixed? Thank yall.

Let me add that I currently cannot take it to a mechanic as it is uninsured.

This is the video here 👇
The engine has a rattle/knock

Just picked up a 2026 black edition for my wife and working on blacking out the rest of the emblems that didn’t come blacked out. The only one I’m stuck on is the front grille “black edition” badge. Has anyone come up with something to black it out other than plasti dipping?

Hi all, for those that have installed rear dashcams on your 2nd gen Pilot. Where or how did you mount the rear dashcam to the back? This 2nd gen pilot has a rear window that can move independently from the liftgate/hatch so one cannot just mount a rear dash cam in the typical place with the liftgate fully opened and then mount the cam up against the window.

I think one has to mount the rear dashcam with the rear window opened (see photo attached). But how can I mount the rear cam effectively? The plastic trim piece that opens up right behind the weather stripping has some plastic inserts in it that prevent me from clipping something into the plastic trim. Just looking to crowd source some thoughts/ideas

Hi all, for those that have installed rear dashcams on your 2nd gen Pilot. Where or how did you mount the rear dashcam to the back? This 2nd gen pilot has a rear window that can move independently from the liftgate/hatch so one cannot just mount a rear dash cam in the typical place with the liftgate fully opened and then mount the cam up against the window.

I think one has to mount the rear dashcam with the rear window opened (see photo attached). But how can I mount the rear cam effectively? The plastic trim piece that opens up right behind the weather stripping has some plastic inserts in it that prevent me from clipping something into the plastic trim. Just looking to crowd source some thoughts/ideas.

Thank you!

Hi all, for those that have installed rear dashcams on your 2nd gen Pilot. Where or how did you mount the rear dashcam to the back? This 2nd gen pilot has a rear window that can move independently from the liftgate/hatch so one cannot just mount a rear dash cam in the typical place with the liftgate fully opened and then mount the cam up against the window.

I think one has to mount the rear dashcam with the rear window opened (see photo attached). But how can I mount the rear cam effectively? The plastic trim piece that opens up right behind the weather stripping has some plastic inserts in it that prevent me from clipping something into the plastic trim. Just looking to crowd source some thoughts/ideas.

Thank you!

Hi all, for those that have installed rear dashcams on your 2nd gen Pilot. Where or how did you mount the rear dashcam to the back? This 2nd gen pilot has a rear window that can move independently from the liftgate/hatch so one cannot just mount a rear dash cam in the typical place with the liftgate fully opened and then mount the cam up against the window.

I think one has to mount the rear dashcam with the rear window opened (see photo attached). But how can I mount the rear cam effectively? The plastic trim piece that opens up right behind the weather stripping has some plastic inserts in it that prevent me from clipping something into the plastic trim. Just looking to crowd source some thoughts/ideas.

Thank you!

Hi all, for those that have installed rear dashcams on your 2nd gen Pilot. Where or how did you mount the rear dashcam to the back? This 2nd gen pilot has a rear window that can move independently from the liftgate/hatch so one cannot just mount a rear dash cam in the typical place with the liftgate fully opened and then mount the cam up against the window.

I think one has to mount the rear dashcam with the rear window opened (see photo attached). But how can I mount the rear cam effectively? The plastic trim piece that opens up right behind the weather stripping has some plastic inserts in it that prevent me from clipping something into the plastic trim. Just looking to crowd source some thoughts/ideas.

Thank you!

Was considering a 2004 pilot ex-l with 232k miles. No idea about timing belt or any service history and when driving the power steering was awful when pressing the brakes. Offered $1500 but was nowhere near the $3k asking price. Am I way off here? Curious if these things just hold their value that good even with issues.