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
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
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…
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.
Other problems reported for the 2017 Honda Pilot
- Engine 489 complaints
- Electrical system 267 complaints
- Fuel system 142 complaints
- Forward collision avoidance 32 complaints
- Cruise control 31 complaints
- Brakes 27 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 17 complaints
- Lane departure 16 complaints