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Re: VIBRATION DEFECT IN 2006 4WD PILOTS [ksayers]
by ksayers
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Apr 08, 2007 (4:08 pm)
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Replying to: ksayers (Apr 08, 2007 1:09 pm)
I should have added another note; you do NOT have to jack up the vehicle. You do one side at a time. Access is almost trivial. On my 2006 I found the mounting points within 2 seconds. Literally. Just lay down on the ground and look up behind the rear tire and the differential.
This is one of those times when, it appears, the fix was simple (once found), the parts ordering was simple, the parts actually fit, the install was simple AND it worked. For me. As noted, YMMV.
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Re: VIBRATION DEFECT IN 2006 4WD PILOTS [ksayers]
by sagaliba
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Apr 09, 2007 (9:21 am)
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Replying to: ksayers (Apr 08, 2007 1:09 pm)
Thank you for the update. As I said, I myself do not have the vibration problem, but I am interested in the brace for a different reason. Whenever I stopped on the left turn lane waiting for the left turn signal, every car that zipped past me on the right would cause my Pilot body to rock sideway. Granted, this probably happen to every car, especially higher profile SUV, but I had a minivan and a full-sized conversion before this Pilot, and neither would rock as much as the Pilot. (Please see my posting in that forum.) Do you think if this brace might help?
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Re: VIBRATION DEFECT IN 2006 4WD PILOTS [sagaliba]
by ksayers
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Apr 09, 2007 (9:35 am)
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Replying to: sagaliba (Apr 09, 2007 9:21 am)
I don't really know. Some other posters on this forum and the linked-to forum (hondapilot.org) have noted improved handling, less body lean and a "tighter" feel for their Pilot 4WD after the brackets were installed. Frankly, I haven't pursued that to any real degree as my focus was on the vibration. However, logically... (scary assumption), if the brackets reduce body lean and tighten up the structure as a whole one could surmise (scary assumption #2)
that it might help.
Go to hondapilot.org and review their forums closely with an eye to body integrity. Might be a fix... this is a link to the page/thread...
http://www.hondapilot.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14481
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Re: VIBRATION DEFECT IN 2006 4WD PILOTS
by maxshop
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May 10, 2007 (8:54 am)
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Is this vibration issue in 4WD vehicles only, or are 2WD vehicles also affected? Thanks
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Re: VIBRATION DEFECT IN 2006 4WD PILOTS [maxshop]
by ksayers
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May 10, 2007 (9:06 am)
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Replying to: maxshop (May 10, 2007 8:54 am)
It appears, from my limited perspective, my opinion only, to be related to 4WD only based on the replies posted on this board and others. YMMV
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Re: Don't deep-six the Pilot yet! [iodine8]
by zarba
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May 10, 2007 (12:04 pm)
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Replying to: iodine8 (Mar 12, 2007 4:52 pm)
We have an '07 EX-L AWD, and have not experienced the problem in the first 750 miles. My wife drives on the highway every day at 70 mph.
We'll be going on a long trip in late June, and that will be the measure.
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Re: Don't deep-six the Pilot yet! [zarba]
by mercara
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May 29, 2007 (3:40 pm)
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Replying to: zarba (May 10, 2007 12:04 pm)
I just returned to New Jersey from a 2000 mile round trip to Tennessee, Georgia, etc. Drove over 85 mph on Tennessee highways with 70 MPH speed limit and felt no vibrations. Mine is a 4WD Pilot with RES.
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Re: Don't deep-six the Pilot yet! [mercara]
by ksayers
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May 30, 2007 (11:51 am)
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Replying to: mercara (May 29, 2007 3:40 pm)
A couple of comments:
#1. if you don't have the problem, consider yourself lucky.
#2. the problem isn't at 85mph.
#3. slow down.
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Re: Don't deep-six the Pilot yet! [ksayers]
by mercara
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Jun 04, 2007 (4:43 pm)
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Replying to: ksayers (May 30, 2007 11:51 am)
So it's exactly at 70 MPH? Strange isn't it?
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