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2005 Honda Pilot lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 36 complaints for the 2005 Honda Pilot, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
36 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
126,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2005 Honda Pilot Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 126,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 126,000 miles
Based on 29 complaints that include mileage. 14% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 29 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 126,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda pilot. While the vehicle was parked and the headlights were activated, smoke appeared behind the steering wheel. The contact stated that there was an abnormal burning odor when the head lamps were activated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the headlights failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 12v136000 (exterior lighting); however, the repair failed to remedy the vehicle.

Reported at 180,000 miles, March 2016 Fire

My wife called me one morning on her way to the shop. She was frantic saying "my steering wheel is smoking. I don't know what to do. I'm just about a minute from the shop. Should I pull over or just try to make it to the shop?" I told her, if it's not too bad and she is that close just keep coming unless it gets worse. When she made it to the shop, I pulled off the plastic cover around the steering column. And found the yellow wire going to the headlamp switch burnt.

Reported at 119,000 miles, February 2010

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