American Honda Motor Co. is recalling more than 35,000 model year 2016 Honda Pilot 2wd models because if one of the safety systems fails – tire pressure monitoring, anti-lock braking or electronic stability control – the instrument panel warning light wont illuminate. Visteon supplied software is the cause of the safety defect.
These crossover Pilot SUVs therefor fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, aka FMVSS, number 126, “Electronic stability control systems”, number 135, “Light vehicle brake systems” and number 138, “Tire pressure monitoring systems”.
Visteon told Honda that an unreported software modification, made after Honda had verified the software during development and approved for application to mass production of 2016 model year Pilot, resulted in the failure of the F-CAN BUS system to recognize the loss of data reception.