Honda Pilot Electrical System Problems
- 513
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 18
- Years with records
- 2003–2020
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 513 stored complaint records:
- 11 indicate a crash
- 7 indicate injury
- 19 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- keyless start · 25 records
- system problem · 22 records
- start system · 21 records
- idle stop · 15 records
- auto idle · 12 records
- start button · 10 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 138 |
| 30–60k mi | 102 |
| 100–150k mi | 79 |
| 60–100k mi | 68 |
| 150–400k mi | 45 |
Complaint evidence
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Electrical System
Purchased 2020 honda pilot 12/29/2019 off the dealer display floor. Pilot has less than 1000 miles. While in motion on the city streets and highway, a cracking sound will occur from the dash board and the speedometer and the audio information screen will black out unable to gage anything. Still in motion the screens will upload, but the screens will blackout again. This will happen for several minutes at a time.…
ODI 11309592
Electrical System
While driving 65 mph on the highway, the panel and the entertainment system (gps) crashed. The screen restarted and then turned on in an unusable state (none of the buttons worked). To say the least, this experience was very distracting while driving on the highway. The malfunction of the panel could easily cause a loss of focus on the road and lead to a crash. The culprit is honda integration with apple's carplay.…
ODI 11309358
Electrical System · Engine
While stopped at a freeway off ramp. The car automatically shut off the engine per the start/stop feature. When the light turned green the car did not restart and instead completely shut off and put itself into park. I had trouble restarting while traffic built up behind me. This is not the first time this has happened. It is a very dangerous and disconcerting problem.
ODI 11307767
Electrical System
While driving my speakers began to crack : you can't listen to the radio . After a few momments the screen turns black ' network connection lost ' goes blank or audio turned off . Them goes completely blank . Them the speedometer will also go blank. This happen while using apple car play , gps. As well as xmradio . I was on city roads the first time it happened then highway were it happened frequently.
ODI 11306906
Electrical System
While driving, i received an alert that "some driver assist systems cannot operate." lights indicated that the collision mitigation, and lane departure, and lights were affected. I do not want the collision mitigation system to randomly disable (or any system for that matter). The dealer performed a hard reset on my system and we'll see if it's fixed. Still, it posed a hazard to me at the time.
ODI 11307007
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle has frequently had an issue with the infotainment system glitching which leads to the lkas (lane keep assist), aac (adaptive cruise control), and lane departure system to fail while the vehicle is in motion. When turning the car off after these issues occur, the infotainment system will stay on, draining the battery. The vehicle has been taken to a honda dealership. The dealership stated that an update…
ODI 11302286
Electrical System
With just under 5000 miles on my 2020 pilot, the infotainment system froze and would not shut off when the car was turned off. I lost access to the rear camera, gps, cross traffic alert, radio, hands-free phone and other features. I was also afraid that the screen staying on all night would drain my battery. I took it to the dealership the next day and they fixed the problem. However, i don't think that a car this…
ODI 11302503
Electrical System
Digital instrument panel that contains all gauges (speedometer, tachometer, gas gauge, etc.) intermittently turns off while the car is in operation. The screen goes entirely black as if the car is not on, meaning we do not have a functioning speedometer while the car is in operation when this occurs. We've had the car at the dealership twice for this issue and it still isn't resolved.
ODI 11302349