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2017 Honda Pilot drivetrain & axles problems

121 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2017 Honda Pilot, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
121 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2017 Honda Pilot Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 40,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 10 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 40,000 miles
Based on 44 complaints that include mileage. 70% 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 miles11
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles10
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 44 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 70% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

When slowing down to stop at a light, or pull into a parking space, the vehicle rather than braking and stopping, accelerates violently on its own, and there is no way to stop it other than putting the vehicle in park immediately, or slamming on the emergency brake. This is an intermittent problem. It happens once every few months, however last night it occurred and I did not put it in park quickly enough, and I was close to another vehicle while parking, that I slammed into the other vehicle doing extensive…

December 2021 Crash

Vehicle will not restart after engine auto idle engages. When lifting foot off the brake to begin driving car will not restart and says you must go into park and press brake. Radio and lights are still on. Even after shifting into park and pressing brake it will not start. After removing foot from brake and pressing stop car will completely turn off. We can then press start and car will usually start within three or four tries.

Reported at 81,000 miles, April 2021

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