2017 Honda Pilot engine problems

489 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2017 Honda Pilot, which is 36% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 489 36% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 55,000 miles 89 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 4
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 89 complaints that include mileage. 56% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	8
20k to 40k miles	23
40k to 60k miles	19
60k to 80k miles	12
80k to 100k miles	8
100k to 120k miles	8
120k to 140k miles	6
140k to 160k miles	4
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 89 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles, and 56% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 fires.

What owners wrote

Shortly after entering the freeway, the dask lights began to flicker and car started stuttering. Drive for another mile or slow looking to pull over. By that time smoke coming from rhe engine. Once we pulled over, engine area smoking a lot to where smoke coming into car. All of us git out and saw flames coming from engine area. Our pilot was on fire. Firefighters able to put out, but car was a total loss

October 2023 Fire

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Pilot. The contact stated while making a stop, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The dealer was contacted, and the dealer confirmed being aware of the failure; however, there was no fix for the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 40,000.

Reported at 40,000 miles, February 2019

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Honda models