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2003 Honda Pilot seats problems

40 complaints about seats have been filed for the 2003 Honda Pilot, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
40 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
96,000 miles 32 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 1
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Seats complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Pilot Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 96,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 96,000 miles
Based on 32 complaints that include mileage. 34% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 32 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 96,000 miles, and 34% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 fire, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Honda pilot hit in rear by geo, both backs of front seats broke and hit back seats. Child in car seat hit feet. Drivers head hit DVD player, leg hit under dash from falling back, hurt left shoulder and head. Passenger felt hit in back. Both had headaches and taking to er.

December 2005 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda pilot LX. The contact stated that while entering the vehicle, the driver's side front seat became slightly detached and began rocking back and forth. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 76,000.

Reported at 30,000 miles, February 2004

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