2020 Honda Pilot — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 797 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system211 (26.5%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2003–2025.
• Driver-assistance systems190 (23.8%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2019–2022.
• Engine101 (12.7%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2003–2019.
• Fuel system54 (6.8%)Official recall records for this system: 24, covering model years 2005–2025.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)35 (4.4%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2003–2004.
• Brakes26 (3.3%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2005–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 95 classifications (11.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (18,418 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (260 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (157 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors).
• Manufacturer communications (4,058 records, model years 2003–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and equipment & accessories.
• Investigations (65 records, model years 2003–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), engine and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 149reports included a mileage
• 16,158average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2003 1,053 records for 2003 1,053
2. 2004 803 records for 2004 803
3. 2005 856 records for 2005 856
4. 2006 347 records for 2006 347
5. 2007 281 records for 2007 281
6. 2008 186 records for 2008 186
7. 2009 219 records for 2009 219
8. 2010 207 records for 2010 207
9. 2011 384 records for 2011 384
10. 2012 245 records for 2012 245
11. 2013 368 records for 2013 368
12. 2014 204 records for 2014 204
13. 2015 200 records for 2015 200
14. 2016 2,073 records for 2016 2,073
15. 2017 1,109 records for 2017 1,109
16. 2018 595 records for 2018 595
17. 2019 1,146 records for 2019 1,146
18. 2020 659 records for 2020 659
19. 2021 544 records for 2021 544
20. 2022 252 records for 2022 252
21. 2023 237 records for 2023 237
22. 2024 162 records for 2024 162
23. 2025 237 records for 2025 237
24. 2026 20 records for 2026 20

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 10mention a crash
• 5mention a fire
• 13mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 11
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 149
• Investigations NHTSA 4
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 12
• Owner complaints NHTSA 483

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P2422 in 4 records
• P0087 in 3 records
• P0441 in 3 records
• U3000 in 3 records

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.