NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2003 Honda Pilot has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Honda Pilot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 14
- Owner complaints
- 720
- Crashes reported
- 38
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Honda Pilot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
14 recalls on the 2003 Honda Pilot
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V499000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V501000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,657,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V182000
- Reported
- March 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,101,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Pilot, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V268000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2012 Pilot, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V344000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,790,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Pilot, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V370000
- Reported
- June 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,498,481
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V320000
- Reported
- May 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,281,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Pilot, 11 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V700000
- Reported
- November 4, 2014
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Pilot, 9 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V353000
- Reported
- June 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Pilot, 8 other models
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 12V573000
- Reported
- December 11, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 807,161
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Pilot, 2 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights: switch
- Campaign
- 12V136000
- Reported
- March 30, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,375,217
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Pilot, 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 04V176000
- Reported
- April 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,099,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Pilot, 5 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 02V226000
- Reported
- August 28, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,551
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Equipment: mechanical: carrier/rack
- Campaign
- 08E013000
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Pilot, 2 other models
2003 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 720 owner complaints about the 2003 Honda Pilot, the newest on April 21, 2026. Of these, 38 describe a crash (5%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 36 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the power train (31%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the air bags (16%).
1 of the 2003 Honda Pilot's 14 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2003 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (536 complaints), the median was 117,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train224
- Electrical System129
- Air Bags115
- Structure47
- Seats40
- Engine And Engine Cooling37
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 30 | |
| 2004 | 59 | |
| 2005 | 20 | |
| 2006 | 19 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 52 | |
| 2010 | 66 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 66 | |
| 2013 | 61 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 82 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 27 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Honda Pilot peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 82. 21% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Honda Pilot drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 6th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 720 complaints about the 2003 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2003 Honda models
Newest record on this page: April 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted