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  3. 2016
  4. Exterior Lighting

2016 Honda Pilot Exterior Lighting Problems

6
Owner complaint records in our dataset

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 6 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi5

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 13, 2020 · 30,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Exterior Lighting

    On january 13th, i left my home to pick up my son, julian, 3 years old, at preschool. His preschool is approximately 3 miles from our home. I picked him up, and drove the same distance back to our house, arriving home around 4:45pm. I had no unusual warning notifications or any unusual experience driving to and from the preschool. I parked the car in our driveway. Julian and i exited the vehicle, and walked to our…

    Fire reported

    ODI 11299501

  • July 7, 2017 · 10,100 miles

    Exterior Lighting · Seats

    The 2016 honda pilot has a bad headlights being too dimmed during night drives, this is especially true when your windows and windshields are tinted. Secondly, the reverse or backup lights are located in a very low position down at the bumper, wherein it may not be seen by cars from behind when we're reversing. These lighting issues are a safety risk. Third, the front seats are quite uncomfortable, poorly designed…

    ODI 11003545

  • October 9, 2016 · 20 miles

    Exterior Lighting

    I bought a brand new 2016 honda pilot suv on 10/8/2016. On the first night driving i noticed that the vehicle is lack of brightness from the headlights and fog lights. It seems very dark when i drive at night with the headlights and fog lights on. I talked with the person who install my license plate from honda dealer, but he said this is normal. I really believe this is a safety hazard, because this is not my first…

    ODI 10949687

  • September 22, 2016 · 40 miles

    Exterior Lighting

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda pilot. The contact stated that the illumination level from the headlights was at an unsafe brightness level. The contact had difficulty seeing while driving at night. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The vin was unknown. The failure mileage was 40.

    ODI 10908786

  • October 21, 2015 · 857 miles

    Exterior Lighting

    My 2016 honda pilot exl sensing has very poor headlights for seeing the road surface in front of the vehicle even with the driving/fog lights turned on while in motion on city streets. These headlamps are also not the best on distance objects. I leave the switch in the auto position so i have to turn them on and off sometime to see if they are even on at night or if it is just the daylight running lights that are…

    ODI 10785705

  • October 2, 2015

    Exterior Lighting

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda pilot. The contact recently purchased the vehicle; however, the headlights were dim. The contact adjusted the headlights and stated that they could not replace the headlights. The failure mileage was unknown.

    ODI 10934817

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2016 Honda Pilot.

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