R-pod Owners Forum : My Experience Towing with a Honda Pilot https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Reviews and General Information : My Experience Towing with a Honda Pilot Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:30:49 +0000 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:48:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12089 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ My Experience Towing with a Honda Pilot : Thanks CharlieM! Excellent real-world... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114112#114112 Author: PilotPodder
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Posted: 22 Aug 2018 at 6:48pm

Thanks CharlieM! Excellent real-world experience explained well. I may be asking to quote you at some future date. ~PP]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:48:09 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114112#114112 My Experience Towing with a Honda Pilot : John,Good video on the Pilot/Pod... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114040#114040 Author: CharlieM
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 9:34pm

John,
Good video on the Pilot/Pod combo. Seems a popular combo. This question has been asked many time and I've answered it many times. Interesting to hear of the upgrades to the 2016 model. I think you give them a fair and honest review.

I started with a 2010 4WD Pilot and elected to go with the 172 because I knew I would be spend lots of time in the CO Rockies. Engine performance of a naturally aspirated engine at altitude is a big and mostly overlooked factor. Overall it did well but climbing grades at 10K ft. definitely exposed the limits of the Pilot. There were only two of us and I was at 20MPH in first or second gear at times.

One misunderstood item, and you mentioned it, is the use of a WDH. I consider it an absolute necessity with the Pilot. The Pilot manual does not recommend a WDH but it does not prohibit it. Their reasoning, at least in my 2010 manual, is that a maladjusted WDH can be worse than no WDH. Absolutely correct but true for any WDH installation. The idiot dealer that installed my WDH apparently had no clue so I almost had a disaster on my first trip home, but that's another story. My WDH recommendation to new campers is Read the instructions, Understand the instructions, Follow the instructions, and Check your work. I never had any problems with the Unibody of the Pilot. One other thing I recommend is a transmission temperature gauge like the ScanGauge. Climbing mountains, even with a transmission cooler, is tough on the tranny. It needs watching.

Your advice to look at a larger TV when considering the larger Pods is right on. I think the 171 or 172 is the limit for the Pilot unless you're staying on level ground near sea level.

Good video. Thanks.
]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:34:39 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114040#114040 My Experience Towing with a Honda Pilot : Jato, Yes the 2014 4WD Honda Pilot... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114039#114039 Author: PilotPodder
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 9:05pm

Jato, Yes the 2014 4WD Honda Pilot came with the transmission cooler as standard equipment. For the 2016 and later Pilots it is an option and not standard. ~PP]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:05:01 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114039#114039 My Experience Towing with a Honda Pilot : Great video. Am curious about... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114035#114035 Author: jato
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 8:55pm

Great video.  Am curious about one item you neglected to mention.  In all the vehicles I have towed our 177 with which include: '94 F-150  4x4, 2008 Ford Explorer, 2013 Ford Explorer all came with transmission coolers.  Did either or both or your tow vehicles have this item?]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2018 20:55:07 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114035#114035 My Experience Towing with a Honda Pilot : Just put a video together talking... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12089&PID=114034#114034 Author: PilotPodder
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 7:27pm

Just put a video together talking about my experience towing with a 2014 4WD Honda Pilot. Hope it will help folks think through a decision like this.

https://youtu.be/WAIMgWv7Zjo

~PP
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