[hokiefyd]

Searching this forum, you'll also find a recall unrelated to the connecting rod bearings...it's for a camshaft issue where a certain bearing surface was not manufactured to specification. I would think that sort of problem would manifest itself earlier in life, but it's hard to say how the dealer first diagnosed a camshaft issue. 150k miles is not an insignificant number of miles, but one still expects or hopes for more from a modern automaker (any modern automaker).

The recalls and various issues on these engines, especially from the 2017-2019(ish) range, are disappointing and not becoming of Honda's reputation with these V-6 engines (which is otherwise quite good).

 

[hokiefyd]

@2018PilotTouringDriver, yeah, that's really unfortunate. I think you have the right perspective, though. Sometimes it just doesn't work out.

We have several older Hondas in our family and they've all been very good. Despite that, we tried a different brand before we bought our 2022 Pilot, and that was based on excellent overall reliability and owner satisfaction data. It just didn't work out for us. The car's reliability was okay, but it seemed to be going on a downward trend, and that was exacerbated by a poor dealer. We were in the position to be able to trade the car off and didn't really lose any money (this was during the used car market after COVID), so we did that. No ill feelings...sometimes it just doesn't seem to be a good fit.

I hate that your experience with your 2018 Pilot has been rough, and hope for better times for you ahead!