2005 HONDA PILOT

11 safety recall campaigns, 7 defect investigations (2 open), 955 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns11
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations72 open
Owner complaints955
Complaints citing a crash61
Complaints citing a fire10

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 11

19V5010002019-06-27

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

19V4990002019-06-27

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

19V1820002019-03-06

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An explosion of an inflator within the driver frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver, front seat passenger or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

18V2680002018-04-26

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An incorrectly installed air bag may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

17V0290002017-01-10

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

16V3440002016-05-23

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

What owners report most

  • 133POWER TRAIN
  • 115AIR BAGS
  • 98SERVICE BRAKES
  • 96ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
  • 54ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 48ENGINE
  • 46VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 39POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2005 HONDA PILOTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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