Honda Pilot / 2016
2016 Honda Pilot problems
Owners have filed 2,362 complaints about the 2016 Honda Pilot with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 32% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 24.6%.
Complaints2,362
Crashes40
Fires15
Injuries43
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 32.0% · 757
Electrical system 24.6% · 581
Unknown or other 12.2% · 289
Power train 8.4% · 198
Fuel/propulsion system 7.1% · 167
Structure 2.3% · 54
Engine and engine cooling 1.9% · 45
Vehicle speed control 1.7% · 39
Severity
Of those complaints, 40 describe a crash, 15 describe a fire and 43 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 23 model years of the Honda Pilot in this data, 2016 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filing volume has held steady, 719 in the last three years against 752 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 49,000 miles.
In owners' own words
I was exiting a highway and entering a right hand turn lane. There was traffic in the turn lane and I came to a complete stop. When I stopped my car shut down. I attempted to restart by pushing the engine start/stop button but the car did not restart. It took about 30-60 off trying the butting, attempting to shift into drive and opening/closing the door and trying to restart before I could get the car to restart. Engine
We were just told that the engine rod bearing on our 2016 Honda Pilot is going out. I see that the 2018 and other years have had recalls on this issue. I have read on different forums that owners of the 2016 are also having this problem. Can the 2016 please be included in the recall? Thank you, [XXX] and [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) Engine
My vehicle stalled and had a horrible noise while stalling. Dealership took it back to their shop as we thought if was due to yhe work they just finished and after inspecting they determined a rod bearing had spun. The safety issue is we stalled out on the highway in the middle of traffic, almost got into several wrecks with my child in the vehicle. Only light that came on while stalling was the check engine light. Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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