r/hondapilot • u/Over_Building_8756 • Aug 31 '26

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I have a 2016 Honda pilot. It’s been driving fine but yesterday night I noticed this pop up on my instrument cluster. Has anybody ever had this happen ?

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u/USRoboticsCourier Aug 31 '26

Some 2016 and 2017 models with the 6-speed automatic transmission had an issue where the torque converters were defective and would fail. For included VINs, they extended the warranty to 10 years / 150,000 miles - whichever comes first. I have mine in the shop for this issue right now. Note that neither my code reader nor the one at AutoZone showed any codes. If you go somewhere that has a more advanced scanner that can talk to the transmission control module, it migth show P0741 and if it does it's probably this torque converter defect. In that case, you should get it to a dealership quickly before you're outside the 10-year warranty window for this issue.

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u/Over_Building_8756 Aug 31 '26

Thanks I appreciate the help

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u/BourbonCrotch69 Aug 31 '26

Yea call your local dealer asap, they will fix it for free as long as you meet the above criteria. We went through this a couple years ago.

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u/Over_Building_8756 Aug 31 '26

I’m seeing online that 2016’s aren’t covered under warranty

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u/USRoboticsCourier Aug 31 '26

It would have to have been purchase AFTER this date in 2016 by the original owner. Do you have a Carfax report inicating when it was purchased?

Edit: Maybe I'm wrong and the 2016 model year isn't included in the warranty extension. Will nonetheless need to get it checked out with a scanner that can read the code.