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Honda Pilot problems by year

13,029 complaints across 23 model years, 2003–2025. 2016 draws the most at 2,362; 2015 the fewest at 139.

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Complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold as much as how reliable they were. A popular model year will always look worse than a rare one. Compare the dominant failure system between years rather than the raw totals.

Every model year

YearComplaintsTop reported systemCrashesFiresDeaths
2003 877 Power train (25.7%) 56 16 1
2004 644 Power train (22.2%) 41 19 0
2005 955 Power train (18.4%) 61 10 2
2006 330 Air bags (18.5%) 31 10 99
2007 266 Air bags (20.3%) 12 9 3
2008 166 Air bags (19.3%) 14 4 3
2009 174 Engine (20.1%) 13 4 0
2010 142 Air bags (22.5%) 20 1 0
2011 390 Air bags (17.4%) 44 14 0
2012 228 Engine (15.4%) 22 5 0
2013 368 Engine (21.2%) 15 6 0
2014 153 Engine (20.3%) 11 0 0
2015 139 Engine (15.8%) 11 3 0
2016 2,362most Engine (32.0%) 40 15 0
2017 1,325 Engine (34.6%) 10 11 0
2018 648 Engine (23.9%) 15 2 0
2019 1,413 Electrical system (18.0%) 21 5 0
2020 782 Electrical system (26.7%) 15 7 0
2021 708 Forward collision avoidance (21.2%) 24 3 0
2022 250 Forward collision avoidance (22.0%) 15 0 0
2023 201 Seat belts (14.4%) 5 3 0
2024 166 Seat belts (13.9%) 3 3 0
2025 342 Forward collision avoidance (21.1%) 22 0 0