Why does my honda Pilot battery keeps dying?
The Honda Pilot has a feature called auto engine idle stop. To meet emission standards, this feature puts the engine into a stop/off mode when you brake for more than 3 seconds. However, this feature sometimes causes the car battery to fail and the car to stall.
How do you jumpstart a 2011 Honda Pilot?
Jump Starting Procedure
- Connect the first jumper cable to your vehicle’s.
- Connect the other end of the first jumper cable to the booster battery.
- Connect the second jumper cable to the booster battery terminal.
- Disconnect the other end of the jumper cable from the booster battery.
Where is negative terminal on Honda Pilot battery?
It is placed under the air intake. You have to take the front engine cover off (pop rivets) and the air intake off (plastic screws) just to get to the negative terminal.
Where is the battery located on a Honda Pilot?
Whoever at Honda that placed the battery should be tarred and feathered. It is placed under the air intake. You have to take the front engine cover off (pop rivets) and the air intake off (plastic screws) just to get to the negative terminal. What a pain in the ass… Could never ask my wife to handle this if she got stranded.
Can a Honda Pilot be used as a jumpstart?
They call roadside assistance or AAA. Combine that with the abundance of portable battery jump starters and I doubt that making the Pilot a useful jumpstart vehicle was high on Honda’s priority list. Not just that, to jump start your own Pilot would need tools around. :- (
What to do if your Honda battery is dead?
Honda should have put a remote post like I had in my BMW with the battery buried in the trunk. Be forewarned any of you that if your battery is dead or you are a good Samaritan want to help someone with a jump start you will need some tools and an engineering degree to get to the negative post.
Whoever at Honda that placed the battery should be tarred and feathered. It is placed under the air intake. You have to take the front engine cover off (pop rivets) and the air intake off (plastic screws) just to get to the negative terminal. What a pain in the ass… Could never ask my wife to handle this if she got stranded.
They call roadside assistance or AAA. Combine that with the abundance of portable battery jump starters and I doubt that making the Pilot a useful jumpstart vehicle was high on Honda’s priority list. Not just that, to jump start your own Pilot would need tools around. :- (
Honda should have put a remote post like I had in my BMW with the battery buried in the trunk. Be forewarned any of you that if your battery is dead or you are a good Samaritan want to help someone with a jump start you will need some tools and an engineering degree to get to the negative post.