2003 Honda Pilot steering problems
32 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2003 Honda Pilot, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 4% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When steering problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was driving west on highway. I was driving in the left lane at a speed of approximately between 70 to 72 miles per hour. My vehicle swerved towards left a bit, and to compensate that I tried to steer towards right. At this time, vehicle went out of control and I had no control over the steering. The vehicle went to the next lane and spun one time and went towards the left lane.
Greetings, we just experienced our second power steering pump failure on our pilot. We have approximately 5,000 total miles on the vehicle which we special ordered and received in january 2003 (today is november 14, 2003). We do not drive it much except for family trips. I have a potential theory to bounce off you good folks... Being an engineer, I was a bit concerned about the power steering pump not being flooded by the fluid reservoir. I was even more concerned that the reservoir was below the pump.
Other problems reported for the 2003 Honda Pilot
- Electrical system 132 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 118 complaints
- Air bags 117 complaints
- Transmission 107 complaints
- Engine 62 complaints
- Body & structure 48 complaints
- Seats 40 complaints
- Lighting 32 complaints