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2020 Honda Pilot forward collision avoidance problems

132 complaints about forward collision avoidance have been filed for the 2020 Honda Pilot, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
132 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
13,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When forward collision avoidance problems show up

Forward collision avoidance complaints by mileage, 2020 Honda Pilot Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 13,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 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: 13,000 miles
Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 80% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 10 forward collision avoidance complaints that report mileage, the median is about 12,000 miles, and 80% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I own a 2020 Honda Pilot EX with approximately 58,000 miles. Every time I drive on two-lane roads, I receive a bright orange “Brake” warning from the Automatic Emergency Braking system when vehicles in the opposite lane are passing by. The system falsely detects an imminent collision, even though the oncoming vehicles are safely in their lane. The system then applies the brakes unnecessarily.

August 2025 Injury

This vehicle has been nothing but problems since day 1. It began with the sunroof leaking and causing puddles in the front and rear passenger floors. That issue required 4 trips to the dealer. The speakers then began popping and the radio and dash would completely shut off while driving. Fixing that has been attempted 5 times and the radio still continues to have problems.

Reported at 20,000 miles, March 2021

Other problems reported for the 2020 Honda Pilot

Forward collision avoidance problems in other years

Forward collision avoidance problems across all Honda models