2019 Honda Pilot problems
Owners have filed 1,491 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Honda Pilot. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 18% of complaints. After that come engine (17%) and forward collision avoidance (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,491 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 27 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 16,000 miles 282 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 | 152 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 32 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 30 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 18 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 18 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 282 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 16,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 6,000 miles (72 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 21 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 27 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 90% 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 2019 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Honda Pilot with enough data (1,023 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 13 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.
Started vehicle and proceeded to drive forward in my driveway when smoke started coming in the vehicle. Noticed after driving that the smoke was coming in the vehicle from under the glove box on the passenger side by the floor mat. Within approximately two minutes a flame ignited in which the dashboard caught on re. The whole inside on the vehicle was destroyed & totaled the whole vehicle. I have about 25 more pictures of the car (after the re and during) that I couldnt send via this webform.
Front end impact into another vehicles passenger side. Other drivers side impact bags deployed mine did not. Seat belt pin engaged on my vehicle.
The contact owned a 2019 Honda Pilot. The contact stated while attempting to park the vehicle at approximately 2 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently accelerated forward violently and jumped a parking barrier. The contact stated she almost hit two nearby passengers; however was able to steer the vehicle to the side, and crashed into a tree where the vehicle came to a stop. There were no warning lights illuminated. The driver's air bag deployed. The vehicle was destroyed. The police arrived on the scene.
My 2019 honda randomly brakes while I'm driving almost causing someone to rear end me, and other times almost causing me to be in accidents. In addition, at 19k miles my transmission went out (started catching, making a grinding noise) while I was driving on the interstate and caused the vehicle to decelerate. I pulled off the road turned the vehicle off, once restarted it decelerated and the transmission light, emissions light and blind spot light came on the dash board.
The contact owns a 2019 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that the LKAS, cruise control, and Forward Collision Avoidance warning lights were illuminated, indicating that the safety features were inoperable. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where DTC: U3000/49; was retrieved, indicating an internal failure of the multi-purpose camera unit. The dealer informed the contact that if the front multi-purpose camera was defective, the safety features would become inoperable. The vehicle was not repaired.