Honda Pilot / 2024
2024 Honda Pilot problems
Owners have filed 166 complaints about the 2024 Honda Pilot with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 13.9% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of seat belts at 13.9%.
Complaints166
Crashes3
Fires3
Injuries2
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Forward collision avoidance 13.9% · 23
Seat belts 13.9% · 23
Unknown or other 11.4% · 19
Steering 11.4% · 19
Power train 7.2% · 12
Service brakes 6.6% · 11
Engine 6.0% · 10
Electrical system 5.4% · 9
Severity
Of those complaints, 3 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 2 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 23 model years of the Honda Pilot in this data, 2024 sits 20th by complaint volume. 2016 draws the most.
Filings are rising — 160 in the last three years against 6 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 25,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Sudden automatic brake was applied for no apparent reason. There was no collision situation at all. Car suddenly applied strong brake when we were driving at 40 MPH. The car came to a complete stop on a busy road, luckily for us the vehicle behind was bit far back. It was so scary. Forward collision avoidance
My Honda Pilot automatically applied the brakes 2 times while traveling on the interstate at 60 mph when there was no one in front of me and no one even near me. Both times it applied the brakes automatically and suddenly for no reason. It could have caused a bad accident. I was fortunate no one was behind me. Honda denies anything is wrong because it didnât do it for them when they took it for a drive. Service brakes
There's a grinding and clicking noise when turning the wheel left and right in a parked position and when slowing down. The dealership replaced the steering rack once already 1 year ago. Now the grinding and clicking noise is back and alot worse. The dealership is going to replace the steering rack for a second time. Spoke to Honda mechanics and told them that there must be another underlining issue. Steering
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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Other Honda Pilot years
2019 1,413 complaints · 18.0% electrical system 2020 782 complaints · 26.7% electrical system 2021 708 complaints · 21.2% forward collision avoidance 2022 250 complaints · 22.0% forward collision avoidance 2023 201 complaints · 14.4% seat belts 2025 342 complaints · 21.1% forward collision avoidance