2018 Honda Pilot problems
Owners have filed 656 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Honda Pilot. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 25% of complaints. After that come fuel system (19%) and electrical system (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 656 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 20 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 48,000 miles 148 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 46 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 20 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 25 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 14 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 148 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 48,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 96,000 miles (26 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 20 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 85% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2018 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Honda Pilot with enough data (382 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 7 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My fianc was driving to my doctor to follow up surgery, two blocks from 2 blocks from the house we approached to traffic light was on red and she was applying the brakes when we were just about at light suddenly the car accelerated girlfriend had her foot on the brake but the car kept going we strike a car and hit a parked car bad accident, 3 people got hurt.every time I watch the video I am more convinced that something when wrong with car systems this happens on kennedy boulevard and audobon st on 12/11/2020…
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda pilot. The contact stated that all the windows rolled down when the unlock button on the key fob was touched while in the contact's pocket. The failure recurred four times. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that nothing could be done. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 4,500. The VIN was unknown.
The contact owns a 2018 Honda Pilot. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated while driving at various speeds and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle hesitated while responding. The contact stated that the failure recurred increasingly while driving on a steep incline and on a slight incline. There was no warning light illuminated.