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Car Forum / Honda Cars / October 20062006 PILOT HAS WEAK REAR SPRINGS
I have a 2006 Pilot. I loaded the back with about 300Lb of junk and drove with it for a week. The back springs got compressed and do not want to come back to the hight of the front of the vehicle. The car looks sh.t. I am surprised that the rear springs are that weak. Honda claims that the same thing would happen with a Ridgeline. I guess that's why they can't compete with North American trucks. The Honda service said that the front springs will collapse after a period of time (because it's normal), so the car will look level. Has anyone had this type of experience with their SUV? > I have a 2006 Pilot. I loaded the back with about 300Lb of junk and > drove with it for a week. The back springs got compressed and do not [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Has anyone had this type of experience with their SUV? We have loaded our 03 up many times before -- 300 lbs is akin to a couple of people sitting in the 3 rd seat. No problems. Sure you did not have something more like 1/2 a ton back there -- or more. Yes, with additional passengers the weight did probably exceed 500LB, but it should be able to handle it. I've put more weight in a 2003 Accord. I am planning to somehow load 300-500LB on the front, to crush the front springs. I haven't figured out how to do that yet. > > I have a 2006 Pilot. I loaded the back with about 300Lb of junk and > > drove with it for a week. The back springs got compressed and do not [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > people sitting in the 3 rd seat. No problems. Sure you did not have > something more like 1/2 a ton back there -- or more. We have used our '03 Pilot several times for trips to either Lowes or that other local store to purchase landscaping/home improvement materials. On 2 occasions I have loaded up around 900lbs of materials plus the 300lbs from me and my wife and have no problem with the springs. Now I have driven straight home which is about a 10 minute drive and have unloaded the material right away. Also I don't know if there is a difference between the '03 and the '06 spring system. We love the Pilot and would highly reccomend it. Shawn > Yes, with additional passengers the weight did probably exceed 500LB, > but it should be able to handle it. I've put more weight in a 2003 [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > people sitting in the 3 rd seat. No problems. Sure you did not have > > something more like 1/2 a ton back there -- or more. Wow I have never had any problems with my 2004...I've driven a 200-mile trip with about a 2500 lb. trailer, probably close to 500 lbs. of equipment in the back, and five people...it barely strained the engine and my height looks perfectly normal. Perhaps you have some sort of a defect in the rear? >Wow I have never had any problems with my 2004...I've driven a 200-mile >trip with about a 2500 lb. trailer, probably close to 500 lbs. of >equipment in the back, and five people...it barely strained the engine >and my height looks perfectly normal. Perhaps you have some sort of a >defect in the rear? Sounds like a broken spring. Is the ride height level left to right? Certainly 300 pounds wouldn't cause this problem even if you left it in there forever. I had it checked out at the dealership. They inspected it and did not find any broken springs. They did ask about the load that I put on it. They called Honda Canada. I was informed that in reality all Pilots will eventually drop in height under its own weight. What I've done has accelerated the rear rate of collapse. The front should crush the springs under its own weight eventually. The front end is the heavier part of the vehicle so it'll eventually end up being lower than the rear, provided that I never load the rear again ofcourse. Honda canada did file my concern, because when the warranty nears an end, and if the car is not level, I'll be knocking on their door again. I believe that this vehicle got a little weaker springs in the rear than most of other Pilots. It is probably due to the inconsistency of the spring manufacturer/supplier etc. - bad material - poor quality control, Honda is not imune to things like that sometimes. Maybe in the future they should take some pointers from GM and raise the back a bit like Yukon. Dan. > >Wow I have never had any problems with my 2004...I've driven a 200-mile > >trip with about a 2500 lb. trailer, probably close to 500 lbs. of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Certainly 300 pounds wouldn't cause this problem even if you left it > in there forever. Perhaps this is a Canadian thing? Like I said in my previous post, I have put much more weight on my 2004 Pilot, and it is still perfectly normal. I went and measured my height from the B-pillar and compared it with my neighbor's one-week-old 2006...they are both within 1/8 of an inch of each other... >I had it checked out at the dealership. They inspected it and did not >find any broken springs. They need to check it again. Or you may want to take it to another dealer or an independent mechanic. They need to look carefully at the top of the coil. > They did ask about the load that I put on it. >They called Honda Canada. I was informed that in reality all Pilots >will eventually drop in height under its own weight. This is true of all cars. However, the drop in height is slight and occurs over a long period. > What I've done has >accelerated the rear rate of collapse. The front should crush the >springs under its own weight eventually. If the drop is so great as to be noticeable, then it is not right. Either there was a lot more weight than you think or something was drastically defective. >The front end is the heavier >part of the vehicle so it'll eventually end up being lower than the >rear, provided that I never load the rear again ofcourse. Well, that is BS. If this was a design problem, then we would be seeing all kinds of reports and we haven't. If it is a sample defect, then it needs to be fixed under warranty. "Never load the rear again" is not a satisfactory fix. > Honda canada >did file my concern, because when the warranty nears an end, and if the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >manufacturer/supplier etc. - bad material - poor quality control, Honda >is not imune to things like that sometimes. If this is true then they should fix it under warranty. >Maybe in the future they >should take some pointers from GM and raise the back a bit like Yukon. LOL. The last think Honda needs to do is take pointers from GM. >> >Wow I have never had any problems with my 2004...I've driven a 200-mile >> >trip with about a 2500 lb. trailer, probably close to 500 lbs. of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> Certainly 300 pounds wouldn't cause this problem even if you left it >> in there forever. > I have a 2006 Pilot. I loaded the back with about 300Lb of junk and > drove with it for a week. The back springs got compressed and do not [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Has anyone had this type of experience with their SUV? wow, know I know what car I'm NOT going to use for moving... |
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