"How reliable is the 2021 Honda Pilot?"

"Based on 620 NHTSA complaints, the 2021 Honda Pilot has a median complaint mileage of 29300 miles. The most common issue is ELECTRICAL SYSTEM."

"What are common problems with the 2021 Honda Pilot?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2021 Honda Pilot is ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, accounting for a significant portion of the 620 total complaints filed."

2021 Honda Pilot: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 620 complaints

620

Total Complaints

29,300mi

Median Mileage

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

9,000 25th Percentile

29,300 Median Mileage

47,697 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

103

ENGINE

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

AIR BAGS

SERVICE BRAKES

POWER TRAIN

LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"WHILE DRIVING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR ON THE FREEWAY THE SOUND TO MY BLUETOOTH AUDIO QUIT. THEN THE APPLE CARPLAY WOULD NOT CONNECT. WHEN I GOT TO THE GROCERY STORE TRYIN TO MANEAVER INTO A PARKING SPOT THE BACKUP CAMERA DID NOT WORK WHEN I PUT IN REVERSE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HAD PRESSED PARK INSTEAD OF ..."

"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2021 HONDA PILOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS, THE WIND SHIELD WIPER FLUID SPRAY NOZZLE REMAINED OBSTRUCTED WITH ICE AND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD COULD NOT BE CLEANED. AFTER CLEARING ICE FROM THE NOZZLE, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CAUSE OF ..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

When Does Each Component Fail?

Median mileage at complaint for top components.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 103 complaints

25th: 22,000 mi Median: 32,000 mi 75th: 47,000 mi

ENGINE 83 complaints

25th: 15,000 mi Median: 30,000 mi 75th: 33,000 mi

UNKNOWN OR OTHER 71 complaints

Median: 1,500 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

CA: 71 TX: 49 FL: 41 NY: 40 MI: 35 NC: 33 OH: 33 GA: 30 NJ: 23 IL: 23

Honda Pilot — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

Year	Complaints	Median Mileage	Top Issue	Crashes
2003	875	120,000	POWER TRAIN	56
2004	642	103,906	POWER TRAIN	41
2005	954	103,500	POWER TRAIN	61
2006	330	99,000	AIR BAGS	31
2007	263	89,229	AIR BAGS	12
2008	164	87,000	AIR BAGS	14
2009	174	72,218	ENGINE	13
2010	142	67,500	AIR BAGS	20
2011	387	40,855	AIR BAGS	44
2012	225	32,625	ENGINE	22
2013	360	24,000	ENGINE	14
2014	149	31,000	ENGINE	11
2015	136	45,000	ENGINE	11
2016	2262	48,000	ENGINE	39
2017	1232	36,000	ENGINE	10
2018	617	44,155	ENGINE	15
2019	1287	15,000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	21
2020	712	3,974	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	15
2022	190	24,000	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	6
2023	157	8,784	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	3
2024	140	25,000	STEERING	2
2025	217	8,435	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	13

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28