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Honda Pilot 2019

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

1.00 per 1,000

1.4 times this nameplate’s own median · from 148 complaints filed in the first three years, of 913 ever. 95% lower bound 0.84.

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 266 complaints

camera	75	28%
idle	39	15%
start stop	37	14%
infotainment	37	14%
backup camera	28	11%
idle stop	25	10%

Engine 236 complaints

auto	86	36%
start stop	47	20%
feature	46	20%
auto start	37	16%
idle stop	31	13%
stop feature	25	11%

Unknown Or Other 167 complaints

restart	39	24%
idle	25	15%
green	21	13%
start stop	19	12%
idle stop	17	10%
infotainment	17	10%

When it breaks

57% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 22,000 miles, from 192 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:

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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.