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2004 Honda Pilot body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 42 complaints for the 2004 Honda Pilot, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
42 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
104,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 1
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2004 Honda Pilot Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 104,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 104,000 miles
Based on 28 complaints that include mileage. 18% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 28 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 104,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

My 2004 honda pilots floorboards are soaked when I took it to johnson city honda they said they have never seen it before and that was the first of january then I looked at an auto club that had a forum about leaks in honda pilots there where four different places they had found leaks and after having them fixed still had soaked floor boards I have a daughter she is fourteen months who rides in this vehicle and right after I found the leak she got sick for the first time since she was born and has been sick three…

Reported at 41,000 miles, December 2008 Injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda pilot. The contact stated that the door handles had sharp metal paint chips that fractured, causing the metal to penetrate under the finger nails of anyone opening or exiting the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who replaced the door handles on all four of the doors. The dealer paid half of the expenses and the contact paid the remaining balance.

Reported at 102,000 miles, November 2010

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