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2025 Honda Pilot engine problems

The 2025 Honda Pilot has 21 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 8% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

21

Engine complaints

8%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

Pilot engine complaints by model year786 complaints2003: 63 complaints2004: 50 complaints2005: 91 complaints2006: 32 complaints2007: 24 complaints2008: 17 complaints2009: 39 complaints2010: 28 complaints2011: 36 complaints2012: 45 complaints2013: 83 complaints2014: 34 complaints2015: 23 complaints2016: 786 complaints2017: 463 complaints2018: 158 complaints2019: 225 complaints2020: 98 complaints2021: 96 complaints2022: 21 complaints2023: 9 complaints2024: 10 complaints2025: 21 complaints
Pilot engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“My vehicle has 1,500 miles on it. Last time I drove it from work back home was Friday 11/21 and nothing was wrong. Got back in the car Sunday 11/23 and my engine light was blinking and all kinds of warnings were displaying such as engine, break, and steering problems. My wife and I noticed the car…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · November 23, 2025

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2025 Honda Pilot have?

NHTSA has 21 complaints about the 2025 Honda Pilot engine — 8% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.