NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Honda Pilot Recalls
The 2006 Honda Pilot has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Honda Pilot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 268
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Honda Pilot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2006 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 2003–2005, 2007–2008 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 2003–2005, 2007–2008 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 2003–2005, 2007–2008 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 2003–2005, 2007–2012 Pilot, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V029000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 308,884
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2008 Pilot, 6 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 2003–2005, 2007–2008 Pilot, 7 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 2003–2005, 2007–2008 Pilot, 11 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 06V270000
- Reported
- July 26, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,190,000
- Same campaign
- also 29 other models
Equipment: mechanical: carrier/rack
- Campaign
- 08E013000
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005, 2007–2008 Pilot, 2 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 19E068000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2008 Pilot, 7 other models
2006 Honda Pilot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 268 owner complaints about the 2006 Honda Pilot, the newest on September 9, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (9%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 119 injuries and 99 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Honda Pilot, the component group named most often is the air bags (23%), followed by the structure (10%) and the service brakes (9%).
7 of the 2006 Honda Pilot's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Honda Pilot owners gave the mileage (175 complaints), the median was 100,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags61
- Structure26
- Service Brakes24
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)22
- Engine22
- Vehicle Speed Control20
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 27 | |
| 2016 | 38 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2006 Honda Pilot peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 38. 14% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Honda Pilot drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Honda Pilot year in the same window: 16th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 268 complaints about the 2006 Honda Pilot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Pilot by model year
Other 2006 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted