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Honda Pilot 2020

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

1.59 per 1,000

2.3 times this nameplate’s own median · from 206 complaints filed in the first three years, of 492 ever. 95% lower bound 1.37.

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.

Electrical System 214 complaints

popping	54	25%
speakers	43	20%
crackling	38	18%
cracking	27	13%
network	24	11%
popping crackling	12	6%

Engine 101 complaints

start stop	22	22%
feature	15	15%
turn back	10	10%

Unknown Or Other 95 complaints

popping	18	19%
infotainment	15	16%
crackling	10	11%
speakers	10	11%
audio	10	11%
speedometer	10	11%

When it breaks

80% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 4,000 miles, from 147 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

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:

11282937 · 11289868 · 11291392 · 11297378 · 11298042 · 11298525

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.