[dszigeti]

Well ... I am glad that I ran across you guys. I just bought a 2005 Pilot. I had the hitch installed by Honda. I noticed some vibration lower than 70 mph but assumed that I was unfamiliar with the car. Lo and behold, when I drove the car home I noticed a significant vibration in the steering starting around 69mph, peaking at around 76 mph and fading to "normal at around 80 mph. The vibration feels like a wheel balance problem. Currently the dealer is trying to help, however they are not confident that they can fix the problem. Things I have tried:
1) Rebalanced the original Goodyear Integrity front tires - no change in vibration
2) Swapped read wheels/tires to front - no change
3) Drove another new Pilot (Bridgestone wheels/tires). Noticed less vibration but the vibration was still there.
4) Swapped the Bridgestone wheels/tires onto my Pilot. Noticed less vibration but the vibration was still there.
5) Dealer wants to do Radial Force Variation balance ... I will do this on Tues.
6) Dealer expects that I will have to talk to the Honda Dealer Rep within the month.

I think that there was a TSB (but I can't get the full details) where wheel bearing were not properly lubricated. This TSB should not apply to my April built Pilot though ... unless the production problems continued in spite of the TSB

I think that we should keep this thread open until we resolve this issue.