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Honda stability control problems

Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 968 complaints involve stability control. The Pilot accounts for the largest share (24%). The single worst model year is the 2005 Pilot with 97 stability control complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
968 about stability control, all Honda models
Most affected
Pilot 24% of these complaints
Typical mileage
45,000 miles 830 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
55 and 4

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Honda models

ModelComplaintsShare
Pilot23224%
Accord22023%
CR-V18519%
Odyssey11612%
Civic10611%
Fit303%
Ridgeline152%
Accord Hybrid121%
Element101%
Insight81%

Worst model years for stability control

  1. 2005 Honda Pilot97 complaints
  2. 2017 Honda CR-V54 complaints
  3. 2016 Honda Pilot37 complaints
  4. 2014 Honda Accord35 complaints
  5. 2007 Honda Odyssey35 complaints

Stability control complaints by model year

Honda stability control complaints by model year 0 75 150 1994: 2 '94 1998: 5 1999: 10 '99 2000: 2 2001: 10 '01 2002: 12 2003: 18 '03 2004: 10 2005: 124 '05 2006: 60 2007: 77 '07 2008: 50 2009: 26 '09 2010: 26 2011: 18 '11 2012: 27 2013: 63 '13 2014: 53 2015: 37 '15 2016: 86 2017: 95 '17 2018: 80 2019: 62 '19 2020: 15
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19942
19985
199910
20002
200110
200212
200318
200410
2005124
200660
200777
200850
200926
201026
201118
201227
201363
201453
201537
201686
201795
201880
201962
202015

Among the 830 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 45,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.