2008 Honda Pilot engine problems
16 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2008 Honda Pilot, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 16 10% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 91,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 10 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 91,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires, 6 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
Honda pilot was struck (tbone) at 65 MPH side curtain airbags deployed and driver was knocked unconscious and leaned on the gas. Car went into full rev and crashed into a wall where the front airbag deployed. Homeless man was sleeping behind the wall and was struck by the runaway honda pilot. Shouldn't the vehicle of shut down after airbag deployment? Fuel inertia or cut off did not engage.
In december 2012 while traveling approx 70MPH on a highway, my pilot began bucking, and fitting back & forth. I was able to drive it to the dealership where they had to disassemble the engine, and determined the #5 plug had come off, and was rattling around damaging the inside of the engine. The dealership replaced the engine block, cylinders, etc at a cost of $9000. It was about 2-3k over the warranty, and past warranty by 2 months. Honda paid 90% of the bill, and I paid 10%. Today...
Other problems reported for the 2008 Honda Pilot
- Air bags 32 complaints
- Body & structure 16 complaints