Honda Pilot Owners Manual

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Your vehicle is equipped with disc brakes at all four wheels. A vacuum power assist 
helps reduce the effort needed on the brake  pedal. The brake assist system increases 
the stopping force when you depress th e brake pedal hard in an emergency 
situation. The anti-lock brake system (ABS ) helps you retain steering control when 
braking very hard.
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2 Anti-lock Brake System (ABS)  P. 531
■Foot Brake1Foot Brake
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Anti-lock Brake System (ABS)
Helps prevent the wheels from locking up,  and helps you retain steering control by 
pumping the brakes rapidly, much faster than you.
The electronic brake distribu tion (EBD) system, which is part of the ABS, also 
balances the front-to-rear braking distribution according to vehicle loading.
You should never pu mp the brake pedal. Let the ABS work for you by always 
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Brake Assist System
Designed to assist the driver by generati ng greater braking force when you depress 
the brake pedal hard during emergency braking.
■Brake assist system operation
Press the brake pedal firmly for more powerful braking.
When brake assist operates, the pedal ma y wiggle slightly and an operating noise 
may be heard. This is normal. Keep  holding the brake pedal firmly down.
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Collision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)*
Can assist you when there is a possibility of your vehicle colliding with a vehicle or a 
pedestrian detected in front of yours. The CMBSTM is designed to alert you when a 
potential collision is determined, as well as  to reduce your vehicle speed to help 
minimize collision severity when a collision is deemed unavoidable.
■How the system works
1 Collision Mitigation Braking...

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■When the system activates
At system’s earliest collision alert  stage, you can change the distance ( Long/
Normal /Short) between vehicles at which alerts will come on through MID setting 
options.
■Vibration alert on the steering wheel
When a potential collision to an oncoming detected vehicle is determined, the 
system alerts you with rapid vibration on th e steering wheel, in addition to visual and 
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The system has three alert stages for a possible collis ion. However, depending on circumstances, the CMBSTM may not go through all of 
the stages before initiating the last stage.
■Collision Alert Stages
Distance between vehicles
CMBSTM
The sensors detect a  vehicleAudible & Visu al WARNINGSSteering WheelBraking
Stage 
oneThere is a risk of a collision 
with the vehicle ahead of 
you.
When in  Long, visual and 
audible...

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Press this button until  the beeper sounds to 
switch the system on or off.
When the CMBS
TM is off:
• The CMBSTM indicator in the instrument 
panel comes on.
• A message on the MID reminds you that the 
system is off.
The CMBS
TM is in the previously selected ON or 
OFF setting each time you start the engine.
■CMBSTM On and Off1 Collision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)*
The CMBSTM may automatically shut off, and the 
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The system may automatically shut off and the CMBSTM indicator will come on under 
certain conditions. Some examples of thes e conditions are listed below. Other 
conditions may reduce some of the CMBS
TM functions.
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■Environmental conditions
• Driving in bad weather (rain, fog, snow, etc.).
• Sudden changes between light and dark, such as an entrance or exit of a tunnel.
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■Vehicle conditions
• Headlight lenses are dirty or the  headlights are not properly adjusted.
• The outside of the windshie ld is blocked by dirt, mud, leaves, wet snow, etc.
• The inside of the windshield is fogged.
• An abnormal tire or wheel condition (wrong sized, varied size or construction, 
improperly inflated, comp act spare tire, etc.).
• When tire chains are installed.
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■Detection limitations
• A vehicle or pedestrian suddenly crosses in front of you.
• The distance between your vehicle and the  vehicle or pedestrian ahead of you is 
too short.
• A vehicle cuts in front of you at a  slow speed, and it brakes suddenly.
• When you accelerate rapidly and approach  the vehicle or pedestrian ahead of you 
at high speed.
• The vehicle ahead of you is a motorcycle,  bicycle, mobility scooter or...