MODELYEARINDEX

Honda Pilot

4,480 complaints across 12 scored model years and 43 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Honda Pilot Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2016 vs model median 3.5×
Model median3× median
Electrical 235
Engine 107
Drivetrain 94
Avoid

2016 · 2019

Best

2014 · 2015

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.16× 33 B
2011
0.98× 177 C
2012
0.54× 127 B
2013
0.76× 194 C
2014
0.30× 70 B
2015
0.32× 65 B
2016
3.53× 787 F
2017
1.55× 327 D
2018
1.01× 201 D
2019
2.78× 606 F
2020
2.25× 498 F
2021
2.20× 498 F
2022 P
1.10× 236 C
2023 P
0.80× 194 C
2024 P
0.71× 164 C
2025 P
1.35× 303 D

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21.5
City / Highway19 / 26
Engine3.5L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,875

Recalls

43 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V346000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 2,719,386
23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2015–2021 2,490,460
18V661000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2015 1,355,406
23V431000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION 2019–2022 1,209,673
17V030000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2012 977,708
26V365000 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS 2016–2022 880,514
24V064000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER 2020–2022 750,114
13V016000 AIR BAGS 2010–2013 748,481

+ 35 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2016 Pilot
Complaints in window
787
Severity-weighted
1,148.5
Model median (weighted)
326
vs model median
3.53×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
8
Open investigations
2
Score 3.3 F