2017 Honda Pilot
Complaints about this year name rod far more often than the other years of this generation — 8% of them, about 4× the usual rate of 2.2%.
Generation 3 of the Honda Pilot, which began in 2016 and ran to 2022. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 907 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 178 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What owners wrote
Rod bearing failure, engine replacement required. Recall for 2016, 2018, 2019 Pilots for same issue.
My engine has a rod knock and apparently needs replacement. It is at only about 50,000 miles. The technician estimated the repair at $21,911.47.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V932000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 26V332000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V365000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Pilot was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
Own a 2017 Honda Pilot? What happened to yours?
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