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Honda Pilot 2017

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.84 per 1,000

1.2 times this nameplate’s own median · from 104 complaints filed in the first three years, of 933 ever. 95% lower bound 0.68.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.20	21
2009	0.15	22
2010	0.10	14
2011	0.70	77
2012	0.57	66
2013	0.91	110
2014	0.33	39
2015	0.23	28
2016	1.45	186
2017	0.84	104
2018	0.35	50
2019	1.00	148
2020	1.59	206
2021	1.03	137
2022	0.49	59
2023	0.81	85

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 475 complaints

feature	92	19%
start stop	63	13%
idle stop	62	13%
auto idle	53	11%
auto start	44	9%
engine idle	39	8%

Electrical System 266 complaints

idle stop	38	14%
auto idle	35	13%
auto start	32	12%
stop feature	27	10%
foot off	23	9%
engine idle	22	8%

Unknown Or Other 136 complaints

idle stop	19	14%
auto idle	14	11%
stop feature	14	11%
engine idle	12	9%

When it breaks

36% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 38,000 miles, from 252 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10969878 · 10981396 · 10984769 · 10991014 · 11000662 · 11010846

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.